"Why on Earth would you even ask that?!" Kyle asked, his face aghast, "After all the things I did just to avoid her? I certainly don't have a death wish!"
"Oooo," Sayuri said with a laugh, rinsing the towel in the kitchen, "The great Kyle Smith is afraid of a little girl."
"I am not afraid!" Kyle said, rolling his eyes. He knew Sayuri was teasing him, but he still didn't find it was something to joke about.
"The last thing I would want to do is feed her fantasies. It's best to just have a clean cut," Kyle said with a sigh.
Sayuri, seeing how serious he was, replied, "Sorry, that was an inappropriate joke. But wouldn't telling her straight be the better way though?"
Kyle thought about it and frowned.
Would it be better?
Was he being a coward to just keep avoiding her, and hope that Sarah would eventually just give up?
