“Oh! You’re here? I really missed you, Ishina!”

I greeted him in my most cheerful voice, but no response came.

“…Don’t tell me you heard everything?”

At Aquila’s question, Ishina nodded, his unfocused eyes betraying his distress. Well, anyone would be mortified if they suddenly walked in on people making marriage vows.

“What… is wrong with the way you two think?”

Ishina's voice trembled as he spoke. Then, as his gaze landed on Aquila’s hand still wrapped around my waist, his expression twisted into one of sheer disgust.

“Aquila, for now, just put her down. Salvia’s completely out of it because of the warmth. She’s just agreeing with everything you say without thinking.”

Aquila scowled but, after a moment, finally let go of me. The warmth instantly vanished, and like a fog lifting, my mind gradually began to clear.

“…Aquila, you do realize you’re kind of garbage, don’t you?”

Ishina’s eyes bore into Aquila like he was looking at actual trash.@@novelbin@@

“……”

“…How about we take this outside for a bit?”

I watched as Aquila was dragged away by his senior. In the meantime, I bent down to gather up the papers Ishina had dropped.

Now that I was away from Aquila’s body heat, my mind was functioning normally again.

I tried to piece together what had just happened. What exactly had gone on here…?

Until just a moment ago, I’d been absentmindedly agreeing to everything Aquila said. “Yeah, yeah,” I’d nodded along. But let’s take a step back and review the situation.

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