Werewolf - Chapter 5
(Another several days later)
Natsume: ......
(Ever since I bumped into Sora in the kitchen that DAY, he's been acting rather disTANT...
He's only huMAN. Even he has his days when he feels upset or unwell, TOO.
HoweVER, that still wouldn't explain anyTHING. It's too baffLING.
When we're actually worKING, Sora's all friendly with Senpai and I with no isSUE.
It's only when we're in the dorms that he becomes so aLOOF.
Normally, he’d come talk whenever we spot each oTHER, but now he just pretends like he didn’t notice ME...
And when I ask him if he'd like to have dinner togeTHER, he'll hurry and take it to his own room inSTEAD.
Even if I ask him WHY, he just dodges the quesTION...
He went straight back to his room after work today TOO.
While it's plain to see Sora's LYING, I don't know what he's lying aBOUT...)
HonestLY, it's just like we're playing a game of WereWOLF...
(I don't want to distrust Sora... and I don't want to force him to tell me what's going ON.
But I'm slowly reaching my limit acting as if there's nothing WRONG, while actually worrying endlessly like THIS...
Even if I can't make him confide in ME, maybe I should at least talk to him properLY...
I've got IT! Sora said he wanted to try the food at that one pancake HOUSE, so I'll ask him if he'd like to GO!
What we're lacking is communicaTION. We haven't been spending time together lateLY...
But if we DO, we'll be able to chat naturalLY... We're sure to work things OUT. Sweet things also boost reconciliatory maGIC. Not that we're fighting or anything like that, of COURSE...)
Now that that's setTLED...
Sora, are you HERE?
Sora: Oh, Master~. What's up? Did you need Sora for something?
Natsume: Didn't you say the other day you wanted to go to that pancake HOUSE? Why don't we go togeTHER?
Sora: Huh? Uh, ummmmm...
...Oh! Sora just remembered! He has some really important things to do!
Sorry, Master~! Sora has to leave now!
Natsume: Wha—?
Sora: Let's chit-chat some other time, okay~? Bye-bye, gotta go!
Natsume: Wait, Sora, hold ON —
......
(Did I.... just get rejecTED? By Sora!? The same Sora who always tells me he loves me with such a bright SMILE!?)
Madara: Hahaha! Looks like you just got rejected, Natsume-san!
Natsume: ......
Madara: My bad, my bad. I was just kidding, so it'd reaaally make my day if you could ease up on that death glare~
Natsume: ...Stop right THERE. Do you have any idea what's going on with Sora lateLY? Normally he'd glomp me with a "Master~♪" and tag along with ME, and YET...
Madara: Hmm, could be that he's just entering his rebellious phase!
I see, I see! Sora-san's just at that age — the stage in his life where a most troubling distance between him and his dear mother and father has started to form.
The sight of little ones growin' up moves Mama to tears... ☆
Natsume: ...
Madara: Woah there. If looks could kill, Natsume-san, then I'm in danger.
Natsume: Make one more joke and I'll rip out your TONGUE.
Madara: Hahaha ☆ That's not quite my idea of a good time!
Natsume: I'm seriOUS. But more to the POINT, Mikejime-senpai... Don't you know anything about why Sora's been acting so strangeLY?
Even if you don't KNOW, you must feel it TOO. You're roomMATES...
Madara: Who, meee? Hmmm... Sora-san's just the same as usual whenever he's in our room, though?
Not to mention, he's been so busy lately that he's rarely ever home. Even I haven't really seen him around.
Natsume: Excuse ME!? Hold it right THERE.
Sora'd always hurry back to his ROOM, telling me it was because he was "tired from work" or he had to "bring some work back" with HIM...
Are you telling me he never actually went back to his ROOM?
Madara: Woah now!
— Like a bolt from the blue! My memory's been jogged! Seems like I've caused a li'l misunderstanding over Sora's absence from our room ☆
Natsume: ...Huh?
Madara: It's not Sora-san who's rarely around — it's me! Seems like it's been so long since I've seen his face that I got just a biiit mixed up!
Hahaha. Terribly sorry for the confusion, Natsume-san.
Natsume: Do you really think I'm going to believe an excuse like THAT?
Madara: It's no excuse at all! I'm an honest man, you see, so c'mon now, believe me!
Natsume: ......
Madara: ......
Natsume: ...Hmph, you damn LIAR. Seems like I won't be getting anything out of you no matter what I ask, HUH...
WhateVER. I'll leave it be for toDAY, but I'll say it to your face: I don't believe you at ALL.
Madara: Sorry 'bout that, Natsume-san.