Hanayui no Shou 24-3H

Another you - 3

[Hallway]

Chi: Yamabushi-san, I feel negative energy coming from you.

Shi: Are you fortune-telling?

Chi: No. That's Itsuki-san's territory.

Shi: Chuunibyou?

Chi: That's not it either.

Chi: Your split personality... What caused it? Why did you become like that?

Shi: ...

SHI: You. Don't touch that subject.

SHI: The other me doesn't want to talk about that.

Chi: Don't take me wrong. I'm not here to open old wounds.

Chi: But... Mental issues in children are often caused by problems in the family...

SHI: I told you not to go there, you...

Chi: There's no need for threats. I'm the same as you. At the very least, I'm not your enemy.

SHI: ...

Shi: ...The same?

Chi: Yeah. Though in my case my family wasn't the only issue...

Chi: My parents always neglected me. I was bullied at school...

Chi: Something like that must've happened to you too, right?

Shi: ...

Shi: Why did you decide to talk to me?

Shi: ...Koori, this is probably past you'd rather not remember either, right...

Chi: Yeah. But I just wanted you to know you're not alone in being like this.

Chi: Since everyone else here is so upstanding...

Chi: But some are the same as you, just like me.

Shi: I thought all of the Heroes were honest and straightforward.

Chi: They are. So much that it's blinding.

Chi: You could call me an exception. So if there's something you can't tell to the rest, you can talk to me about it.

Shi: ...