Training Arc Part 2

Iris's Pov

Iris Sakata here. I've been standing outside of Mr. Shoyo's house for almost 30 minutes. I've been trying to think up several comedic entrances I can do but that'll just be impossible for me. I can't believe he suddenly told me I'd start staying with him and some other boy. And my parents so easily agreed to it.

For the past couple of years, ever since the incident, Shoyo would come by my house to give me training and help with homeschooling for a few hours a day, from Monday to Tuesday. Apparently, the training I've been receiving is supposed to be secret too. I wonder if I'll actually just suddenly be allowed to become a hunter, even though Shoyo said not to worry about that.

My new life away from my parents, I'm not optimistic about it at all. I already miss them. At least I won't miss Hana.

Heh. Maybe this won't be so bad after all. Well, here goes nothing.

***

Hello again, I'm currently running away as fast as I can. I couldn't even introduce myself without tripping all over my tongue. I wanna die. Wait no, that was a joke. I just wanna live peacefully with mom and dad. Why'd I have to go and attract the attention of the Hunters?

Also, live with a guy my age? When was the last time I even talked to someone my age? Even when I went to middle school, I never had any friends. I knew this wasn't gonna work out. If there's anything I can have confidence in, it's my legs in dire situations.

When I was 9, this terrifying German Shepherd was wandering around my neighborhood and decided to harass me as soon as we locked eyes for some reason. I ran like the wind and left that mutt in my dust.

Heh. I'm quite proud of that achievement.

I might be the fastest human alive.

Or so I thought.

The boy who I'm supposed to start living with is hot on my trail.

"Ehhhhh?"

I try to speed up even more, but it proves futile. This guy is catching up at an alarming rate. I at least thought I was the fastest 16-year-old. My confidence was shot to the ground and I came to a stop.

"It's over."

I said feeling defeated with my hands on my knees.

"Wow, you sure can run!"

"Huh?"

"You just cleared several blocks in less than a minute, that's pretty amazing!"

Says the one who caught up to me with ease.

"..."

I don't know what to say.

"So, why'd you run off like that?"

"Um..."

"Nevermind, I already know why."

"Y-You do?"

"You're super shy aren't you?"

"Gah!"

"What was that? Are you that surprised? Haha."

No one's ever straight-up told me they know that I'm shy.

"Let's start over. I'm Chifuyu Kyotani. Do you mind if I ask you your name?"

"... Iris Sakata."

"What was that?"

Why did I whisper it??

"Iris... Sakata."

"Iris huh, that's a nice name, isn't it?"

"..."

He's pretending like Mr. Shoyo didn't tell him my name. Well, he did want to restart the introduction.

"We're gonna be living under the same roof with each other for the next year, so I hope we'll be great buddies!"

Ahhhh! His extroverted aura is too powerful.

Guess I'll just have to go along with this.

"It's nice to meet you, Chi-Chikuyu."

"It's Chifuyu."

Gah!