It was just an average day in the dorm: everybody doing nothing but simple things to pass the time. Junpei was reading an old manga, Yukari was aimlessly texting on her phone, Akihiko was polishing his boxing gloves and Mitsuru was simply staring at the nearby cabinet. It was always like this, they all did something, yet they all did nothing. No one talked to each other, no one seemed to care.
It was silent like always, until he showed up. Minato walked through the front door, his headphones hanging from around his neck playing the same old jazzy song loud enough that if he put the headphones on his ears they would bleed. He glanced at everyone with a face like this -_- and walked over to the book on the nearby desk. After a minute of just looking at it, he walked over to the tv, turned on the news, and stood watching it for another minute. After getting the gist of the story, Minato walked over to Mitsuru, who, predicting his normal question, quickly replied "everyone seems fine". She didn't even look at him. As Minato walked away toward the stairs to go to sleep early, Junpei slammed his book closed.
This was it, he was gonna break the routine, he had been planning it for so long. This couldn't go on, this silence, this bordom, this sad excuse for a life. Hs face was red; everyone stared at him in surprise. Yukari stopped texting, Akihiko dropped one of his gloves and Mitsuru's trance on the cabinet was, for the first time that night, broken. Minato stopped and turned to face him with his blank stare. Junpei stood up; his fist were becoming clammy with sweat. He began to open his mouth; saliva was building up. He began to speak; his voice cracked. "I....I have to go to the bathroom!" He quickly ran past Minato, opened the bathroom door and slammed it shut. Minato, still looking like this -_- , turned back around, climbed the stairs and went to bed (without studying).
Back on the first floor, Akihiko picked up his glove. "Well.....at least he did better than last time..." Mitsuru smiled and replied "You mean when he just stood up and quickly sat back down or when he just let out a whimper?" Yukari chimed in. "It was better than that time he broke into dance while Minato just stood by that clock in Tartarus." The three let out small chuckles as they returned to doing something yet nothing. A few moments later the sound of a toilet flushing was heard.
