"...Got a problem, Ayane?" Setsuna asks as I clutch my clothes. I was about to take them off for our first night together, but then I glance at the hourglass she'd placed on the dresser.
"...This isn't right..." I look at Setsuna. The dark circles under her eyes are completely gone. Her gaze is now arrogant, frivolous, cynical, cold, and lifeless—something it wasn't before, or at least shouldn't be.
Actually... since when has it been like this? How long have I missed this strange look in her eyes... or did I just ignore it because I loved her?
"Ayane?... I—" Before she can finish speaking, I try to crush her with a barrier. Three small barriers float around her before violently expanding. She just vanishes from within the area of effect, reacting before the attack even fully forms.
