"Hey, I forget, Ryoma!"

"Mm?"

"Your name, 'Hoshi'..."

...Oh.

Ryoma wanted to smile — 'cause it was Kaito. He didn't quite, 'cause it was too obvious. Seemed pointless to point out, even for Kaito.

Still, Kaito looked at him with sincere interest, eyebrows raised, and the stick in Ryoma's mouth shifted.

"...That spelled the same as 'Hoshi' as in 'star'?"

...

...Ryoma bowed his head; fiddled with the brim of his hat. "...Sure is. Why?"

Kaito barked a laugh; " — Guess that makes you the Luminary of My Heart, huh...?"

Hm...

...

"...That'd be the other way around, wouldn't it...?"

The stick shifted further.