[Suddenly he remembers the Hearts game. How he'd skipped over the kissing task, only for her to bring it up without any embarrassment. He stops looking at her with surprise, and says, a bit more thoughtfully,]
I guess that's one way to put it.
[It's his own fault. He keeps seeing her as one thing: a prim and proper princess, living in her own palace-like suite. But she can also be tough, and she's surprisingly bold about certain things.
For example: talking about sex! It's something she can do, apparently. Hiyori, meanwhile, almost never talks about the mechanics of Game 52 because he doesn't like to think about it. But he and Jun did recently talk about ways to potentially obtain cards, and it was Hiyori who suggested exploiting a loophole he heard about. One that sounds exactly like what she's describing.]
You've heard about that, too, huh?
[That "loophole."]
I asked Jun-kun about it. He seemed sort of reluctant. And well, it's not like I don't know how he feels. Putting on a performance like that would tarnish the squeaky-clean images we built at home.
[It's hard. Everything about their situation is hard. He manages to smile a bit, though, trying to come off as reassuring.]
But he said he'd consider it. And as for me, I decided I'm willing to drag that clean image through the mud if it'll help protect Jun-kun. You have people you want to protect, too, right? So I'm sure you know what that's like.
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I guess that's one way to put it.
[It's his own fault. He keeps seeing her as one thing: a prim and proper princess, living in her own palace-like suite. But she can also be tough, and she's surprisingly bold about certain things.
For example: talking about sex! It's something she can do, apparently. Hiyori, meanwhile, almost never talks about the mechanics of Game 52 because he doesn't like to think about it. But he and Jun did recently talk about ways to potentially obtain cards, and it was Hiyori who suggested exploiting a loophole he heard about. One that sounds exactly like what she's describing.]
You've heard about that, too, huh?
[That "loophole."]
I asked Jun-kun about it. He seemed sort of reluctant. And well, it's not like I don't know how he feels. Putting on a performance like that would tarnish the squeaky-clean images we built at home.
[It's hard. Everything about their situation is hard. He manages to smile a bit, though, trying to come off as reassuring.]
But he said he'd consider it. And as for me, I decided I'm willing to drag that clean image through the mud if it'll help protect Jun-kun. You have people you want to protect, too, right? So I'm sure you know what that's like.