11: A Hug
[ this is how they meet. Amazing ]
“Uh…” He shuffled a bit uncomfortable before quickly hugging the trapezist, “Sorry, I got told I had to do that…” He mumbled, looking away with a scowl.
"Well that’s one example… A hug’s easy so I figured I’d at least do that. " He frowned, leaning his head to one side.
"Oh yeah… Just Sumiko?" Hayato raised an eyebrow, someone just going by one name was odd enough to notice. "Well I have to say my name now right? Hayato Yukimura, I don’t particularly care which one you call me by though." He shrugged, frankly he had enough nicknames he’d answer to almost anything….
“It was your choice in the end, anyway.” The trapezist laughed, but then her face hardened at the other’s curiosity.
“Yeup. Juuust Sumiko. There ain’t anything wrong with that, right?” No one had really questioned her about her going by only one name yet, and she quirked an eyebrow at the boy expectantly. It was coming sooner or later, anyway. “I’ll just call you Hayato, then. I like to stick with first names, even if it ain’t by the book. Or if anyone finds it insultin’. But most people I’ve met so far are A-OK with it.”