Chapter 63 - Sweet Revenge (1/2)
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”N-nothing! I was just… thinking! Of what words to teach Raven.”
'Phew! Please let that excuse pass.'
Raising his eyebrows, Kaiden replied, ”If you say so.”
”Yeah. He-he.” Wanting to change the topic, I asked, ”This is the first time I'm seeing your pet. Why didn't I see him before? Was he not staying here?”
”He does, but not always. There are times he wanders around and just comes back after a few weeks or so. He's a free bird so he can do anything he likes.”
Raven rubbed his head again on Kaiden's hand. Wanting to touch the bird as well, I held out my hand towards Raven. I made sure not to be aggressive and just touch it on my own accord. If he's fine with me, then he should rub his head on my palm, too, right?
I waited for a few seconds and finally, the bird took notice of me. He then stretched his head towards my hand and rubbed his head on my palm.
”Woah! He's touching me!” I was so happy that I blurted out.
”It seems that he likes you.”
”Woah! Thank you, Raven. And nice to meet you!”
”Caw! Caw!” Raven cawed, as if trying to greet me back.
”When you meet someone new, you say, 'Hello'. Come on, try it. Hello.”
”Hello.”
”Great job! You said it!”
”Wae?”
”You're asking why? Because you greeted me successfully.”
”Hello.”
”Ha-ha-ha-ha!”
Raven kept on repeating random words afterwards. I never knew owning a pet raven could be so much fun. And he was so sweet, too! Not dangerous at all! And his feathers, just wow! It's so smooth to touch that I couldn't get enough of it!
Speaking of touching, it seems Kaiden was okay with touching animals, huh? He didn't have his gloves on that time but he was able to touch Raven. I guess, germs or the likes were not the cause of his mysophobia? But if it's not the cause, was that even still mysophobia? Oh well, I guess it's either that, or Raven's just a clean bird.
After chatting a bit more, Callan and Verrill decided to go home, and we all went back to our respective rooms—except for Hora. I made sure to drag her into my room when Crystal went straight to hers. Poor Crystal, it seemed that the rowdiness tired her out.
But as for me, I'm not tired at all! I had all the energy to take my revenge—I mean, to peacefully interrogate—no, to peacefully question Hora. Yes, that should be the proper term.
As I prepared my evil questions in my brain, I let Hora slump her body on the bed. To my surprise, she rolled around from left to right, hugging the blanket with her, making her look like a human sushi. Then after a few times of tossing herself around, she bounced back up and turned to me with a serious face.
”Senaaaaaa!” she wailed like a cute little child with her cute voice.
Of course, I was taken aback.
”W-what? Why? What happened to you?”
”What was that? Why did he suddenly pat my head? We weren't even close!” she cutely complained.
Chuckling, I walked towards her and patted her back. Seriously, Hora's so cute when she behaved like that.
”If you ask me, I'd say there's 'something' in the air. If you know what I mean,” I intentionally smirked and waggled my eyebrows. Finally, it was time for my revenge. Mwa-ha-ha-ha!