Kara no Kyoukai:Chapter05 08 05

/8 (Spiral Paradox, 5)

Even when the date changed to November tenth, Shiki didn't come home.

Shiki had a bad habit of wandering around without locking the door to her apartment, but these days she properly locks up before she goes out. Because of that, I was unable to even go inside as I waited out there for hours.

...Come to think of it, Akitaka-san had been waiting outside before as well, but in the end never got to go inside and left after handing me a package to give to Shiki.

If Shiki goes for a nighttime walk, it's not uncommon for her to stay out until the sun rises. On a normal day this would have been nothing to worry about, but when Shiki left the office yesterday, I had felt something was off. I hung around for a long while because that stuck in my mind, but even when morning arrived, she hadn't come back.