Chapter 953 Numbness

Chapter 953 Numbness

Aika stayed quiet and just enjoyed the wind blowing on her face.

However, Kisuke wouldn't be Kisuke if he didn't destroy this mood purely for amusement, "Of all the numbers, why the unlucky one?"

Aika's calm demeanor instantly disappeared and she smacked Kisuke's forehead, "Why are you concerned whether it's unlucky or not!? And you think 4(shi) is unlucky when you represent death(shi) itself!?"

Kisuke snickered while rubbing his forehead, "That expression is much more suitable for you."

Aika glared at him and asked, "You prefer my angry face more? Since when did you have that kind of preference, you pervert?!"

Kisuke cozied up to the ground and looked afar, "No. What I meant is that you don't have to wear a somber expression."

"Somber?" Aika tilted her head, "Did I look somber to you?"

But instead of answering, Kisuke directed the conversation elsewhere, "Four years... I don't know how you did it, but the most you can do in that dream world of yours is move around while talking to your Zanpakuto."

"It's Akane and Kaguya." Aika interrupted him.

"Hm?"

Aika hugged her nodachi, "Please call them Akane and Kaguya."

But even with that kind of answer, Kisuke couldn't help but be a bit fearful. He's sure that he wouldn't forget a single thing and he'd even modify his own head to make sure that his memories stayed intact. However, even if he had his memories, he might just one day forget they existed in the first place. Small but precious memories might stay in his head forever, but there might be a day when he wouldn't even remember what happened without external stimuli, 'Well, that's to consider if I'm really going to live that long... Though I do think that it'll be a good idea to start writing a diary.'

"That isn't helpful at all," Aika replied with a pout.

"It might work for me but not for others so you'll have to figure that out on your own."

"Then I'll just overthink things again."

Kisuke just shrugged his shoulders, "That's how life is. Contradictory."

Aika sighed and stood up beside Kisuke, "...This just threw off my whole plan."

Kisuke turned to her in wonderment and asked, "Plan? What plan?"

Aika snickered, "Well, I thought I matured even a little bit since I'm technically 22 years old after that time skip so I thought I should be able to advance our relationship~!" But she soon became deflated, "But it turns out that you're still far away from me. Slow down a bit, will ya?"

Kisuke just grinned at her, "Me? Slow down? Are you sure you're asking the right person? I'm not doing that."

"Figures... No choice but to catch up, huh... But how in the world were you able to accept Sona and Kuroka?"

Kisuke immediately turned away from her before replying with a softer voice, "...It's my immaturity at that time. It's my first time being surrounded like that, you know? The horny me couldn't stop it."

It was rare to see Kisuke acting embarrassed, but that's not what concerned Aika, "So the goal really went further ahead!?" While holding her head, she shouted to herself, "I should have made my move back then!!!"