Then Ken replied, his voice still carrying that deep monotone tone even as his chest continued to rise and fall heavily from exhaustion, "Well yeah, you know she carries herself high — she's too proud — and well so many people don't interact with her.
She even eats her lunch all alone on the roof.
That's why I try to keep her company so she won't be lonely… but well I get a lot of scoldings and bullying from her, but well I don't think she really means that in a bad way.
That's just how she is I guess."
Ken's words came out between steadying breaths, his body still tense in its fighting stance, sweat tracing slow paths down the sides of his face while the hollow stare remained fixed on the taller figure before him.
Then Ken asked Ryū, tilting his head slightly with visible curiosity breaking through his usual flat expression, "But how did you know about us?"
