230 If There's A Way

"You're cool."

Homura Ryuu chuckled as she said that. Ara could already imagine his amused expression, his ice-blue gaze dancing in mirth as his lips stretched into a smile.

"I know – that's why you like me so much," her husband answered with so much confidence she could also see his smug look as he said that, and she laughed.

Where did her quiet husband go? Who is this confident playboy?

But of course, Ara already knew that Ryuu only acted like that towards her and no one else. Hers alone. Knowing this filled her heart with pride once more.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm so crazy about you," she told him flippantly, like someone just saying it to make the other shut up. But for Ara, it was the truth.

She didn't know how it happened. But it was as if a hidden well of feelings had emerged within her, and she just found herself crazy in love with him, right after discovering she liked him.

Crazy.