'Stop

laughing. '

'Sorry, sorry. ' Even despite apologizing, Satoru-niichan 's attitude still remains completely unrepentant. He doesn 't even bother with attempting to try and cover up the broad smile that stretches over his lips. If anything, his grin

widens.

'Hmm, I wonder if I should send Morikazu and Minako a gift basket. '

Shiki huffs at her cousin 's far-too-cheery reaction to all of this. Isn 't he supposed to be on her side?

' Admittedly, it makes sense why he would find this funny. More than once before, Satoru-niichan has already brought up the prospect of her being the clan heir. Even if he had been half-joking on several of those occasions, the offers hadn 't been a

complete

joke. Shiki had known that there was part of the man that had been entirely serious when he 'd asked her if she would like to be the Gojo clan heir.

To which her own response had always been an emphatic, resounding

No.