Broki-chan gives her a nervous look as she looks up at him, expectantly. He lets out a loud sigh before saying "look I'm going to be honest because you seem like a nice girl, but I don't actually have a house, I just live in the costume shed at the school, but I didn't want to worry you because I'm fine living there". Nahoko gives him a surprised look before quickly changing her expression to a smile as she says "oh is that so Broki? Well then you'll just have to stay at mine after all I can't let you freeze out here and turn into a popsicle Broki-chan".

He takes a step back as he says "well thank you for the offer Nahoko but what about your parents, I don't want to be a bother". Nahoko takes a step forward as she grabs Broki-chan's hand and says "no it's okay Broki-chan I don't live with my parents, I live with my sister, and she's barely home anyway so I'll have to insist on this Broki-chan". Broki-chan couldn't help but feel he shouldn't of agreed however he agrees regardless. After he agreed, Nahoko grin grows wider before she begins dragging Broki-chan by his arm as she says "c'mon Broki-chan my house is this way".

Nahoko begins walking as Broki-chan reluctantly follows behind. Whilst they're walking, Nahoko looks behind at Broki-chan with a smile as she says "so Broki-chan, I'm just curious did you have a home before, if so what happened?".

"I don't know actually, to be honest, I don't remember anything before around one or two years ago".

"Oh I'm sorry to hear that, if you don't mind me asking what do you remember?"

"Well I first remember waking up in a hospital room, meeting Sakura and becomes best friends with her, staying at Sakura for a few nights after I saw someone stare at me from the bushes, meeting Miyoko and that's pretty much it up until I met you"

"Uh huh... wait-". Nahoko stops before turning to look at Broki-chan with a deadpan expression. She grabs Broki-chan's shoulders as she says "wait wait wait... YOU WERE IN THE HOSPITAL AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME?!". Broki-chan gives her an extremely confused look as he says "because I didn't know you at the time?". Nahoko lets go of Broki-chan as she says "oh... right" before she quickly begins walking as Broki-chan follows.

"So why were you in the hospital?"

"I don't know on account of the whole not remembering anything part of why I was in the hospital, it may have been because of a concussion but other than that I have no clue"

"oh I forgot about that, yeah that would make sense, y'know I don't know why, but I have a feeling that we met before"

"I mean we most likely have, I know I've been working as a mascot there for some time from what I've been told"

"Yeah we've probably just walked by each other a few times but on the other hand... never mind anyway here's my house"

Nahoko points to a fairly average looking 2-story house. The house from the front appears to have little to no backyard and looked as if it was squished in between the two houses next to it. Broki-chan wasn't complaining however as compared to his small shed, this was a significant upgrade. Nahoko quickly shifts through several different keys as she walks up to the front door, she opens the door and turns on a light, revealing a kitchen and small dining room.

Broki-chan walks into the house and shuts the door behind him as Nahoko points to a room upstairs and says "well welcome to my house I guess, you can sleep in the spare room upstairs, let me show you it". Nahoko walks upstairs and Broki-chan follows, she opens the door revealing a room that looked heavily decorated with strip lights, a computer, plants and numerous photos. She turns on the lights which made the room illuminate in a purple glow on account of the strip lights. Broki-chan looks around the room before saying "not to be rude but what's up with the decorations, it almost looks like someone has lived here recently, and I don't want to steal their room".

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"Oh! No, no. No-one's been here recently..." said Nahoko as she looked at Broki-chan, shaking her head. She looked at Broki-chan with an almost nervous expression before continuing "it's just sometimes my cousins stay over so they just leave some stuff here". Broki-chan makes a quiet "oh" noise as if he just remembered the fact that some people have somewhat close families. Nahoko looks at something then back at Broki-chan as she says "well I'm going to make some food, I'll make some for you as well, I'll come back up later". Broki-chan nods and moves out of the way as Nahoko walks out of the room.

She stops at the door frame for a moment before turning back to Broki-chan as she says "oh and one more thing I should probably mention before I go downstairs, DON'T go into the attic, that's where my sister's... bedroom is". Broki-chan looks at her before replying "of course, I'll make sure to avoid going into the attic". Nahoko gives him an almost unsettling grin before walking downstairs. Broki-chan sits on the bed and begins to look around the room. He first spots a vanity table opposite the bed with left out blushes and lipstick.

Next to the vanity table lies a small desk and chair, filled with an assortment of clutter and a computer. Broki-chan finds nothing else of note in the room until he spotted someone on the vanity table. It appeared to be a photo frame lying face down as if someone aggressively shoved it down. He stood up and approached the table, gently lifting it up to revealing a photo of Kioko and someone hugging. He couldn't help but stare at the photo for a moment as a weird sense of déjà vu came over him.

Broki-chan was so overwhelmed by this sense of déjà vu that he didn't even notice Monika approaching him with a smiling expression. "Broki-chan?, what the hell are you doing here?". He ignores her and continues to stare at the photo, causing Monika to let out an annoyed side before saying "hey at least listen to me, you seriously have to leave like right now, I don't even know why you're going to her house, but you have got to go. Why are you doing this? To spite me?".

Broki-chan only gives her a quick glance before turning around and shoving the photograph in her face as he asks "hey do you know who this guy with Kioko is?". Monika goes to say something before looking down at photo then looking at Broki-chan as she says "no". Their conversation is quickly cut short by the turn of a doorknob, Monika quickly hides as the door swings open revealing Nahoko with two bowls of noodles. She quickly moves towards the desk, placing one of the bowls down before proceeding to sit on the ground and begin eating.

Broki-chan places the photo on the floor before grabbing his bowl and sitting next to Nahoko. He doesn't start eating immediately however as he grabs the photo on the floor. He passes it over to Nahoko as he says "I found this photo in this room, do you know who the guy hugging Kioko is, I have a feeling I've seen him before, but I have no clue where from". Nahoko inspects the photo for a second before saying "Oh! That's Yamihiro, he was the mascot before you, I remember her being close with Kioko, I used to be friends with her up until Yamihiro died, and we had a... falling out. I just decided to keep the photo because I liked it, and it reminds me of the better days... so to speak."

Nahoko moves the photo away and continues eating as Broki-chan mutters, albeit a bit too loud, "if he's dead then how come I haven't seen this guy's ghost or ever heard of him". Nahoko turns to look at him, completely confused as she pauses mid-bite. Broki-chan realises that he may have said that a bit too loudly as he turns to look at Nahoko's speechless expression. He looks a bit nervous as he tries to quickly think of how to play it off before saying "Oh uh- I just meant that I wonder why Kioko and Miyoko haven't mentioned it, I just remember of them being interested in ghosts".

"Oh is that so? I don't remember either of them having an interest in that type of stuff but if it's coming from you, then it has to be true".

"Alright? So... let me know if you don't want to talk about but what's the full story with you and Kioko, what happened?"

"Well... I- uh- it's- well she- she... I'm sorry it's just too hard to explain to you... you're too... important to me... could we perhaps talk about something else, like our hobbies or your favourite things, I'd love to get to know you more".