Dimensional Descent

Leonel fell into silence, his palm flipping to return the bow to the Segmented Cube. He didn't quite have an answer, he never really thought about it.

Even when he was with Aina, he never really thought about what their future together would look like. He didn't think about marriage, he didn't think about kids or grandkids, he never really imagined them growing old together either.

It was odd that he never did. A man like him who was logical to a fault should have been thinking about those things. And, at the very least, he should have talked to Aina about it at some point. But, he never brought it up.

"Do you want kids?"

Aina, who had been staring intently at Leonel, was suddenly caught completely off guard by the question. She was baffled in one moment before she went entirely red.

"What are you talking about all of a sudden?!"

Seeing her reaction, Leonel laughed, all his worries seeming to float away. She could be quite bold sometimes, but she could also be adorably embarrassed just as easily. The ebbs and the flows of this were quite peaceful and relaxing. Maybe there was nothing wrong with some forms of boredom.

"No, really," Leonel said after he finally stopped laughing. "Do you?"

Aina's eyes darted around. She couldn't believe Leonel had really chosen this kind of situation to ask this question. But, seeing that the answer was important to him, she bit her lip and nodded.

"How many?" Leonel pressed.

Aina was exasperated. What was wrong with this man all of a sudden?!

"… Ten…"

"Huh?" Leonel leaned in.

had spoken so softly that he couldn't hear exactly what she was saying. Was this really something to be so embarrassed about? As confusing as he was, this woman was even more

her

ten?" Leonel's brows rose. "Does that

hips. "Is there a problem? I'm doing most

that he hadn't even thought

path, Leonel could tell that saying no would really hurt Aina, maybe even more so than those cruel words he had spoken that day on

he should have been able to

over her experience with the Puppet Master back when her psyche still wasn't completely whole. But,

wanted to use

boundaries any woman would have up, but rather because they were also perverting

about? Like you said, you're doing

spread into a wild

He didn't really care one

a breath of relief before

began to walk to who

how are we

a smile Leonel couldn't see as she continued

Leonel to put it down so that they could go. She knew

need to take it too seriously. Getting out of here probably isn't all that difficult anymore. Just

Aina raised

"Really."