"Here."
Nuo offered a fresh towel to Alix after washing her face with cold water.
"Thank you," she gently patted her face with the soft cloth.
Nuo scratched the top of her head. "I apologize again. We should have stopped you two before."
Alix looked in the mirror, gently checking her eye that was struck with the chopstick.
"Like I said, you are not at fault. Jin and I are not children for anybody to keep an eye on us."
Alix paused and turned to face Nuo. "I meant to say that it was fine even if something happened. We can handle it. This much is nothing," she pointed at her eye.
Nuo smiled. "You are right."
Alix returned to touching up her makeup. She felt something off about the silence between them and looked back at Nuo with a puzzling expression.
"Is there anything you want to ask me?"
Nuo glanced left and right and laughed with a little hesitation. "Nothing really."
