“Aww, why did you run away?” she coyly asked.
“I’m not. It’s called a tactical retreat.”
“Yeah, that’s the same thing,” she argued.
“No it’s not. Retreat implies that I’m preparing a counterattack against you.”
“Ahaha, really now? Can’t wait for when you start fighting back, then,” she flashed a cheerful smile.
I talk big about “counterattacking” and all that, but that was just so I had some sort of comeback for her. I can’t imagine there will ever be a day when I can finally go toe to toe with her, he thought.
“Anyways, you can think of our current relationship as still being in the ‘pre-dating’ period as Western folks put it,” Kasumi concluded while putting her slippers back on. Soukichi nodded in agreement before a sudden realization soon hit him.
“...Wait a second,” he said.
“H
