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“So Gen. Tell me your type for a man.” Minami said, her brown eyes were gleaming with mischief. As a reporter, her curiosity was understandable. And Asagiri Gen was a celebrity with a clean record of dating, never involved with any scandal.
The ladies including Gen, Kohaku, Yuzuriha, Ruri, Nikki, Minami decided to hang together near François, enjoying the bread that the butler baked for them. Yuzuriha was squealing in delight, as a high-school girl (well not anymore) she loved the girls talk like this! Not to mention everyday doing hard labor without any source of entertainment sometimes burn her out. No matter how much she loves her job as a handicraft team.
Ruri was immersed with this topic, as a priestess she always avoiding talking about love, knowing her future as the next village chief leader's wife (well not anymore, she is a divorcee). Kohaku munching her bread was raising her eyebrow, interested in Minami sudden question. Nikki slips out a gasp at Minami brave question, as a fellow modern person, more or less she know about Asagiri Gen the pretty mentalist that never tangled with any man even though some other celebrity was blatantly saying they were interested in her.
The mentalist herself, was choking on her cola. Senku made it, he said he was bored so he decided to refresh his mind. By making cola. Yes, refreshing by making cola, what kind of nonsense.
With harsh cough, Gen hit her chest, her throat was burn because of the soda. François quickly give Gen a cup of fresh water, she drank it swiftly. After the cough was subdued, Gen faced Minami with a deep frown. “Where is this coming from?” she asked.
Minami shrugged her shoulders playfully. “You have a clean record as a celebrity! Yuzuriha and Nikki probably know what I mean though!” she face Kohaku and Ruri, eyes gleaming along with a little smirk on her lips. “You see, Gen was someone who was called a celebrity. It means a popular person that is known by people for their work. Whether it's a singer like Lilian Weinberg or a professional fighter like Tsukasa or a mentalist slash magician like Gen. And my job as a reporter was to scoop any interesting story from a celebrity like them!” Minami folded her hand on her chest, protruding it making her hourglass figure stand out more. “This fellow here. The one and only woman that is a member of ‘Five General’ was having a clear history of dating or any scandal. It was clear that some singers and young actor was interested in her back then, but she never mention them at all! I was curious!”
Gen was staring at Minami with nervous laugh. Her long bicolor hair was freshly trimmed by Yuzuriha the other day, layers of clothes covered by a long and wide violet coat, long trousers, bare-foot. She appeared more loose than her usual appearance with a slim-fit woman suit and short-pencil skirt she usually wore back then in modern era. “I don’t think this topic was interesting.” she dodging the question.
“This is interesting! A girl talk is always so fun!” Yuzuriha chime in, her eyes twinkling in curiosity.
“A girl talk? I don’t know if I can understand any of it. But I guess there’s no harm in joining it.” Kohaku said nonchalant, while her mouth was still busy munching the bread.
“Love talk! Something that I can only dream of when I’m a priestess!” Ruri share the same energy as Yuzuriha. Staring at Gen with twinkling blue-orbs.
Gen sigh in defeat. “Then let’s talk about yours, Yuzuriha-chan or Ruri-chan.”
Minami quickly quipped in cutting anyone who tried to answer Gen. “What are you talking about?! It’s super obvious Taiju and Chrome is the one! Everyone knows it, duh! I want to know about you, ‘kay? Don’t be such a hard person, come on, just tell us your opinion about the man around here if you don’t want to tell us your type.”
Hearing Minami frank statements, Yuzuriha and Ruri face was immediately burned in crimson. Kohaku and Nikki snickering at the duo.
“That will be fun. Give us the honest opinion, Gen! No time for twisting your words around.” Nikki said, seems like putting her full attention to the topic.
“Why me? Eriously-say?” Gen whined, she folded her hand, hiding it under the wide sleeve of her violet coat.
“Let’s start then!” Kohaku exclaimed enthusiastically.
Minami nodded her head in agreement, happy she was successful cornering the smart mentalist. “So, among all of the guys here. Which one is boyfriend material for you?” she asked eagerly.
“Ukyo-chan.” Gen said without missing a beat. A humming of agreement was hear from the ladies, even François who was wiping the plate was nodding too.
“Reason?” Yuzuriha asked.
Gen put her index finger on her jaw, tapping it to make a thinking gesture. “First of all he is cute.” She raised her finger, counting ‘one’. The ladies were nodding their head. “Second, he is well-spoken.” index finger and middle finger making ‘two’. “Third, he is loving toward children.” make a gesture ‘three’. “Fourth, he is patient. I mean look at him! Teaching everyone how to read and write, isn’t he lovely? He is the student's favorite teacher!” the ladies along with François nodded their head more vigorously. “Fifth, he is an ex SDF Navy Submarine Sonar Operator. The jobs was somehow looks cool to me, contrasting with his innocent face.” Gen switches with his thumb, making ‘six’. “He was a good singer, I heard him singing before. His voice was so soft and lovely.” she stop her rambling. Clear her throat. “Whoever ended up with him is a lucky person.”
“I agree though, Ukyo is a wonderful man.” Ruri said.
“Then let’s say, how about Taiju-kun?” Yuzuriha asked, she was merely curious about Gen opinion.
“Eally-ray? Taiju-chan, eh?” she purse her lips, pondering seriously. “He was an honest man. Kind-hearted and have a strong will to helping other people. He was so pure and selfless, prefer to hurt himself than let his loved ones get hurt.” Gen offering a smile at Yuzuriha. “Whoever ended up with him would be treated as a Queen in his life, he would make her the happiest woman on earth.”
Yuzuriha slip out a small laugh. “You are right!”
“How about Ryusui? He is considered handsome and tall, right?.” Nikki asked.
“Oh my.” Minami sigh.
Gen face was unimpressed at the mention of Nanami young master. She faced François and clap her hands. “I swear I’m not trying to bad-mouthed him, François-chan!” François was let out a laugh at Gen.
“I know you would never do that, Gen-sama. Rest assured.” They said, pair of blue-eyes gleaming in understanding.
“He desire everyone in this world! For Ryusui-chan, he might be simply desiring them, but for a lover's point of view, it would light a fire of jealousy. Yes, he is handsome and tall. Dashing and confident. However, his future loved ones should be more than just patient when facing his desire. And I certainly won’t be patient enough for him.” Gen said.
“Point taken.” Nikki dully noted.
“Then how about Tsukasa?” Minami asked, her cheeks tainted red.
Gen take a sip of her beloved cola. Then let out a satisfied sigh at the familiar taste of soda. “Tsukasa-chan? He is strong, you will feel safe with him around you. He will protect you from any danger. He is tall and muscular, but his eyes is soft and pretty. I must say his brown-eyes are the most beautiful part of him. It’s hard to not fall for his charm. I guess we already had one of his victim with us~” Gen wiggling her eyebrows, Minami hit her shoulder playfully.
“We always talked about the modern guy. How about the villagers?” Yuzuriha said.
“How about Chrome?” asked Ruri.
“Eyy~ You too, Ruri-chan?” Ruri just sheepishly giggling. “Fine then, this mentalist will humor you all. Chrome-chan was a hot-blooded person. He would be someone who proposed to you in spur of the moment without building a mood or preparing himself properly. But! That was part of his charm. His bright smile will brighten your day too! However, if we said about my preference I would prefer him as my little brother more than lover.”
Kohaku scoffed at Gen statement. “Propose at the spur of the moment? Why can I imagine it perfectly?” She nudged her older sister.
“How about the siblings, Kinro and Ginro?” asked Minami.
The mentalist was smiling. “I like how serious Kinro-chan is. He would obey the rule, but still he would be lenient if it concerned someone else's safety. He loves to learn something new and is not afraid of change. He joined Ukyo-chan class and Ukyo-chan said Kinro-chan was doing so well. He is a strong person and would definitely be a loyal lover.” in instance, Gen face turn flat. “About Ginro-chan… Uh, he is… well, he is Ginro-chan.”
The ladies was just nodding their head, with the same flat expression.
“Magma!” Kohaku said suddenly.
Gen groaned in agony. “Not him please. I almost died because of him.”
“WHAT?!” Nikki, Ruri, Yuzuriha, Minami and François were blowing their eyes in shock.
“What the fuck he did to you?” Nikki was fuming like a steam engine, she stood up from her seat, eyes sharp in rage.
Gen quickly stood up too. Putting her hand on Nikki's arms softly to calm her. “It’s already over, Nikki-chan. I’m fine now, I swear. It’s an old story. Senku-chan, Chrome-chan, Kohaku-chan and Suika-chan were helping me. I'm fine.” she tugged Nikki's arms so the Judo athlete sat back on her chair, face still angry. “See? I’m alive and well. Nothing less.” she tried to joke.
Kohaku face turned uneasy. “I’m sorry. I forgot some of you didn’t know about the accident. But Gen was right, it’s already over.”
“No, it’s okay. Don’t apologize, Kohaku.” Yuzuriha offer a small smile. “If Gen-san is fine now, I couldn’t ask for more.” she added.
Minami was pursing her lips, then suddenly realized something. “Hey, we forget about our leader! Tell us about Senku!”
At the mention of the crimson-eyes scientist, Gen's face turned red. She quickly hid behind her wide coat sleeve to calm herself, and failed pathetically. “Senku-chan is, uh… um, a nice guy.” she said.
Noticing the mentalist shift of mood, the ladies were smiling knowingly.
“Yeah? How nice?” Kohaku asked, her lips upturned in a mischievous smile.
“Nice. Since he made cola.” she answered curtly,
“He certainly is not worth just a cola, right?” Ruri pushed more.
“He re-invent more modern technology. He is amazing.” Gen said, still hiding, ear turned red.
“Senku-kun was more than that!” Yuzuriha huffed, making Gen raised her head immediately. Thinking the brunette girl was annoyed at her, when she just playfully teasing her. The usual Gen would know immediately that Yuzuriha was not serious, but the circuit inside her brain was brutally disturbed by the topic of a certain scientist.
“Sure he is! I mean, he is actually a caring person. Always said as if he doesn’t care, but deep down inside his heart he thought about anyone else more than himself! He never makes fun of other people who don’t understand any of his science talk, in fact he will encourage them to learn more, just like how he teaches Chrome-chan about science. He’s not a sentimental person, rarely said please and thank you, however people can recognize how grateful he is for everyone's support for his project. Senku-chan is kind, he is not the evil he thought he is, in fact I was the one who was more cunning and manipulative. I mean, it’s my job as a mentalist. But he was always there to stay with me when I launched my plan, helping me and guiding me with his genius mind. Senku-chan is weak to children too, he likes Suika-chan and the other kids, he just does not say it verbally.
Gen's face turns more calm, she slips out a smile. “Senku-chan can match my way of thinking. He would understand my idea even when I’m not explaining it to him clearly. However, he is just an awfully stubborn person, I lost count how many times I caught him pulling all-nighter, ditching sleep entirely. I gave him tea to make him sleepy. Surprisingly always working like a charm! And when he was sleeping, his face was so pure and peaceful, almost like a little kid.” Gen close her eyes, expression turn soft while imagining about the scientist smirk when he declares a new science project. “He absolutely deserves all the love from the world.”
The mentalist was struck by a realization, her face turned a thousand shades of crimson. She kept her eyes closed, and her mouth shut tightly. While she bet her dear friends were smiling… oh so knowingly. Making her lose her composure quickly.
“I- I mean! He is an infuriating man! But he does have plenty of positive traits too! No- Wait, what I’m trying to say is, he is a decent man. More than decent actually, not the best out there but still a great guy! You guys understand it right??? We can’t blatantly said he was a bad person!” she was hiding behind the curtain of violet, ears turning crimson. “I should probably just shut my mouth..” she muttered.
“I know, Gen~ He is a charmer isn’t he? I thought the same too.” Kohaku cooed at the flustered mentalist.
“Senku-kun was having a fair amount of fans back in our school. Some girls admire his smart and confident self! He always looks stunning with his white lab coat. I know Gen-san, he was more than just a decent man.” Yuzuhira said, her eyes was twinkling with happiness.
“Can’t say I’m not impressed by his honest words which never lied if it’s about science.” Nikki chime in.
“He is not sentimental, alright. But maybe someone with the similar level as him could crack the tough nut. Perhaps you know who, mentalist?” Minami said, her hand twirling her cup of drink. Her cunning smile that adorn her pretty face betrayed her calm words.
Gen raised her face, it back into the usual her. Offering a closed-eyed smile at the ladies. “I have no earthly idea~”
***
“How many people have you dated, Ryusui?” Ginro asked one day. While the boys was taking a break from making Perseus.
The Perseus captain raised his thick eyebrows, beside him, Senku was scribbling on his easel. Face nonchalant with Ginro crap, he already used to it. The blonde captain slip out a loud laugh, his trademark laugh and a sound of snapping fingers. “Haha! It doesn’t matter! Since I desire everyone in this world!”
“Yup but everyone was not that much for now, since the majority of humans are stone statue right now.” Chrome said with an unimpressed expression matching with Senku.
Kinro, noticing his sibling nonsense, quickly dragged him back to work. Not letting him disturb the science team. Senku was grateful for Kinro's attentive action, he would love to work without any bullshit about that around him.
“Great work, everyone.” Ukyo approach them, holding his bow, complete with arrow sling on his back. He just finished hunting for their food stock along with villagers, he was a great archer. Even with wheat already in their possession, people still love to eat meat after all. And the boar that François takes care of is clearly not enough to feed everyone.
All hail animal protein.
“Great work to you too, Ukyo.” Chrome said. “Get a nice chunk of meat for us?” he added.
“Plenty, we are hitting a jackpot with knowing the maps for our food. Never imagine that my Kyuudo skill was useful in a practical way. I just played it as a sport before.” The silver-haired sonar operator said, shrugged his shoulders.
“Kyuudo?” Chrome asking curiously.
“It's Japanese archery. Considered as a sport.” Ukyo answer easily.
“Anyway, I'm quite curious.” Ryusui said, making the three generals turn their attention to him. “Senku. You are a man who has a nerve as hard as steel. I wonder if you have some romantic history.” he asked, with a smirk.
“We got civilization to revive, goldie locks. Stop spouting nonsense.” Senku roll his eyes.
“Well, maybe you guys know it. But remember how Senku divorce Ruri a minute after they got married?” Chrome said.
“Oh, I know the stories but never heard the full version.” Ukyo said, seems curious.
“Not much actually. Senku won the Grand Bout and married Ruri but quickly divorce her on the spot.” Chrome said, folding his arms.
“Haha! Let one of the prettiest lady from Ishigami Village go? You are lacking desire!” The golden-haired captain snap his finger again.
Senku was unmoved by their words. “I desire to revive civilization, that much and you still say I lack it?” Senku turned his face to Ryusui, smirking confidently.
“He desire for different thing.” Ukyo let out a laugh.
“Besides, our friend here would despise me if I stayed married to Ruri. Right, Chrome?” Senku tease the brunette scientist, while his hand back scribbles into the paper in front of him.
The said scientist just snorted. “I said I don’t mind. As long as she lives well and healthy, what more can I ask?”
“Nah, that was utter crap.” Senku said.
“Then I will make it easy for you, Senku-” Ryusui with his folded arms making a new topic.
“It’s easier for me if you shut up.”
“-among the ladies here, which one represents or at least closest to your type.” The sailor was ignoring Senku entirely.
“I don’t mind talking about the ladies, but remember to respect them and do not stain their self-regards.” Ukyo sternly stating, raised his eyebrow and throwing his gaze to the golden-haired captain.
The said captain was laughing, then snapping his fingers. “You know for sure that I won’t disregard those beautiful ladies, Ukyo! You’re a real gentleman!”
Ukyo offered a loop-side smile “Better safe than sorry.”
“That was bad. Do modern men always talking about this kind of thing?” Chrome watch the exchange in wonder.
“Obviously not me.” Senku chime in. Undisturbed.
“Yeah, dude I know. Obviously not you.” Chrome said unimpressed.
“Not too much, but as a high-schooler I talked about this kind of things with my friends. And I live surrounded by men back in the academy, so I guess I already get used to a talk like this” Ukyo reminiscing his youth. (Uh no, he still young though)
“Oh-ho? Turn out you are an experienced fellow.” Ryusui wiggling his eyebrows.
“Even I do go mixer and dating too, I mean it’s fun until it isn’t.” with a sour smile he stated.
“How come it’s not fun? And what the hell is mixer?” Chrome asked, hearing a foreign word from modern era.
“The ladies would demand more of my time even though it’s already so jammed packed, sometimes I need to sacrifice my archery lesson schedule to go on a date with them. I remember one of my ex demanding me to call her everyday back then, lord it’s so exhausting.” Ukyo sigh at the bitter memories. “Mixer is like a party between men and women in order to get lovers,” he explained to Chrome carefully.
“Bad. Modern era sure is weird. Are you attending a party to get a lover? Like, meeting a stranger then becoming a lover?”
Ukyo laughs softly at Chrome innocence. “Not that simple of course. We meet at the mixer, exchange phone numbers, go on dates and let it flow just like water in a river. Sometimes you back from the mixer and get nothing. It happens all the time and depends on luck too.”
“I understand what you mean, Ukyo. Lovers would demand more and more, desire all of our love and affection for them. Having a lover mad at me was a daily activity for me.” Shaking his head, Ryusui too reminiscing his old story.
Senku scoffed at Ryusui remark. “Ten billion percent sure that your desire has something to do with that.”
“Make sense. Who want their lover said that he was desiring another person, not to mention a whole world. I don’t see you as a flirty person, but still that possibility was quite high knowing your personality.” Ukyo sided with Senku.
This make Ryusui gasp in shock. “I just desire everyone! What is so wrong? They can desire others too if they want to, I never forbid them to do so!”
“You’re missing the point.” Ukyo encounter unimpressed.
“Yup, he is.” Chrome said with a similar expression as Ukyo.
Ryusui pouted for a moment before regain his bubbly personality.”So Senku, which ladies represent or at least close to your type?”
Senku groan in agony. “Are we still talking about this crap? Waste of time.”
“I'm kinda curious though.” The silver-haired man said, fully interested.
“Okay, how about we said the name of those ladies and you tell us about them?” Chrome said, excited.
“Haha! Me first! Kohaku!” Ryusui said.
“Gorilla.” was Senku only answer.
Chrome was turning pale, he looked around to make sure the said lady was not around. “Bad, if she hear that we are going to get beat into pulp.”
“Yuzuriha?” Ukyo tried.
“Seriously? Obviously she is my friend, and big oaf like her so much, it’s enough to keep him conscious for 3700 years.” Senku countered unimpressed.
“But is she close to your type?”
“Nope, not in a bad way of course” Senku answer without a beat.
“How about Ruri?”
“You asked me about my ex-wife? The answer is nope.”
“Nikki?”
“Another gorilla.”
“Minami?”
“Nope.”
“Three sparkling sisters?”
“Nope.”
“Asagiri Gen?” Ryusui asked with a shit eating grin that certainly another trademark of his.
The mention of the beautiful mentalist was making Senku halting. The long bicolor hair, a pair deep blue eyes that look like daybreak, pale skin, slender body that bundled into layers of clothes, alluring smile, silver tongue of her, brave yet a total coward, good with kids and elderly (even Kaseki like her so much, he make Gen working her ass off. Sometimes just like her grandfather.), smart brain that can filling the empty void inside him, alluring smile, soft and silky voice-
Did he mention about the alluring smile twice?
Yes he did.
“Nope.” He said instead, hoping the blondie beside him notices nothing.
“You sure? Pray tell us, I noticed our beloved mentalist was always getting her portion of cola from you, even in the middle of a mountain of work. I'm afraid I smell favoritism here, am I wrong?” Ryusui was not back down, he chased faster than before.
Senku tick his eyebrow in annoyance, why the hell does he need to explain anything to Ryusui? “You are wrong. She was defecting from the Kingdom of Might for cola. And I just provide it, fulfilling my promise to her.”
“Dude, in case you forget. Kingdom of Might is merging with us.” Chrome countered. One combo.
“Thus, providing cola for Gen regularly is actually not your priority.” Ukyo countered. Two combo.
“You can just left that to François , they will make the cola once you tell them the recipe. They are a trained butler after all. But I bet they already know the recipe anyway.” Ryusui countered. Three combo.
K.O!
“Shut your trap. If I want to make it, I will make it.” Senku cheeks was tainting in crimson, he cover his lower-half of his face with his palm.
“Sure~” Chrome said, while Ryusui and Ukyo was smiling like little shit they are.
“If you have time to talking, better move your hand.” Senku harshly said. Try to cover your bashfulness with a harsh talk huh, Senku?
“Sure~” Chrome answered again, then the generals disperse their little meeting, leaving Senku alone with his easel. The crimson eyed scientist was left with a sour mood.
***
“Your tea, Senku-chan.” Gen said one night where everyone was already deep drowning in their dreamland. Tomorrow, if everything goes smoothly, the Kingdom of Science will set sail to another side of the world.
“Why are you still up?” Senku asked, as if he has any right to asking other people about their sleep schedule. Hand accepting the hot fragrant tea.
“I can’t sleep~” Gen said sheepishly, hugging the wood tray close to her chest. A nervous smile appeared on her pale face that looked even paler under the moonlight.
Senku sip the tea and exhale a sigh, he turned his eyes into the beauty beside him. Called her beauty was an insult. She was more than just beauty, inside out. Even when their first encounter was kinda bumpy, with her always exclaiming herself as the most shallow woman on the earth, making Kohaku itches to skin her alive. However, right now the mentalist and the lioness were so close like they already know each other for a long time. Senku was glad that Gen could mingle with fellow ladies, even Homura inside the jail was warming up to her. Although, if it means the time she spent with him will decrease much, outside the work they rarely get close like this.
No. It doesn’t mean he was upset or something.
In fact he should be happy for the mentalist.
So what if they rarely spent time together, if there's work to do, they were bound to be together (With other Generals too of course.)
They will stick to each other on their voyage, it doesn’t matter much.
Yup, Ishigami Senku was not upset.
…or maybe just a little tiny mini bit upset. So tiny, just like the size of an atom.
“Tomorrow, eh?” Gen soft voice shattered Senku reverie.
“Yeah, time sure flies.“ Senku answered easily, his palm was warm after holding the tea cup for a moment.
“Sure it does! Next time we know, we are already in our thirties or something! Unny-fay!” Gen said, laughing at her own words.
“You will reach your thirties first, mentalist.” Senku grinning. Actually, Senku hate the age gap between them, making him lose confidence, worried if he will never be seen as a man from Gen point of view.
“Dang! We don’t have any dermatologist! What should I do if wrinkles start to appear?” Gen said while sounds like holding a laugh.
“You want to de-petrified dermatologist? We can asked Minami for someone, after we got the nitric acid though, is that okay?.” Senku countered, he doesn’t realized that Gen was joking.
Gen deep blue eyes was wide open. She faced Senku with agape mouth. “No! I mean- yes! Wait Senku-chan, I'm just joking!”
Senku who turned his head to faced Gen realized his idiocy, cheeks tainting in red, a pair of crimson blinks in realization then widening slightly. “I know! I just suggested it, not like I do it for you, ‘kay? The other ladies would be happy if we got a dermatologist.”
The mentalist giggling, covering her mouth with the wooden tray. Eyes closed with rose-colored cheek. “Of course I know. I’m happy with the thought, but we doesn’t need dermatologist in near future~”
The scientist was pouting, unhappy with Gen giggling at him. Even if she doesn't mean to mock him. His eyes laid on the pale cheek with a dip of red on it, his warm hand was touching it, plant the hand, warming Gen cheek. ‘It’s cold.’ Senku mentally notes himself. The cheeks turned redder, it spread to the mentalist ear and neck that was almost fully covered by her turtle-neck and her long hair. The scientist was moving to warming the other side near her jaw. “Well, knowing you, I don't think any wrinkles would appear until your thirties.” Senku thumb slowly stroke the unblemished cheek, still unaware of the impact of his gesture on poor Asagiri Gen.
Gen head bow slightly, face turn incredibly redder now. “Th-thank you.” she stutters. “Your hands is so warm, Senku-chan.” She added, head still hang low.
“I’m holding that hot teacup for a moment, of course it is.” he said, moving closer to Gen to place his other hand on Gen cheeks, as if proving both of his hands was warm. The mentalist flinches at the contact. And finally Senku realized what he’s been doing. “Sorry!” he added quickly, scooting away to keep their distance, he himself was turning red too, almost rivaling his sharp crimson orbs.
The fell into an awkward silence.
Gen was confused at Senku behavior.
While Senku was as confused as Gen was.
Finally, Gen break the silence with soft voice as if whispering a secret. “Then, I’ll go to sleep. Good night, Senku-chan.” she said, raising from her seat.
“Ye-yeah, have a nice dream.” Senku said dumbly, he never wish anyone a nice dream before, not to his friends, not to his father.
Proceeding Senku words, Gen turned her head to look at Senku, her deep blue eyes twinkling like a vast daybreak sky with plenty of stars scattered all over the place. Grinned a little to show her white pearl teeth “Thank you. You too, have a nice dream.”
If Senku said Gen smiles didn’t pull a string in him, he was lying. He would do anything to protect those beautiful smiles. Lost for words, Senku just nodded his head pitifully to answer Gen.
His crimson following the violet coat until it disappear after taking a turn.
Then his hand was raising the forgotten tea cup, sipping the tea that smell awfully nice.
Mind wandering unfocus.
Saying this feeling was ‘love’ was a hasty decision, but one thing Senku can be sure of.
He is attracted to a magnetic field that belong to a certain mentalist.
Ishigami Senku has goals to revive civilization along with 7,8 billion humans.
And to protect Asagiri Gen smiles, as long as he can.
***
Gen was squat inside her room, hugging her knees close to her beating heart. The said heart was threatening to jump out from her ribs.
She put her own palm to the space which Senku touch. It’s scorching hot right now, whether from her own body temperature or from the rough yet warm hand of the certain scientist.
After calming herself, the mentalist rest her cheek to the knees, folding herself smaller than before. Tomorrow was the departing of Perseus, and she was not sure if her services was needed on their voyage, yet she was afraid to asked.
‘Five General’?
She never considers herself as part of them. She was simply useful for the war with her scheming and silver tongue, now the war is over she was feeling a little useless.
Not to mention being the only woman among them? If in the end she becomes a burden, she will never forgive herself.
Pair of deep blue closed itself. A soft mumble was heard from the thin lips.
“What's wrong with me...”