Oh. It’s not that she’s forgotten how her brother and Akaya met. But tennis was such a huge part of Seiichi’s life, it’s easy to fall back on that subject in casual conversation. Hokuto should’ve known that it has a powerful association to him.
She could just keep the conversation safe and talk about the band, the tour, and the album, but she knows that it’s not really what her brother is asking.
What is the gentle and true thing to say? That he’s happy? That he’s dating again? Hokuto feels that her brother hasn’t quite moved on, despite the many months since the break-up. And she also thinks (and Nami might disagree) that they belong together. She likes Omi, really. But the hopeless romantic in her has always felt that this love that Akaya and Seiichi have is the stuff of epics. Fiery, fierce, and eternal.
“He’s all right. He’s been...seeing someone. I don’t know how serious it is, but he’s brought him around a few times, to the after parties.”
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She could just keep the conversation safe and talk about the band, the tour, and the album, but she knows that it’s not really what her brother is asking.
What is the gentle and true thing to say? That he’s happy? That he’s dating again? Hokuto feels that her brother hasn’t quite moved on, despite the many months since the break-up. And she also thinks (and Nami might disagree) that they belong together. She likes Omi, really. But the hopeless romantic in her has always felt that this love that Akaya and Seiichi have is the stuff of epics. Fiery, fierce, and eternal.
“He’s all right. He’s been...seeing someone. I don’t know how serious it is, but he’s brought him around a few times, to the after parties.”