Hello = Present people talking and events
Hello = Past people talking and events
A young girl stands before a grave in silence.
"Still can't believe that's Hinata."
"So cute!" All of Hinata's harem, even Akira, who was laser focused on using concept magic along with Hinata and Meld was able to etched young Hinata into their brains.
"Hinata." A man walking towards her called out. They both look at the grave in front of her, the name was clearly visible.
"Hikano Matsushita" Shu read the gravestone. Since they were planning to go to Japan, Hinata already made preparations. They managed to create a magic circle that thought them the skill Language Comprehension, which is why they were able to understand Japanese.
"That must be master's mother, so she..." Tio didn't need to finish.
The father and daughter pair gives out their prayer and looks at the grave. "Hey papa." She suddenly spoke up.
"Yes sweetie?"
"My tutor said that parents look after their children together. If I don't have a mama, does that mean you'll do it yourself?"
The man smiles and kneels to face his daughter. "Of course I will."
"Even if I get sick?"
"Of course."
"Even from monsters?"
"Of...course?"
"Even if the sun explodes?"
"Eh!? I-I mean of course."
The girl stared at her father for a while. "Papa, your face is weird."
"Huh?"
"You were already insulting people at that age?" Meld couldn't help but laugh a little
"Bite me, I had my reasons for saying that." A reason that her younger self will realize the hard way.
The next scene showed the man and the girl, who seemingly has grown just a bit taller.
"Oh, this must've happened a year after that, considering Hinata got taller." Seiji figured.
"Actually, this memory was seven years after the last one." Hinata corrected.
"Oh..." Everybody winced and resumed without saying a word.
The scene continued with the pair driving into the forest.
"This was a Matsushita tradition, a parent and child must go camp and not come back until they successfully build a small wooden cabin themselves."
Before becoming a business empire, Hinata'sancestors were mere carpenters, their biggest achievement was making a cabin when they got lost in the woods during winter. It was proof of their capability, and a way to remind future generations of their roots. But to Hinata, it was the catalyst for the turning point in her life...
The father ordered his daughter to collect firewood, while he will be busy cutting down a tree. The next scene in flashed segments.
The girl was carrying firewood in the forest.
Her eyes widened when she spotted something...
A pack of wolves that spotted her and started running towards her.
The girl drops the wood and flees.
She reached the campsite, where her father was about to finish chopping the tree.
He saw the wolves and ran.
The tree he was chopping started falling due to it's own weight.
The girl had just ran in front of the tree when it was falling.
CRASH
The girl was pinned down by the tree.
She reached out her hand an shouted. "FATHER!"
The father just kept running...and didn't look back.
"Fath...er...?" Was the only word she muttered, just as the wolves leaped towards her legs.
And then...
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Everyone either looked away or covered their mouths in shock while watching the horrific scene, even if they covered eyes, they can stull hear Hinata's ear piercing scream. It took all the willpower that Akira had to keep his concentration. Meld kept his focus better, but even he expressed his discomfort at the scene.
Those who can still open their eyes look at Hinata, the girl was completely calm. They always knew that Hinata lost her legs due to an accident, but to see how it happened with their own eyes, and finding out how terrifying it was.
But they also start to realize the reasons behind drastic change of Hinata.
The girl opens her eyes and finds herself in a hospital bed. Remembering what happened, she takes blanket and looks at her...stub s, stubs coveredin bandages. The girl unleashed another scream. "Ahhhh...AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"
"I was apparently rescued by a forest ranger, next thing I knew, I was this." Hinata casually informed her still disturbed allies.
"Get out." The girl ordered, while her father was standing near her bed.
The man tries to walk closer. "Hina-"
"I SAID GET OUT!" The man was shoved down, and the girl grabbed the vase of flowers next to her, threatening to throw it. "I ran into the wolves on accident, you chose to leave me for dead, without even looking back!"
The man couldn't muster up a response.
"You said you would protect me, BUT THAT WAS JUST A LIE!" She threw the vase to the wall. "NOW GET OUT!" She shrieked until the man exited the room.
"That's why my father's face was so weird that day, it's because he was wearing the face of a liar." Realizing her ability was one of the good things that came from that mess.
The girl sat quietly in her bed, staring off into space, while a doctor and a nurse talked outside her door.
"Are you sure we should discharge her on this schedule, doctor?" The nurse asked. "I mean, by the way she was acting with her father..."
The doctor sighs. "Nurse, she's twelve years old, she just got emotional. Every child needs a parent, after she gets used to her prosthetics, she and her father can sign up for therapy and then things will be normal for her again."
"I hope you're right."
And so, they left.
The girl was alone, thinking to what the doctor said and begin talking to herself. "Emotional? Was I not suppose to be angry at what he did? Every child needs a parent? Does every child have a father that's like mine? Normal? Is me losing my legs normal?!"
The girl remained quiet for a while, before...
"Hehehe...hahaha..hahahaHa...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
There it was, the laugh they all knew so well. They now have no doubt, the girl in front of them is Hinata.
A montage shows the girl arriving home with her new legs, she shut herself in her immediately, and stayed there for days. Little did anyone know that the girl was planning her escape, all of details were in her laptop.
After the sun and moon kept passing by the window time after time, the girl finally closed her laptop and smirked. She was now wearing a purple hoodie, and holds a duffle bag, her other hand holding a spray can.
She stares at her bedroom walls, and then she aims and sprays. After she was done, there was now giant Japanese words spelling, "GOODBYE FOREVER LIAR!" written in spray paint. With that, she jumps out the window.
The girl was now standing in front of a shabby mirror, in a crummy restroom. She puts a bag filled with scissors and a box hair dye. She looks at her reflection one last time and grins, the lights turned off and then on again, and the girl no longer had long flowing black hair, she had a short cut purple hair and her bangs covered one of her eyes.
And so, Hinata Nagumo was born.
"After that, it just took help from some experts in the street, a forger made my birth certificate and ID, a hacker put my birth records in a local hospital, and I hired a homeless man and a prostitute to pretend to be my parents when I needed them to." Hinata narrated. "As for cash, I made my own, I was taught how to make my own bank account when I was 7, and being an heiress, I was taught everything I needed to know in order to make money."
Hinata talked about her past as if it was some achievement, but everyone else just felt more sympathy, or in Kouki's case, unresolved emotions.
"After I made enough money, I had also planned to enroll in another school, one that didn't have a rule against hair dye." There were surprisingly many options
Watching all this, something didn't make sense to Shizuku. "Nagumo, if you were able to do all this, then it's really hard to believe that you got such average grades."
"That's because I did that on purpose." Hinata simply answered.
"What!?" They all gasped.
"I was a certified genius that went missing, if another genius with my face that had a sketchy past suddenly show up, it would definitely bring attention to me. So I always make sure to only do the minimal work, and it was great, but unfortunately, no plan was perfect."
Hinata was sitting in her musty old apartment, her face screams unhappiness, directed at the person sitting across from her, Aiko Hatayama.
"Sensei?"
"Nagumo..." Aiko began. "I know that you live here on your own, and that those two people aren't really your-"
"Be quiet."
"Huh?" Before Aiko can react, Hinata charged at her, and is now holding a pocket knife near Aiko's neck. "Nagumo! W-What are you doing!?"
"I said be quiet." Hinata repeated her command.
"Na...Nagu..." Hinata's glare was making Aiko have tears coming out while shaking in fear. "Now listen here you little bitch, you only have two choices, learn to shut the fuck up and not tell anyone about this, or have me gut you like a fish." Aiko's pupil shrink in fear as a stream of tears came out.
Everyone might not have the full context, but they can assume what's going on here. Aikofound out Hinata's secret, and was now being threatened by Hinata to keep quiet.
Hearing this, Kouki started to get furious. "Nagumo, how could-"
"Don't even think about it." Before he can even take a step, everyone had already pulled out their weapon and aimed it at Kouki. "Watch first, you fool."
"Why?! Why are you doing this?" Aiko asked after being ushered to the door. "I don't understand."
"Of course you wouldn't, what you need to know is that I've worked my ass off trying to get this much, and I'll be DAMMED, IF SOME WALLFLOWER BITCH TAKES IT AWAY FROM ME!"
"Nagumo..." Aiko was still able to muster up some words. "Why...why do you want to live such a lonely life?"
Hinata takes a deep breath and looks at her scared teacher. "Sorry Sensei, feel free to hate me, and don't forget, don't tell anyone or else." With that Hinata takes her knife away and lets Aiko go. "Get the hell out of my house."
Aiko was stunned, but she kept her resilience. "Just you wait Nagumo, I'm not giving up on you!" Aiko proclaimed from out side the door before leaving.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Hinata was sitting on her chair, hugging her legs as a single tear runs down her face.
"I'm so sorry, Sensei..." She sobbed.
They finally got Hinata's reason to come home, it wasn't for the warm comfort of family and friends, but to reclaim the life she had built and loss. Imagine working so hard to build a life that you would throw away your morals for it, only for it to all be taken away by a freaking god. Even Kouki knew that, but he unfortunately could not still accept Hinata's methods, his struggle was noticed by the group, who kept glaring at the hero.
Hinata is seen walking down the hallway of her school, looking quite tired.
"Huh, it's still going?"
"But we already know why Hinata wants to go home."
"You're forgetting." Hinata spoke up. "I also plan on coming back, and now you're seeing why."
Hinata walks into the classroom, when she is greeted by Kaori and Seiji.
"H-Hi Hinata." The male Shirasaki meekly said.
"Try coming sooner next time, you were almost late." The female Shirasaki advised.
"I come when I want." Hinata replied, while ignoringthe other things that greeted her, as in the spiteful eyes of nearly every other student.
Hinata's harem had a hard time believing these were the same classmates they knew, those people only looked at Hinata with either fear, gratitude, or guilt.
Kaori and Seiji looked down in shame and embarrassment.
"How did we not notice those?"
While Shizuku noticed something. "Wait, is this..."
Three other students appeared behind Hinata. "Kaori, Seiji, why do you bother with her?"
It was the three most popular kids in school, Kouki, Ryutaro, Shizuku.
"You two are just so kind."
"There's no use talking to that gutless prick."
"Hey Nagumo." Shizuku greeted
"Nagumo, can you stop fawning over Seiji? He and Kaori can't help you everyday." Kouki scolded, only to be ignored by the girl.
The two boys trembled in fear as everyone but Shizuku was preparing to attack on them, with Suzu summoning a barrier to protect them.
Shizuku kept watching and realized that her suspicions were true. "I knew it, this was the day we were summoned."
The memory projected was one that was shared by everyone in class, the magic circle appearing beneath their feat, getting greeted by Ishtar, and agreeing to save the world. But the screen only showed Hinata as that all happened. And it was odd, because Hinata looked so...scared.
Hinata was in her room, sitting and hugging her knees, her face is buried in her arms, sniffling sounds can be heard and it's revealed that Hinata was crying.
"Hinata..."
Everyone felt so bad for the synergist, especially Meld, what he wouldn't give to have been there that night to comfort her.
All of Hinata's classmates had someone or something they missed in Japan, but after seeing this, they realized that Hinata was the one who was most sad about all of this.
Hinata was standing in the training grounds with everyone else, waiting to be taught on how to use their power.
"Alright, attention!"
There she saw him, a grown man with a beard and black hair wearing armor with a red cape.
"I am the knight captain of Heiligh, Meld Loggins."
Meld smiles recalling that memory, the time he first met the girl that changed his life.
Hinata was currently sittingin the castle's library, she keeps flipping pages through pages, the pile of books on her tablegrow taller and taller.
"This must've been what she was doing when she ditched training."
"She's most likely looking a way home, it seems Master has always been-"
"Walk closer and I jump."
Everybody's blood ran cold hearing those words and seeing Hinata say while standing on the edge of the wall.
Even though they knew she didn't jump, they still nervously watched her outburst at Meld, only calming down after Meld's promise and Hinata stepping down.
Hinata and Meld were in the Orcus Labyrinth, with Hinata's classmates and Meld's knights. They had made it through a bunch of floors and stumbled upon a large beautifulcrystal embedded on a wall. After Kaori admired it's beauty, a certain idiot that goes by the name of Daisuke Hiyama, climbed up the walls, despite Meld's warnings. Just as he touched it, the crystal started glowing, enveloping everyone in light.
After the light disappeared, they all found themselves on large stone bridge over a chasm. Not long after, two lights shone on each side of the bridge.
Behind the party, agroup of black skeletons carrying weapons appeared. While on the far end of the bridge, a large horned beast.
"Behemoth..." Meld muttered.
He ordered the knights to prepare for the behemoth and for the children to clear a path, but a certain hero didn't listen and charged ahead of Meld.
Not one person was surprised by Hiyama or Kouki's idiotic choices. A tick mark appeared on Meld's forehead as he recalls his annoyance at the two boys.
In the midst of the chaos, Hinata simply observed before sighing and rolling her eyes. She casually walks towards the Behemoth...
"Oh no, Kaori's in trouble." She cried in a flat and obviously sarcastic tone.
"What?! Kaori, I'm coming!" Kouki ran past Hinata, not noticing her at all.
"Simp." Hinata commented before moving forward.
"Figures." Everyone but Kouki said in unison.
Hinata gets close to Meld. "Ok, here's the plan, you and your knights go away."
"Wh-What?!"
"You heard me, I'll use Transmute to keep this fat ass at bay, after the idiot clears a path, you tell those people I call classmates to pelt it with magic or some other shit."
"Bu- Hinata-"
"Would you stop complaining?! Just get out of here, I'll hold this big dingus back!" Hinata proceeds to literally kick Meld away and shooed the other knights.
She stares down the behemoth, with no fear. "Now, it's just you and me bitch." Hinata uses Transmute, altering the floors beneath the behemoth, slowing it down. As for the rest of her class, Kouki had managed to clear out the skeletons and they all lineup at Meld's orders.
"Now, FIRE!"
Each student fires a spell, hitting the behemoth.
"RUN, HINATA!"
Hinata gets up and runs as fast as she could. But as she was running...
"What the fu-"
BOOM
One of the fireballs that was fired came straight at her, blasting her back.
"HINATA!" Meld immediately ran forward trying to help the girl, but he was too late.
The bridge collapsed, he and Hinata falls to the darkness as a pair of twins cry out their names. As she fell, she can feel Meld wrapping his arms around her, hugging he tight and tried to cover her as best he can.
Hinata's classmates still remember the horror they felt, it was the moment they realized of how dangerous their quest was. But for the rest, the memory simply reignited their hatred for the piece of shit that shot her.
Meld awakens in a stream ofwater, he sees Hinata passed out and leaning on a rock. He goes to her and wakes her up, and they both got out of the water.
The dark cave was illuminated by glowing crystals embedded on the wall. They eventually ran into something.
"Is that a rabbit?"
They both see what appears to be a rabbit, if it were not for it's massive leg. The rabbit notices them.
"Is that a mon-"
"LOOK OUT!" Hinata shoved Meld down, just as the rabbit jumped at them, the rabbit's kick was so powerful, it left a cut on Hinata's arm, while also completely destroying the large rock it hit.
The two of them look at the rabbit in fear. They knew if they were hit by that kick, they would've definitely died.
"Wait, is this why you guys slaughtered those rabbits from before?"
The rabbit prepares for another attack, but just as it jumped, it was immediately crushed to death by a clawed hand. Hinata and Meld looks up at the owner of the hand, it was a large white bear staring down at them.
Meld steps up. "Hinata, get way while I- GAK!"
The bear swung it's claw, easily destroying Meld's armor and sword, and gave the paladin a large wound while also knocking him to a wall.
"Meld!"
The bear walks closer to the man, and readies his fangs to bite him, only for Hinata to block him with her leg, putting right in front of it's fangs, Hinata then pulls out the only weapon she brought, a knife, and stabs the bear in the eye.
"Go away, you big-AAAAHHHHH!"
The bear roared in pain, swinging Hinata left and right while her leg was hanging off his jaws. Eventually her leg did slipped off the teeth and she fell onto Meld.
The bear comes for the pair once again.
"Hi...nata...run..." Meld weakly told.
"Oh, shut up!" Hinata ordered. She then usedTransmuteto create some stone pillars, and at the same time, she also made a hole in the wall and dragged Meld inside, closing just in time as the bear reached them.
Hinata kept dragging Meld while also kept transmuting a path, and Meld was to busy putting pressure on his wounds. Hinata was desperately thinking about what to do next until suddenly, a drop of water falls from the walls and onto her arm wound.
Hinata then felt as if her woundwas healing, as she kept going, the two of them eventually found a bright light.
Hinata used the last of her mana to make a small room where a large divinity stone was producingthe water from before, and had made a tiny puddle.
Hinata figured that the divinity stone had been producing holy water, because she had read about it in the library. After taking a sip to get rid of her exhaustion, she helped Meld drink it and watched his wound healed up.
*Pant* *Pant*
"Well..we're not dead yet"
*Pant* *Pant*
"So... got any bright any ideas captain?"
And so the duo's journey began.
Everyone watches as Hinata and Meld's journey, seeing their transformation from eating the meat from a twin tailed wolf. And then all the tough monsters they fought after.
They also witnessed the one on one conversations they had in Orcus, Brooke, Ur, Fuhren, and Erisen.
It was heartfelt collection of scenes. "Aww, so the reason that Hinata wants to come here is because of Me-"
"WATCH OUT DAD!"
"Eh?"
They were all stunned, Akira's concentration wavered for a bit, but because they were nearly done, it didn't disrupt it.
They were watching Hinata and Meld battle Noint when Hinata said the D word. And now they see the two of them in Hinata's room back in Heiligh, where Hinata spilled all her secrets and ended with her crying to sleep while being hugged by Meld.
The projection finally disappeared, and...
the ores in the circle combined and becomes a key, with the crystal attached on top of it.
Hinata gets up and picks up the key and before she can say anything.
"HINATA!" Nearly everyone shouted while jumping towards the girl, intending to comfort her.
"Ok, have you all calmed the hell down?"
After their attempt, Hinata had proceeded to tase all of them, along with those who didn't jump at her, except for Meld.
"Why did we get tased too?" Shizuku wondered while lying on the floor with her friends.
"Can you really blame us for reacting like that?" Kaori asked while struggling to get up aling with everyone.
"Yes." Hinata bluntly replied.
"Hinata, you did try to commit suicide without telling them." Meld reminded.
"I left a letter in my room, which I actually still have." Hinata pulls out a folded piece of paper from her treasure trove and hands it to Kaori, and she reads it.
"Dear Kaori and Seiji, bye." Everyone looked at Hinata with disbelief as Kaori read the words at the bottom of the paper. "P.S. Don't trust the old fanatic dude wearing what's basically a night gown."
Hinata simply shrugged, causing everyone to sigh. Meld pats Hinata's head. "I think we're gonna need to keep a closer eye on you."
"Yeah, we all do." Shizuku spoke up, gaining everyone's attention, she had a despondent look on her face. "We should've done that sooner."
Hinata tilts her head. "Yaegashi?"
"I feel so blind." Shizuku admitted with a sad smile. "I mean, when I cleared my first labyrinth, you were already on your six, and yet a part of me still felt as though we could catch up with you."
"Shizuku..." Kaori muttered.
"Yeah, she's right." Suzu chimed in. "You guys managed to clear Orcus with just three of you. We had the support of the kingdom and everyone in class but, we couldn't even reach half of Orcus with more time."
"We really messed up." Ryutaro joined in. "You guys went through all that shit with no problem, but we were barely here for a day and I was already whining about wanting to leave when we heard those voices."
The three of them were lined up in front Hinata. After watching what Hinata went through, they all felt so embarrassed for how they were acting. Just like Shizuku said, they all had a glimmer of hope that they can one day reach the same of level of strength as Hinata.
They felt like complete fools for ever thinking that. After all, Hinata was always stronger than them, even before Tortus, but they were too blind to see it.
"We were too focused on ourselves, that we never acknowledged your achievements, and we ended up getting ahead of ourselves again." Shizuku and her two friends nodded at each other before turning to Hinata.
"So Nagumo, we're sorry." All three them said and bowed in unison. "For not recognizing your strength."
"You guys..." Hinata actually felt a little touched.
It was at this moment that Kouki finally decided to speak up. "N-Nagumo, I too- OW!" Only to receive one of Hinata's shoes thrown right at his face.
"YOU IDIOT!"" Hinata yelled.
Kouki recovered and saw the angry faces of Hinata's harem and Kaori.
"WHY WOULD YOU RUIN A TOUCHING MOMENT WITH YOUR VOICE!?"
"READ THE MOOD, DAMMIT!"
"ARE YOU REALLY THAT DENSE!?"
"YOU'RE NEVER GONNA LEARN HOW TO SHUT UP ARE YOU!?"
They all took turns insulting and beating up Kouki. Meanwhile, Hinata angrily turns around and pulls out a crystal key. "Ugh, whatever let's test this thing."
"Try opening a portal to somewhere you haven't placed an anchor." Meld suggested, also ignoring the beat down.
"Hm...okay, I got it." Hinata concentrates activates the key, she can feel it using more mana than her gate keys. Soon a bright portal open up, and through it they see...an emoji?
"Urk!?" Meld nearly had a gag reflex seeing who was on the other side.
"Huh? What's this?" Miledi Reisen asked as she looked through the portal. "Hinata?"
"Hey Reisen, I was just testing out this Concept Magic i made." Hinata greeted.
"Oh, so you managed to get all seven ancient magic, that's wonde- Wait, wha-"
The golem was cut off by Hinata closing the portal.
Hinata observed her key. "If that's what it takes for a labyrinth, I wonder how much mana is needed for Japan..."
"Did you really have to open it there?" Meld asked with a pained expression.
"To see you with that face? Yes." The two shared a laugh but then Akira came in.
"So Meld, what's this about Hinata calling you Dad?" Everyone's eyes were on the paladin, who looked extremely nervous.
After that the group had somewhat split up. Hinata, Meld, and Akira all remained in the labyrinth to rest up from forging the key. Everyone else took a certain unconscious idiot through a portal to Verbergen to test out their new ancient magic in the forest of Verbergen, with Tio staying behind to test out the other aspect of Metamorphosis magic.
Half a day later, the group that went to Verbergen returned with a bunch of high leveed tigers, wolves, and snakes. They spent another half a day in making their familiars stronger and for Hinata to create collar artifacts that can summon their beasts from anywhere before sending the monsters back to Verbergen.
With all that done, they went to the magic circle located near the entrance of the palace but not before Shu handed Hinata the proof of conquest he retrieved and she passed out, it was a tear shaped pendant made of ice that had Schnee's crest.
Using the pendant, she activates the magic circle, but to their surprise, after the circle's light disappeared, they were still in the labyrinth. "Hm? Isn't this a teleportation circle?"
"Look, the plaza!" Meld pointed out. They can see a large round object come out of the fountain. "An egg?"
The egg started to crack, and from it comes out a massive dragon made of ice. The dragon lowered it's neck, prompting then to get on.
"This is the shortcut...?" Hinata took a deep breath, before speaking again. "Best...labyrinth...EVAAAAAAAAA!" She cheered as she happily got on the neck of the dragon.
Everyone excitedly joined her, except for Tio, who stares despondently. "Meld, how come Master wasn't that excited when she rode me?"
"Because you're a prevert." Meld bluntly answered, though he isn't sure if it actually reached Tio's head.
They all got on the dragon, who proceeds to start flying up. A hole appeared on the ceiling, just like the one in Gruen. The dragon continues flying upwards, even when they were outside again, it kept flying through the clouds. They all enjoyed being able to feel the sunlight again.
The dragon kept on flying and it eventually landed near the borders. Hinata petted the dragon's head while also praising him and his creator. While Tio was boiling with jealousy, Meld swear he saw the dragon wagging it's tail.
The majestic flew back to the blizzard, and the party starts making their way through the border. But they suddenly stopped in their tracks.
Shu ears picked it up. "Guys..."
"I know." Hinata and everyone else readies their weapons. "Looks like we've got a welcoming party."
"I knew you would come here eventually." A certain demonic asshole said. Before them stood none other than Freid Bagwa standing on top his loyal dragon Uranos.
"Fufu, hi Koukiiiii, did you miss me?" Flying next to him was Eri Nakamura, who now had wings sprouting out of her back and had gray hair.
These two alone wouldn't have been a big deal, but what the party was wary about was the army of apostles behind them, every single matched Noint in appearance.
"Fuck..."
So yeah, that's Hinata's origin. Like I said in the first chapter, Hinata is based of Uzi from Murder Drones, when the pilot first came out, so I modeled Hinata's backstory based off what happened in the pilot, being left for dead by her dad. Anyway, here's some Omake's:
Hinata: After I ran from home, I already used most of my of my money for my new identity, so I stayed in the cheapest I can find.
Shizuku: Is that...
Past Hinata: Hi, I'd like to stay in this...manga cafe...
Shizuku: Don't tell me...
Past Hinata: Hm, never had any of these type of literature back at home, might as well read something.
Hinata:(Feeling nothing but nostalgia.)
Past Hinata:(Reading manga while making a smile that says she's found true happiness)
Hinata:(Wiping off a single tear) Best choice of my life, no regrets...
Shizuku: I see...Why is this part so long?
Akira: So Meld, it seems your bond with Hinata has been established.
Meld: Uh...yes...I guess...
Akira: So I guess it's only a matter of time, Until I myself call you Fa-
Meld: No.
Shu: Oh, come on Meld, I have no problem calling you Da-
Meld: Absolutely not!
Tio: Would prefer to be called Pa-
Meld: You're over ten times older my age!
Kaori: Somehow you living by yourself is both surprising and not at the same time.
Seiji: I always knew you would be more successful than us.
Hinata: Just because I make my own money doesn't mean I'm rich, I still live in a crappy apartment after all.
Shizuku: I feel like someone as smart as you could make way more though...
Hinata: Well too bad, 30% of my money already goes to rent, and living necessities, 20% is for my tuition expenses.
Seiji: Wait, what about the remaining 50%?
Hinata: Oh, those go to buying my manga and paying for my streaming services.
Shizuku: What?! Couldn't you save up more money if you gave u-
Hinata:(Absolutely serious) Don't finish that sentence, otaku forever, otaku for life, bitch.
Kaori: That's fair.
Shizuku: Is it?