"What's this about...?"
Looking at the love hotel before them, Byakuya couldn't help but ask.
"Do you really need to ask? Isn't it obvious?"
Eto giggled teasingly.
Then she grabbed Byakuya's hand as if to drag him inside.
"You're serious about this?"
Byakuya said immediately.
"Why wouldn't I be?"
Eto said, "This is the final stop of our date~"
"I probably don't need to say this, but dating and... this kind of thing don't necessarily go together..."
Byakuya couldn't help but point out.
"If I say they go together, then they go together!"
Eto became completely unreasonable.
But at the entrance to the love hotel, Byakuya firmly put on the brakes.
"Even if we're really going to do that, there's no need to do it here. Wouldn't going straight home be better?"
Byakuya said with a serious expression.
"..."
Eto paused for a moment, then a mischievous grin spread across her face. "I never said exactly what we'd be doing here. Are you saying you think I want to make love with you~?"
In this situation, Eto couldn't help but tease Byakuya again.
Hearing this, Byakuya's expression darkened immediately.
Now, whether he'd been presumptuous or whether Eto was deliberately messing with him, he'd completely given up.
She really shouldn't be given these kinds of opportunities...
"..."
Without a word, Byakuya turned and walked away.
Eto immediately realized she might have gone a bit too far. Byakuya seemed genuinely upset.
She panicked slightly and hurried after him.
"Byakuya, Byakuya?"
Eto caught up and quickly tried to explain, "I was just joking. Are you really angry?"
"I'm not angry. I just feel like I shouldn't give you chances to tease me."
Byakuya said flatly.
"But you look angry...? Fine, I won't do that anymore, okay?"
Eto showed weakness in front of Byakuya.
If this had been before, she definitely wouldn't have backed down so quickly.
But things were different now. She and Byakuya had already confirmed their relationship. In situations like this, she couldn't just do whatever she wanted—she needed to know when to stop.
She certainly didn't want to cause any friction with Byakuya over something like this.
"I told you I'm not angry. Let's go home."
At this point, Byakuya took the initiative to hold Eto's hand, making it clear he wasn't holding a grudge.
"Hehe~"
Seeing Byakuya's attitude, Eto's face lit up with joy.
...
"So... your place or mine?"
Partway home, Eto suddenly asked.
"...?"
Byakuya was confused. "Why are you asking that? Shouldn't it be you going to your place and me going to mine?"
"Are you an idiot? Obviously we need to finish what we haven't completed yet."
Eto poked Byakuya's nose with her fingertip—though she had to stand on tiptoe to reach.
Byakuya's expression froze for a moment. "You don't mean..."