บท 107: Friends?

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Huh?" Startled at his blunt query, Clara seemed much surprised as she revived her senses back. Indeed she was unconsciously staring at his smiling face and he caught her off guard quite unexpectedly. "I...I wasn't looking at you...Ma-Master..." 

"And now you are lying as well... You know, you look quite pathetic in lying." Sipping the hot soup from the bowl, he seemed much composed while murmuring his answer.

"Okay, okay! You don't have to insult me any further. Ye-Yes, I was wondering, since the morning I didn't see you smiling even once... It was nice to see you grinning again." Stuttering in a panicked voice, she cited.

Surprised at her honest interpretation, momentarily Czar stopped eating and continued glancing at her anxious face. Wiping his mouth with a tissue, he frowned his eyebrows before asking, "do you have... feelings for me?"