"But we're not friends either."

I cut in with my own point.

At my blunt words,

Kumo flinched,

as if he had taken a jab to the heart.

"How cold, Asami..."

He said in a faux sad voice,

trying to invoke my sympathy.

But I wasn't one to relent to such silliness.

"Not everyone is friendly with strangers."

I pointedly stated,
looking away from his gleaming eyes.

Don't give me that...

I won't fall for such a thing.

I'm not that soft-hearted...