You underestimate a former acrobat very much. Or do I simply seem the type to be easily scared?

( a rhetorical question, of course. perhaps it's only that wataru thinks miai would take up the opportunity as another means of flirting with him . . . but, listen, if that were his intent, he'd have asked him to the haunted house. classic, but effective.

he places his hands on the bars, in playfully pointed defiance. he can tell he's being patronized, but he doesn't need to rise to it. )

Besides, I love a good story more than anything else. If that's your price, then I'm afraid I'll happily spurn you as many times as it takes ♪