"Kuroba-kun, where are you going?"
The boy stopped short and turned his head and cocked his head, showing off his ear. "What'd you say, Koizumi? I didn't hear you."
"I asked you where you were going with Nakamori-san."
Aoko's eyebrows went up as she heard her name in the conversation she hadn't been listening to. Blinking, she, too, turned and asked, "Huh?"
"It's none of your business," Kaito replied with a frown, ignoring Aoko, "but if you really want to know, we're heading to the cemetery, because, you know..."
"Oh! Sorry! I didn't realize it was today!" Akako slapped her hand over her mouth as her eyes widened. Thoroughly confused on this different emotion – was it sympathy? - the raven haired teen ventured a question, "Would you... like to come with us?"
Silence.
There are many different types of silences that exist in this world. For example, there is the awkward silence, which occurs when someone says something so completely ridiculous, idiotic, racist, or otherwise terrible that there is no possible response to it. Also, it wouldn't hurt to add that another form of silence is the angry silence, which is the event that takes place when a person tells their friend, enemy, etc., a sentence or so that infuriates them so much that they are speechless. The thoughtful silence happens when someone is considering another person, item, or the such, and the stunned silence is what occurs when a person is surprised to the point of dumbfound-ation. Of course, there are many other forms of silence, but in order to move along, we shall omit those and continue on with just this taste of silence.
Back to where we were; silence. This wasn't the angry type, nor the stunned, and not even the awkward silence. This was the thoughtful silence, which, as you might have judged by Akako's personality, is almost completely out of character. But let us stray from the story no longer.
Akako finally spoke, asking, "To the cemetery?"
A nod of the head came from Kaito.
"I'll pass."
And so Kaito and Aoko went on their way. A question now comes to us; why? Why didn't she go with him, since it was known for a fact that she had a crush on him. Was it that the Nakamori girl was going, too? No, not at all. Then why? The answer is easy; it was not the people that she did not want to be around; instead, it was the location.
It must be remembered that Akako is a witch. When a witch enters a cemetery, the feeling she had is undescribable. All around her, at each grave, she can see each corpse's soul, sitting on their tombstones and watching loved ones mourn their loss.
So you can see why she did not go. Koizumi Akako, however cold she acted, had a heart like everyone else. In actuality, hers is more fragile than anyone else's. Her heart breaks every time she sees the poor souls, trying in vain to comfort those who mourn them. Why?
She knows that, even with her powers, she can't help them.
