"Okay, I'll go with you."
The two of them went out, one after the other, and stopped by the door.
Tetsu no Sosuke looked at Iguro Obanai. Iguro Obanai looked at Tetsu no Sosuke. They stared at each other, as though each was waiting for something.
At last, Tetsu no Sosuke lost patience. "Where's her room?"
"Oh! Right!"
Realization dawned on Iguro Obanai, and he hurriedly said, "I'll take you there."
She wasn't staying far away. Her room was the first one around the corner.
Tetsu no Sosuke raised his hand to knock, but just as it was about to touch the door, Iguro Obanai blocked him.
Iguro Obanai looked at him. "I've thought it over. Let's forget it."
"If you back down once on something like this, you'll back down a hundred times. It's now or never. Think carefully."
Tetsu no Sosuke said, "She probably doesn't have anyone she loves right now. By the time you're ready, what if she's about to marry someone else?"
"What?" Iguro Obanai stared at him, dumbfounded. "Surely not?"
"Exactly. Make a clean break of your hesitation!"
Tetsu no Sosuke raised his hand like a blade, ready to strike without mercy!
Iguro Obanai was about to nod when he saw Tetsu no Sosuke reaching for the door again. Too late to stop him with a word, he rushed over, wrapped his arms around him, and hauled him backward. "No, no! The more I think about it, the more I think I need to take this slowly. What if this scares her?"
With a creak, the door opened. Kanroji Mitsuri poked her head out, puzzled. "I kept hearing voices out here... What are you doing?"
She looked at the two men clinging to each other. Her expression shifted from confusion to... something strange. Then, with