[ there's a long pause before Asahi actually speaks up - it's almost a little awkwardly, as if she's hesitating in asking that since it shows she's worried, but..!! It's the easiest to ask Hijiri either way, those two are best friends.. ]

.. hey, Shinozuka. Is Toru being his usual self even more that he hasn't shown up for so long or what? [ but it's easily audible in her tone that she suspects something else. ] You should know, right?