He moves after the shove, giving Elan some space. Leaning back against the couch, he holds the mug upright in his lap, watching Elan's face while he talks. "Not everyone else has that ability," he says. Given what Elan's environment used to be like, Hiyori can guess at what he means.
If things had gone even a little differently, it'd be like that for Elan, too. Wouldn't it? He was meant to be a body double, after all. An expendable copy of an important person. Of course, all of that is over, and Hiyori would prefer to focus on the bright future rather than the dreary past. So would Elan, from the sound of it. And yet, it does make him angry. Elan's past, that is.
Those last words help to shift his focus, anyway. He blinks at suddenly being named like that, before he smiles again.]
I don't plan to disappear. We in Eden have the opposite planned: we're going to get even more popular, and then our faces and songs will be absolutely everywhere. Even on overseas billboards overseas! ♪
I do need to get back to ES tomorrow morning. But when Elan-kun yearns to speak with me, he can always text me. Perhaps we could even video call...♪
[It's the truth. Though he's also being a bit obtuse. After all... how long is their friends-with-benefits arrangement going to last?]
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[Sorry he's laughing at your annoyance, Elan.
He moves after the shove, giving Elan some space. Leaning back against the couch, he holds the mug upright in his lap, watching Elan's face while he talks. "Not everyone else has that ability," he says. Given what Elan's environment used to be like, Hiyori can guess at what he means.
If things had gone even a little differently, it'd be like that for Elan, too. Wouldn't it? He was meant to be a body double, after all. An expendable copy of an important person. Of course, all of that is over, and Hiyori would prefer to focus on the bright future rather than the dreary past. So would Elan, from the sound of it. And yet, it does make him angry. Elan's past, that is.
Those last words help to shift his focus, anyway. He blinks at suddenly being named like that, before he smiles again.]
I don't plan to disappear. We in Eden have the opposite planned: we're going to get even more popular, and then our faces and songs will be absolutely everywhere. Even on overseas billboards overseas! ♪
I do need to get back to ES tomorrow morning. But when Elan-kun yearns to speak with me, he can always text me. Perhaps we could even video call...♪
[It's the truth. Though he's also being a bit obtuse. After all... how long is their friends-with-benefits arrangement going to last?]