165 Feigning Ignorance

"Big bro, you want to get beaten up?"

"What did I do?" Suzuki Aki was seriously shocked by her reaction which made Ara roll her eyes. 

"You're seriously asking that? Are you an idiot?"

Aki looked offended. "Ya! I just told you earlier I'm dumb, right?" he countered and she sighed and patted his shoulder to comfort him.

"I now understand how real that is," she told him, making Aki stop.

"Did… Did I just get insulted?"

Ara gave him one last pat before leaning against the railing of the gazebo. "Big bro, if you like her, you have to let her know. It's useless to hang onto a very old promise of a toddler. You're worse than an idiot if you do that."

"Is there something worse than an idiot," Aki grumbled.

"There is."

"What?"

"My low EQ older brother," Ara deadpanned.

The low EQ brother was shocked. "Y-you –"