A/N: I don't own TWEWY or any of it's characters, I only own my OCs.

Crescendo: Growing steadily louder.

"I'm bored." Joshua slumped down into a seat at Wildcat. There hadn't been a game in a while, but that was his own decision.

Sanae Hanakoma looked up from the counter. "Why don't you start a game?"

Joshua sighed. "There's no one interesting. Everyone is so infuriatingly basic."

Mr H smiled. "Well, you could do what a normal teenager does. Go to the movies, go shopping, have fun."

That earned him a glare. "That's what makes them so basic Mr H. Besides, that isn't fun. They're the sort of people who I can just look at and understand. They're an open book, no depth of character, stupid and shallow."

"So you think you can just look at people and understand them?" Mr Hanekoma asked with a raised eyebrow.

Joshua nodded with a smirk.

Mr H chuckled. "Care to test that theory?"

Joshua took this as a challenge. "Game on."

The two had gone to Ramen Don so that they could enjoy some good food while Joshua psychoanalyses the general public of Shibuya. They got a table near the door and sat down. Joshua decided to tell Mr H about each person that walked through the door, and after making his guesses, he would scan them to see if he was on the right track.

The first to walk through was a middle aged man in a business suit. Joshua scrutinised the beads of sweat on his forehead and the tight grasp on his laptop. The man waved at two other men in suits and plastered a fake smile onto his face.

Joshua smirked. "Easy. He's desperate for success, and will suck up to anyone he has to. He's a hard worker but not particular talented, and relies on other's support." A quick scan proved his guess to be correct.

Mr H smiled. "Fine, but that one was easy."

Next came a young woman, dressed in outlandish clothes and colours. Joshua stared at her for a little while before talking.

"She's looks different from other people, but isn't actually. She wears strange things so that she will be unique and will stand out, not because she wants to. Really, she's desperate for attention."

Again, Joshua was completely right.

This went on for the good part of the afternoon, Joshua not once failing to perceive a person.

Mr H laughed heartily. "That's amazing!"

"I'm amazing." Joshua smirked. "Okay, it's getting late, I'll just do one last one."

Just then, a girl walked through the doors of Ramen Don. She had long wavy black hair resting against her slightly tanned skin and piercing dark eyes to match. She was dressed casually, in black jeans and a grey shirt. Covering her ears were some large blue headphones, and she was nodding her head to the music. She was beautiful. Joshua snapped out of his trance and noted that her headphones were of a good quality brand. He also realised that she was there on her own, but seemed perfectly comfortable.

Mr H faked a cough.

Joshua shot him a glare. "I'm thinking. Since when am I not allowed to think?"

Mr H raised his hands in mock defence. "I didn't say anything."

Joshua looked back at the girl before he spoke. "I think she's a bit of a 'Neku character'. She's doesn't like people, blocks them out, and is content with being alone."

But before he had the chance to scan her, something unexpected happened. Another girl entered Ramen Don and quickly made her way over to the girl with headphones, who immediately took them off and pulled her into a hug.

"Hey Tia!" Headphones girl said with a smile. "You're late, as always."

"Shut it, you love me anyway." The other girl, Tia, laughed. "Oh wow, you ended up getting those expensive headphones."

Headphones girl nodded enthusiastically. "I saved up for a long time for these. Now I can listen to my baby Ed Sheeran in high definition."

Tia grabbed the headphones, looking at them from each angle. "Nice! Of course, you'll let me borrow them sometimes, right?" She had a sly smile.

She was met with rolling eyes. "Yeah, we'll see about that."

The two girls were now seated, and had already given their orders for ramen.

"So are we still going shopping tomorrow with Sica?" Tia asked.

"Ohhh, crap I forget to tell you." Headphones girl smacks her head with her hand. "I can't, I'm going to Mina's sweet 16th."

Tia frowned. "Uhhhh, I can't stand her, how are you even friends with her?"

"Well she can't stand you either, and I kind of agree that she can come off as standoffish and rude but once you get to know her she's pretty nice." Headphones girl reasoned.

They continued their friendly banter while eating ramen, and Mr H turned back to Joshua with a smirk of his own.

"Looks like you were wrong about her. She seems to have plenty of friends, is nice to everyone and loves having company."

Joshua was a little stunned, but then her shook his head to clear his thoughts. "Well, I was only wrong once, and really it's getting late so I'm just a bit tired."

Mr H sniggered. "Okay, okay, whatever you say. Just don't go off and kill her so that you can bring some excitement to the game."

Joshua scoffed. "I wasn't even thinking of that. Stop villainizing me."

Later, after their meal was complete, the two girls got up and left. However the girl who's name Joshua still didn't know left something behind. Her headphones.

Mr H noticed it too. "Again proving how wrong you were about her. She doesn't seem dependent on her headphones at all. Although she is going to freak out once she notices that they're gone."

Joshua went over to their table and grabbed the headphones before anyone else noticed them. "They only left two minutes ago. She's probably still in the area. I'll go give it back to her." Without waiting for a reply, the composer sped out the door.

Mr Hanekoma chuckled. "Well thats a first. He's never in a rush for anyone."

Joshua looked around Dogenzaka for the girl. He was beginning to think she had already left, when he caught sight of her rushing back in the direction of Ramen Don.

"Hey, looking for these?" Joshua held up the headphones. "You left them behind in Ramen Don."

The girl let out a sigh of relief. "Oh my god, thank you so much! I was about to have a heart attack." She took the headphones and put them in her bag. "Really I can't thank you enough!"

Joshua smirked. "Well you're lucky I've already eaten, otherwise I would have made you buy me ramen."

The girl smiled. "I wouldn't have minded. I was half expecting some prick to have stolen my headphones. Nice to see we still have some decent people around. What's you're name?"

Joshua gave his default reply. "The name's Yoshiya Kiryu. But mother and father call me Joshua." He sort of wanted to ask about the girl's name, but then decided that he didn't want to seem like he cared.

"That seems like a very practiced reply." The girl said with a giggle. "Anyway, my name is Maya."

Joshua was frozen for a few seconds. How did the she know that? Feeling defensive, Joshua spoke with an air of hostility. "I didn't ask for you name."

Maya flicked her hair. "You didn't, but I can tell you wanted to." She walked back a few steps. "Well, I'll see you around Joshua."

Joshua watched her walk away and disappear into the bustling crowd of Shibuya. How did she do that? She was the first person that Joshua couldn't work out, but she seemed to have him worked out just fine.