"Ugh... I can't sleep at all..."

[Name] mumbled after he got up for the 4th day. It was early in the morning; around 8 o'clock.

Today, he was going to meet up with Dota-chin - a very good friend of his from Raira. It has been months since he last bumped into him by accident.
He sure as hell grew...

"You still have that hairdo of yours? Geez... you just can't be helped!"

'What the hell do you know... you wear a beanie...'
It didn't take long until he snapped out of his trance. His phone vibrated. A new mail came in.
"She again?"

It was Kanra. Big lover of [Name]'s music.
She made first contact with him after he posted his music videos on Nico Nico Douga, and ever since then, she had become a humble fan.

[Name] gave her his e-mail so that they could stay in touch; but he refused to ever ask for her number, vice versa.

'Hyahho~ Kanra-chan deeesu! (*^▽^)/

What are you planning on doing today, [Name]-kun~? Will you be seeing your sister today? Or will you be taking part in that underground street fight everyone's been talking about?!'

"Underground fight...?"

[Name] would usually not partake in any of the senseless beatings, but another mail came in; it was from one of his friends he recently met. He asked the same thing.

'Sup! Wanna go to the beating tonight, [Nickname]-kins?! I'll take you anyways, so you can't say no! (((o(*゚▽゚*)o)))
Bring something with you, it might get bloody! We'll meet at the warehouse at the south coast! Just kidding I'll pick you up!'

[Name] stared at his cell phone with a sick look. His eyes had lines under them; the look on his face – unnerving.
He closed his eyes for a brief moment and opened them with a smile. What should he do? [Name] texted back eagerly.

To [Best Friend]:

'No way, I ain't going 凸ಠ益ಠ)凸
I have to get my sister tomorrow after kindergarten.

Are crowbars even allowed?'

[Name] then went back to view Kanra's message and replied in a way different way than to [Best Friend]. He was quite gentle to girls, so to speak…

'Good morning Kanra-chan ( ̄▽ ̄)ノ
Yeah, I have to watch out for her, since mom's got an appointment at the doctors and she may take too long. Pfft- what does that mean? Do I look like someone who would beat people up? No way in hell I am going( ̄~ ̄;) I would be the worst brother ever!

How about you? What are you going to spend your day with?

Perhaps writing with Ore-sama? ( ̄︶ ̄) '

After hitting the send button, [Name] dashed off to the meeting with Dota-chin. It's been a while, and if he wasn't going to catch that tram that was heading to the center of town, he would wait for another few weeks before seeing him.
Family kept him busy lately… hopefully it would stop soon.

[Name] stumbled his way around Ikebukuro, looking for his friends. The boy was as clueless as to where to search, he almost walked past them. Dota-chin almost freaked out as his eyes snapped open, causing Erika, Togusa and Walker to whip themselves around as well, staring at the boy.
Kadota rushed up to him with a very suspicious manner, before sending him a flying kick, causing [Name]'s back bone to crack – exhaling the remaining air that was in his lungs with a cough in slow motion.

His eyes turned white, as he collapsed to the ground but right away was lifted up by Kadota, barking at him while lifting him up by his collar.

"Who the hell do you think you are [Name] to not call or message me after quitting school and god knows what you're doing now, huh?!"

"Ah, Dota-chin, he looks like a manga character!" Erika cooed with shiny eyes, as Walker followed close by.
"Yeah yeah, he looks like Kirito from SAO!"

"Are you blind?! He has Romano written all over him!"

"Nice to see you too, Kadota-chin…-AGH!" [Name] didn't have time to get to himself, he was punched on the head by Kadota, who hated the nickname they were calling him.

"I told you to stop calling me that…" Kadota barked with a flushed face. [Name] apologized by lifting up a hand across his face and let them lead them to wherever they wanted to go with him.
After a long manga and anime shopping session (where [Name] let Erika and Walker recommend classics and new series) the group settled down at a small cafeteria frequented around the shopping mall they were at.

"Nee nee [Name]-kun, I heard you've become quite a hit on Douga – did you compose Hijiribe-san's music as well? The melody does sound very similar~"

A glare was sent at Togusa, causing him to wince up in surprise.
"I don't compose garbage."
That was utterly insulting to [Name] since he hated Hijiribe's music. To him, it was monotone, un-creative and disgusting, as he would put it.

"It's shit."
[Name] snapped, adding the icing on the cake.

While [Name] was stuffing his mouth with various snacks and sweets, Kadota spoke up, preventing Togusa from offending [Name] for not appreciating Ruri's work. He broke out in tears after that.

"Say…," Dota-chin started, causing [Name] to halt. His mouth was open, and his hand was mid-way to lift the food in.

"Have you heard of Orihara lately?"

[Name] laughed as he popped his food into his mouth, continuing to speak with his mouth full.

"Aha~, Uzaya? I just saw him passing by yesterday. It's a wonder meeting up with old friends in Ikebukuro~."
He cooed, continuing to drink all of his cola in one go.

"I see…"