Elysian's Monogatari

Chapter 45: Hiyori and Shiro's Private Talk

A few hours later after the party was done while the rest head back to their respective dorms Shiro waited for everyone to leave before heading outside to meet Hiyori as promised. As he walked out he saw Hiyori already waiting for him.

"...Tomoe." Hearing his name Hiyori turned to see Shiro. "Ah Shiro-kun! Your party is done? Come here!" Hiyori said. "...Don't call me like a dog. I'm not Bloody Mary. Also lower your damn volume it's night time." Shiro said. "Ahaha sorry sorry it's just that it's been so long since we last properly talked to each other. The other day at the restaurant was only for a few minutes after all." Hiyori said.

"And? For what reason did you need to me for?" Shiro asked. "I've heard from Nagisa-kun. About your real name and about the orphanage before you were adopted." Hiyori said. "....."

𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌(𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑼𝑵𝑫𝑬𝑨𝑫 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕)

"𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑵𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒂-𝒌𝒖𝒏 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒚 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒊-𝒌𝒖𝒏?" 𝑯𝒊𝒚𝒐𝒓𝒊 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅. "𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒐-𝒔𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕?" 𝑱𝒖𝒏 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅. "𝑯𝒎𝒎 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝑹𝒆𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒊 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘." 𝑵𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌.

"...𝑨𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒏. 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒊-𝒌𝒖𝒏...𝒏𝒐 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒐-𝒌𝒖𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒏𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕. 𝑨𝒔 𝒊𝒇 𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆." 𝑵𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅.

"....𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑯𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒌𝒊𝒅𝒔. 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒔𝒐 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝑨 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒌."