xii. marriage

"I'm gonna marry Ludus someday!"

"Gross, why would he marry you?"

"Gross? I'm telling Mom!"

Alma and Schalk bickered while Ludus and Nanami glanced at him sheepishly, as if expecting him to intervene. Woofio, do something, Nanami mouthed.

He sighed. "Now, now, Alma, Schalk –"

"Ludus should marry someone like Nanami!" Schalk beamed. "She's real pretty, and accepts all my pranks!"

A light blush grew on both Ludus and Nanami's faces as Ludus sputtered, "Wh-what? She's just a sister to me, Schalk – basically ohana."

He could have sworn that he saw Nanami's face fall as Ludus tried to explain himself.