Bella grinned, looking at Heiji with an amused expression. “Childhood friend, huh? What were you saying before that? About loving people that are different ages?”

At the mention of aging being something normal, she couldn’t help but grump even more, crossing her arms over her chest and muttering something inaudible under her breath for a moment before speaking loud enough for the boy to hear. “I guess so. But it sucks, huh? I’d love to be able to live forever with the ones I love or something.”