I clicked my tongue.
"What a load of crap."
"…What?"
"Mars is not a kid, he is a grown up man. One can can live independently from their parents at this age, okay? And you are protecting him? What are you?"
"I..!"
"A childhood friend? Doesn't that mean an old friend who has been close since childhood? And friends are equal. You are not a mother hen looking after her little chick."
"W-What–"
"Of course, I know why you engaged in that way of thinking. Mars is an orphan whereas you are known for having good parentage in the whole village. Mars is moderately handsome meanwhile you are so damn pretty. Mars has neither money nor friends, while you get a lot of pocket money and have a lot of friends. So, at some point, that mentality must have been established. Oh, he's a level lower than me. He is someone I need to protect."
"Don't talk nonsense! I never thought of Mars that way!"
"Then why were you behaving with him like that? That one action of yours explain many things."
