Tiana's ploy

"Isn't this…" Veila muttered once the three of them stepped into the building. 

"It is," Theo replied even before his newfound ward and former senior could formulate her sentence fully. "I wonder if it's their ploy to change how I look at them," Theo then added, unwilling to believe this was just a coincidence. 

It had too much of a poetic feel of a sweet comeback and revenge to be just a result of a random occurrence. 

"I don't think I want to know what you mean by that," Veila sighed, only to twitch a little when Tiana grasped Theo's shoulder and suddenly pulled him ahead. 

"You've been to this place, weren't you, Master?" she instantly started talking, as if to drown out Veila's words with a rabble on her own. "Can you give me a tour? Even if only for today, I would love to pick up a fancy room for a bed…" Tiana paused for a second, "bedroom."

'This little runt…' Theo sighed, having no energy in himself to keep up with the girl's charade.