'Am I vulnerable around her? I, don't know. If I have something to confess or something I'm dealing with, I, try to deal with it myself… I should reach out more.
But if I had to, would I not go to Hotaru instead of her? Wait, that's not the problem; it's not who I would go to help first. I need to overthink less and focus on the question. Have I been vulnerable around her…?'
"What kind of question is that? Detective, did you forget the first day I died? When I came to this world?" Jotou raised a brow.
"What?" Fumeko's eyes widened, "I'd never forget that day; you, pretty much changed my entire life."
"And you did mine. I trusted you out the gate to help me with the Velatos Case and that's how I got here. I may have questioned you a bit, but by the end of it, I chose to adventure with you.