[Hiro puts his hands into his coat pockets as he ponders on where to begin with everything... It was quite frankly a long story. If Ai was willing to hear him out to the end, then he'd explain from the start.]
Well, I used to come from a normal world. I mean... Things were normal to start with. But back in the day, I had a small family that was just my mother and father. Though I wasn't particularly close with my parents and they weren't horribly close to me either... [Which might explain Hiro's offbeat behavior and why he was such a free spirited devil-may-care fellow. It might have been how he was able to cope with neglect over the years.] And I got bullied a lot in school for being weird. Even today, I still don't get why... But it didn't matter since I had Daichi. He was my best friend who had my back when it came to everything. He looks like a useless guy, but trust me... He's extremely reliable when the time is right.
[His expression shifts to something more saddened as he recalled the pained look on Daichi's face before he came an Administrator. But it's only brief, he wasn't going to approach that part of the story just yet.]
Everyday was just boring and repetitive back then. But I was still pretty happy since it was considered 'normal'... I didn't have to think much or make life changing decisions back then. The only thing I had to worry about was acing my school exams and stuff. [Then his voice takes a shift to something more grave.] But everything changed when the demons attacked. There was a huge earthquake and suddenly demons appeared throughout the world. My friends and I got caught in a subway crash, I kind of died... [It was hard to say if he seriously died or not, but Hiro definitely remembered the sensation of dying.]
But I was given a choice if I wanted to survive or not. And though this new app that I installed on my cellphone, I made a contract with demons. My friends and I were granted the powers to protect ourselves and survive in that new harsh world with the power of demons. [It sounded completely out there and scary (and it was), but Hiro was willing to use whatever it took to survive.] Y'know... Deep in my heart, I always wondered if I wanted something fun and exciting to happen like that. It only happened in video games and movies, but before I knew it... It was all happening for real.
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Well, I used to come from a normal world. I mean... Things were normal to start with. But back in the day, I had a small family that was just my mother and father. Though I wasn't particularly close with my parents and they weren't horribly close to me either... [Which might explain Hiro's offbeat behavior and why he was such a free spirited devil-may-care fellow. It might have been how he was able to cope with neglect over the years.] And I got bullied a lot in school for being weird. Even today, I still don't get why... But it didn't matter since I had Daichi. He was my best friend who had my back when it came to everything. He looks like a useless guy, but trust me... He's extremely reliable when the time is right.
[His expression shifts to something more saddened as he recalled the pained look on Daichi's face before he came an Administrator. But it's only brief, he wasn't going to approach that part of the story just yet.]
Everyday was just boring and repetitive back then. But I was still pretty happy since it was considered 'normal'... I didn't have to think much or make life changing decisions back then. The only thing I had to worry about was acing my school exams and stuff. [Then his voice takes a shift to something more grave.] But everything changed when the demons attacked. There was a huge earthquake and suddenly demons appeared throughout the world. My friends and I got caught in a subway crash, I kind of died... [It was hard to say if he seriously died or not, but Hiro definitely remembered the sensation of dying.]
But I was given a choice if I wanted to survive or not. And though this new app that I installed on my cellphone, I made a contract with demons. My friends and I were granted the powers to protect ourselves and survive in that new harsh world with the power of demons. [It sounded completely out there and scary (and it was), but Hiro was willing to use whatever it took to survive.] Y'know... Deep in my heart, I always wondered if I wanted something fun and exciting to happen like that. It only happened in video games and movies, but before I knew it... It was all happening for real.