“ n - no, i’m not scary ! i just … i just don’t like sudden noises …. ” she says that, yet here she is, hugging onto tsuyuko’s arm after hearing the sound of a dog barking just a second ago out of nowhere. it didn’t help that just the other night she watched a horror movie. “ i - i’m holding onto you so i can keep you safe. haha …. ” real smooth.
Hikari’s lithe arms wrapped themselves tightly around hers, her gesture coming off as skittish and fidgety like a juvenile fawn seeking refugee behind a tree after being spooked by nothing more than a harmless gust that it had mistaken as a threat. How come the girl turn so skittish over something as harmless as a sound of dog barking in a distance? It is rather adorable, very much unlike the dedicated daemon slayer on the battlefield. The gap between her genuine self and the steadfast huntress is quite endearing to behold.
“Ahahaha… it was nothing to be scared about.” A lighthearted chuckle accompanies her words to reassure the young maiden, and much unlike her, there is nothing for her to fear in this dark of the night. This is just another part of their city—not a forest untouched by human civilization. She remains calm, still, for there is no actual threat to be wary of. “You dare to smite demons with your magicks, yet the harmless sound of a barking dog would unsettle you like a little prey animal?”
Brutal honesty, she might spoke of, yet her intention isn’t to belittle the young girl for being scared. It was done out of profound endearment.
“Fine, then you can hold me like this until we get back home. Let’s eat something nice and warm to make it up.”
The urge to enact a cuteness aggression becomes increasingly difficult to hold back — yet she feels that she doesn’t need any further nuisance from the girl’s older brother.
