☆ — @goldsei. ✧
“W-Wah! Sora-kun surprised yours truly…” Shinobu screams as he clutches his heart, and slumps over. “Doing that isn’t good for this ninja’s heart… but he is dutifully touched that Sora-kun remembered! This is the first time yours truly really had friends, so…”
He takes the gift from his friend hesitantly, unsure how quickly he should jump to open it. When Sora begins to talk about ninjas, he jumps excitedly to unwrapping the gift. Trembling in euphoria, Shinobu places the game on the ground and wraps his arms around Sora, enveloping him in a hug.
“Ehehe… thank you for everything, Sora-kun. Thank you for being yours truly’s friend. Um… does Sora-kun also think that if we met earlier, then we would’ve been great friends?”
He smiles in delight at Shinobu’s positive reaction, arms wrapping the shorter in return, a gentle hum leaving his grinning lips as he squeezes his classmate tightly. ❝ HuHu~ Sora understands~ He hasn’t had friends like Shino-chan and everyone else before, so he wanted to make you happy~ ♪ It looks like he succeeded, so Sora’s super glad! ❞
Yet, despite his cheer, he can’t help but feel slightly troubled with Shinobu’s query. Things were different for everyone before, Sora included. If he hadn’t met Shinobu in a strange place where oddities were of regular occurrence, a vague thought comes to mind: Would two people so out of place still come and grow together?
“Hm...~” The blond pulls away slightly to give a soft grin at the birthday boy, his shoulders shrugging. “Sora isn’t sure, Shino-chan. If you met the Sora from before, he wonders what you’d say... Sora’s like this now because of Shishou and Senpai, you know?” He pauses, blinking before he’s grinning brightly again, teeth gleaming. “But, maybe Shino-chan and Sora would still get along! Even before, Sora liked the ninja characters, and Shino-chan’s a real life ninja! Sora would’ve been happy meeting you earlier.”















