Natsume loses his balance and falls backwards, and the child quickly scuttles away.
"You're sick," he says.
Ayame snorts. "Every girl loves a daring man!"
"How twisted are you?" Natsume asks in disgust.
Ayame remembers that Black Cat is still in his prepubescent years, a fact she easily forgets because of the child's calm and mature demeanor. He still doesn't know the ways of love and life. She tells him this, and he puts a palm to his (mask's) forehead.
"If that's love and life, I don't want to know." He looks up at her. "Are you done asking?"
"Yes. Well, I-" She's cut off by an explosion on the wall inches beside her.
"That's private property," a voice says in monotone through a megaphone, and when Ayame turns around, she sees Gin-san's sadistic Shinsengumi friend. "Well, if it isn't Danna's stalker," the officer says.
Ayame senses Natsume come up behind her, and the sadist smirks.
"Shall I tell Danna that you're cheating on him with a kid?"
"No!" Ayame yells. She feels heat forming on her cheeks, but she wills it away. "I'm not cheating! I'll leave immediately-" she manages to say before she's blown back by another explosion.