In the city where the girl lived, a very eye-catching tall tower stood. It was a new building added when the city was rebuilt.
The scenery viewed from that tower was very beautiful, making it a great entertainnt spot for both locals and tourists.
One day, the girl and her older sister ca here to play on a holiday.
Originally, today should have been as full of happiness as always. However, an unexpected incident completely disrupted the girl's pace.
Her sister brought her friends from school without telling her.
This was sothing the girl could not accept, no matter what. Today was supposed to be a ti for her and her sister to spend together alone, but annoying strangers had shown up to ruin it.
Yes, strangers. Unlike her favorite family mber, no matter who they were or what their nas were, to the girl, they were just annoying strangers getting in the way.
Her sister should belong only to her and love only her.
Yet, those annoying strangers not only played with her sister where she was not around, but also invaded the space that belonged only to her and her sister.
Just thinking about this made the girl so sad she wanted to cry out loud.
So as not to make her sister lose face, the girl held back and played with everyone, even though she was very depressed.
However—
"Hey, Mukuro-chan. Your hair is really long. Wouldn't it be better to cut it a bit shorter?"
"Right, Mukuro thinks so too, right?"
While enjoying the city view from the observation deck, her sister's friend suddenly looked at the girl's hair and said this.
Then, her sister, whose opinion was asked, thought for a mont, smiled, and asked the girl.
"Mhm... You are right. Is it a bit too long? Do you want to go get it cut shorter next ti?"
It was not out of malice. Her sister and her friend only suggested it because they saw the girl's long hair often dragging on the floor when she walked.
But this unintentional remark made all the depression the girl had built up today explode at once.
(Onee-chan... you said my hair was beautiful. You said you liked my hair...)
Just like that, the girl ran away from the tower alone and went to her empty school to cry her heart out.
To her, it was an incredibly important treasure, yet her sister wanted to change it just because of a friend's words.
(If Onee-chan had to choose between a friend and family... she would definitely abandon and choose her friend... Not just sister... Dad... Mom... they would definitely do the sa...)
Even though there was no proof at all. But in this silent, empty school, the fear of loneliness caused the already anxious girl to let her imagination run wild in the worst possible direction.
The unchanging, beautiful daily life was broken. After understanding the heart that loves and is loved, the girl felt the emotion called "sadness" for the first ti.
And then, right at this mont—
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"Rude person, let Nushi-sama go!"
"You too, stop getting in the way!"
Hearing Mukuro and Tohka arguing, Shido's consciousness gradually beca clear.
(What... just happened...)
Shido groggily opened his eyes. It seed his mind had gone completely blank for a few seconds.
When his vision returned, Shido found himself pinned to the ground by Tohka for so reason. Above him was the clear, bright sky, and Michael and Nahemah crossed together.
Only then did Shido rember what just happened.
Although it had turned into a strange situation where the one who kisses Shido is the winner, Tohka seed to have misunderstood sothing. She directly chose to pin Shido down with force and tried to kiss him forcefully.
Then, to stop Tohka from getting her way, Mukuro thrust out Michael to interrupt Tohka, and the two ended up facing off in this state.
Because Tohka accidentally tightened her grip on Shido's neck while blocking Mukuro's attack, Shido lost consciousness from lack of oxygen.
"Stop! Stop!"
Seeing that the two clearly misunderstood what she ant, Origami quickly yelled for them to stop.
"...Mu?"
"...Ufu?"
Hearing Origami's words, Tohka and Mukuro stopped attacking and defending at the sa ti, looking at Origami with confused faces.
"Then, what should we do?"
Letting go of her grip on Shido, Tohka asked Origami a question.
Taking this chance, Shido quickly scrambled up from the ground, taking deep breaths of fresh air.
"This..."
A little cold sweat broke out on Origami's forehead. After checking her phone, she answered with a bitter smile.
"Anyway... let's go to a cafe first?"
Just like that, Shido and the others moved toward a sowhat out-of-the-way cafe on the edge of Tengu City.
By the way, along the way, the four of them kept a 2 (Shido, Mukuro), 1 (Tohka), 1 (Origami) formation.
Origami walked at the very front to lead the way.
Tohka, at the strong request of Shido and Origami, changed into casual clothes. She followed Origami with an impatient look, making people afraid she would get angry and pull out Nahemah to slash them.
And Mukuro, as if afraid soone would steal Shido away, clung tightly to his arm, looking warily at Tohka and Origami to stop them from touching Shido.
However, with Yutsuki's secret help, Origami's phone was already connected to Shido's wireless earpiece.
[Origami, what exactly happened on your end? Why did Tohka invert?]
Shido's faint voice ca through the earpiece. Origami thought for a mont before gathering her words to explain.
"Mhm, I am not really sure of the details either. It is just that when I ntioned you, Itsuka-kun, after getting my mory back, Tohka's reaction suddenly got weird. She clutched her head, scread, and then inverted and ran out. Maybe because her mories were locked, she unconsciously built up unease and fear from losing you, Itsuka-kun, and that is why she inverted."
[I see... Then are the others okay?]
"Mhm, although they have not gotten their mories back, there are no problems. They did not invert like Tohka did."
[That is good.]
Hearing Origami's answer, Shido breathed a sigh of relief.
"Um... Itsuka-kun. Did Yutsuki-san also agree to secretly help you only after she got her mory back?"
After hesitating for a mont, Origami gathered her courage and asked Shido.
Honestly, even though it was an ergency just now and she couldn't think too much about it, Origami was actually very curious about what was going on between those two.
[Haha... Yutsuki noticed the missing mories, but she has not gotten them back.]
"I see..."
Origami pressed her lips together. Even though she hadn't gotten her mories back, Yutsuki had co to Shido's side before she, who had recovered her mories, did. This situation made the maiden heart of Tobiichi Origami feel a bit frustrated.
[Speaking of Yutsuki, Origami, do you know what she went to do? I haven't heard her voice since we connected earlier.]
"Ah, Yutsuki said she had to do so prep work and went ahead to wait for us at the destination cafe."
"Hey! Are we not there yet?"
Tohka urged impatiently from behind.
"Ah! We are almost there!"
Opening her phone and confirming that Yutsuki was ready, Origami stopped taking the long way and arrived at the cafe Yutsuki specified, opening the door.
Appearing before the four of them was a girl with brown hair wearing a black-and-white mini-skirt maid outfit and white suspender stockings, with a 100% bright, sweet smile on her face—Ryougi Yutsuki.
"Welco! Master! My ladies!"
"—Ahem!"
Because this scene was just too shocking for soone who knew Yutsuki, Origami accidentally choked on her saliva and started coughing.
And Shido—
"Pfft————————!"
He almost spat out blood and died on the spot.
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