Accel World, Vol. 1: Kuroyukihime’s Return by Kawahara Reki

Author:Kawahara, Reki
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen Press
Published: 2017-10-30T16:00:00+00:00

“Goodness! Haru, I haven’t seen you in so long!” Chiyuri’s mother cried the moment she opened the door, beaming, and Haruyuki muttered a vague apology for not stopping by more.

“You’ve gotten so big. How old are you again? Oh, thirteen, of course, just like Chiyuri. You haven’t come to see us at all since you started junior high. I’ve missed you! You can stay awhile today, can’t you? Stay for supper. That girl of mine barely eats anything at all these days, so it’s hardly worth the trouble of making something. And I was just thinking I’d make curry rice, and I know it’s your favorite, Haru. I’ll whip up a whole pile of it, so you make sure and ask for seconds. I’m sure Chiyuri will be delighted, too. She’s always moaning about how you never come over anymore.”

Chiyuri’s mother seemed like she could go on chattering forever, but a sharp voice echoing at the end of the hallway cut her off. “Mom!!”

Looking up, Haruyuki saw Chiyuri—or rather, just her head poking out from the living room—glaring in their direction, her face ablaze. “Quit blabbing!!”

“Yes, yes. This rebellious period, I just hate it. Haru, you make yourself at home.”

Haruyuki watched Chiyuri’s grinning mother wave as she disappeared through the kitchen door halfway down the hall, and then he smiled stiffly. “H-hey.”

Chiyuri glanced at him and jerked her small chin up in a come in sort of way before disappearing back into the living room. Exhaling with a long sigh, Haruyuki took off his shoes and muttered quietly, “Okay, I’m coming in.”

Up until he’d been in the third or fourth grade in elementary school, Haruyuki had just said, “I’m home!” as he stepped up into this foyer. The Kurashimas’ was the first place he’d come home to, covered in sweat after playing outside with Chiyuri and Takumu until it got dark. He took a bath, had supper, and even stayed to watch TV before staggering back to his empty apartment two floors up. For Haruyuki, who was already being bullied at school even then, these evenings were the only time he could relax and have fun.

However, that all ended two years earlier. When Takumu told Chiyuri he liked her and Chiyuri talked to Haruyuki about it.

Haruyuki’s blue bear-face slippers were still in the slipper stand in the entryway. He slipped on the faded footwear and timidly pulled open the living room door, but Chiyuri wasn’t there. He wiped his sweaty palms on the pants of his uniform, passed through the apartment, the layout of which he was only too familiar with, and knocked quietly on the door farthest back. Chiyuri’s.

After a brief pause, he heard her short response. “Come in.”

Gulping, he turned the knob.

Stepping into Chiyuri’s room for the first time in two years, he saw that it was still simply decorated, basically the same as it stood in his memory. The desk and the bed were adorned with black and white keynotes, and the curtains were also monotone. It looked a lot like Haruyuki’s room.

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