A/N: Long authors note is loooong.

Real A/N: Yes. There is a timeline. I'll just show the events that correspond with a certain point of the actual game storyline.

Pi doesn't dislike Kuhn anymore --- Sakaki makes Atoli all emo at Moontree --- The date is a night before OVAN GOES ALL LOLAIDA on Pi and Atoli a puts them in comas---now.

I don't remember how long they were in the hospital, and my G.U. games are yet again not available. I'm going to assume for 2ish days... maybe less. And also most of my character information is heavily researched, so don't be thinking "Why does Pi own such a nice car? She doesn't seem the type." Because... I have no idea why either. She just does. :c

And now... ONWARD. KYA HI HO SILVER! ALSO This story is teetering on the edge of M because I use "Fuck" too often and Kuhn's perverted level is over 9000. I'm really trying to keep it a T.. but I may have to change it for safety. Auggh decisions u.u;

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Tomoari continued to stare at the figure in front of him. Reiko hadn't seemed to change from when he'd arrived a couple hours earlier. The attendants had been very nice in directing him to the room, and he felt that he hadn't seemed grateful enough. Although, maybe they were used to this sort of thing, a hospital isn't exactly the happiest place on earth.

When he'd arrived he started out by talking to her in a similar way he'd talked to Mai earlier that day (Was it really earlier that day? It felt like an eternity ago). First he started acting like he was casually talking to her, telling her how Yata was acting strange and that people were wondering where she was, but it eventually turned to pleading for her to wake up. He continued cycling in and out between each form of conversation until he ran out of things to say.

Since then he'd just been sitting there silently listening to the machine beep steadily every time her heart beat. His brain was mulling over a variety of things, like thinking about clever things to say to her when she woke up, or wondering if this was how Mai had reacted when he was in the hospital. Mostly, he was just thinking about the woman lying in front of him.

'Maybe I should say something like 'rise and shine'…or is there something Yata normally says that I could incorporate to welcome back? Perhaps 'Welcome… to the REAL world' No, that sounds stupid.

'I wonder if Mai tried to think of something to say when I got up… probably not, she's not like that. But did was she thinking of anything similar… like a celebration when I woke up or something…?

'I really want Pi- er, Reiko to get better.'

His mind cycled around like that for a while. He noticed that even though she'd told him her name, he was still calling her Pi in his mind. It was mostly due to habit, he'd been calling her Pi for over half a year, and he'd just learned her name the day before. He corrected himself every time he made that mistake though.

Tomonari moved his hand to her face, and brushed the hair that was hanging in her eyes behind her ear, and sat back to look at her. If it weren't for all of the medical equipment hooked up to her, it'd look like she was just having a long rest after a rough day.

"Excuse me." He heard, and he turned his head towards where the sound originated. "Visiting hours are almost over." Said the nurse in the doorway, almost apologetically.

"Mm." Was all he said in response. Tomonari stood up and left the room, giving Reiko a half-hearted wave in the doorway.

It was still as cold as ever on the streets of Tokyo. He'd actually never visited the place before, and was a bit daunting with the lights flashing, the enormous amount of people, and the noise. He made his way to the hotel reading the signs as they flashed, and his stomach gave a loud growl when he walked near a McDonalds. He could smell it, and his stomach was scolding him for not eating earlier, but he didn't have any money with him, so he just walked to his hotel without any interruptions.

Tomonari noticed, as he stayed awake in his room, that he wasn't really sad anymore. The word sad didn't seem to fit, he just felt numb. He was in Tokyo; visiting someone he'd met online who was comatose. If someone had told him that earlier, he would have looked at them like they were either joking or drunk, but here he was, in a cramped hotel room, watching the clock waiting for morning to come so he could visit his comatose friend.

Morning came sooner than he expected, because the next thing he knew his cell phone alarm was going off. It was still very early, but he set it so he'd be able to get to the hospital as soon as visiting hours started. But at that moment, he'd forgotten where he was for a second, and wondered why he was in such a small room.

"Oh yeah…" He mumbled as he realized where he actually was. The man freed himself from the covers wrapped around him and got dressed for the day. As he pulled the sweater over his head, his stomach gave a groan so powerful he doubled over a little and gripped his stomach.

Taking that as a hint, after getting ready he dashed towards the lobby looking for breakfast. He was thrilled to see they were offering free food, and made a beeline to the basket of baked goods. He shoved two bagels down his throat, before returning to the hospital.

The receptionist directed him to where Reiko was, and he thanked her before pulling up a chair next to her bed. "Hey there, you." He said softly. She was still just as unresponsive, and continued breathing slowly as the machine reported each times her heart beat.

Instead of continuing the one sided conversation, he just sat there watching her quietly, wondering slightly why he was there. It was true that he wanted to be there, but he was wondering if it really did help. All he was doing was watching a vegetable, and the only 'help' it was doing was making him feel better. And if she were to wake up, would she be grateful or think he's a stalker? And why did he get there so early and stay so late?

He remembered that right before he fell asleep the clock read 1:24, and he'd gotten up around 5 hours after that. He remembered that he seemed to not be able to walk a straight line when he was walking to the hospital. Perhaps it wasn't a good idea to get there so early; he could feel his eyelids straining to keep open.

Tomonari groaned again, feeling another pang of guilt. He was about to blame her for making him come to Tokyo in the first place, but then he remembered that it might have been his fault. If he hadn't kept her up so late, her reflexes might have been better, and she could have avoided this. But now…

"Dammit." He brought his head down to the palms of his hands. Oddly enough, that position was strangely comfortable, and his eyes felt good when he wasn't trying to keep them open. "Maybe I'll just stay like this for a second…"

Someone was shaking his shoulder. "Sir?" He looked up and saw someone dressed in hospital attire. There were actually quite a few like her in the room, but there didn't seem to be any emergency.

"Wass goin' on?" He mumbled.

"We're sorry, but you'll have to leave for a little while." Said the one who shook his shoulder.

"Why?" He asked. Was there something wrong? He looked over to the bed where Reiko was.

He saw that she was sitting up, and more lively then he was. "It's nice to see you awake." She said with an eyebrow raised.

He grinned madly and replied, "I could say the same about you!" Before they could continue the conversation, one of the nurses shooed him out of the room, saying they needed to perform some tests.

"Alright, alright." He said as she closed the door, and he felt a rush of relief. He would have preferred to stay in the room with her, but the feeling of annoyance was insignificant compared to how relieved he was.

"Ah, It must have been because she was an epitaph user." He said to himself. "And that means Atoli will be okay as well." He'd completely forgotten about the younger girl until right then. "Well, then she'll be alright as well." He decided, knowing that she was guarded by Innis, that she'd be awake soon as well. Did Yata even tell him that Atoli was comatose? Tomonari couldn't remember. Well, either way she'd be fine now.

He remembered to back when he used Magus to teach Haseo a lesson in the arena. Pi had gotten mad at him saying that he might have become a lost one. 'Ah, so this is what she was talking about.' He thought. "Good thing I had the propagation on my side." He said, laughing.

Actually, he realized he was incredibly lucky to have the propagation on his side. Without having Magus under his control, he couldn't help people, he'd be unaware of most things in the world… and due to it he was forced into Project G.U., where he met Pi.

"Reiko." He said out loud, reminding himself. "It's Reiko. You made such a big deal to learn it, so you better use it."

He watched the closed door, waiting for someone to come out and let him in. He didn't like just waiting around. He wanted to see her; he wanted to talk to her. What was the point of him waiting there for her to wake up if when she did he was rushed out of the room? Wait, how long was she awake; it was obvious she was awake long before the nurse shook his shoulder.

"Way to go, Tomonari." He said to himself. Where was that stupid nurse? He continued to sit in the chair waiting to be allowed back into the room, and he felt himself nodding off again. "You've got to be kidding me." He said, straightening up so deter himself from falling asleep. His eyes were still threatening to close, so he stared at the florescent lights, but they didn't make him any less sleepy.

"Honestly. I couldn't be that tired, could I?" He thought aloud. 'It's probably a mixture of you worrying about her too much, staying up late, and-' his stomach gave an audible groan, '-lack of food.' Apparently two bagels were not enough to sustain someone for a very long time. He brought a hand up to force his eyelid open, making sure he wouldn't nod off right there.

He heard the door open from Reiko's room, and looked at who left, with his fingers still holding his eyelid open. The nurses were vacating the room, and one of them stopped to look at him. He quickly moved his hand away from his face and looked at the nurse.

"Er… You may go in now." She said slowly, with a slight smile and a raised eyebrow.

Tomonari quickly got up and bowed slightly before sliding into the hospital room. He saw Reiko sitting up looking bored. "Good morning!" He said brightly.

"Is that the best you could come up with?" She replied, with her eyebrows raised. "Honestly, I thought you could do better than that."

He took his chair, which the hospital attendants had moved into the corner while they were doing …whatever they were doing, and he moved it back next to the bed. "Sorry, I wasn't thinking about something witty to say when you got up." He lied.

"Don't lie. I know you well enough to know that you were thinking about that." She said evenly. "But, I suppose you didn't have enough time to think of one, seeing how you were sleeping…" She said, her face serious but her voice letting in a hint of amusement.

He started scratching his temple in a nervous manner. "Was I really asleep that long?"

"For about twenty minutes after I woke up, and you looked pretty comfortable so it was probably longer than that. I've noticed you sleep a lot, maybe it's because you sit in front of the computer too often? I heard that it screws with your sleep cycle."

He chuckled weakly. "Sorry, it's been a bit tiring lately."

"I can imagine. It's a good thing that I told you my name, I wouldn't have wanted you to find out about it this way."

Tomonari laughed quietly again. "Yeah, that would have been the least romantic way to find it out." He cringed internally. 'Stupid! Why did you use the word romantic?!'

"Why did you come here?"

He tensed up. "Uh, why did I come here?" He said quickly, immediately regretting that he said it so fast, because he could have used the time answering to think of an explanation. "W-well…" he started to say, gesturing wildly. "You were in a coma, I couldn't just sit around, and hope for the best!"

"How did you find out I was in this hospital?" She said, conversationally, despite the fact that Tomonari was acting mortified.

"Mm- …Yata told me." He mumbled, feeling his face getting hot. "I'm not a stalker, I swear!" He insisted.

"I never said that," She looked into his eyes. "You came all the way from Kanazawa just to see me?"

He forced a broad smile. He felt utterly embarrassed, and was trying to cover it up by acting cheerful.

"Thank you." She said before he could reply. "Although I'm surprised," she continued, her voice returning to its normal tone. "I didn't think you'd go this far just to visit an online co-worker. You must have stayed here quite some time to be sleeping, or are you really that tired all the time?"

There was no sense lying, so he admitted, "Yeah… I've been here for a while. I…"love you "...was really worried about you."

"Well, you do know that visiting someone won't make them better, especially since they're unconscious, right?"

He laughed loudly, and brought his hand up to his forehead. Of course it was like Pi- er, Reiko to inject discouraging logic into any situation. "When I was in a coma, it made me feel better knowing that people visited me, even though I couldn't tell at the time. I thought you'd feel the same way." He explained.

"You were-?" She began.

He nodded quickly. "Yeah, but the past is the past, I don't like dwelling on it." He said shortly.

She took the hint that he didn't want to talk any more about it. "Have you been to Tokyo before?"

Tomonari shook his head, grinning. "Nope! First time here." He turned to look at the window. "It's huge, I feel lost all the time." He commented.

Reiko shrugged. "I kind of like it. If you're in such a large city you feel slightly important. And they have great food here, have you tried any of the restaurants? If not I know some good ones that aren't too far from here." She babbled, seemingly enjoying herself.

His stomach gave another groan. She stopped talking immediately and looked over at him. "…Was that you?" she asked.

Tomonari reddened and nodded. "Please don't talk about food." He said weakly.

She started to laugh an honest sounding laugh, not a scoff like she normally used. "So I guess you haven't checked out the restaurants, have you?"

He shook his head.

"Oh, speaking of food…"

"I told you not to mention food." He moaned.

"No, I'm not trying to taunt you. I need to ask you a favor. The nurses said that I'd have to stay here for another day, and there's something that needs to be taken care of at home."

"Hm?"

She grinned apologetically. "Feed my cat, please?"

Tomonari blinked. "Your… cat?"

Reiko nodded. "Yes. It'll be really hungry when I get home otherwise, and I have no one else who would do it for me."

"So… what, I just break through the window or something?"

She reached into the drawer next to her bed, and pulled out some keys. "You can use these." And she thrust them into his hand. "Don't drive around in my car." She told him, almost as if she expected him to do that anyways. "Do you have a pen and pencil?"

"No, but you can write things in my phone." He suggested

She extended her arm towards him. "Give it here." He did so and she started typing on his cell phone's keypad.

"What are you…" he began when she returned his phone.

"That's my address. It's way over there," she pointed, "So you better start walking soon if you want to get there before the sun goes down."

"The sun…? Have I really been here that long?" He looked at the time on his cell phone, and indeed he had been there for hours. "Geez, I was asleep for a really long time!" He exclaimed.

She smiled at him. "Yeah, well… I guess this is goodbye for now?" And as if almost on cue a doctor entered her room.

"I'm sorry, but-" Began the doctor.

"Alright, I'm going." Interrupted Tomonari. He stood up and moved his chair out of the way. Before exiting a thought struck him. "Oh, can I stay there?" He asked Reiko.

"Stay... what?!" She blurted. "Uh, okay." She said, looking bewildered.

Grinning, he turned on his heel and left the room before she could change her mind. "Thank you very much!"

It took him a while to get his luggage from his room and drag it across Tokyo, but eventually he made it to Reiko's house. He checked his phone to see if it was the right address, and sure enough it was. He inserted the key into the lock, and slowly opened the door, half expecting an alarm to go off.

Instead he was greeted by something furry thing scratching his leg. "Ow!" he looked down at the cat. "Hello to you too!" He said angrily, and shut the door behind him.

The cat continued to watch him warily as he explored the house. The door entered into a living room, complete with a large television, a couch and a number of chairs. "Oh wow, this place is nice." It was over twice the size of his apartment, and was incredibly spacious. He wandered aimlessly looking for the kitchen, as the cat tailed behind him, almost like an angry parent.

Once he got to the kitchen he turned around and looked at the animal. It opened its mouth and hissed loudly at him. "Oh quiet you, I'm going to give you food." He told it and started searching through the cupboards. He found a can of cat food and emptied it into a bowl, which he set near the refrigerator.

The cat's personality did a 180, as it ate hungrily out of the bowl, and once it finished it began to rub against Tomonari's legs lovingly. "Stupid cat." He said, and started to search through Reiko's cupboards for something he could eat.

"Aha." He said quietly and pulled out a box of cereal. It wasn't exactly fine cuisine, but it was free food, and that was good enough for him. He thought for a second that he should feel guilty for taking her food, but he shrugged it off and decided he'd pay her back eventually.

After succeeding in emptying the entire box, he continued his tour of the house. He found the bathroom, that'd be useful, a closet, a room with just a washing machine and dryer, and he finally found Reiko's room. "Oho." He said slyly peering into the room. It was all that he could do to keep himself from exploring that room any more. "No, you just raided her cupboards, don't be a pervert." Tomonari told himself, and forced himself to leave that area, and return to the living room.

He sat on the couch, turned on the television and started to get settled. He couldn't believe his luck; he'd actually gotten to stay over at Reiko's home. He flipped the channels until he found a station with something tolerable, and he sunk into the couch.

After an hour of watching mindless television, he turned it off and stood up. "Eh, one peek won't hurt." He told himself and walked towards Reiko's room.

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Sorry for the late update, I'll try to get the next one quicker.