"Co on now, Kafka...Let's have a good talk before my aunts co back." Nina enthusiastically pulled towards the rather wide sofa that seated the trio earlier. "Knowing them well, they'll surely hog you and pester you by asking you useless things if they were to see you alone...So before them, I'll act as the nosey elder myself and ask a bunch of questions about you."
Nina dragged to the sofa and sat herself down on one side. She looked like she wanted to sit right next to her so that she could have a much more intimate conversation with and ask the things she was curious to know, which was quite easy to tell looking at how her eyes looked so bright and avid at the mont as she looked up at .
But against what she wanted to do, I walked towards the other end of the sofa and tried to seat myself there to keep a certain distance between us.
"Now, where do you think you're going, Kafka?" Nina asked, and before I could take my second step, she pulled my hand by force and made sit right next to her. "Why are you going to sit all the way over there when there's so much space right next to ?"
"...Or is it that you feel a bit shy to sit next to this older sister when you were acting so confident before?"
Nina gave a teasing smile as she nudged by the shoulders, thinking that I was embarrassed to be sitting so close to an older woman, and she found it to be quite funny when she compared it to how boldly I acted earlier.
"You can easily deal with a group of rowdy grown n like it's simple as tossing a coin in the air.
But when it cos to sitting next to soone like , you're getting all timid and flustered...You're a rather interesting boy, you know that, Kafka." Nina pulled on my cheek like she found how I was behaving to be quite cute while I looked rather reluctant towards the coddling, like I was a child at a family function that got his cheeks pulled on by everyone around.
"No, it's not anything like that, Nina...I was simply using the unoccupied space so that you don't feel cramped sitting next to ." I answered with a rather mature statent while pulling my face away from her claws, which made Nina look at with adoration in her eyes, like she was thinking that I was a kid pretending to be a grownup.
I then continued saying as I slowly tried to distance myself from Nina, since I could currently feel her thighs squished against mine from the side,
"...We've also just t today, and you're also the respected owner of this place, as well as my elder, so it wouldn't be appropriate for us to sit so close together when we just learned of one another's nas less than an hour ago."
"Tsk! Who cares if we t an hour ago or a minute ago?" Nina clicked her tongue, like she never considered such useless things when it ca to forming relationships. "What I know and care about is the fact that you saved and my place from going through quite the hassle because of those three assholes, when you really had no need to do so since you were simply a guest at this place."
"...And that one favour of yours is more than enough for to treat you as familiar as any other regular in this place.
And honestly, I think I should treat you even better than the average guest, since you basically saved this place from being shut down because of my hastiness, and I genuinely think that you deserve to be pampered even more by the owner of this little joint to show her gratitude towards her little hero."
Nina slid right next to when she saw escaping and started caressing my thighs with the tips of her fingers in a rather playful manner, like it was her way of serving her guest, who had been promoted to the VIP position after the favour he had done to the place.
Even though Nina was stroking my thigh, which felt rather ticklish, and pushing her body against mine to the extent that I could feel her soft chest against my arm, I knew that she had no questionable thoughts while doing so, judging by the pure smile she had on her face which made it seem like she was simply playing around with a child for her amusent.
"To be honest, I did have thoughts of backing out at first since I didn't want to involve myself in so trouble and only ca forward because Mrs Keller was also here, so I really am not the benevolent person you make out to be." I said as I tried to pull myself away from her once again, but quickly gave up when I saw Nina follow along with wherever I went.
I then looked at Nina, whose playful smile hadn't faded away ever since she started teasing , and asked,
"...And Nina, even if I did help you out a bit, don't you think that it's a bit too much for you to be so close to under the pretence that you're trying to give special treatnt?"
"Hmm?...What do you an by that?" Nina asked as she stopped twirling her fingers on my thigh.
"Like, is it really fine for you to be sitting so closely to when it could easily be taken the wrong way by anyone who enters the lobby now?" I asked in a rather solemn manner, while Nina looked at like she didn't understand what I was saying.
"Not to ntion that you have a husband as well, who surely wouldn't be happy if he were to see both of us like this...So, is this really okay with you?"
I expressed my doubts in a serious tone. But to Nina, it seed like I was joking around, as if she never even considered what I said. A smile also slowly creeped up on her face when she thought of what I said in her head, which beca funnier every ti she thought about it.
"Is this okay with ?" Nina repeated my question to herself and chuckled, like she found it hilarious that I was asking such an obvious question to her. She then said, as if she were in a hysterical mood, "Of course it's okay with , Kafka, and there's no doubt in that!...I an, why wouldn't I be okay with it when I don't even see you as a man at all who I needed to be wary of at all?"
My lips twitched when Nina basically denied my status as a man so easily, which Nina was also quick to realise that what she said was quite rude and could easily be misinterpreted.
"Oh, don't misunderstand, Kakfa, as I really didn't an to say that you weren't a man or anything like that..." Nina waved her hands to clear up the misunderstanding while berating herself for wording herself so cruelly.
She then continued saying, while looking straight into my eyes as if she ant every word, "...In fact, in this world of ours that's full of scoundrels who call themselves n and cowards who run at the slightest sound of trouble, you're definitely the only person I've ever seen that truly deserves that title."
"Especially after seeing you step up in the ti of need and not being afraid to confront those bastards even when you were outnumbered." Nina gazed at with a rather proud look in her eyes, like she was glad that there was soone out there who didn't disappoint her. "I really don't think that I can call anyone else a true man after the example you set before today."
"O-Oh...I see." I chuckled in embarrassnt, as I couldn't really handle being praised boldly, like I was being put on a pedestal.
I then looked back at Nina, who was smiling after seeing get all shy, and asked,
"Then why did you say that you didn't consider a man earlier?...You surely can't say that the entire thing was a misunderstanding, right?"
"No, no, I definitely won't brush it off like that, nor do I have to since I have a legitimate reason for saying that." Nina shook her head, like she was thinking she should've just worded her sentences properly in the first place to avoid such misunderstandings.
She then looked at and said, "When I said that I don't think of you as a man, I didn't really an to talk about your identity as a man or your everyday actions that make you out to be one...But it's actually your age that makes you look like a little boy in my eyes instead of an actual adult man who I need to keep an eye on at all tis."
"You see, even though you look quite mature and grown up to the extent that I even thought that you were an actual adult in his twenties when I first saw you, I simply can't see you the sa after finding out your true age, and now look at you like a little child, which you actually are since you're still in school." Nina slowly explained, seeing how confused I was at the mont.
She then sighed and said, "...I also know that you don't like to be treated like a child when you're all grown up and want to be respectful as an adult. But unfortunately, because of the age gap between us that puts us an entire generation apart, I really can't help but treat you like a kid when you're actually quite a scary one, seeing as to how you can send a man flying with one kick."
Nina gave a curious look at my legs and poked them like she was trying to see what they were made of.
"I see...I guess there's no helping it when you say it like that."
I accepted what Nina said without arguing back, which surprised Nina, as she was sure that a hot-blooded young man like would argue back at her statent and didn't expect to be so understanding of the situation.
This made her impression of increase even further in her mind since she was used to seeing n with fragile egos all the ti, and it was a novelty for her to see soone as young as deal with criticism without taking it to heart.
Nina also had sothing else she didn't want to misunderstand, as she quickly explained, saying,
"I also wouldn't normally get close to any boy around your age just because he helped out, since that would make out to be quite the weirdo who goes after little kids...I'd probably just give them a sincere thank you and give them a special pass to use the hot spring for free for a year for the favour I owe them."
"...But you, on the other hand, Kafka...Well, let's just say that you're quite special and different from the rest of the boys out there." Nina said with a knowing smile on her face.
"Special? Special in what way?" I asked, not knowing what made stand out in her eyes.
"Special because you resemble my little brother..." Nina said with a mischievous glint in her eyes.
"You have a little brother?" I asked, wondering if I had another person that looked the sa as in this world.
I simply asked Nina if she had a brother since that was the first thing that popped into my mind, and I was expecting her to nod her head and naturally agree. But to my surprise it didn't go like so.
"Do I have a little brother?...No, I don't." Nina shook her head and gave an unexpected answer, which made raise an eyebrow in confusion. She then continued saying, while giggling at how bamboozled I looked at the mont, "...But if I were to have a brother, then he'd definitely look and behave like you."
"And before you ask anything, Kafka, let say my piece first..." Nina said after seeing how I looked like I had heard wrong. She then crossed her leg over another and laid back on the sofa to explain the riddles she was speaking.
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