Not long after, Ai arrived out the front of the house and saw her father and Ken on the road. Instantly she assumed that her dad was giving Ken a hard time, so she quickly stepped forward and slid past.
"Hey Ken, let's go inside." She said with a smile, grabbing his arm and dragging him with her.
On the way past she narrowed her eyes at Tetsu as if to remind him to be nice.
Tetsu felt wronged, yet there was nothing he could say in that moment for his defense.
"Sorry to intrude." Ken said aloud.
It was only after seeing Ai's mother that he noticed his arm was touching something soft. This caused his face to redden slightly, yet any attempts to extricate his arm were met with a stern resistance from the woman in question.
"Ken! It's nice to see you." Naomi said with a smile.
She saw his current predicament and had no reaction. Ken even thought he witnessed her sending a wink to Ai beside him, stoking his curiosity.
'Don't tell me…'
