Ancient World History was second period, and Takeshi spent most of it not listening to the teacher.
Not because the topic was irrelevant. It was because he had a more immediate problem to solve.
That morning, when he left the apartment to head to the shrine and pick up Ophélia, he found Aoi waiting for him at the building entrance. No warning, no message beforehand. She was simply there, backpack on, wearing an expression that didn't allow for discussion.
"I'm coming with you."
Aoi said.
Takeshi didn't have time to respond because at that exact moment his phone vibrated.
[Nyx] I'm already on my way to the shrine. See you there.
The result was that all three of them arrived together to pick up Ophélia, and during the entire trip to school, Takeshi couldn't get more than two sentences out in a row because either Aoi or Nyx always inserted themselves into the conversation.
Every time Takeshi opened his mouth to return to the subject of Tot, the conversation veered elsewhere.
