"...Why do you have to tack 'all right?' onto everything you say? You sound so reluctant!"
"Goodbye!!!"
Tetsu no Sosuke angrily turned to leave.
Shinobu Kocho watched him with a sneer. Sure enough, Tetsu no Sosuke came back. "Anyway, shouldn't you be getting back to your own business?"
"You can't wait to get rid of me?" Shinobu Kocho flared up. "Burning your bridges already!"
Tetsu no Sosuke muttered, "Could be worse, I guess. At least she didn't accuse me of pulling up my pants and pretending I didn't know her..."
"What are you muttering now?" Shinobu Kocho frowned. Whenever Tetsu no Sosuke muttered like that, she always felt he was insulting her.
Tetsu no Sosuke hastily shook his head. Then his eyes suddenly lit up. "How about this? Stay tonight. I'll show you something good."
Shinobu Kocho froze. Who knew where her imagination had wandered? Her face flushed, then paled, before she finally spat in disgust. "Are you out of your mind?"
"Huh?" Tetsu no Sosuke looked utterly baffled. "What?"
"What do you mean, 'what'?" Shinobu Kocho stared at him, her neck stiff.
"I feel like we're chatting on different servers..." Tetsu no Sosuke was a little speechless. He had the distinct impression that his meaning hadn't gotten across at all.
"What does chatting on different servers mean?" Shinobu Kocho put the principle of asking whenever she didn't understand into practice.
Tetsu no Sosuke felt utterly drained. "Anyway, we'll talk tonight. These past few days have worn me out, so I'm going to get some proper rest first. Oh, did Yuichiro go back?"
"Yes." Shinobu Kocho nodded. "Since something went wrong here, having him keep coming over could very well lead to something unexpected, so I sent him back for now. Speaking of which, what exactly are you doing here?