Soujirou took it all pretty well. If Honey met someone from the future, he wasn't sure he'd be able to do the same. It didn't seem all that fair, but that could be said of a lot of things here. And when the other boy smiled, even though the news was sad, and asked, well, stated that Honey knew the truth, it was harder than he'd thought to look Soujirou in the eyes.

He wasn't just a line of text in a history book. He was a real person. It was easy to forget that when he was cramming names and dates and just trying to pass tests.

"Can I call you Souji-...chan?" he asked in a voice that was much tinier than before. He looked up, hoping the other boy wouldn't be too upset with him. "Is that okay?"