Unfurled Thoughts

“Time’s up. You don’t have to answer if you don’t want to.”

As I stared at Setsuna-nee’s troubled expression, a smirk naturally formed on my face.

Then, while she was still in the midst of processing it, I lightly pinched her cheek and tugged at her lower lip with my thumb. Shortly after, her eyebrows clashed while her eyes slowly narrowed.

Even without her uttering a word, I could already extract the words from her head. ‘This shameless guy, why do I feel like I’m dancing on his palm?’

I wouldn’t claim to be certain but it should be similar or close to that. She’s aggrieved that she couldn’t come up with an answer to me and more importantly, it was pissing her off that I was letting that go as if it’s entirely irrelevant to our current situation. Unfortunately, she still couldn’t find words to rebuke me.

Another minute later, Setsuna-nee, while gnashing her teeth, scowled at me. However, contrary to what her face was showing, her body was doing something else.