v1c3 (2/2)
Ah, again
How many times has she said sorry?
She unconsciously felt like clicking her tongue at least once
“But I’ll try harder next time”
Saying that, Himeko smiled
However, there was no sign of even a faint ripple in Chikane’s chilled heart
I just think it’s pointless…trying to sweet-talk me like that
I don’t care what the “true nature of her strength” is It doesn’t matter when I end this charade
That’s right, I can even do it right now
Chikane sought high and low for the appropriate killing ground
How about that deserted alleyway? If she could just secretly draw in the beer case right by that billboard…
That’s probably also a good idea
Chikane focused her determination and intent to kill into her footsteps She did so quite naturally like the way the wind blows and water flows
At that moment, Himeko linked arms with her
“Chikane-chan, over there!”
What lay beyond her pointed finger was a small arcade center
At the front, there was a photo booth
“Let’s do this as the last thing for tonight Ok?”
After saying that, Hied Chikane with a force that left no room for objection
With a countenance that dripped poison, Chikane followed her
The two of them stepped into a booth
“Let me see…we’re supposed to look here”
Himeko pointed to camera’s location
It was sht at it
“Which frame should we pick? Roses?
Bunnies? Or…”
Chikane cut off Himeko’s speech and pointed at the rose frame
“For so fast”
While Himeko spoke to Chikane with flushed cheeks, Chikane did not respond
She only wished for it to end quickly
Just then———
Hi embrace,
And then kissed her on the cheek
“!!”
The light of the flash shi+ned on both girls
Chikane said…
“…What?”
Chikane stared at Himeko, utterly perplexed
“What?”
“Eh, hat?”
“What was that just now?”
Chikane’s fingertips touched her cheek
Noticing Chikane’s appearance, Himeko shook both of her hands in denial
“It’s the first tiether like that to make sure that they fit within the frame
It’s nor and kiss each another That’s why I thought it was all right”
While she said that, a scarlet flush rose to Himeko’s cheeks
“…Normal?”
This was normal? Chikane could not understand that at all
“S-sorry I-it’s gross, isn’t it?”
Hiy reached Chikane’s ears but did not descend into her heart
Chikane was solely focused on the realization of “so that burst open” deep in her heart
When Hi” was born inside Chikane
It was a tiny, tiny dust-like fragment
If you turned your eyes away even for a little bit, it would be easy to lose sight of
It had no shape, color or tehtly and indistinctly———it was like a speck of cloud
Nevertheless, that thing was certainly there
Chikane had never felt this even once in her life———apart froe sensation
It was being engraved slowly into the bleakly shi+ning moon called Chikane
That “so embers in Chikane’s heart and ached like an itchy wound that had started to heal
Chikane did not remember what happened afterwards very well
What they talked about, what they arranged and what time they parted
She did not re
Except for what happened that night———
Chikane attached the pictures froiven to her as a present and gazed at them until she fell asleep
At first she thought that it ination That it was so indistinct and it would soon disappear completely
However, dawn broke
And the next day, and the day after that,
That “so” did not disappear from within Chikane