Her gaze was rather odd, tinged with an inexplicable distaste.
"...Could you stop looking at me like I'm garbage? Is that really any way to treat the person who saved your life?" Tetsu no Sosuke felt a little dejected.
"I didn't mean to," Shinobu Kocho said softly. She simply didn't know how to show concern without revealing her true feelings.
Had it ended up looking like distaste instead?
Though he really was quite irritating.
Shinobu Kocho took a deep breath. Some things were easy to say but proved rather difficult to do.
But that's all right. I'll keep trying.
I have to keep trying!
No matter how difficult it is, I have to do it!
Only I can cure what ails me.
I'm a doctor, after all. This is precisely what I do best!
She suddenly smiled. "Does this mean I can bully you as much as I like now?"
Tetsu no Sosuke's scalp prickled at those words. "What are you planning? I'm telling you, I'm no ordinary person!"
"Then what kind of person are you?"
"A person with a bodyguard," Tetsu no Sosuke said smugly. "While I'm seriously injured, if you want to challenge me, you'll have to beat my bodyguard first."
"Your bodyguard?" Shinobu Kocho looked utterly puzzled. Where had this guy gotten a bodyguard?
"Kanae!"
Tetsu no Sosuke immediately shouted, "Help!"
Outside the door, Kanae, who was taking a walk with Kiyo Terauchi, immediately turned to look at him and smiled faintly. "Stop making a fuss."
Shinobu Kocho's lips twitched. "Shameless!"
"Self-defense!"
Tetsu no Sosuke snorted.
"Then just focus on recovering." Shinobu Kocho stood up. "I'm going to walk with my sister too. I don't want to bother with a big idiot like you."
"...Get back here and explain yourself! Who are you calling an idiot?"
Tetsu