"Eh? Other me..."
Suddenly having Milk Seele wrap her arms around her waist, White Seele felt a little unaccustomed to it. Especially when she could clearly feel Milk Seele's breath against her cheek, which made her even more uncomfortable.
White Seele instinctively grabbed the hands Milk Seele had wrapped around her and was about to move them away, but then she hesitated slightly. Would doing this make my other self think I hate her?
Thinking that, she stopped moving.
"Ahem, don't get any ideas. I just saw that you were scared, so I was comforting you."
Though she was reluctant to let go, Milk Seele, who acted somewhat tsundere around White Seele, released her when she sensed Seele's discomfort.
"Eh? Seele wasn't scared..."
White Seele blankly turned to look at Milk Seele behind her. When had she been scared?
"Good girls shouldn't force themselves to be brave."
How could Milk Seele admit that she just wanted to hug her? She decisively cut off her words.
"...All right."
White Seele opened her mouth, then looked at Milk Seele and stopped dwelling on it. She did not want to argue with Milk Seele over such a tiny matter.
So she merely gave Milk Seele an angelic smile.
"..."
Milk Seele looked at Seele's smile before her and felt completely healed. That smile, like a warm sun, seemed capable of driving away all the darkness in the world.
Seele really was an angel!
At the same time, she silently made a promise to herself: she would protect Seele's smile!
Still smiling at Milk Seele, Seele extended her small hand, white and flawless as jade, and softly said, "Thank you, other me."
"...Why are you suddenly thanking me?"
Milk Seele felt a little awkward. She was the one being tsundere, yet Seele's sudden gratitude