Maybe It's Time

Chapter 12

The two of them were both dragged aside by their own groups to explain where they had been. Luckily, they both decided in advance what to tell and what was better not to. This latter category included the matter of them forgetting about the groups.

"So you two are like... friends now?" March asked with a weird expression on her face.

"Something like that."

While Dan Heng was being grilled for information from all sides, Blade's time was much better.

He had just thrown out the bare minimum of information and then shut up, remaining almost entirely silent about the thing Kafka was most interested in.

Luckily for him, however, there was something to distract her as well.

"Try and take a picture and you're dead." Blade threatened Silver Wolf.

"Come now, Bladie. It just looks far too out of place with you not to be curious." Kafka laughed.

Both women were looking at the fluffy end of the tail that was wagging back and forth next to Blade's face.

While the man tried to ignore it, it became increasingly harder as the limb dared to close in more and more from the lack of negative reaction.

It was only when it came so close that it was actually brushing past his face that Blade grunted at Dan Heng.

He leaned over and whispered something into the vidyadhara's ear.

Whatever he had said turned to other red in an instant and earned him a slap from the till-then friendly limb.

"Don't you dare." Dan Heng hissed as he pulled his tail back.

As if it had been frightened, the vidyadhara's tail didn't even attempt to go anywhere near Blade again, opting instead to curl forward.

"Oh dear. What did you say to him, Bladie? The poor thing looks like he was frightened to death." Kafka chuckled.

"Nothing much."

He couldn't possibly tell her that he had threatened to bite the misbehaving limb should it come any closer.

It was then that he had to pull Silver Wolf back before she managed to discover a not-so-fun way to die.

"What the hell?" She snapped at him as she was being dragged back by her collar.

"If you want to court death, do it while I'm not around, will you? Do you even know the consequences of touching a vidyadhara's tail without permission?" He glared at her.

"Isn't she doing the same thing tough?" Silver Wolf pointed out as she was grumbling.

It was only then that Blade noticed March 7th's hand stealthy approaching Dan Heng's tail as well.

He acted without thinking, pulling Dan Heng away and into his embrace before disaster could strike.

"Are you crazy?" He hissed at the frightened girl.

"Blade, what-"

"She tried to touch your tail!"

Hearing the stellaron hunter's words, Dan Heng's tail instantly shot away from anywhere near March, curling back and disappearing behind Blade.

"You- You- March, don't ever do that again! If Blade hadn't pulled me away in time, you could have been blasted away by a purely instinctual reaction!"

As March was being scolded by at first only Dan Heng, but later Welt and Himeko as well, she didn't forget to drag Caelus into this mess, as apparently, he too held the same intentions as her and the only reason why he had not gone for it was because he had been standing just out of reach.