Hey. Long time no see.

What...? Have you forgotten me already? Well, I guess it can't be helped (*smiles*).

In any case, my name is Shinbo Hiromu. I'm glad to you see you as well.

It has been a few months since "the incident". Every Persocon in Tokyo seems to be acting a little strange.... but at least everyone is good and healthy. Motosuwa and I, as usual, attend prep school daily. At night, Tatako gives us extra tutor sessions. It's getting close to exam time, so recently we've been pushing to finish that last stretch.

Well, at least I have. Motosuwa hasn't been concentrating in class lately. Well, he never paid attention in class, but lately it seemed a lot worse.

Anyways, a new student joined our class recently. His name is Kudo Kenji, and sits in front of Motosuwa. He is a very scary looking man, with a height of 7 feet and a body clad with muscles. Oh, and he is also bald.

Rumors about him were spreading around the school like a bad flu. In class, I could hear people in the back rows whispering about him.

"Wow.... his head is so shiny..."

"Look at those muscles... I heard he's the son of the Mafia boss."

"Have you heard? They call him "Million Kills" Kudo... they said that you have to bring an entire army to take him down..."

"...better not set him off."

In spite of the fact that he sits right beside me, Motosuwa seems oblivious to all the chattering. Everyday, for some odd reason, Motosuwa would stare into the back of Kudo's smooth, glossy head, with this dreamy gaze. Then his lips would quiver, then arch into this silly smile.

"Chii..." he would call under his breath. I would sigh. I wasn't all wrong when I said 19-year-old virgin farm boys are troublesome.

"So, Motosuwa," I asked, "How are things going between you and Chii?"

Motosuwa snapped out of his trance, "Oh... fine. Nothing out of the ordinary."

"Have you guys... yet?"

"What?" Motosuwa's ears perked up like a cat.

"You heard me. Have you guys...?" I made a gesture with my hands, signaling to him what I was talking about.

Suddenly, a shot of blood squirted out of Motosuwa's nose and struck the back of Kudo's head with amazing velocity and precision. Kudo grunted.

Motosuwa stood up suddenly, grabbed his head and screamed.

"I would never think about things like that!!! What do you take me for??? How can I take advantage of such a cute, innocent --" he waved his hands around in the air in insanely.

"Motosuwa..." I sighed,

"I was talking about kissing."

He froze, "Kissing?"

"What did you think I was talking about?"

"..." A moment of dead silence. Every eye in the classroom was on Motosuwa, including Tatako's dangerous glare. Kudo's body was quaking with rage.

Not good. Definitely not good.

"Ah... haha.... haha, ha," Motosuwa laughed and scratched the back of his head nervously .

I shook my head and sighed.

* * *

Well, there's Motosuwa for you. After that incident, he tried to avoid Kudo as much as possible. It's not always easy, considering how tall the man is and the way he could see miles ahead of him, but Motosuwa is trying his best.

About the others. Chii-chan is sweet as always, managing the house for Motosuwa when he leaves for school. She's getting very skilled at cooking, although she still has no sense of how different foods should be combined and would come up with bizarre recipes like apple miso soup and sliced bread sushi. As for Hibiya-san, she left the apartment shortly after the incident. There's a lot on her mind after seeing Freya again, so she decided to take a break and travel for a while. The job of landlord temporarily landed onto Motosuwa. Hibiya-san told him that a lady would arrive later and fill in for her, but until then he'll be in charge of the apartment. Hmm... I don't know if that's such a good idea.

Sumomo and Kotoko are still staying over at Motosuwa's. It looks like Kojima (aka Dragonfly) gave up trying to convince Kotoko to go home with him. Well, I suppose the guy deserved it for what he had done. And Sumomo... I wanted her to stay with Motosuwa until Tatako feels okay about Persocons again. That said, both of the little ones are well and healthy. Sumomo is energetic as usual, and Kotoko... as sarcastic as ever.

Kokubuji-kun and his Persocons are fine as well. Despite the long hours he spends with his Persocons and his perceived low blood pressure, Kokubunji-kun is doing extremely well in school. With any luck he'd be able to advance a grade, or even a couple. At this rate he'll get into university before Motosuwa does (*laughs*).

As for Tatako and I... well, we decided to put our marriage on hold until at least when I got into university. We talked a lot about this, and both of us felt that this is way to go. So for now, our lives remained pretty much the same. We leave home, she takes on the role of the teacher and I as the student. It can be kind of tough sometimes, but I believe that it'll all pay off in the end.

Well, that's about it. Our lives are stable, at least for the moment. But I can see a lot of challenges and changes coming our way. Things will happen, and we'll handle them the best we could. We still got a lot to learn, so don't worry about us, alright?

I hope we can have another talk like this in the future, when I change, when I have finally grown up. Meanwhile, keep up the spirit. I'm sure we'll see each other soon.

Take care!