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Chapter 10

Author: Hikikimori
last update publish date: 2026-05-07 20:45:46

Chapter 10

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He hesitated. It was a short hesitation, barely visible, but I had been studying him for two years and I caught it, as he seemed to realize it or maybe he didn't and I was just reading into things that was not there.

"More communication," he said. "I know I'm not—" a brief pause, "—I know I don't always make it easy to talk to me."

That was the most honest thing he had said since he walked into the room, and I could tell that it cost him something to say it, because I knew my hu
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