10

"Nu? "

The girl scrunched up her brows when she heard him.

Then he explained, in the most simple term he could, on how having a name is important.

And then, after placing her hand on her chin for a while, as if thinking,

"… I see, in order to have a conversation with someone, that's needed, huh."

Like that, she nodded,

"Shidou. —What do you want to call me?"

Sitting in one of the seats nearby, she said.

Crossing her arms with an "hmpf", she continued in an arrogant tone.

"Give me a name."

He put a hand on his chin and think about a little detail.

He thought that he could give her a new name…

He shook his head.

'Better not be… but…'

"How about Tome?"

After a brief silence, he replied to her.

"Huh?… I don't know why, but it seemed like you were making fun of me."

As veins popped in her forehead, the girl said.

"Sorry…"

Without a seriousness on his tone, he apologized and then, he let out a name.

"… Tohka."

"Nu?"

"How… is it?"

"…"

After a moment of silence—

"Oh well. It's better than Tome."

April tenth.

That is today's date and with the character for "ten", he used it to composing her name.

With his other soul perspective, Shidou think how his naming sense truly simple is.

'Well, it's already been decided by the creator of this world, so I'm not the one who fault.'

Immediately, the girl trotted towards him, making cut his thoughts.

"Then—Tohka, how do you write it?"

"That's…"

He walked to the blackboard, grabbed a piece of chalk, and wrote "(check the comment)"

"Hmm."

With a small nod, the girl imitated him and traced the blackboard with her finger.

The places where the girl's finger touched were cleanly shaved away, and crudely the two words (check the comment) remained.

He looked at her and sighs.

"What is it?"

"… Nothing."

'There's a chalk… well, not that matters anyway.'

He decided to move on.

"I see."

Saying this, the girl stared at the words she wrote for a while, and gave a small nod.

"Shidou."

"What?"

"Tohka. It's my name. Isn't it marvelous?"

"Yes, it is."

She cross her arms with an "hmpf" expression, showing her displeasure.

Despite that, the girl—Tohka, once again moved her lips.

"Shidou."

He understands her intention, but decided not to give in immediately because of her characteristic.

Well, teasing is not bad, especially if it's a little.

After several moments, he gave up.

"Tohka."

He called that name, and seeming satisfied, the edges of Tohka's lips turned upwards.

"…"

His heart leaped.

Now that he thinks about it, although he knows her from his memory, this was technically his first time seeing Tohka's smile.

Thereafter, the atmosphere begins to light as they open a conversation.

They talk everything she wanted, and he always gives her response to it.

They both have a lot of fun in there that their conversation takes a whole day to end.

Obviously, between them, Tohka enjoys more of this.

Being seclude because of her origin, she couldn't talk to anyone, since most human she talked with, always wanted to kill her.

At this moment, the more they talk, the more her heart open for him.

Her affection for him is starting to grow fast, but unfortunately, not fast enough to make her fall for him.

After all, she doesn't even know what a love means.