Souta birthday special 2023
On this breezy night 2 days after Christmas. What could a guy like Ouma Souta doing here?
"Found you." A purple haired girl poke him from behind.
"Took you long enough....Harukawa-chan~"
"Get to the point. Why are you asking me to meet you this late at night? Not to mention it's midnight... you're lucky Onii-san and Okaa-san is training right now.." Said the purple haired girl or its no other than Harukawa Keiko.
"Well, I just wanna know how're you doin' after that 'night' y'know? It's pretty traumatic after all, though, my Lil sis would know that better than me." Said Souta while he stares at the river infront of him.
"Really? That's it? I'm doing fine. But if that's really just that then I must leave."
Just as Keiko was about to turn her heels to leave the place, Souta reach her arm.
"Oh-ho, of course it's not just that, young lady~ I need to show you something and I need you to give me your honest answer." Souta said as He reaches his back pocket to grab his phone.
"Make this quick."
"Oh, I will~ here.."
It's photos of headless corpses. Keiko stare at it with a wide eyes for a while before asking.
"This...what is this?!"
"What did you see~?"
"A FCKIN CORPSES WITH NO HEADS!?"
"Bingo! Oh, please do keep your voice down...people are sleeping y'know~"
Keiko stays silent before nodding and took a big breath.
"Some of Mihoko's patients were showing her these pictures and they said that it's their families or friends. They have this terrified looks on their faces. I wanna ask you something if that's okay."
Souta gives Keiko a serious look before she finally nods.
"Alright. What is it that you want to ask me?"
"Who do you think the one who did all of this?" Souta grabs some snow with his hands.
"I...honestly have no idea..." Keiko trembles a bit as she bit her thumb.
"If I have to guess...I'll guess....your sister. Harukawa Mizuki."
Keiko's face turned in to a shock and frustration look.
"Are you serious!? There's no way she'd do that! Yes, she might be sick, but she'd never do that! She's still 10 years old!"
"I've told you it's just a guess."
"R-right..."
"Well, I might be wrong, though. It's just my instinct after all. I have no proof at all."
Keiko stays silent as she hears Souta's explanation.
"Well, I guess that's all. I gave you a fright didn't i?"
Souta shot her a smirk as Keiko looks away.
"No, you're just hallucinating! Anyway, I'll go home. This is pretty useless..."
"Haha, sorry, sorry... I'll treat you some udon tomorrow, alright? Wait, no, technically it's today."
Keiko smiles a bit before hiding it with her hands.
"Thanks, I guess. Bye."
"Bye, bye~"
Just as Souta was about to turn his heel to go home, Keiko reaches the back of his jacket and pull the hem a bit.
"It's your birthday, right? It's only natural for me to give tou a present as a friend...and...take that as a thank you for helping me that time...here.."
Keiko put a small white box in Souta's jacket pocket before ran off. Leaving Souta completely confused.
"Uhm...thanks?"
Little did she know.. she's the first person who say that to him today.