A bright smile spread across Theo’s face as the sun was shining.
Theo was looking at me, beaming as he did so.
“Iris?”
I stood there like a fool and blinked my eyes.
Theo waved his hand in front of my face like that.
“What’s the matter?”
“What… You’re smiling.”
Theo’s face hardened at the mumbled words. He didn’t even know he was smiling.
“Ah…”
Theo probably won’t know for the rest of his life what kind of smile he just had.
“I cut your hair. You’ve got a nice smile. All you have left is to make friends. Phew, I’m so proud.”
I made a fuss to release the air that became a little awkward.
No answer came to me while I busily moved in a hurry to organize the mirror and scissors.
“Aren’t you happy? Or is it because you’re still worried?”
Turning my back while organizing, I couldn’t see Theo’s face.
What I heard was a subdued mutter.
“I don’t intend to make friends.”
“What?”
When I heard that, I turned around to approach Theo.
I cut his hair and trained him to smile. What does this mean all of a sudden?
“Why? It’s good to have a lot of friends. Then you’ll have a shield to protect you from the strange rumors.”
“If it’s that, you’re here.”
Theo looked straight at me as he spoke.
“Huh?”
I stopped and asked back.
My face seemed to have hardened because I was so shocked.
“So what you’re saying is…”
With the most confident face I’ve ever seen, Theo held my hand without hesitation. And said with that bright smile of courtesy.
“I only need you.”
Something that will make my heart drop to the ground… It was a very unconventional remark.
“Uh… What are you talking about?”
“Haha.”
Theo burst into laughter when he saw me pouting.
I just got teased by a 10-year-old kid?
“You… You did it on purpose! Where did you learn this?”
I grabbed my cheeks, which must have been blazing red, and asked.
Theo, who was smiling while I was huffing, took a breath and calmed me down.
“Your reaction was fun to see, but I wasn’t kidding.”
“…”
“I’m telling you, I don’t need anyone else. I only cut my hair because you wanted me to.”
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“What?”
I doubted my ears at Theo’s words. However, the following words were even more shocking.
“Just, because you were happy.”
My jaw dropped when I saw Theo talking casually.
I felt like I’ve never seen Theo talk this long.
CHAPTER 7
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