/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>What is he to me?----Arihiko is just a classmate. What else does he look like?"

>"Oh, so you refer to 'just' your friend by his first name, Nii-san?"
>Akiha looks at me unhappily.
>"Look, does it matter if I refer to him by his last name or his first name? Why are you hung up on that all of a sudden?"

>"My, you have no awareness, Nii-san. Maybe for women, but it is not normal for two boys to refer to each other like that. Unless they were brothers or relatives―"
>"Eh----well, maybe you're right."
>―― Even I tilt my head to the side as I think about it.
>But since the very beginning, I've always called him "Arihiko". Besides, we've known each other so long it isn't that odd.

>"Well, there is another case. Don't tell me you have that sort of relationship with him, Nii-san?"
>"――? That sort of relationship? What do you mean?"

>I respond seriously, not understanding, but Akiha shifts her gaze.

>"―― It's nothing. I was being sarcastic but you don't seem to get it, Nii-san."
>Akiha slumps her shoulders.
>―― I start to get more and more confused.

>"----Akiha. I've known him since middle school and he has always helped me out. ―― He might not look like it, but he is a good person. I don't know what you don't like about him, but don't think bad of him."

>"――――"
>Is she not satisfied about something? Akiha starts to sulk.

>"Akiha, are you listening?"
>"Yes, I hear you! This is the first time I have ever heard you defend someone so eagerly. He really must be special to you, this school friend of yours!"

>She puffs out her chest and turns her head away.
>―― Geez. I don't know why she decided to transfer here all of a sudden. Now I don't even know what's with her.

Why is Akiha Tohno such a paranoid schizo?