I didn't expect that my life will change that much when I first came to school. At first, my only job was to work on my school work. I usually did get tired a lot, so I tend to sleep a lot. But now, ever since I met Natsumi, the schedule had change drastically.
I became a criminal, I was targeted by a Spirit, I met Shido Itsuka, and met strange odd people in my dreams. When I come to think of it, I haven't seen Muemi for a while now. She's been...inactive for the time being. She's probably planning something with a fake version of my house to abduct me again. I'm kind of glad that I haven't been there for a while now. Staying at Shido's house feels...a lot more lively than my house.
"Oi! You two slackers, wake the hell up! Especially you Kioshi, you have school today!" Kotori, who had barged into the room without my consent, had started yelling at me. Wait, did she say two?
"Mhmhm..." I felt something tug on my shirt from my bed. Don't tell me, did she seriously do this again?
"I'm too tired...come wake me up in 10-20 minutes."
"Natsumi! How many times do I have to tell you to stay in your own bed! Get out of it now!" Is she always screaming in the morning?
"Why do I have to~!? Kioshi's bed is way more comfortable~!" Natsumi had risen from my bed with only a T-shirt and her undergarments.
"Stay. In. Your. Bed! I'm not telling you again!" With that said, Kotori slammed the door to my room and left. I wonder why she's so upset right now? She must not be a morning person.
"Fua~! Such a wonderful morning! Don't you agree, Kioshi?" With her messy bed hair in her face, it was kind of hard to reply.
"Hm? Kioshi? Are you still here?" Natsumi finally moved her messy hair from out of her face and stared at me.
"Oh, why aren't you speaking?"
"Your hair was in the way..."
"Was it funny?"
"...I guess."
"..."
"..." It was a awkward silence between the both of us. While it has only been a few days after the meeting, we still weren't on 'conversation' terms. Since then, I would only wake up to Natsumi sleeping next to me in my bed. I didn't have a problem with it at all. If she was comfortable doing this, then I should probably let her be.
"So, Kioshi..." Natsumi started off.
"Yes?"
"You...have school today, don't you?" Was there something wrong with me going to school? Just yesterday, Shido and the others had been able to get rid of the criminal records that were on me. I had to say that I was glad that they were able to help me out. With that, I was finally free to go to school and have a ordinary life again.
But would it still be ordinary with Natsumi here?
Natsumi had been clingy for the most part. While there isn't anything wrong with that, she was still a Spirit. I'm pretty sure that people that I don't know about, would most likely be after her. The AST was after her, but they haven't been active ever since the day we've first met. Were they planning something for the right time?
"I was wondering...if you could stay here and...not go to school." I only stared at her for a short while before asking her my question.
"Is there...a particular reason as to why you want me to stay?" She started to play with her index fingers as if she was nervous.
"Well, um...I...don't want to be alone."
"You wouldn't be alone. I'm...pretty sure there would be someone here while we're at school." While Natsumi was done with the things that she's done in the past, she was still going to be hard to handle.
"B-But, I wanted to play around with you. School is only getting in the way between that..." I don't know what to do now. Go to school and finish the work that I haven't completed yet, or make Natsumi sad, where she could potentially become unstable by the second.
"I think you should stay Kioshi." Jumping a little, I turned to see Shido standing behind me. When did he even open the door?
"S-Shido! D-Don't scare me like that!" Shido laughed from my reaction. Don't tell me that he's going to be doing this often.
"Sorry, sorry. I couldn't help but listen to the conversation from outside your room. Anyway, I think you should stay and keep Natsumi company."
"B-But what about my work from school?" I really sound desperate here. It's probably because I was desperate.
"Don't worry about it. The work that you're missing is already done." At this, my eyes widened.
"Already done? What do you mean by that?"
"I mean that it's already done, Kioshi. I've completed them for you as a thanks for your help." 'A thanks for your help?' I thought the deal was to get rid of my criminal record if I managed to stop Natsumi.
"Y-You didn't need to any of that! I could've done them myself!" Shido started laughing again. Does he really like seeing my reactions?
"You're making a huge deal out of this, Kioshi. There wasn't anything that important, so don't worry about it."
"If you say so." While I was grateful for his help, he didn't need to do anything of the sort like that. Before I could say anything more, Shido had pulled me back a bit to whisper something into my ear.
"Kioshi, look, it wasn't just my idea to have you stay here. It was all of us. Well, Kotori was against it at first, but now, she's okay with it." Shido whispered.
"Okay..."
"But we weren't exactly planning to have you stay in the house all day. While you did stop Natsumi, we haven't exactly saved her yet." That's right. Shido had the ability to seal a Spirit's ability when he...kiss them. But it wasn't going to be easy when she does is stick around with me all the time.
"So, for science, we need you to take her out on a date."
I'm sorry what? Did he just ask me to take her out on a date?
"A-A date!?" As my voice was a bit louder than Shido's, he quickly closed my mouth with his hand.
"Shh. Yes, a date. Remember when I said that Natsumi had shown no signs of interest towards me?"
"Yeah.."
"While I could be trying to open her mind a bit, we, well Kotori, wanted to experiment on you." 'Experiment?' I don't think I like where this is going. What kind of plan does she have for me?
"..."
"So while you're taking her on a date, Kotori and Reine will be observing you. Don't worry, they won't be bothering you as to what you should do or not. They will only be watching from the sky." It was until now, that I remembered something that had happened when I went to talk to Natsumi when they wanted to assist me.
"Um, Shido, I know this isn't my business but, what happened on that day when I talked to Natsumi?" Shido stood there for a second in thinking posture.
"It's hard to say. The system, as to what tells me the options when I'm on a date, had suddenly went crazy. Kotori and her crew wasn't even to restore it until after you two got back that day."
"Strange. I'm sure there could be a reasonable explanation as to why it happened." Shido only nodded before leaving the room. Was there something he wasn't telling me? While it did go crazy, according to Shido, but how exactly did it go crazy?
"Kioshi." Natsumi had called my name again. I forgot she was in the room.
"Oh, Natsumi, I have some good news for you. I'll be staying here today." Natsumi smiled at this. It's good to see her happy like this.
How strange...
Why do I feel relieved when she's happy like this?
"Really? Then let's spend a day together!"
"Haven't you been with me since that day?"
"Did you say something, Kioshi?" While she kept smiling, I had a feeling that her smile had been filled with venom now.
"N-Nothing. I think going out is a wonderful idea..." I hate to admit it, but I'm kind of scared about the idea of going on a date. I haven't experienced love throughout my entire life, and now I suddenly have to take a girl, that has powers that could easily destroy the Earth, on a date.
"Good, because I know just the place as to where we could go." Here's a more weird perspective of this: I'm taking a child out on a date. While she could transform herself into a 20 year old woman, even if her body was mature, she still had the mind of a child.
"Lead the way, I guess..."
*Ding*
There has to be some kind of curse coming here. Why were we back at the abandoned amusement park?
"We're here!" Natsumi seemed ecstatic to be here, so I guess I shouldn't question as to why we're here. If she's going to have fun here, then I'll let her be.
"So, what do you want to do Natsumi?" Maybe I shouldn't ask have asked that. This was an abandoned amusement park. Nothing would be in service here.
"Hm, we should try to turn the power back on for first." Well, at least she has a plan.
"Good idea. Let's hurry and find the power room." She looks happy. It would be upsetting for me to let her down now.
And so, we went out to find the power room. Since this was a huge and complex amusement park, it's kind of hard to find it. It was still the evening so we had a lot of time on our hands to find it.
"Found it!" Natsumi had pointed out where the power room was. The huge sign on top of the building saying: POWER ROOM, was a huge give away. At least it gave us a sign as to where it was. Now that I think about it, we should've probably looked at a map instead of wasting our time like this.
Entering the building, there was only one path that led to the power room, so we walked down the path. Natsumi was beginning to shake as we walked down the narrow corridor. Was she scared?
"Natsumi...are you alright?" She only looked at me with a bit of tears in her eyes.
"I-I'm alright..."
"Are you sure? You look a bit scared right now. You could wait outside while I continue."
"No! What if something happens to you!? I can't just leave you in here alone!" Her eyes looked to the ground now. She was still shaking. I can't help but say that she's right. Even if she was scared, she has powers. She could easily defend herself while I couldn't. Maybe I should lighten the mood a bit.
"Hey Natsumi."
"Y-Yes?"
"Could you...hold my hand?" On Natsumi's face was a tint of red on her cheeks.
"H-Hold y-you're hand!? Why do I need to d-do that!?"
"Well,I'm kind of afraid of being in here. It's dark, and I don't really like the dark a lot. And besides, what if something did happen while I was in here? I don't have any powers to protect myself from any bad guys. So..."
"O-Of course you could hold my hand! M-My friend is s-scared s-so I have to protect him! Here." With that said, she gave me her small hand for me to hold. As I took it, she stopped shaking. I'm glad this worked. At least she's a bit more happy now.
After minutes of walking down the path, we finally reached the power room. Al that was here, was the control panel, and the lever.
"It's covered in webs..."
"Well, this place was abandoned, Natsumi. I don't even think the power would even work anymore."
"It...wouldn't hurt to try though..." She said sadly. Great, I shouldn't have said anything to her. Now she's back to being negative now.
"Okay, I'll give it a try." As I moved the spider webs out of the way, I pulled the lever down and waited.
And waited...
And waited...
And waited...
"Sorry, Natsumi. I guess it doesn't work." I was a bit disappointed as well. I was kind of hoping that this would still work.
"It's...okay. We could always try going out somewhere else." It doesn't feel right for me to make her feel down.
"Alright..."
*Ding*
As we were about to leave the room, suddenly, electricity had surrounded the lever.
"What's happening!?"
"Natsumi!" I quickly moved Natsumi out of the way from the electricity that had been shot out of the control panel.
"T-Thanks..."
After a short while, the electricity had stopped. It doesn't make any sense. Why had electricity suddenly come from nowhere?
"Is it over?"
"I-I think so."
"Where did that electricity come from?" Her question was as good as mine.
"I...don't know. The only thing important is that we're safe."
"Y-Yeah..." It was another awkward silence between the both of us. No matter where we'll be, there would always be that one awkward moment.
"Um, Kioshi?" Having my name said had quickly brought me out of my thoughts.
"Yes?"
"Do you hear that?"
"Hear something? What do you-" It was until now, that I heard something out of the ordinary.
Why were there music playing from the outside?
"Is that music?" Natsumi asked me.
"I-I think so. Let's check it out."
"Yeah..." After leaving out of the building we found something that was even more strange...
Why was the amusement park operating?
"Kioshi, are you seeing this?"
"I think I do." No matter what, something would always come out of the ordinary when I'm around.
I'm just hoping that after all of this, nothing else happens.
