[this is an attack He's not patting him on the hand like Certain Other Parties That Won't Be Named, so Naegi will count it as a mercy, even if that flush isn't fading quite yet.]
Ah, but that's good at least... I'd rather not be stuck in a dress again any time soon...
[The topic had been light enough, if a bit embarrassing, so what's said lastly gives him pause. Not just mentally but physically - Naegi stops walking for a moment, his thoughts holding him in place. It's less that Hinata's words themselves have weight, but the implication of it.
It's as Naegi had feared. He'd known it to be all too possible, and he's at least been able to confirm a few of them who are still here, but...
He knows what he's about to say will not be easy on either of them. But he has to ask.]
...I've been shying away from it since I returned, but I probably shouldn't avoid it any longer. Hinata-kun, forgive me, but... May I ask who returned?
oh w h o o p s, my mistake..... I guess it's just extra precaution or something now....
Hi-Hinata-kun, you don't need to say it again...
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this is an attackHe's not patting him on the hand like Certain Other Parties That Won't Be Named, so Naegi will count it as a mercy, even if that flush isn't fading quite yet.]Ah, but that's good at least... I'd rather not be stuck in a dress again any time soon...
[The topic had been light enough, if a bit embarrassing, so what's said lastly gives him pause. Not just mentally but physically - Naegi stops walking for a moment, his thoughts holding him in place. It's less that Hinata's words themselves have weight, but the implication of it.
It's as Naegi had feared. He'd known it to be all too possible, and he's at least been able to confirm a few of them who are still here, but...
He knows what he's about to say will not be easy on either of them. But he has to ask.]
...I've been shying away from it since I returned, but I probably shouldn't avoid it any longer. Hinata-kun, forgive me, but... May I ask who returned?