Belle checked the time and found that it was getting late but her brother and Eli's mom hadn't returned yet. She was getting worried and couldn't stop herself from looking at the door from time to time.
"You seemed restless," Eli commented while putting some vegetables and meat on Belle's plate. "Are you waiting for Neon to return home?"
"Y-yeah."
"I think I told you that they're not coming home tonight or did I not?"
Belle stiffened in her seat from hearing these words coming from him. She didn't hear him say these words earlier. She didn't hear anything about them not coming home tonight.
"So, it's just you and me in this house tonight?"
"Uh-huh."
(Uh huh? What uh huh? Isn't he bothered at all?!)
[What's there to feel bothered? It's not like he's planning to do anything with you.]
Belle almost choked on her saliva with Ceres' retort. She wasn't expecting anything, alright? She just felt that he should at least think about how inappropriate the situation was.
