Kokoro Connect Volume 1: Hito Random by Sadanatsu Anda

Author:Sadanatsu Anda [ANDA, SADANATSU]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2018-08-22T00:00:00+00:00

8:30 PM. Night had descended over the town.

Kiriyama said she wanted to stay out of the public eye, so they chose to meet up at an old park they were both familiar with, located about halfway between their houses. It was a bit far, but within biking distance. Thankfully, they both knew the area well enough that they had no trouble navigating unfamiliar neighborhoods to get there.

The park was furnished with a bench, a see-saw, and a sandbox, dimly lit under the streetlamps. Designed only to fill an empty space between houses, it was a bit too cramped for kids to play baseball or even a game of tag.

At this time of night, the park was utterly forgotten—few passing pedestrians or cars, no delinquent gangs. Its only inhabitants were two figures on bikes: Yaegashi Taichi and Kiriyama Yui... piloting each other’s bodies.

Taichi had been worried he’d find her crying, but [Taichi] (Kiriyama) seemed calm. [He] was still wearing the outfit he’d changed into after school: T-shirt, thin blue jacket, sweatpants.

“Taichi, I’m sorry, but I think I made your sister suspicious,” [Taichi] (Kiriyama) blurted out the moment they laid eyes on each other.

“Uh oh... What happened?”

He imagined she must’ve been pretty panicked at the time of the swap. After all, she’d been crying at the time.

“It was just so sudden... I mean, it’s always sudden, but this time around I got a little overly freaked, and your sister was like, ‘What’s the matter with you lately, Big Bro? Do we need to get you to a hospital?’ ”

“Oh god, she’s already talking about having me committed...?” Not good. He’d have to come up with some kind of cover story. “Oh well, that can wait. Anyway, listen, Kiriyama—”

“Let me guess. Is this about what happened today?” [Taichi] (Kiriyama) cut in.

“Yeah, actually.”

“Right before we switched, I got a phone call from Aoki. He said there was a bunch of stuff he wanted to talk about in person, but for now he needed to get something off his chest... And then he apologized, like, a billion times. No joke.”

Evidently Aoki had already taken action before Taichi had even decided what his next move would be.

“I don’t know why, though, considering it was my fault in the first place... I thought to myself, ugh, now Aoki and Taichi are totally gonna walk on eggshells around me... I felt so pathetic and awful... I started thinking about how we’d never be able to have fun anymore, and... it hurt so bad, I started crying... I’m sorry... I’m sorry I’m so weak...”

Though she was unmistakably [Taichi] on the outside, the aura of sorrowful fragility was unmistakably hers. It was a vibe Taichi was sure he couldn’t recreate even if he tried.

“No more ‘sorry,’ okay? You have nothing to apologize for.” He paused. “Actually, let me get one in real fast. I’m sorry, too.” He was tempted to specify why, but it struck him as a little gauche, so he didn’t.

Kiriyama didn’t ask for details, either. She simply nodded.

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