Chapter 396: First Love (1/2)
What was your first love like, Kohaku-tan?”
Late at night in the living room, Kohaku and Hera were alone together.
The loli baba tilted her glass to her lips as Hera asked her this question.
“What’s this out of the blue, ja?”
“I was just a little curious. Actually, I never heard who your first love was, Kohaku-tan.”
“Hm.”
“You are a Loli Baba.”
“Aye, my appearance versus my actual age. Not an attractive witch. Loli Baba fits the best, ja.”
She tilted her glass, her lips wet with the amber liquid.
Hera wondered if Kohaku perhaps wasn’t as strong with alcohol as she thought.
She could drink sometimes, but in general it was only one glass, plus it took her over a night to finish drinking over half the cup.
Perhaps it was just to create an atmosphere or a persona. Hera pondered this as she asked another question.
“You’ve been living about 80 years, right?”
“Aye, that’s correct, ja.”
“If you’ve lived so long, then don’t you have plenty of stories to tell?”
“The first time was all to me husband, ja.”
“I’m talking about the first romantic occurrence, though.”
Hera pouted slightly.
This was Kohaku’s way of evading the conversation.
She spoke the truth, but did not answer the core of the issue.
That perfect balance in evading the question—-another way of lying.
“Hm.”
“It wasn’t Taiyou-chan at first, right?”
“Me husband was the first one I offered me everything to, ja.”
“Kohaku-tan—-”
“Kukuku, ye got me apologies. Ah, but this makes me a bit self-conscious when I discuss it,ye see?”
“So it’s embarrassing?”
“Indeed.”
She nodded, drinking the rest of the cup dry. It seemed she would not talk without a drink.
Kohaku left the glass on the table, gazing into the distance, until she finally spoke.
“Well, we’ve aged quite a bit, and they’re in the ranks of the departed after all.”
“You mean they’re dead?”
“A bit older than I am, so yeah, that’s to be expected, ja.”
“I see.”
“And it isn’t even anything crazy, ja. Guy who lived close to me, very nice. But that kindness did not stop him from going to the battlefield, never to return.”
“That doesn’t seem to have anything to do with your age, Kohaku-tan!”
Hera immediately objected. Kohaku was stifling her laughter.
“Ye could say that. Also, just know I hardly talk about this, ja. Or, nay, I think never, ja.”
“What, you serious?”
“For reals, yo.”
“You don’t have to try and talk like a youngster.”
“Kukuku, you sure remind me of Husband when he makes a quip.”
“So why did you hesitate before saying that?”
“What are ye saying?”