Author's Note: This is very Hiyori-centric and slight "Yatori", I wrote this out of nowhere and combined a few ideas that I had, but just couldn't seem to make work on their own. As such, it's a bit different, so no flames please, but constructive criticism is appreciated.

In general, SPOILERS for all the manga.

DISCAIMER: I do not own Noragami and all its greatness, I just really appreciate it.

[Little Talks]

IV: IT JUST IS

It's not something that she has lost sight of, or ignored. It enters her mind and leaves just as quickly, because its truth is not something that she dwells on. It just is.

She exists in an interesting place, and she's made it her own.

Regardless of everything that has occurred, has happened, or may transpire, one thing will always remain true, and she meant it with every fiber of her being, she is so very glad to have met Yato.

She'll say it as many times as it takes.

She'll say it until he believes her.

She'll say it until he feels it for himself.

Yato is a god of happiness, and always has been.

He has a big heart that is too often uneasy, and she wants to quell and extinguish his fears.

'Yato deserves to be happy,' she thinks.

She feels that desire ignite and morph into something akin to a wish. Her resolve and loyalty are blatant, and others who do not know Yato ask why.

She can't answer that question because it just is, she just wants him to be happy. The question piles up the more that is left unsaid in lingering gazes or whispers, and she begins to wonder as well, why?

When there is calm, and she is able to look at her situation, she realizes that she's made a place for herself in this world, even if it is just a world composed of Kofuku's home and those within. What her life is now, it always goes hand in hand with Yato. He was the start wasn't he?

She's tied to him in a way that she cannot explain.

She thinks of the literal meaning of those words, tied together by Kofuku's nimble fingers- a tie that still remains- and she's not sure where it will lead her. The uncertainty of the future doesn't scare her, she'll face it, but that tie causes heat to flow to her face and she thinks that she doesn't mind.

'It's Yato,' she thinks, and yet she cannot face that question that arises every now and then.

Why doesn't she mind?

Why?

If she lingers on that question, it will only branch off.

It feels like so long ago when that thing happened with Fujisaki, and that she realized who he was. He stood in front of her questioning her loyalty, and she felt the blood within her veins pulse, her hands quaking. Only when he left, did she allow for her limbs to go weak, but it wasn't in fear or surprise...it was anger and hurt; there had stood the man, now a boy, that had left scars upon Yato that were invisible, but still stitched to his being.

"Why do you stay by his side?"

"Do you love him, or is it pity?"

The questions branch off and she doesn't know how to respond to them. The fact that some so simple- a yes or no response sufficing- seem complex tells her that he is an existence, a person, that is important to her.

It is not pity.

She could never pity Yato.

She holds him in high regard despite all his antics, because he has chosen a harder path. Despite stumbles or going astray, he will always right himself.

He's a handful, easily excitable, and unable to show his appreciation in normal ways, but she gets the message nonetheless; every little thing he treasures.

It began with Yato, and she'll stay for as long as she can. She'll laugh at his and Yukine's antics, and she'll enjoy breezy afternoons of calm.

She sets aside her questions for now. She'll let all her ties tighten, tangle, and multiply. If she can be an existence of support and happiness, she will be so.

...

But truthfully... if she were to dig a little deeper, her answers would lead in one direction.

The place beside him is warm, welcoming, and feels like another home.

There's still time, and in time, all she'll have is an answer waiting to be told.

Why?

'It's Yato.'

This was just something that came to me, but I hope you get my hint as to the answer to the questions, hehe.

Thanks for reading!