"Niken, what are you worrying about? Have you forgotten that you are not alone here? Don't feel like you are abandoned and can't do anything. So don't keep it to yourself."
Niken smiled at the soft whisper above her ear. Even though their mind-linking wasn't active, Kazuto could still feel Niken's anxiety. The man could always sense her concern and give the best comfort he could provide. She realized that Kazuto didn't force his way to read her mind through the mind-linking, causing her heart warm at the gesture.
"Thank you, Kazu. I promise you are the first to know my thoughts."
Kazuto chuckled at that. In fact, he could just activate his mind-linking, and he would quickly know what his inamorata was thinking. But Kazuto chose to remain silent and waited patiently. After all, open communication was much better than secretly reading the girl's mind. Besides, Kazuto preferred to hear Niken's voice directly rather than the voice in his mind.