"I asked a teacher about it. Humans are part of nature too, after all. It's just too hard to go against the body's instincts."
"Let's just pretend none of that ever happened."
An Yu picked up a fox mask from a nearby stall and put it on.
Elysia: ...
Even though pretending nothing had happened felt like something a scumbag would do, there really wasn't a better solution.
"Then if nothing happened, does our relationship go back to when we graduated high school, or when we graduated college?"
Hope filled her again, and two tiny dimples appeared on her fair cheeks. Their relationship during both of those periods had been great!
An Yu: ...
Did it have to be one of those two points in time?
At one, you had just tricked me out of 50%. At the other, I had graduated college, completely disheartened and ready to start a new life.
"Forget it." Seeing his silence, Elysia immediately waved her hand understandingly. "It would feel weird to get so hung up on the timing anyway."
She grabbed An Yu's hand and started running quickly.
"Let's make today a good one first, then plan for tomorrow!"
Their outing wasn't too conspicuous. After all, An Yu was wearing a mask, and he was still somewhat well-known within Anti-Entropy.
"Come to think of it, Xiao Yu, don't you have any friends in Anti-Entropy?"
"An Yu!!!"
Just as Elysia was about to show off some older-sisterly gentleness, a crisp yet urgent voice called out from the distance.
Her smile froze. Xiao Yu hadn't even taken off his mask yet.
An Yu looked toward the voice. Ah, it was a petite girl who really shouldn't have been here.
"Wendy! Don't tell me you switched jobs?"
Wendy jogged over, fine beads of sweat on her