"I can't believe you touched me." Nakamori looked at me intently. Even so, he didn't seem to be avoiding the physical contact at all.
A little surprised, I hurriedly removed her hand and apologized to her for touching her carelessly.
When I took my hand away from the girl. Instead, the opposite happened: Nakamori grabbed my hand back. "Is this how you show affection?" she asked curiously. From the look in her eyes, it was clear that when she asked that question, she really wanted to know.
Although the questions she asked me were not difficult to answer, But it felt so hard to answer his question. Something related to feelings is not a difficult thing for someone like me to answer. Even though I am a man, I can still balance the functions of my feelings and my mind.
"You don't need to answer. If you have trouble saying it. You can give me the answer later." Nakamori then chuckled as she looked at my face. "You're funny when you want to tell me your own feelings."
"Wha... what do you mean?" I unconsciously spoke nervously. I had intended to answer the question she asked me, but now I was the one who felt nervous. Even though he wasn't teasing me at all.
"This makes me confused." I unconsciously acted shy. Facing a girl is not my forte. But I shouldn't be this shy in front of her.
"What makes you feel confused?" she asked innocently.
Looking at her innocent face made me feel confident that she herself did not know anything about feelings. But still, I felt embarrassed when dealing with her.
I can't go on like this. If I let myself get lost in a situation like this, then it's the same as messing up my own feelings.
"We can talk about it another time. Please keep that question to yourself in private. Although I can't answer it now, maybe one day I will. Just wait," I broke off unilaterally. Crazy. Even while saying this, my heart was beating like crazy. I looked away, trying to cover the blush on my cheeks. This is so embarrassing for a man. Maybe people will comment that I'm too feminine.
Nakamori nodded and smiled slightly. Looking caring, yet not at the same time. She was always unique in her own way, and that made me attracted to her in the strangest way on earth.
Alright, since you told me so. I will happily wait for him. No matter if it's a day, a week, a month, a year, ten years, or several tens of years later, as long as you're ready to give me the answer, then I'll gladly wait for it," Nakamori said contentedly. She never hesitates with her own choices, and that really makes her always look cool.
I envy her confidence, I said to myself.
***
"I'm scared. The more I venture out, the more uncertain I get. In the future, will it be even more terrifying?" Regen looked desperate. "I'm really scared," he said desperately.
Graiss wanted to try to calm Regen down. He stepped closer to Regen. Grabbing the young man's hand, he hoped that he could channel the courage he had for him. "Same. I'm scared too. I feel how terrible it is to live in this world."
Regen rubbed the top of Graiss' head gently. "We live in uncertainty as well as fear. I never thought that we would be plunged into such a dark place. It's true what many people say. The world is not completely filled with light colors; it also has many dark colors. Especially when I see with my own eyes how the dark color works in life, It's horrible," said Regen.
"Isn't that the obvious meaning? Darkness is scary. Many monsters hide in the darkness. People who are trapped in the dark always feel wary of the life they are living. I long for when a light comes to illuminate," Graiss said. The words sound too mature to be spoken by a girl who is only about 10 years old. It's clear that even adults wouldn't be able to understand those words equally well if they didn't understand their implied meaning. It sounded philosophical and had a hidden meaning.
For Regen to hear the immature words spoken by Graiss would never surprise him. Those difficult words, after all, were not actually spoken carelessly by a child who did not understand vocabulary. Graiss was a clone of an adult woman. Of course, her thoughts were equivalent to those of an adult, even though her form was that of a child.
"Your words sound a little familiar to my ears. Did you plagiarize the words from Mr. Lotto's book this time?" quipped Regen. To Regen, the words written by Mr. Lotto really showed a dark and gloomy atmosphere. The words were actually good, but unfortunately, every time Regen thought of them, he felt disturbed.
Graiss nodded. The words he said to Regen were indeed inspired by the book he had read. But for Graiss herself, the words she understood had quite a deep meaning. She herself understood those words well, not just saying them to feel cool and wise while lecturing others.
There was a faint chuckle from Regen. Of course, Graiss herself could hear it well. "You want to laugh at me again? I don't know how much you dislike the book written by Mr. Lotto," Graiss complained. The little girl herself thought that Regen would also like the book written by Mr. Lotto. "You guys are close friends, but why do I feel that you seem to have a special distance from Mr. Lotto?"
The corners of Regen's lips lifted. "Distance exists because when building a relationship with another person, there will still be boundaries. You don't necessarily like everything about the person you're in a relationship with; that's normal."
Graiss fell silent at Regen's words. Somehow, his words felt a little offensive to her. Regen was nice, but sometimes his mouth was hard to control.
The atmosphere became silent as Graiss preferred to remain silent and not reply to Regen, while Regen himself clearly had no intention of continuing the conversation. He was indeed in a bad mood. Not surprisingly, the words that came out of her mouth sounded a little more annoying than usual. Plus, the atmosphere was too quiet. That clearly made her even more unhappy.
"I actually dislike this kind of situation the most when I'm with you." Graiss gave Regen a fierce look. It was unusual for her to show such an aggressive figure.
END OF SEASON 1