[Perhaps it's only because it's Kazuha that Aether doesn't lean away from the easily given affection -- his heart still in a storm of confusion with regards to how to treat this kind of intimacy between friends. But that doesn't stop his cheeks from lighting up with a flush of color all the same.]

Hmm... why don't we go adventuring a little? I've been spending all my time in West -- so I can't say I've seen much of the East outside of Tokyo. And it's always more fun going out with a friend.

[A Christmas Day Adventure!!]