'There is a time for everything,'

Someone said before.

Today

just wasn't one of those times.

In the aftermath of our conversation,
Gilbert had arrived shortly to escort Kaito out of the house.

"Milady,

I apologize."

He bowed again to me
once we were alone.

Somewhere along the decades
of serving the Ichinomiya family,
this developed into a habit of his.

"I had assumed-"

"Forget it."

I was tired.