~SET A FEW YEARS POST- ELFEN LIED~
*bell rings, class dismissed*
"Hey Mayu, come on!"
"Yeah Mayu, you don't wanna miss all the fun!"
*panting* "Wait, you said we'll go there together!" *panting*
"I'm coming, I'm coming! I just have to submit this drawing made last night to our art professor"
"We'll just be outside by the gate waiting for you"
*after a few minutes or so*
The two students wait for her outside the school as they're surrounded by a small sea of students readying their plans for the weekend
"Mayu's taking her time" *checks the time on her phone*
"Why the rush, it's still early-"
"Hey you two!"
"Well, well, well, look whose back"
"Sorry guys, I just submitted my drawing to Ms. Liddell"
"I thought you did that during lunch"
"Yeah but I accidentally spilled water on it while taking a sip, so I had to let it dry outside"
"Oh no wonder, it's a good thing you didn't forget about it"
"You can say that again…" *Mayu takes out her handkerchief and wipes a bit of sweat from her forehead* "The janitor almost threw it"
"Whoa no wonder you were panting that hard"
"Wait; don't tell me you checked every trash bin the school…did you?"
"Eww, of course not! I happened to stumble upon him sweeping the floor when I saw my drawing on a bin; you can imagine the look on my face by that moment"
A close call indeed for Mayu, academically speaking
"Now off to the arcade!"
Together again, the trio head off to their designated location
"I've been wondering, what did you draw, Mayu?" one of them asking curiously, while munching on a piece of Pocky
"I'm sure it's something cooler than what either of us drew" the other joined in
"Well all I drew was my pet dog Wanta sleeping, that's all"
"Aww how cute"
"So did Ms. Liddell like your work?"
"Honestly I was quite nervous when I showed it to her, as if she was proofreading my work"
"Then what did she say?"
"SHE LOVED IT!" her 2 friends were happy for her
"Ms. Liddell loved it so much she had it displayed on her desk, I was so flattered. So what did you guys draw anyway?"
The look on their faces indicate that they're less than pleased with their works
"Well?"
"You see Mayu"
"Our drawings are kinda-"
"Come on you two be fair, I told you both what I drew so I wanna know what you two drew…" she has a point
"So who's first?"
"I drew a sunflower, nothing special…except for the fact I colored the last petal yellow orange instead of yellow by mistake"
"Oh why?"
"I was already tired after doing an anime marathon… all 13 episodes on one sitting on a late afternoon"
She continued
"In other words, I drew the sunflower while partially sleep-deprived" laughing half-heartedly
"I noticed but didn't bother to ask you why…"
"Now you know Mayu…"
Now the other friend
"I drawn, well prepare for this, Sadako from The Ring"
"Whoa cool!"
"You should be proud of it!"
"I am proud of my work…except she's holding a black cat and I made it too cute that it doesn't count as scary anymore"
There was a brief moment of silence…
"Oh"
"So much for being frightening"
"Can we just focus on having fun at the arcade? We're almost there anyway"
"I'm down with that"
"Yes Mayu, please!"
With the subject of art done (much to the relief of her friends), all three laughed as they kick the weekend off at the arcade
"I'm gonna play Dance Dance Revolution!" exclaimed Mayu
"While the two of us will play Time Crisis"
"Can't wait to beat the game the 3rd time!"
~INSIDE ARCADE~
"Tokens are over here, Mayu!"
"Got it!" *attempts to reach for her wallet inside her bag*
"Huh? What's this?"
"Whatcha got there?"
"A small envelope, but I don't remember having this with me" *briefly looks at it for a moment*
"Just deal with that later, let's have fun!"
Somewhere from a distance…
"Wow, she, she's all grown up now" someone muttered
Unbeknownst to the three, a woman has been observing them… for quite some time
"Oh I can't wait to be with you again…"
She quietly observes them from a distance…sitting on a bench
"You're a big girl now…"
The scene fades to the three friends having a laugh at their performances in the games they play…for now
