♡𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒜𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓂𝒶𝓉𝒽 [Komahina]♡ [CHECK DES]

Chapter Twenty-Four

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★Really sorry for the really short chapter and for it being late, I have school starting back up so I've been trying to hang out with my friends before then but I'll try to keep a schedule during school :D (also I'm probably gonna need a beta-reader!)★

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I looked at the waves crashing around the shore. Maybe I was a bit too brash with him. I didn't mean to be that rude but it just...ended up that way I guess. I frowned and brought my knees a bit closer to my body. I was already covered in sand but oh well. I should probably go and apologize some time. I was broke out of my thoughts from a voice behind me.

"Hajime! What are you doing at the beach? It doesn't look like you're swimming." A girl ran over to me from the path, I looked up to see who it was. It was Mahiru. Looking down at me with her camera around her neck.

"M-Mahiru...?" I asked quietly. She was the last person I wanted to see at the moment.

"Who else would I be? Anyway, what are you doing here?" She put her hands on her hips and had a skeptical look on her face.

"I was...thinking." I turned back over to the sea. I hope she doesn't want to ask anything about Hiyoko. I turned back over to her.

"What are you doing here?" I tried to force a bit of a smile, no need to just look sad.

"I came here to...just walk around and take pictures I guess... Hiyoko and I would come over here and hang out. So...I wanted to remember those hang outs. That's stupid I know..." She looked away with a sad smile.

"That's not stupid. It...sounds normal." I reassured her. She bit her lip a bit before deciding to sit down next to me. After a moment of silence she spoke up.

"Um... After Hiyoko was...when she died, what...happened to her? I just never ended up finding out. I get it if you don't end up knowing either but since you're tied with Future Foundation and all I thought you might know." I tensed up at the question. There was no way I could tell her what happened. She would be beyond lethally angry. I took a moment to think about my answer.

"She...was taken by the foundation. They wanted to get more clues about her death. Maybe how...she...got the stuff to do it." I looked away from her and took a deep breath. I didn't want to lie straight to her face.

"Oh... Okay then..." She was hesitant talking. I wouldn't be shocked if she could tell how nervous I was.

"Why though? Couldn't they have asked her? Seems to me she would've been happy to tell them." She scoffed.

"...Beats me." I avoided eye contact and shuffled a bit anxiously. She stopped talking. I didn't know what else to say. I was lying to her about something important. Other than that...there wasn't much to say. What would she think anyway? Other than being angry that Hiyoko might as well have just been experimented on. Would she be happy about Chiaki at least? Chiaki herself wasn't...

"I saw you storm out of your cottage earlier actually. I wasn't trying to spy or anything! Aren't you and Nagito staying in the same cottage now? If it's not too personal to ask...did you guys have an argument or something?" She changed subjects. I guess it was getting a bit uncomfortable for both of us. Even though it was still basically the same for me.

"Yeah...we, uh...did. It wasn't a big one or anything. I just...messed up something and...I-I ended up yelling at him." I looked back over to her.

"...I don't know if you have a valid reason or not, but raising your voice at your boyfriend? Yikes..." She trailed off and broke eye contact with me. We stayed silent again. It was...awkward to say the least.

"I should probably get going now... Sorry for interrupting you here. But hey, whatever you were thinking about...good luck getting it sorted out I guess...?" She chuckled nervously before getting up and walking away with a quick wave.

This...was going to be a struggle.