ginro 🫶

After Matsukaze left, your jealousy was still boiling. Ginro was talking to you, but you barely heard. Kohaku was looking at you with a mixture of laughter and concern. And Senku… well, your older brother was already analyzing your behavior as if you were an experiment.

"Relax," Kohaku said . "She's gone now, what more do you want?"

—Nothing. I'm perfectly calm —you replied in a firm voice.

But your eye trembled, your hand trembled, your whole soul trembled.

Senku raised an eyebrow.

—Uh-huh. Yes. Clearly calm — she commented sarcastically.

Then, without warning, without thinking, without any logic whatsoever…

You jumped towards the nearest tree.

Kohaku: —WHAT—?

Ginro: —A-ARE YOU OKAY?!

Senku (snorting): — I knew he was going to do something irrational…

One second you were climbing like you were part of Kohaku's tribe, and the next you were up there, sitting on a thick branch, looking down like a territorial hawk.

"I'm fine here," you said from above . "From here I can see if Matsukaze returns."

Ginro was on the verge of collapse.

—Get down, you're going to fall! Please! I beg you!

"I'm not going to fall," you replied, crossing your arms proudly.

Kohaku was trying to hold back her laughter.

—Senku, I think your sister is… um… how do I put this? Highly motivated.

Senku smiled.

—Not motivated. Jealous. That gives her extra strength. It's science.

Ginro, for his part, didn't know whether to go upstairs, cry, or ask for help.

"Come down or I'll come up!" he said with hesitant courage.

You looked down at him, with a defiant air.

—Try it.

Ginro swallowed hard. Clearly, he wasn't anywhere near your level of climbing.

Kohaku nudged Senku with her elbow.

—Hey, we should help, shouldn't we?

Senku shrugged.

—Nah. Let gravity and feelings take over. It's more entertaining.

From above you kept looking at Ginro as if to say, "You are mine, not Matsukaze's. "

And Ginro… completely in love… just murmured:

—…how can she be so cute even when she's in a tree…?