_{❝ それ以来、僕は嘘つきで 
   騙せない人や物も無くなって
  『怪物』に成り果てちゃってさ
   ･･･ああ、ごめんね　泣かないで！　全部法螺話だよ？}

      ．．．ｊｕｓｔ         ｋｉｄｄｉｎｇ

                                 _{Welcome to reality,「Hagane Miku」}

 _{{ K } ➤ “Hey.”}

      _{Small-talk, small words. He was bored, bored to death maybe, but boredom would be a pretty stupid way to die. Death in general was pretty dumb, but what was mourning supposed to do? No use trying to avoid the unavoidable.}

      _{Eyes narrowed with impending playfulness now, upon finding a certain... playmate. It was rare to find someone sane walking about at this hour. He had snuck out at exactly twelve, when he was sure that the others were sleeping. What a convenient time, huh? The sky had already turned dead black, and if it weren’t for the dim streetlights, he would probably walk into a wall.}

      _{Which he had.}

      _{…Kind of.}

       _{Bumping heads with Little Miss Goth Punk strangers was not on his agenda. Rude, uncouth, clumsy. Pssh, if he just smiled and laughed it off, external embarrassment should not ensue. A laugh and a tease seemed to be a solution for just about everything now. Laaaaame.}

      _{But now it was time to apologize – genuine or not, a phrase or two could lead to potential conversation. At daytime, when the other half of his brain worked, he probably would stray away from girls like this stranger, just on the account that Kido would lecture him for an hour on stranger danger.}

_{{ She’s looks like someone from a horror movie, Kano! A horror movie! }}

      _{He didn’t really care too much about appearances as most of them were fake anyway. But Kido would genuinely be scared of these types of people – “oh, how cute!” he would tell her if it weren’t for her fist hovering inches away from his face – so it would be best to follow her wishes. At least when she was watching. But now, she was not, so screw it all. Besides, eccentric clothing usually went hand-in-hand with interesting victims friends.}

      _{“Oh. Sorry about that… Haha, really should pay more attention where I’m going, huh~?”}