Groom (9)

This was the moment that Hayate finally took me seriously.

His chin dropped when he heard this and he looked at me as if he was trying to figure out if I was being serious or not.

But seeing that I didn't back down, he narrowed his eyes to look at me as if he was sizing up an enemy.

This time, he didn't treat me as air.

This time, he treated me as a threat.

But that was good since it meant that he was finally accepting that things wouldn't be going his way.

There was a long silence that hung in the air until it was finally broken by Hayate as he said, "You? You're the one that she chose? Ha, ha, ha, and here I was worried that it would be someone threatening, but it's just you?"

It was clear by the way that he said this that he was trying to cast disdain on me.

He was trying to put me down so that he would seem even greater, but it didn't affect me at all.

Rather, it was Kyoko who seemed like she was being affected by this.