I track Yoshiyuki's position, as well as the persocon's, as he goes after her. By the time he
reaches her, she's stopped in front of the bookstore, looking at a picture book. I zoom in. "Go
Around A Little More - The Town With No People", it's called. As she opens it to the first page,
Yoshiyuki makes his move. He ducks out of the crowd and clamps a hand over her mouth, pulling
her away. The last thing I see before the tracking device goes dead is one of her hair clips falling
to the ground. "Good work, Yoshiyuki-san," I say, even though I know he can't hear me. "I just
hope...that hair clip won't give us away." But we can't plan for everything.
He returns, carrying her in his arms. I direct him to put her in his room. Kotoko goes with him,
but me and Hikaru stay in the console room, which branches off from his bedroom. We'll wait till
she wakes up, I think. Then we'll go in there and we'll figure out "just...what...makes...her...tick."
I say the last words aloud, pounding my fist on the arm of the chair to emphasize each one.
Hikaru gives me a half-confused look. "N-never mind, Hikaru-chan," I say quickly, embarrassed.
"I was just thinking out loud again." My persocon mutters an answer that is nonetheless heard
quite easily. "More like talking to yourself, Mistress." I laugh and pat Hikaru on the head again.
Yoshiyuki returns without Kotoko, having left her to guard the persocon and alert him of her
awakening. I rise from my chair and walk over to him, slipping my arms around his waist. "You
did well, Yoshiyuki-san," I murmur. He holds me tightly against him, resting his chin on the top of
my head. It feels so good to be in his embrace, especially since he hasn't been anywhere near this
affectionate for a long time. We stand like that for a few moments, but quickly break apart when
Hikaru starts to singsong, "She's awakening, she's awakening! Receiving signal from Kotoko!
She's awa~kening! Hurry up! She's awaaaaaakening!" Yoshiyuki gives me a sad, regretful smile,
and turns to exit the room. I grab his arm. "Wait, Yoshiyuki-san," I utter. He stops and half-turns
so he's looking at me. I smile and reach up, touching his cheek. "We're in this together. I'm not
letting you go in there without me." He laughs and pulls me into a bone-cracking embrace,
planting a kiss on my forehead. "Come on then, Kirameku-chan," he replies. And so I do.
reaches her, she's stopped in front of the bookstore, looking at a picture book. I zoom in. "Go
Around A Little More - The Town With No People", it's called. As she opens it to the first page,
Yoshiyuki makes his move. He ducks out of the crowd and clamps a hand over her mouth, pulling
her away. The last thing I see before the tracking device goes dead is one of her hair clips falling
to the ground. "Good work, Yoshiyuki-san," I say, even though I know he can't hear me. "I just
hope...that hair clip won't give us away." But we can't plan for everything.
He returns, carrying her in his arms. I direct him to put her in his room. Kotoko goes with him,
but me and Hikaru stay in the console room, which branches off from his bedroom. We'll wait till
she wakes up, I think. Then we'll go in there and we'll figure out "just...what...makes...her...tick."
I say the last words aloud, pounding my fist on the arm of the chair to emphasize each one.
Hikaru gives me a half-confused look. "N-never mind, Hikaru-chan," I say quickly, embarrassed.
"I was just thinking out loud again." My persocon mutters an answer that is nonetheless heard
quite easily. "More like talking to yourself, Mistress." I laugh and pat Hikaru on the head again.
Yoshiyuki returns without Kotoko, having left her to guard the persocon and alert him of her
awakening. I rise from my chair and walk over to him, slipping my arms around his waist. "You
did well, Yoshiyuki-san," I murmur. He holds me tightly against him, resting his chin on the top of
my head. It feels so good to be in his embrace, especially since he hasn't been anywhere near this
affectionate for a long time. We stand like that for a few moments, but quickly break apart when
Hikaru starts to singsong, "She's awakening, she's awakening! Receiving signal from Kotoko!
She's awa~kening! Hurry up! She's awaaaaaakening!" Yoshiyuki gives me a sad, regretful smile,
and turns to exit the room. I grab his arm. "Wait, Yoshiyuki-san," I utter. He stops and half-turns
so he's looking at me. I smile and reach up, touching his cheek. "We're in this together. I'm not
letting you go in there without me." He laughs and pulls me into a bone-cracking embrace,
planting a kiss on my forehead. "Come on then, Kirameku-chan," he replies. And so I do.