บท 226: Wasting Myself

"Yes? What if I spread a rumour that you're a masochist?" I asked him in my usual plain tone, as I heard a chuckle from Kizhashi. Both of us stared at her as she averted her eyes in embarrassment from us.

"No one would believe it." He replied with much confidence in his voice as I asked, "Why is that?"

He stared at me in silence for a moment and answered with a subtle smile on his face, which was an indication that he found my question rather amusing and dumb, "Because words travel faster than actions but actions carry more weight than words."

There was a moment of silence between us again as both of us stared at each other awkwardly. Our silence was broken by Kizhashi commenting, "Tsūmen saying smart stuff… damn."

"Shut up, fam!" Tsūmen narrowed his eyes at her as she chuckled. Her friends found it rather funny as they were laughing too. Shifting my eyes towards Tsūmen, I asked, "So you're trying to say that the rumours about her are from her actions?"