"I'm heading back, Little Ai."
Alice: "..."
That was it? That was it?! She had waited all night, looked forward to it all night, been nervous and anxious all night, and this was all there was?!
When she heard Mo Yi say he was going back, Alice first froze, then looked unhappy. She grabbed Mo Yi, who was about to get up, and muttered softly, "I don't want you to—"
Mo Yi: "??!"
"What's wrong?"
If it had been Ji Anya or Tsukuyomi, Mo Yi probably would have known what this meant. But the person before him was Alice, the elegant and aloof magician. Mo Yi could not figure it out for the moment, but since she was holding his hand and refusing to let him go back, he could only lie back down and see whether there was something she wanted to say but had not yet said.
Or perhaps she had some unspeakable difficulty and wanted her boyfriend to help her through it?
"Is something making you unhappy? You can tell me. I'll help you solve it."
"Yes, it's something making me unhappy—"
Seeing that Mo Yi was no longer trying to get up and leave, Alice sighed in relief, but her heart began to grow shy again.
She could not possibly say, "Alice has spent all night preparing herself mentally, so please dote on me as much as you like."
That would make him misunderstand and think I'm some kind of lewd woman.
Well, that did seem to be the case, though.
So Alice could only lower her head and give a quiet acknowledgment, hoping Mo Yi would understand on his own.
"What's making you unhappy?"
Faced with Mo Yi's concerned question, Alice could only answer with a "Mm..." that sounded suspiciously like she was acting cute.