"Well, well... the world really is a small place, isn't it, Hiroshi? I thought I'd never see the idiot who put me in the ER for half a day ever again, and yet... here we are."
"W-What do you want from me now?" Aoshi stammers.
"Come on now, is that any way to greet old friends?" Kaito says with mock disappointment. "Why don't you leave your little girlfriend here and come take a walk with us? We won't hurt you, I promise — just a nice, quiet chat between friends. Come on. Let me buy you a drink, you know... to make up for that little incident at the water park."
"Kaito... is this the girl you were talking about?" Hiroshi asks, puzzled, pointing at Ayane. "You told me she was the hottest girl you'd ever seen. But honestly, I don't see what the big deal is."
Ayane lowers her gaze, terrified and humiliated at the same time.
Those words wound her far more deeply than any insult could have.
