Hololive: Reflection

Part Seven: Necromancy

J-chad, still in the Mirror, sat down for a short rest. She had been running through the world for around 3 days with no rest, so it was understandable. Even so, she felt guilty.

She's still out there, she thought, What if Hypnos is released?

These thoughts spurred her to get up. She continued her dash through the fields of red. Eventually, though, her running began to slow, and her vision got blurrier.

N-no... she thought, I need to keep going...

She fell to the ground, collapsing. The sight of a familiar girl with orange hair in the distance rushing towards her was the last sight she saw before closing her eyes.

"J-chad!" the girl cried out.

...

"Hey, Nozomi," Tamashi said to his other half, "What do you think of Amelia?"

Huh? Why do you wanna know? Nozomi asked.

"It's just..." Tamashi started, "I can't shake the feeling that I know her from somewhere..."

Uh, well... Nozomi thought, I can't say I feel the same way about her as you, but she seems really kind. And smart, too.

Tamashi sighed. "Let's head out."

Yeah, Nozomi nodded, donning his green kimono and pearl greatsword and walking out the door.

...

Before walking into the office, he looked up at the giant building, basking in the shining sun and looking to the blue sky.

Hey, Tamashi? Nozomi started.

"Hm? What is it?" the boy responded.

You know you can confide in me, right? Nozomi reminded.

Tamashi didn't respond for quite a while.

"...I promise I'll tell you everything when the time is right," Tamashi sighed, "But we need to save these idols first."

Nozomi looked down, somewhat disappointed but not quite surprised. Yeah, let's go.

The moment he walked into the office, he was met with a hug from a certain brown-haired robot. Wrapping her arms around his shoulders, she began to cry.

"Roboco-" Nozomi stammered, his face flushed red.

"I'm so glad you're okay..." she muttered, "When I heard about Anemachi-chan, I..."

"Hey," he hugged back, trying to console the girl, "I'm okay, you don't need to worry..."

"I should have been there..." she said regretfully, before pulling back, "I promised I'd be your friend..."

"Don't worry about that, please," Nozomi consoled, "I'm safe, see?"

Roboco looked away, concerned. "You're right," she took off her glasses and wiped her eyes, walking off to elsewhere in the office.

Nozomi smiled, then took a look at the rest of the room. Around them was YAGOO, Gura, and Ayame, all who were pretending not to watch Roboco's short display of concern, yet failing to conceal their grins. He blushed, looking away from the group before unsheathing his sword and beginning to direct energy to its tip.

"Hey, is Roboco your type?" Tamashi interrogated teasingly.

I won't lie, Nozomi smiled, She is pretty cute.