"Come in." Tetsu no Sosuke smiled faintly.
Iguro Obanai walked in without a word.
Once inside, he said nothing. He just stood there like a wooden post.
Tetsu no Sosuke poured two cups of tea and pushed one toward him.
"Are you planning to stand there and watch me sleep?" Tetsu no Sosuke raised an eyebrow. "I'm not in the habit of letting men watch me sleep."
"..." Iguro Obanai fell silent. After a long while, he asked, "How did you manage to... to... with the Love Pillar, um... you know...?"
"...Manage what?" Tetsu no Sosuke nearly lost his temper. He could eat carelessly, but Iguro Obanai couldn't talk carelessly about something like that!
"I mean... you two are so..."
"So what?" Tetsu no Sosuke grew even more exasperated. "Could you please speak plainly? If my wife hears this, someone's going to die!"
"Huh?" Iguro Obanai couldn't understand how anyone's life had come into it.
He thought it over carefully, then said, "I mean, you get along so well. You don't even get nervous when you talk to her... How do you do it?"
"..."
Tetsu no Sosuke gently rubbed his forehead. "Why would I be nervous talking to her? Do you think everyone's like you and has a crush on her?"
"Y-you... Don't talk nonsense!!!!"
Iguro Obanai bristled. "When did I ever say I liked her??"
"So you don't like her?" The corner of Tetsu no Sosuke's mouth lifted. "Shall I go tell her?"
The Disaster of a Love Confession!
"Shall I go tell her?" A hint of a smile touched Tetsu no Sosuke's lips.
With a clang, Iguro Obanai drew his sword and blocked the door. "No!!!"
Tetsu no Sosuke leisurely took a sip of tea. "Oh."
"..." At a loss for words, Iguro Obanai silently sheathed his