Bloodstained

Chapter 3

 Naegi watched Togami leave, slightly confused. In any other situation like this, he wouldn't be surprised by his leaving. But he had seemed perfectly comfortable with talking about his talent of assassination, and had left when they started talking about something normal. Shaking his head, Naegi picked up his book and went back to his room to read. He would've followed Togami to the cafeteria, but... It seemed to him that he didn't want to hang out for now.

However, Makoto had completely misinterpreted Byakuya's actions. It definitely wasn't because he didn't want to hang out with Naegi. It was because he had gotten a weird feeling, almost like he was... Nervous? No, that wasn't it. It was something of that sort though, and not knowing what it was frustrated the Heir to no end. He entered the kitchen with a sigh, scowling when he saw Kirigiri was there as well. Just great.

"Something the matter, Byakuya Togami?" She inquired without looking up from what she was doing.

"Nothing, I'm fine." He mumbled, annoyed she noticed something was bothering him.

"And you're sure of that? I can see through your obvious lies, you know."

"You don't know what your talking about." He stated, gritting his teeth.

"I know exactly what I'm talking about. You know something, don't you?"

"Well, if you're so aware of what I know and don't know, then why don't you tell me?"

"It's about Naegi. That's why you were talking to him earlier, correct?" The detective was confident she was right, and that she was. She could tell by the slight widening of the blondes eyes that she had struck nerve.

"Oh, is that what you think? Well i'm afraid you're wrong about that." The boy had strength in his voice, but Kirigiri knew she'd cracked that cool demeanor for just a second back there. Surely she'd be able to do it again.

"It's foolish to think you can trick me into believing you. I heard you having a most peculiar conversation. Why would he be afraid of you? I could see you weren't armed, and it's not like you're very physically strong. Obviously you know something that could be used against him."

"So you were spying on us? Of course you'd do that. You just can't mind your own business, can you?" He hissed, though she saw him visibly stiffen when he heard that she'd seen them in the hallway.

"I wouldn't use the term 'spying'. I just happened to be exiting the cafeteria when i heard you ask him to come to the library. At first i assumed you were going to murder him but... Apparently he's your friend. Now, when did that happen? Last time i heard you interact was when you made all that racket in the halls and woke me up."

"You... Didn't happen to hear anything from then, did you?" Togami asked. At this point he was worried. Who knows what Kirigiri could do with that information...

"No, i didn't hear much of it. But you obtained information that could be used against him that night, but for whatever reason you refuse to actually use it. Why is that? You clearly disliked him up until a few days ago."

"I didn't dislike him necessarily, just thought he was ordinary. Boring, if you will."

"And now he's suddenly interesting to you? Why is that? He's just an ordinary boy, what reason would you have to spend any of your 'precious time' on him?"

"....Like i said before, it's none of your business."

"It's plenty my business. Naegi is my friend too, you know."

Togami rolled his eyes. "Sure he is. He's practically everyone's friend. So what? he specifically asked me not to tell anyone, so why would you be an exception? If you really want to know that badly, go ask him yourself. I doubt he'll actually tell you." And with that, he took an apple off the counter and stormed out of the room. In his opinion, Kirigiri was too nosy. His anger eventually wore off as he wandered the halls, biting into the apple as he walked. It was a blessing Fukawa didn't find him then, or he probably would've lost it.