Chapter 391 — Clean as Pure Gold (4)
“…Was my asking your names truly so astonishing?”
I lifted my teacup and stared straight at the two of them as they stammered helplessly. At once, two round heads whipped from side to side so fast they practically made whooshing sounds.
They say vehement denial is the same as affirmation. I wondered which side these two fell on.
“It’s not that… It’s just…….”
“…We thought you disliked private acts such as introducing names.”
…What the hell was that supposed to mean?
My sense of reason temporarily fled the premises, and I choked in the middle of drinking my tea. Fortunately, there hadn’t been much tea in my mouth, so nothing disastrous happened like me going pfft and spraying it everywhere.
Though I couldn’t stop the cup from shaking and a few drops from splashing onto my philtrum and clothes.
“…I have no idea why you would think that.”
I set the teacup down first, then dabbed at my mouth and clothes with a napkin.
Me, disliking personal interactions? Where the hell had that misunderstanding even started? A little grumbling stayed safely inside my head.
“B-Because you’ve never asked us even once…….”
“…Over something as trivial as that?”
No, seriously. Their thoughts had gone that far just because I’d never asked their names? Of course, introducing names was the beginning of a relationship, so it wasn’t completely impossible to understand, but still…!
“…You never asked mine either, did you?”
“That’s true, but…….”
Back when…