Kai, Effie, and Cassie settled in the living room and chatted while Sunny returned to the kitchen. The two areas were basically a single space, separated only by distance and a tall counter, so he could see them clearly. Watching his friends at ease and happy to be reunited with the blind girl turned his expression dark for a short moment, but Sunny quickly put on a carefree mask.
Rain was by his side and staring at them, too.
Her gaze lingered on Kai for a while, then on Cassie. Finally, she looked at Effie and studied her face with a complicated expression.
'Here it comes!'
A few moments later, her eyes widened. Sunny didn't think that it was possible for the teenage girl to become paler than she already was, but he was proven wrong. Looking like a ghost, Rain slowly turned to him and whispered:
"Effie… she is… she's…"
Sunny offered her a polite smile.
"Huh? What are you mumbling about?"
Then, he glanced into the living room and raised his eyebrows.
"Oh, do you want me to call her over? No problem. Hey, Ef…"
Rain waved her hands and pressed one against his mouth.
"No! Don't!"
Sunny stared at her with a silent question in his eyes.
The girl looked at him, then at her hand, then awkwardly stepped back.
"What I wanted to say was… Effie, is she…"
Sunny grimaced.
"...Awakened Athena, also known as Raised by Wolves? What, you didn't know?"
balance herself. A
interested in the Awakened, to begin with, and the government mostly used
to a wheelchair. Not to mention that a normal person would
gods, I even said… oh,
lowered her head, then suddenly looked up and pierced Sunny with an unexpectedly
by Wolves, Nightingale, and Song
frowned in
used to be members of
blinked a couple of times. Her voice became
by Wolves, and Nightingale were members of Lady Changing Star's
Sunny smiled innocently.
Yup, that's the
girl lifelessly sat down, almost missing the chair. She remained silent for
Star of the Immortal Flame clan? You're from...
He grinned.
Neph? Yeah,
Rain closed her eyes.
say anything for a
a few more moments, then
"So… about those potatoes…"
looked down at her
go home. I, uh… forgot
Rain stood up and rushed to the
yelled at
What homework? It's
around, the teenage girl squealed "sorry" one more time and fled the house in
as the door closed
avenged.
wish she would
***
settled around the table and moved on to the real reason
having a somewhat good relationship
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