Yui's mother left the school in a huff and Yui herself bowed to Keima as an apology and hurried after her mother.

"Elsie, do I really have to capture the spirit?" he asked gruffly, "My hands are already full with the mess Hell has caused me.

"My superiors explicitly said that capturing spirits is still top priority." Elsie said "in fact, they said it was more important than it was before."

"What else haven't you told me yet?" he grumbled, looking up from his PFP and glaring at her.

Of course it was out of character for him to do so but then, he wasn't keen about replying to the message he now had in front of him without a concrete plan.

"It wasn't my fault! You were playing on your games when I told you and you grunted at me so I assumed that you'd heard." Elsie complained.

So now it's my fault? He thought irritably.

"Hey look, it's Shiori-chan!" Elsie suddenly exclaimed.

"What?" Keima looked up to find Shiori carrying a box of... audio CDs and staring at him.

Why can't I even go home and have a break?

"You gave me my book back, thank you." he said shortly and stood there like he didn't know what to do.

"..." Shiori looked down, her cheeks blushing. They stood in silence for about half a minute.

"Well, I guess I should go now." Keima replied and made to walk past her.

As he did, she tugged at his uniform.

"Umm... do you want to help me with my story...?"

Does this mean she remembers? he thought critically.

"...I-I'm s-s-s-sorry! What am I saying?" she clamped her mouth shut.

"Are you okay?" Keima said with a confused face, he approached her slightly.

Shiori blushed bright red and ran to the direction of the library.

"Hey! Good luck with your story!" Keima called after her.

Upon hearing that, she half turned to him and nodded in acknowledgement before she quickly walked away.

Keima turned back to his PFP, decided it was appropriate to send the message and therefore, clicked the 'reply' button. Not long after, he heard something chime from behind the trees. He turned in that direction.

"Hey, who's behind there?" he called towards the general direction of the chiming.

Fuse Aoba stepped out from behind the trees, "Che, isn't that just the lamest way of being found out."

"Aren't you that girl from this morning? Why are you following me?" he asked.

"Yes and why do you ask?" she retorted, the word 'displeasure' written all over her expression.

"I'm the one asking you a question." he said shortly, returning to his 2D world.

She proceeded to ignore him, "What of that girl?"

"What girl?"

"You know full well who I'm talking about."

"Why would I want to tell you? We just meet today and you're now being pushy about the most random things."

It turned out that she was already looking back to her PFP screen, she smiled.

"Otoshigami," she intoned, "do you not realise that you have already accepted my challenge?"

"What purpose do you have of meeting me in the real, the 3D world?" he asked upon hearing his famous title being used in the real world.

"I'm sorry to say this but the ultimate galge has already started." her eyes glinted, "you accepted it yourself."

"Who are you? What are you talking about? Tell me."

She stayed silent, observing his every facial expression.

The truth dawned on him, or rather, that's what his face seemed to show "You're Mai-hime?" Keima looked up to meet her eyes.

Seriously, reality is such an unpredictable animal!

"No, please call me Aoba from now on, Fuse Aoba."

He doesn't seem as bad as the rumours say about him...I can't believe I was able to get the courage to ask that.
Shiori looked up to the library ceiling and started to daydream, she thought of brightness and shininess.
"Excuse me, hello... is anyone there?" a distant voice called.
Who is trying to say what to me?

"Excuse me!" a boy's voice rammed through her consciousness, "can I borrow this book?"
She squealed, shot up from her chair and upon seeing the student, started to blush in embarrassment at what she must've looked to him.
Uuu~ what am I doing?