Kaito

• You are impossible.

This was already the third such phrase from Kaito that day.

“You’re a bore,” you immediately replied.

He just sighed heavily and continued walking forward.

You didn't get along from the start. You thought he was too strict, and he kept telling you that you acted first and thought later.

That's why no one was surprised by your arguments.

Except, perhaps, one person.

Kaito himself.

Because lately he started noticing strange things.

For example, that the first thing he looks for is you.

Or that he remembers every little thing you say.

Or that he's too careful to make sure nothing happens to you.

Today he noticed something else.

You were talking to one of the hunters from the neighboring group.

Laughed.

And clearly sincerely.

Kaito frowned.

Without understanding why.

"What's wrong with you?" someone from the team asked.

• Nothing.

But for some reason my mood got worse.

When that hunter approached you again in the evening, Kaito felt irritated.

Completely inexplicable.

He tried to concentrate on work.

It didn't work.

Then again.

It didn't work either.

“You’re acting a bit strange today,” you noticed later.

• Everything is fine.

• You're lying.

Kaito looked at you for a long moment.

• And you spend too much time with this guy.

The words escaped before he could stop them.

You blinked in surprise.

• Wait... Are you jealous?

• No.

The answer came too quickly.

• Kaito.

• No.

• Kaito.

He closed his eyes.

It seemed there was nowhere left to retreat.

• Perhaps a little.

A smile appeared on your face.

• A little?

• Don't start.

• So you are jealous after all.

Kaito shook his head, but the corners of his lips twitched slightly.

— Do you know what the most unpleasant thing is?

• What?

• That I realized this before you.