Chapter 220 - Why didnt you just say so?! (1/2)
Ah… She shook her head, ” No it's quite alright, I'm grateful you did. Back then, I was a bit bitter towards Allen. Releasing that I'm the one who drove him to a corner, it made me feel awful, and I was aware that you and the others were only concerned about me,” Lyn murmured.
”Lyn, perhaps do you still like him?” Kazuya's tone wasn't jealousy. But Lyn sensed his discomfort.
A burst of light laughter escapes her lips, ” No no you misunderstand that's not what I wanted to talk about. You see just now there was a commotion about ghosts, right?”
Kazuya nodded, ”…don't tell me you….”
”I wouldn't do that! Gee why do both you and Rhys have to have the same way of thinking…”
”Since it concerns you, I'm sure even Rhys thought the same.”
Come to think of it; he gave her a strange look after the meeting was over. Lyn sighed, ”…Even I wouldn't do something like that…during a time like this...” she trails off, ” I get it, you know? Even in a place like this where it looks like nothing will happen, you cannot spend the days peacefully. Ever since the previous attack, I'm fully aware of how everyone's been on edge. Just now I was slightly startled at the mention of the ghost, because….it's a sign, isn't it? That eventually, something will happen again.”
”Do you perhaps dislike battles?”
Lyn weakly smiled, ”I don't think there is anybody alive who likes battles, even those who like weapons..” her gaze dimmed. Even now, Lyn could recall it clearly, the expression of those people dying on the battlefield. The expression of those who came back to camp with external wounds hoping to be saved, but ended up dying.
”What are you doing?” Lyn asked. He suddenly got close to her.
”I was thinking we were standing too far apart for a couple who was just close a few hours ago.”
Lyn rolled her eyes, ”My body still hurts you know.”
Kazuya laughed, ”I think that's supposed to be normal.”
”Do you think anybody noticed?”
”Noticed?”
”Reiji, one of the Snow Kingdom Knights told me that my scent would change if I intimate contact with somebody for a long time,” Lyn recalled. But then again, Lyn didn't know exactly what he meant by that. But Lyn had a feeling that those people could notice. 'She supposes she would find out tomorrow,' Lyn looked towards Kazuya. ”Are you happy?” she asked him.
”Happy?”
”Ah-huh, Rhys always made it sound like having intimate contact in a relationship is important. While I do understand the desire to be held by the one you love, something still feels weird to me.”
Kazuya smiled, ”Well, the reality is people are selfish beings.”
”I can't deny that.”
”But for something as important as this, they have to consider their partners; otherwise they would be nothing more than sc.u.m,” Kazuya trailed off, ”I wouldn't have touched you if I knew you didn't want to.”
”I didn't say anything though, how did you know?”
”I just did.”
Lyn wondered if Kazuya felt it too. When she looked at his eyes at that moment, all their emotions - everything she felt for him came spilling through. Her gaze flickered towards the sky, it was dark, as one would expect of nightfall. But, ”The moon in the Snow Kingdom looks different, is it because of the different temperatures?”
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