"Phew, that's the last one!" said a rather exhausted Tada Banri. What was the young man doing at this current moment? Well of course, he was moving into his new room in the Boys' Dormitory, ready to face new challenges in the university for the hard and challenging years ahead of him. He had also just finished unpacking his last box of belongings into his small but cosy room, and he was quite proud of himself, if he must say so.
He took one last look around his soon-to-be living quarters to make sure everything was in place, his "secret box" was in a secure position, and that his room was generally clean, in case any unexpected visitors would appear at his doorstep.
"Well then, I guess it's time to go look around."
Tada Banri decided to step out of his dorm, only to come face to face with none other than Satou Takaya and Yanagisawa Mitsuo in a very heated argument over... cooking?
~5 minutes prior~
"Ahhh, I guess it was a good idea to move in here a few days before the official entrance ceremony..." said Satou Takaya, who was in the middle of conquering girls in his new harem game.
Satou Takaya was not your everyday otaku. Though he loved to play games and watch Anime, mainly about lolis and magical girls, as much as his fellow otaku, he had a strange dislike to the "3-D world". Takaya was rarely seen outside, and even inside he usually shut his curtains, preferring to be in total solitude. Oh yes, Satou Takaya truly was the "2-D King".
"Hehehehe, come on Chiyo-chaaan. Stop playing hard to get!" said Satou with a rather perverted grin on his face. Unlike Tada Banri and Yanagisawa Mitsuo, who had decided to move in early to get accustomed to Tokyo better, Satou Takaya moved in early solely to get more time playing with his "darlings" as he had liked to call them.
However, Satou had suddenly smelled something out of the ordinary... smoke?
"Ah well, not my problem... as long as my lovelies don't get burned down I'm sure it's no big deal." said Satou, eager to get back to conquering "Chiyo-chan". However, when Satou sniffed again, the scent of smoke became greater, so much so that he was starting to panic.
"What the hell is going on?" , "What's causing all this smoke?". These were the burning questions running throughout the "2D-King's" mind, and when it became clear that the smoke wouldn't go away, he couldn't take it any more and reluctantly forced himself to get out of his dorm for the first time since moving in.
"Arrrgghh what a pain in the ass! This had better be worth it, I can't even save the game right now!" shouted out Satou in his demise. He was angry, very angry. And someone would have to pay for breaking him apart from his lovelies.
Almost kicking down his door, he walked over to the room where the smoke was coming from, and began furiously knocking on the door.
"Oi! What the hell are you doing in there, huh you bastard!?" shouted an infuriated Satou Takaya. "You trying to kill everyone here or something!?"
The door opened to reveal none other than Yanagisawa Mitsuo, donning an apron all covered in flour and a face black from smoke. When Mitsuo opened the door, all the smoke that already hadn't escaped was sent rushing out of the room, straight into an unsuspecting Satou Takaya's face.
"Oi keep it down would you! I've got everything under control here, so no need to worry!" said Mitsuo, obviously not okay, despite his claims that he was.
"Everything under control my ass!" shouted Satou, deciding to barge into Mitsuo's dorm to see what the problem was himself.
And no sooner had he stepped inside that he had already found the problem causing all the commotion. Mitsuo was baking a cake, well burning would have been more precise.
"Oh you have got to be kidding me! I sacrificed 2 hours of play-time for this! My game time was stopped by a freaking cake!?" shouted a down-right pissed Satou Takaya. The "2D-king" was not impressed. Not. At. All.
"First things first, who the hell said you could just walk in here!?" asked a pissed off Mitsuo. Sure it was just a bit of smoke, and sure he had burned his cake a bit, but it wasn't that bad, right? "If you've got a problem, take it outside buddy!"
"I sure as hell do have a problem! And I'm going to handle it right now!" And with a determined look on his face, Satou Takaya went on to turn off the oven that had started all the commotion. He then proceeded to open it and literally yanking the oven mitts from Mitsuo, pulled the baking tray off with, well it couldn't even be considered a cake any more, out of the oven. It looked just like a giant lump of charcoal straight from a barbecue.
"Ahahahahaha... want to try a piece?" asked an embarrassed Mitsuo.
"Screw this, I'm out." said Satou, clearly distraught at the fact that he had to start that level all over again. As he walked out of the dorm and began making his way back to his own dorm, Mitsuo suddenly grabbed his hand.
"Woah woah woah, where do you think you're going buddy?" asked Mitsuo, an evil grin now planted on his face.
"Back to my room, dumbass"
"Ah, ah, ah, not so fast! You think you can just barge into my room like that and interrupt my cooking?" asked Mitsuo, his grin getting wider and wider by the second. "You're going to have to pay the consequences, my dear friend."
"Hey, hey, hey what do you think you're doing with th-th-th-th-th-that thing!?" asked a frightened Satou as Mitsuo inched ever so closely, a burnt beyond redemption piece of cake on a fork placed steadily in his right hand.
As Tada Banri had just so happened to open his door, he was met with the duo in a rather heated argument.
"Looks like it's time to go take a look arou-." started Tada, only to be met with faces of sheer confusion.
"Uh, who the hell are you?" asked Satou and Mitsuo in unison.
"I could ask the same to you two." retorted Tada. Well, this may not have been exactly as he had envisioned "taking a look around" but hey this could also work.
Before Mitsuo and Satou could continue their heated argument, Tada had already taken charge. "Ok, from the looks of things you two are obviously fighting over... what's your name?" asked Tada, pointing at Mitsuo.
"Me? Ah it's Mitsuo. Yanagisawa Mitsuo." replied Mitsuo, having calmed down a bit.
"Ok thank you. Well, obviously Yana-san and... your name?" asked Tada again, only this time looking at Satou.
"The name's Takaya. Satou Takaya." replied Satou, now very eager to get back to his lovelies.
"So it appears that Yana-san and Satou-san, you two are having an argument over... Is that ... Charcoal on a fork?"
"IT'S NOT THAT BAD!" shouted Mitsuo, his face starting to get red like a tomato.
"Of course it is! You're even more of a dumbass than I thought!" shouted Satou, adding fuel to the flame. Tada realized he had to put an end to this quite quickly, or else fists may make their way in.
"Guys, guys please calm down. Yana-san, would you like me to try your cake instead? I'm sure it tastes great." said Tada with a smile plastered on his face. "Oh god, here we go. It' can't be that bad..." Mitsuo then proceeded to hand the fork with the piece of cake on it over to Tada. "Ok, here goes." braced Tada. And, with a deep breath, he shoved the fork in his mouth and swallowed... and almost died right there and then. "SOMEONE HELP. PLEASE, HELP!" screamed Tada to himself. However, he had to put an end to this, so, with a reluctant gulp, he downed the burnt cake, surprising Mitsuo and scaring Satou.
"So, is it good?" asked Mitsuo. Honestly, Mitsuo truly was an idiot.
"Yes, it uh tastes great Yana-san. I can see you put a lot of effort into this." lied Tada. In truth, he hadn't had anything more disgusting in his life.
"Good, well you're free to leave then... Sakou was it?" said Mitsuo, pleased that someone appreciated his cooking.
"SATOU. My name is Satou Takaya! Try and remember it!" shouted Satou. At this Mitsuo merely laughed.
"Sure thing Satou. Well, I guess I'll see you guys later then."
"Hold on a second there Yana-san. Um, thing is I just recently moved in, and well I was wondering if you could show me around?" asked Tada, speaking the truth this time.
"Aha you sure you want me to show you around? I only moved in not too long ago as well, so I think someone lime Satou-san over there would be a better choice." replied Mitsuo.
At this Tada looked expectantly at Satou, who merely replied "Nope. Nope. You can go get lost on your own. I've got some duties to attend to."
"Ha! Duties? You just want to go back to your harem game don't ya?" mused Mitsuo. "Tell you what... Oh wow I just realized! Your name was?" Mitsuo looked at Tada.
"Oh! Haha my name is Banri. Tada Banri. Nice to meet you Yana-san." replied Tada and shook hands with Mitsuo.
"How about Harem-san over there, you and myself all go and get some lunch? I'm sure we're all here because we're all going to the same university." suggested Mitsuo. "We should use this time to get to know each other better!"
"Sounds like a solid plan, Yana-san!" answered Tada.
"Of all the... If you're going to give me a nickname, at least come up with something better than 'Harem-san'." said Satou, who was now fighting the urge to just run back into his room. Suddenly, a bright idea popped into Satou's head. "2D-San. Call me 2D-San."
"2-D... san?"
"Well, looks like it's decided then. 2-D San, Tada Banri and I Yanagisawa Mitsuo are having lunch together!" proclaimed Mitsuo. He was pretty bored in these last few days, so making new friends was something he was bound to do eventually.
"Wait a minute... when did I agree to this!?" demanded a shocked Satou.
"Since now!" said Mitsuo, and at this Mitsuo grabbed both Tada and Satou's arms and dragged them down the flight of stairs into the streets below the 4th floor of their dorm building.
"My lovelies, I shall return! Please, hold out until then!" shouted Satou, receiving strange looks from everyone around them, and earning a snicker from Mitsuo.
"Well, I guess this is nice too. I hope I can be actual friends with these two."
And so, Tada Banri's new life in Tokyo began.
A/N: And that's it for the first chapter everyone! I hope you all enjoyed reading, because I certainly enjoyed typing it! Now you're all probably wondering where Koko is. Don't worry. You'll see her very soon, as well as a new character! Thank you all for reading, and I hope you keep following this story! :D