"Uh, hahaha, no, that's not..." Chen Nian tried to explain, looking rather embarrassed.
"We're not here to play!" Lilith gave him a dead-eyed stare.
"What about you? You're the Commander of the Survey Corps. Are you on another date with Philia, hmm? Where is she? Oh, there!" Lilith looked around until she spotted the beautiful woman buying hot tea at a distant stall.
"Shh, shh!" Yasuo raised a finger, then whispered something in Lilith's ear.
"I want this much. No, this much." Lilith began naming her price, gesturing with her hands.
"All right, all right! You'll get it."
Chen Nian looked over just as Philia noticed them. Their eyes met for an instant, and her brilliant purple eyes and quietly melancholy gaze made him lower his head almost involuntarily.
"Here you go, your cotton candy."
"Thank you." Yasuo took the cotton candy and crept up behind Philia. Seeing him approach, she turned away and pretended not to notice.
Just then, Chen Nian noticed Lilith emerge from a nearby flower shop with a dozen roses and sneak along behind Yasuo.
"Hey, beautiful. My name's Yasuo. What's yours?" Yasuo stepped in front of Philia and held out a stick of cotton candy with a slight smile.
"Childish." Philia accepted the cotton candy, her thoughts seemingly drawn back once again to the day they first met.
"How about this, then?" Yasuo felt a weight settle into his right hand behind his back. He thrust it forward, revealing a large bouquet of roses.
The red that suddenly filled her vision sent Philia's heart fluttering. She had anticipated Yasuo's first move, but not the second.
"I don't know how to say this, but ever since I first met you, I've been drawn to you. I'm no good at romantic speeches. Anyway, anyway... I really, really