Kyoko turned back to him and smiled a little too brightly, “You haven’t done anything to make me hate you. As for what happened to you, well, you got into a fight with one of our friends, and things got out of hand.” She wanted to leave now. She didn’t want to have this conversation, not yet. She didn’t want to tell him Toya had nearly killed him or that there was a very good chance that she was the blame.’
“You need to rest now Shinbe. We’ll talk about this later. I promise, I won’t be long, and then I’ll answer any questions you have.” She put her other hand over his and rubbed it soothingly. “I’ll only be gone a couple hours.”
Shinbe didn’t take his eyes off Kyoko as he leaned back against the pillows. “Okay. I guess I can’t argue with you. Just answer me one question. What is the n
