Zeetha crossed the space between them and sat down next to him, trying to feel confident. She smiled at him, catching his look, she didn't want him to think there was anything wrong with her exactly, and she hated for this to be a tense moment. But still, she had no idea where to start or begin. She couldn't just blurt it out. Imagining the look on his face if she did that made her smile a bit more genuine. Really, he did have such a wonderful expression when he was truly caught off guard by his pupil's antics.

She supposed that was as good a place to start as any.

"Jyuushirou," she said. "It's always seemed to me that you liked children." She phrased it as a statement, but one she left open for him to confirm or deny.