April 4, 2009
Early Morning
"Good morning!" Akihiko greeted everyone.
"What is there to eat?" Everyone looked at their plates with utter disgust.
"Good morning, Akihiko-senpai!" Fuuka greeted.
"It is my turn to cook." She handed him a plate with a mystery dish on it. Akihiko gave her a fake smile and looked at everyone in the kitchen. He gave them a look saying "I don't want to get sick but I don't wanna hurt her feelings either." In reply, everyone else gave him the same look.
"Come on senpai!" she pushed him to the table.
"You need your strength for school today."
"If I eat this, I don't even think I can even go to school today." He thought.
"Um Fuuka. .. What is this?" Yukari asked.
"It's eggs! I kind of over cooked it but it's good honest! Come on everyone! Try it!" she insisted. At the same time, everyone took a bite and gagged.
"Is it good?" Fuuka asked. Everyone nodded their heads dishonestly.
"Oh good! I'll be cooking dinner tonight!" she said. After hearing that, everyone got up and left for school except for Shinji. As he was getting up from the table, Fuuka caught him and said,
"Shinji-senpai! I have a lot more! Come on eat!"
"Um… No thanks Fuuka." He replied. She looked like she was going to cry so out of pity, he sat down.
"Yay!" she cheered. She scooped up the "eggs" and formed a mountain on Shinji's plate.
"Don't worry! I made a lot." Fuuka said.
"Why me… Why me!?" he thought. Koromaru came into the room and whimpered in hunger.
"Oh Korumaru. Would you like to eat some of my cooking?" she asked. She put her eggs on his dish. He sniffed the dish and ran away.
"WAIT KORUMARU! IT'S GOOD! I PROMISE!" Fuuka looked at the clock and realized that she was going to be late for school.
"Senpai, I left the eggs in the microwave. You can get more if you are hungry!" As she left for school, Shinji gathered all the eggs and threw them in the garbage.
"You all can thank me later." He said.
Lunchtime
Mitsuru and the others are eating on the roof top.
"I just realize something." Yukari stated. They all looked at her with interest.
"That Minato guy is coming tonight right?"
"Yeah. I forgot about that." Junpei replied.
"Remember, that this guy is gonna be our new leader going into Tarturus." Mitsuru said.
"Seriously?" they all looked at her surprisingly.
"Yeah. Minato can control multiple personae. I think he is the most suitable leader, don't you think?" They all chatted in agreement. The bell rang to go to the next class. As everyone was heading to their next class, Akihiko was walking with Mitsuru.
"You know… We should really take Fuuka off of cooking duty." He said.
"We really should but I can't help it if she is happy doing it."
"I guess you're right."
Evening
"Hello?" an unfamiliar voice said. Mitsuru opened the door and saw it was the new tenant.
"Minato Arisato. Welcome." She greeted. Everyone came to the door and greeted Minato.
"Nice to meet you all." He said politely.
"Leader." Aigis said bluntly and pointed to Minato. They all looked at her in wonder.
"Heh. I guess you can say that." Aigis came up to him and gave him a bear hug.
"OOOH!" Minato yelled, gasping for air.
"Aigis, put him down." Mitsuru said. She puts him down gently. Suddenly, Fuuka comes into the room with a spatula in one hand and a frying pan in the other.
"DINNER IS READY EVERYONE!" she yelled. Fuuka ran back in the kitchen and Minato, Mitsuru, and Aigis went ahead.
"What you think of the new guy?" Yukari asked.
"I think he's cool." Junpei replied.
"Nothing out of the ordinary." Shinji said.
"I think he looks really nice." Ken added. Koromaru barked in delight. Yukari giggled and said,
"I think he's pretty cute. What do you think Akihiko-senpai?"
"He's alright. I guess." Junpei nudged him on the shoulder repetitively and teased,
"Are you sure? Did you see how he looked at Mitsuru?" He moved his shoulder and yelled,
"Get off me! I don't care. Honestly, who ever Mitsuru dates, I'll be happy for her." Everyone gave him a peculiar look.
"Yeah. Okay senpai. Whatever you say." Yukari stated. Afterwards, everyone went in the kitchen to eat dinner.
"Okay guys! Since we have a new resident here, I made something extra special!" Fuuka cheered. Everyone, except Minato, looked at their plates with a blank stare.
"Let's eat!" Minato cheered. Everyone looked at Minato take his first bite.
"Mmm! This is so good!" he said. Fuuka gave a big smile.
"Really? I didn't know if it was going to be good. Thank you!" After Minato ate Fuuka's food, everyone else tasted it. They took a spoon full into their mouths and then gagged.
"Oh my gosh. This is much worse than breakfast. What is this guy thinking?" everyone else except Mitsuru and Minato thought.
"It's not that bad, actually. Fuuka, you are getting better at cooking." Mitsuru complimented. Everyone else looked at her surprised.
"Isn't it good?" Minato asked Mitsuru. Both of them talked for awhile and then everyone joined in. An hour passed as they all talked.
"You transferred here from Kyoto right?" Mitsuru asked.
"Yeah." He said. Akihiko looked uninterested watching them. Junpei looked at him and gave him a nudge.
"Senpai, are you okay?" Akihiko snapped out of it and said,
"Oh what? Oh yea."
"What are the people like in Kyoto?" Yukari asked.
"They're cool. The girls are pretty but the girls here are much prettier here in my opinion especially Mitsuru." Minato replied. He then kissed her hand and Mitsuru was stunned. Everyone looked at them blankly. Then Akihiko snapped, got up, and slammed the table. Everyone turned to him and stared
"Senpai, are you okay?" Junpei whispered. He lost his cool and didn't realize it.
"Oh sorry… Listen I'm tired. I'm gonna head in early." Akihiko left the dinner table and went to his room.
"It's really obvious now." Junpei whispered to Yukari. She nodded in reply. Minato asked,
"Is everything okay?"
"I think he is just stressed." Mitsuru said.
"I'll go check on him." Shinji said as he left the room.
Akihiko was lying on his bed looking a picture of Shinji, Mitsuru, and him when they were younger.
"Aki! I'm coming in." Shinji said.
"No. Go away!" he answered. Being stubborn, Shinji kicked down the door.
"I told you I'm coming in."
"Jeez. Don't you know when a person wants to be alone?"
"Hmm… No. What happened there?"
"I don't wanna talk about it."
"Stop being a kid. Is it because you're jealous of Minato?"
"…No"
"That means yes. I knew you for a long time and since the day you met Mitsuru, you liked her. Do you like her now?"
"I guess you can say that…"