October 21st, Saturday.
Five days had passed since Natsumi transford into Shido.
During this ti, the other party had not done anything else. But precisely because of that, Shido felt uneasy instead. He kept feeling that Natsumi must be planning so even bigger sche in secret.
Thump!
As Shido was lying on the sofa thinking about that, he suddenly felt a small weight on his stomach.
"…I say, Kotori…"
Raising his head, he saw his little sister in commander mode sitting on him.
"Ara, a human skin sofa can talk?"
Kotori looked at Shido and said with a wicked smile.
"I wouldn't put such tasteless furniture in my house."
Shido sighed. He was not so murderer who had made a pact with Bluebeard1. No matter what, he would not put a human-skin sofa in his ho.
"You've been targeted by a Spirit, and yet you have no energy at all. If this keeps up, you'll fail, Shido."
Kotori got off Shido and looked at him.
"Well, it's already been five days. It's impossible to stay tense the whole ti."
Mikoto ca out of the kitchen and placed bite sized pieces of fruit on the table.
"Still, being too careless is a major taboo, Shido."
After taking off her apron, Mikoto looked at Shido, who was sprawled on the sofa and giving off the aura of "I'm basically a useless cat now", and spoke with a helpless smile.
"By the way, Mikoto, do you have ti later?"
Kotori suddenly asked.
"Sorry, Kotori. I promised a friend I'd go shopping with her. Is it sothing urgent?"
Mikoto asked.
"No… it can wait until you co back."
Kotori thought for a mont, then shook her head.
"Mm, then I'll be going first."
After tidying up her appearance a little, Mikoto left Shido's house.
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Several dozen minutes later, Mikoto arrived near the Hachiko statue in front of the station. Standing there was a girl with silver-white long hair, as beautiful as a doll.
"Sorry to keep you waiting, Origami."
There were still ten minutes before the appointed ti, yet the other girl was already waiting there.
"It's fine. I just arrived too."
Origami smiled and shook her head.
After the Miku incident, Mikoto had been unable to contact Origami for so ti. During the Tenou Festival, this girl had helped her a great deal, whether it was sneaking into the idol's mansion at night or reporting DEM's movents. So Mikoto wanted to thank the girl in front of her no matter what. After she regained contact with her, Mikoto suggested they go out shopping together.
The two of them picked out clothes in the departnt store in front of Tengu Station. Then they went to the cinema and watched a movie.
Finally, they arrived at a cake shop in the shopping district, preparing to enjoy so delicious desserts.
"Nagasaki Castella and Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte1. That will be 1,400 yen."
After ordering the food they wanted, Mikoto and Origami sat in the shop and waited for their sweets.
"Um… actually, you can let pay."
Origami said sowhat uneasily. After all, Mikoto had paid for everything along the way, which made her feel a little bad.
"It's fine, it's fine. You helped so much the other day, Origami. Please let properly repay you."
Mikoto said with a smile.
"No… I actually didn't do anything…"
Origami lowered her head dejectedly. Even when the waitress brought over the delicious desserts, she had no mood to enjoy them.
"I originally wanted to prevent trouble before it happened, so I told Mikoto about Jessica and the others's movents. But I never expected it would end up causing you to be…"
Before she could finish speaking, a small piece of sweet cake was placed into her mouth. As expected of one of the shop's popular desserts, the taste of honey gently eased her mood.
"It's not true that you did nothing. Because of your help, I was able to learn about Miku's past. Also because of your help, I was able to stop Jessica and the others…
"Well, although I failed in the end, that was because I was too careless. So Origami, you don't need to bla yourself for it."
Looking at the guilt ridden girl, Mikoto comforted her gently.
[!!!]
Seeing Mikoto's smile, Origami felt for the first ti since the Tenou Festival that she truly had not done nothing.
[Is that so… so that's how it is.]
Although she did not know what kind of organization stood behind Mikoto, during the process of saving Diva, she had indeed been of help. As she thought this, the emptiness in her heart seed to be filled by sothing.
"…If there is anything you need help with in the future, please tell ."
After thinking for a mont, she said. Although she understood that what Mikoto, or the organization behind Mikoto, was doing was not exterminating Spirits but saving them, Origami still wanted to help them.
"Is that really okay? After all, AST…"
Mikoto hesitated a little. Origami was a mber of AST. If she kept saving Spirits, AST might treat her as a traitor.
"It's fine. Until the end of the month, I have no missions to carry out."
Origami shook her head.
After the incident at DEM's Kagamino branch, she had spent a full two weeks just on treatnt. That was also why Mikoto had been unable to contact her. After that, because she had gone out during an ergency without permission, her superiors had given her a cautionary punishnt. In other words, until November, Origami could not participate in AST squad operations at all. She could not even touch a Realizer.
But that was not the main issue. For so reason, ever since the Kagamino City incident, she had beco more and more unsure whether what she was doing in AST was correct. It was as if another Tobiichi Origami existed inside her body, constantly saying the opposite and telling her that Spirits were not beings that should be exterminated.
"And I…"
[I want to leave AST.]
Before she could finish saying those words, Mikoto's phone suddenly rang.
"Sorry."
Mikoto picked up the phone and saw Shido's na displayed on the screen. Just as she was about to answer, the call ended.
[Did he call by mistake?]
From the phone ringing to Mikoto preparing to answer, only an instant had passed. Hanging up that quickly really seed like a wrong call.
"Hello… Shido?"
However, considering that Natsumi had been lurking near Shido the whole ti, just to be safe, she called back. As expected, it had been a wrong call. But whether it was her imagination or not, Shido's voice seed sowhat less than calm.
"Sorry, I'll step away for a bit."
After placing her phone on the table, Mikoto got up to go to the restroom.
"Mm."
Origami nodded. After that, her gaze settled on Mikoto's phone.
On it was a boy with long blue hair, wearing a four-leaf clover hairpin and a shrine maiden outfit, with an extrely embarrassed expression.
This was probably the wallpaper Mikoto had set. But compared with that, Origami was even more puzzled by the fact that she recognized him as a boy the very first mont she saw the picture.
No, compared with that, the deeper desire welling up from the bottom of her heart was the real problem. As if another Origami was controlling her, she reached toward Mikoto's phone. (TL:master origami~)
[Stop…]
Realizing that doing this would make Mikoto think she was a weirdo, Origami desperately tried to stop herself.
However… if she cald down and thought about it, Shido was originally hers, and she was also Shido's. Tobiichi Origami kissing Itsuka Shido was the will of the great universe. Why would she doubt the truth? (TL:what is master Origami cooking here...)
As she thought this, Origami's reason snapped.
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"Sorry to keep you wai…"
After leaving the restroom, before she could even return to her seat, Mikoto's expression froze.
The reason was simple. For so reason, Origami was sitting there, holding Mikoto's phone in her right hand while her left hand desperately tried to pry her right hand away. With her head lowered, her face flushed and giving off a strangely erotic air, she had stuck out her small tongue and was gently licking the screen of Mikoto's phone with the tip of her tongue. (TL:ayo)
"Um… Origami?"
Having no idea what she should say, Mikoto carefully called Origami's na.
"Eh? Um… no… it's not like this… why am I… uwaaaaa…"
And so, Origami awakened from her sleepwalking like state.
[What… what on earth did I just dooooo!?]
After coming back to herself, Origami realized that she had fallen into a hopeless situation. Her face turned red as she frantically tried to explain sothing, only to find that she could not explain anything at all.
"Why… why did this happen?!"
In the end, the girl's crying voice echoed through the cake shop.
a french folktale character
a layer cake made out of cocoa powder, cherries, Kirsch, and whipped cream, with dark chocolate as a decoration.
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