"Well, actually, my name's Koushiro," Kite said,
unaware that Sora already knew this from the single off-hand mention by
his mother a few weeks ago when he had called. "Sounds way too fancy, don't
you think? I think it says something awful about our society when your
parents up and name you after some anime character they liked as a kid..."
Sora burst out, "Ah-hah, I knew it! You're
named after an anime character too!"
Kite boggled at him. "You are?"
"My dad told me for a few years I was named after
the main guy from some videogame," Sora said, realizing a little too late
that he was talking personal information again, and that it was too late
to stop now, "but after he left my mom gave me the ugly truth: it's from
Digimon,
of all stupid things. It was a girl character, too, because they were expecting
a girl..." He trailed off awkwardly, as Kite began to laugh. He turned
bright red, complaining, "It's not that funny!"
"It is, actually," Kite said brightly. "Don't feel
bad. I have a few girl classmates named after boys, and that's even more
embarrassing. Actually," he added as an afterthought, "isn't there a Koushiro
in Digimon too?"
"But not a girl."
"Not a girl. Granted."
"But you sound like a girl, so I guess it evens
out."
"Well, I-- Hey."
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