86. Say what?
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"Huh? What do you mean nothing happened?" Satsuki asked incredulously, blinking in confusion.
"I mean exactly that. We slept in separate beds. There was no interaction whatsoever."
For a long, silent moment, Satsuki simply stared at Ken, trying to decide what to think about his confounding admission.
"I don't understand. If nothing happened, why didn't you tell me that in the first place?"
"Because Yukino-san's panicked expression is too adorable to resist," Ken replied, with a crooked smirk.
Her eyes narrowed dangerously, as her mind picked his words apart, trying to process all the information. It was difficult for her to stay infuriated at the man, when the truth that was slowly sinking in resulted in a massive wave of relief.
Oh thank god. Satsuki sighed, feeling grateful to whatever deity it had been that had watched over her.
Nothing happened; the sweetest words in the whole universe.
But even though she now felt reassured and relieved, the events of the night still confused her.
"How did I even end up in your room?"
"When I found you in the lobby you vehemently protested against going to your room, I believe because Kouji and Himeko were 'being mean'. Then as we got to the elevator…" Ken paused, and a tell-tale gleam appeared to his eyes, "when you, to my delighted surprise – "
"Uh, yeah, I remember that bit," Satsuki mumbled hurriedly, her cheeks flushing in embarrassment.
"Well, at the moment when you spontaneously decided to kiss me, you were also holding an almost full beer can, which you managed to spill in the course of your enthusiastic explorations on my person. So I escorted you to my room, and told you to take a shower while I changed out of my beer-soaked clothes. You came out after a while and collapsed on Kouji's bed. By the time I had finished my own shower and came back to the room, you were fast asleep."
"Oh. Alright." Satsuki fell silent. For a short moment, she felt a stab of guilt for jumping into conclusions and thinking the worst of Ken. "Thank you for being such a gentleman."
"For you, my dear Yukino-san, always." He smiled at her again. "Now come along. We have a film to shoot. Unless you still have reservations about me?"
"I'm fine," Satsuki said curtly. "Let's go."