Group explanation chapter. After this chapter I'll have to start with the individual chapters for everyone. So far the ones who got the most votes are:
Saito and Aria (Kanzashi's kids)
Celeste (Laura's kid)
Kotanoha (Madoka's kid)
and Asuka (Chifuyu's kid)
Of these 4, please decide who to focus on first.
To answer some comments:
BloodTrinity - Kids of the kids? Uh...not likely. This isn't Back to the Future or anything, so most of the time travel is one-sided/temporary. The other question was how many people would be paired to Ichika? The answer to that would be the parents of all the kid's already included are the only ones who are paired with Ichika. Early on, I planned to add Natasha Fairs, Clarissa Harchouff, Chealsea Blacklett, and (I can't believe I thought this) Kuu. I decided to cut them out since I thought that might be going overboard.
Rabadash and Reader - No, that's not gonna happen. If something like that happened, the story goes bye-bye and the universe implodes. Ichika has like 14 variations of the future, while others only have two. Including any of the future Ichika's would cause the universe to implode on itself from too many variations. The other characters only have 2 variations (Kid or no kid) and could possibly be included, but not Ichika. At least not for now. Part of the reason why I took past Ichika and Dan out.
Gamerof1458 - Uh, I don't get the question. If you're asking what the likelihood of making a beach/pool/whatever chapter for every character, then the answer would be zero. On the other hand, the likelihood of at least one of every event listed down is pretty well. Also, remember that some of the listed events are naturally group chapters (Like summer festival and Onsen), so that means the entire cast will be included in that chapter.
Heliosion - Hence why the kids will share scenes with their respective parent's come the end of this chapter. It should be easier to tell who's who after this chapter and their room assignments.
Meganeshounen - No comment . Still, I'm not surprised at the theory. It's not like I've been subtle about something being odd about Kazuma. While I won't say Yes or No to the theory, it should be blatantly obvious after this chapter that something's odd about all the kids, not just Kazuma.
Lastly, I'm kinda surprised no one picked Houki's, Rin's, or Cecilia's kid for the focus chapters:/ I guess it's my fault for not giving them enough characterization. I'll try to fix that in the coming chapters. If you see any spelling or grammar mistakes, I apologize. I don't have a beta reader and generally don't have the will to give the chapter complete re-reads every time,
The atmosphere was tense - No, tense wouldn't be the right word to use in this situation. Tense was the word you would use when you found out a friend lied to you, or when you find out a friend forgot about a childhood promise, or even when you get mad at him for staring at other girls. Tense was used in situations where the problem could be easily solved with a single action.
No. The word that would best describe this atmosphere would be 'Murderous', with a slight sprinkling of homicidal for good measure.
The setting of the 'not tense' situation was in the lobby of the dorm, most of which had been miraculously repaired in the short time it took them all to gather themselves without killing one another. The room was currently separated into three sides: The left side for all the affected teens and adults, most of who were sorely trying not to kill each other in very graphic fashions. Chifuyu, Maya, and Tabane were standing up, leaving the teens to sit uncomfortably next to one another.
The right side for all the currently found kids , who were doing a better job than their parent's in the 'not killing each other' department. Most of them were simply talking to one another and ignoring the teens/adults discussion. Still, Ichika could see some of them were paying attention, such as the boy with the spectacles or the girl who looked oddly similar to Laura.
Honne was still blissfully sleeping though. Ichika couldn't fathom how she could be so carefree when the situation was so tense.
In the center between the two groups was Ichika, who sat in a couch that felt way too spacious at this point for his liking and nursing a bruised cheek recently given to him by his best friend. The stares both sides of the group kept giving him certainly didn't help calm down his already shot nerves.
Needless to say, Tense was NOT the proper word to use in a situation like this.
No one wanted to talk, but Ichika couldn't blame them. He really didn't feel like talking at this point either. Hell, what was he supposed to say? "I'm sorry for somehow impregnating all of you and making illegitimate children without realizing it. Please don't treat me like a Gigolo"? Yeah, he liked his head at his shoulders and not rolling on the floor. Worst of all, how was he going to explain this to Dan? That guy was his best friend, and he really didn't feel good getting greeted by a punch in the face and being told that his sister was off limits.
The tense silence continued for another few seconds. Ichika couldn't help but take into account how different the two sides were. While the teens and adults looked ready to just about devolve into an all out fight, the kids seemed to get along relatively well and some of them were even introducing themselves to one another or chatting. The most unsociable one's he saw were the black haired 8 year old (most likely because he was wrapping his forearm with a bandage). The blue haired 9 year old with glasses who was reading a book. The silver haired 8 year old who was too busy muttering to herself. And the one who had an odd resemblance to Madoka (He could tell), most likely because she was handcuffed and gagged by a very irate Chifuyu.
Everybody else was talking along just fine...even the 3 year old.
'I thought adults were supposed to be the more mature one?' Ichika thought sarcastically, 'I can't tell which side is the kid's and which one is the adults,' He sighed to himself and slunk further into the seat. He wasn't going to be the one who broke the silence. He was just as much of a victim as everybody else here was.
"So let me get this straight," Chifuyu mercifully chose to break the awkward silence, "You, in another one of your hair-brained ideas, made a time machine and tried to do what basically amounts to kidnapping and child traumatizing for something stupid again?" She sighed, "Just when I thought nothing you do will surprise me anymore, you go and do something like this. Wasn't the whole mass missile hacking thing enough?"
Now, normally what Chifuyu said would have gathered attention and questions, but at that point it just went from one ear and out the other. Future children, and especially the father of said children, was more interesting for everyone at this point.
Tabane flinched at the lecture, "Chi-chan~ How could you say something so cruel~?" Chifuyu just rolled her eyes at her childhood friend's overtly cheerful tone, "I just wanted to prove that Houki-chan and Ik-kun were meant to be together and then I would've put him back! That's okay, right?"
""""""IT IS NOT OKAY!""""""
The one's who stood up were Cecilia, Rin, Charlotte, Laura, Kanzashi, and (oddly enough)Madoka. The last one seemed to realize her outburst and sat back down, mumbling something about knives and stupid people. It was a good thing he wasn't stupid.
Ichika flinched when he heard his friend's loud screams, 'Well, I guess it's an understandable reaction. I'm not really a guy who girls go after and I really don't think I'd make a good boyfriend. They're probably mad that they had kid's with someone who's just a friend,' He did admit that he found his friend's cute and, though he would never say it out loud, sexually appealing. They would probably kill him ten times over if he admitted to that, so he chose to keep all thoughts about their appearance to himself.
"Th-This is unacceptable!" Cecilia yelled, "How could you do something like this without our consent!? It's a complete and total invasion of our privacy!"
"That's right!" Rin yelled after her frenemy in agreement, "You can't just do these kinds of things whenever you
"Um, who are you two again~?" Tabane looked genuinely confused at the British and Chinese girl's introduction, "You look kind of familiar, but I don't really remember anyone who's not important (to me) enough." She shrugged nonchalantly, "Well. I guess you got involved by accident or something~ Ehehehehe."
"Wh-What did you say!?" Cecilia looked positively scandalized at the response, "How could you say something so irresponsible? What gives you the right to-"
"Enough, Alcott."
"But!" Cecilia looked like she wanted to say more, but Chifuyu's small glare stopped any words that might have come out of her mouth. The other 4 took Cecilia's small reprimand as a chance to sit down without saying anything. They wanted to complain as well, though it was more on her doing it without their permission than the results. Any advantage a maiden in love could get over their rival's was something positive.
"That being said," Chifuyu did her best to keep her voice level and ignore the 12 year old across her that looked eerily similar to her, "Do you have any idea how much trouble you caused? The school day had to be cancelled, all the students are confined to their dorms, and we now have 15 kids here with no idea how to take care of them or how to send them back. I don't care why you went through all the trouble of doing this, but you're going to send them back one way or another."
The Alice in Wonderland copycat gulped at her friends extremely angry (for her) voice, "Well, about that. It's not that-"
"She can't~" Tabane stopped talking and gave a look that said 'Shut up!' to her miniature counterpart. Usagi just looked at her and stuck out her tongue mischievously, "Mommy broke the time machine and she probably can't fix it now that her lab got destroyed. The big machine thingy looked really high tech, so it might take her a few months or even years to fix it." Of course she left out the part where she took some components out while mother dearest was unconscious. She could have some fun here, and she wanted it to last for a while.
"..." Chifuyu didn't say anything, but everybody in the room (Except the sleeping Honne) immediately felt the temperature of the room get drastically lower. Looking closer, Chifuyu's eyebrows were knitted together and her lips were twitching slightly, most likely in extreme frustration. The fact that her hands were periodically grasping at her arm tightly wasn't a good sign either.
"W-Well, there is another way!" Tabane hastily interjected, "If Ichika-kun spends 'enough time'" She said the last two words with air quotes, "with someone, say Houki-chan for example, the timeline could repair itself because of who he 'spent time' with."Hey, if she was going to get killed for this, she might as well earn her sister's forgiveness and gratitude.
"Um, what happens to the other kids?" Charlotte asked. Neither she or any of the other girls were exactly blind to the implications of the word 'spend time', but they knew better than to make a fuss while Chifuyu was ticking. A chance wasn't good when they were dead.
"Well, there's a good chance - 50% chance, actually - that they'll be sent back to their current time with no problem whatsoever. This is faster than rebuilding the time machine and less troublesome for everyone, right~?" It was sound logic.
"Wait, 50%?" Ichika gave her a suspicious look, "Then what happens to the kid's on the other 50% Will they get stuck here?"
"Well...no," She looked uncharacteristically hesitant. Not a good sign, "If you do that, there's a chance that it will cause destabilization and end up corrupting their corporeal forms here, which could end up with all the other kid's not manifesting properly in this timeli-"
"She means we might die or disappear..." Everybody turned their attention to Kazuma, "If Ichika chooses someone now while we're still here, there's a good chance we'd get overridden and cease to exist. If she can't fix it, most of us here are likely going to disappear." Nobody could see it, but he was glaring at the bunny eared mad scientist through his long bangs with a look of pure contempt.
"Hey, I did say it was a fifty-fifty thing! All experiments have a risk when it comes to proving the hypothesis!"
There was a tense silence that followed the announcement. No one wanted to speak- No, it was more like they couldn't find the words. Would they be murdering them if they tried anything? Should they ignore everything and just send the kids to temporary homes? They weren't used to this sort of thing.
"...This is so stupid."
Chifuyu, along with a substantial percent of the others, glared at Madoka's nonchalant statement.
"Why are you all taking this so seriously? I mean, I know you guys aren't the smartest bunch," She laughed at the angry expression the others flashed at her, "But do any of you seriously buy any of this garbage? Kid's from the future? Tch, sounds like the delusions of someone who's been under too much drugs. What's to say these kids weren't hired or just came here by accident? Your security system isn't exactly top notch," She smirked, "I should know, I broke in here a few weeks ago."
"Madoka-san, that's really unfair," Ichika interjected, "Considering all the weird things that happen here, shouldn't we be careful so that nothing happens to the kids? I'm just as skeptical as the next guy, but do you have any proof that these kids are just actors or wandered in here by accident?"
"Proof? How about the fact that I'm infertile and it's impossible for me to have a kid?"
Ichika wanted so badly to reply to that, he really did. Unfortunately, nothing came out. How could he rebut something like that? The others weren't having any better luck, though in their case it seemed to be mostly cause they didn't care. None of them were fond of Madoka by any means and merely tolerated her presence.
"What, you're actually surprised?" Madoka gave a genuine look of surprise, "Did you really think that they'd give someone like me augmentations and upgrades without making sure I could go rogue and give them to someone else?" She leaned forward and placed both hands under her head, "I'm surprised you didn't know about this, though. It's not like Soldier girl is any different than I am-"
"Shut up!" Laura glared at Madoka fiercely, "If you value your life, you will stop talking right now!"
"Aww, was little Soldier-chan keeping it a secret? Well, it's too late now!" If looks could kill, Madoka would've been buried alive under concrete and multiple lacerations, "Besides, it's proof that there's nothing like stupid time travel going on here. Since all of you are so insistent that all of us have kids here, I'm telling you right now that it's impossible."
Laura stood up and grabbed the knife strapped to her boot, "I don't care if you're the instructor's family! I won't hesitate to hurt you if you spread any more of things about me!" Charlotte moved to grab her best friends hand, but Laura shoved it away. She couldn't afford to back down from this,
"Oh really?" Madoka leaned in closer to her and gave her an amused smile, "Then I hope you can make your first shot count, cause you're not going to get a second chance after the first-"
"Enough!" Chifuyu grabbed both of their heads and smashed them together...hard. Everybody winced at the audible crack that echoed all over the room, "Time travel or not, we have to deal with this now!" She took a deep breath, "Tabane, fix that time machine of yours and do it as fast as you can. I don't care if it'll take you months or years. You're staying here at the academy where you can't run off and we'll get you any materials you need, but you're not leaving this place till it's finished."
"But Chi-chan-"
"Kids," She turned her attention to the other side of the room, "Go with whoever your mother is, or who you think your mother is, and stay with them for now. Until we can prove whether this is time travel or not, you'll have to stay here where we can keep an eye on you...except for you Gotanda," She turned to the redhead, "I'll see what I can do about giving you an early pass to come here to the academy, but don't hold your breath or anything. Just make sure that you don't lose the kid or anything."
"Y-Yes!" Ran stood up on impulse and bowed deeply. One didn't live without showing the Brunhilde proper respect when she was mad.
Ichika watched with slight awkwardness as he saw the kids make their way to the other side and to their supposed maternal parent. While some of them were looked eager to do so (Run, Claire, Charles, Shouta, and Aria in particular stood out), there were those who looked hesitant to go (Saito, Kotanoha, and Asuka were the most obvious). Their 'parent's' gave them looks which ranged from accepting (Houki, Cecilia, Charlotte, Rin, Laura, and Ran), hesitant (Maya, Kanzashi, and oddly, Tatenashi), disbelieving, (Chifuyu, Tabane, and Madoka), and sleepy (Honne).
'Well, that solves that for now...' Ichika breathed an internal sigh of relief, 'I still need to call Dan after this and explain, not to mention try not to get killed if- no, make that when the others get mad at me. After that I need to-'
*Plop*
"Huh?" Ichika looked to the side and saw Kazuma wordlessly sitting down next to him, "Um, you have to go with your mother." He reminded him gently. Kazuma ignored his reminder and continued to sit down next to him without saying a word, though a ghost of a smile could be barely seen on his face.
"Okay, now that's that- Hold on." Chifuyu gave a hard stare at the raven haired child, "I said go with your Mom, not your Dad," She grimaced at the word, "Hurry up and go to your maternal parent so we can finish this up."
"..." He scooted closer to Ichika. Chifuyu walked closer to him and grabbed him by the uninjured arm to try and pull him off. He annoyingly refused to budge for even an inch.
"Didn't you hear what I said?" While he didn't seem to notice, some of the others certainly did. Those who weren't too busy with their own affairs were staring at the miniature scene the woman and the kid were making. Usagi and Madoka in particular had odd smiles on their faces, though they kept it hidden behind their hands. Better not to get involved unless it was necessary.
"Who's you maternal parent?" Chifuyu asked him again, "We need to find out room assignments for all of you, and we can't do it unless all of you cooperate."
He refused to look her in the eye, "I-I dont-"
"Little brother, stop bothering Mom!"
Chifuyu felt herself get shoved aside slightly as Asuka pulled Kazuma into an impromptu hug, "L-Little brother?" There was an odd redness that spread across Chifuyu's cheeks. If they didn't know better, they would say it was a blush. But really, Chifuyu blushing? There was a bigger chance of males suddenly being able to pilot the IS.
"Yeah, you had another kid after me," She smiled forcefully and pulled the struggling teen closer to her, placing an arm around his mouth in the process, "Otouto(little brother)-kun loves playing games with mom, so he does these kinds of things all the time," She took note of her mother's oddly red face, "Why do you look so surprised? Having a second kid really isn't an issue once you get past the whole incest issue you already crossed."
"...I give up." Chifuyu turned back at the gawking teens, "Take your...kid and go back to the room. We'll discuss this further in the morning. Orimura, take the males and go to the boys large bath. The females can freshen up in the regular bath's."
"Y...Yeah..." Ichika nodded meekly,
"Sarashiki, inform the students via announcement tomorrow about the general situation and make sure to leave all the time machine or time travel nonesense out."
"Yup, yup~" Ichika could tell she was forcing herself to sound like her usual enthusiastic self. Her silence earlier in the discussion had been a pretty big sign. Maybe the fact that Sara was clinging to her arm with a big smile on her face had something to do with her nerves.
"Tabane, you go to the assigned room that will be given to you later. I don't want to hear a single complain out of you or any unnecessary explosions. Are we clear?"
"Yes..." Ichika almost felt a smidgen of pity for her, he really did, but the fact that she was the cause of this entire situation crushed any notion of that."
"Alright, see you all tomorrow then."
"Uh, hold on Mom!" Asuka tightened her grip on the struggling boy, "I think Otouto-kun wants to say something, so you can go on ahead. I still know the way to your room, don't worry." She gave a forced grin.
"Do what you want." Chifuyu was honestly too tired to care at this point.
One by one, all of them started to leave the room. Soon the entire room was empty, save for the two of them.
Making sure the coast was clear, Asuka reluctantly let go of the struggling child, "Jeez, you don't let up, do you?" She shook her fingers and sighed, "Nearly bit me when I was trying to help you. Is that how you treat someone who's trying to help you?"
"...Why did you do that?" He gave her a suspicious glare, "Do you want something? No one does anything without expecting something in return?"
"Really? Jeez, I'd hate to see how you grew up," She patted him on the head and grinned, "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth, alright? You were having a hard time, so I decided to help. Don't think too hard on it."
"...You're lying." He shook her hand off, "No one ever helps without expecting anything in return. Just please tell me what you want."
"I really don't want anything! Not everyone does things expecting a reward. Sometimes helping others is good enough."
"..." Kazuma just stared at her as if she had grown an extra head. Help without expecting anything in return? Maybe he was already dead and started his dying dream. The only other explanation would be the time machine theory, and the idea of that bunny eared mad scientist actually doing something beneficial for someone other than herself, even by complete accident, was even more alien to him.
"Th-Then...thanks..." He mumbled the last part to himself more than to her but she seemed to get the message well enough, if the bright smile on her face was any indication.
"I'm going to go to mom's room now. You should go with dad soon or they're going to get suspicious. I can't help you every time you act too suspicious." She patted him on the shoulder lightly and made her way to the doorway. Soon he was the only remaining person in the room.
Kazuma realized it'd been the first time he'd been alone in this place without any others. Shouta was always with him while he was here and the only other time where he was functionally alone was when he was being chased.
"...Ichika..."
He searched his pants pockets for a few seconds before extracting a small, white metal gauntlet. Numerous cracks and chips marred the smooth surface, and a thin layer of dust and grime covered most of the outer layer, but the traces of attempts to maintain it showed through. The gauntlet was too big for him, so it must've belong to someone else.
"...I don't know what's happening anymore," He gripped the gauntlet tighter and closed his eyes, "Should I be happy this is happening? Is this another dream that I'll wake up from soon? Why is this so hard? You told me to try and live my life, but I don't know how. I need help..." He could feel the beginning of tears making their way through his eyes, but he forced them down. Now wasn't the time to be crying or whining. Dream or not, it was real enough that he couldn't afford to lose too much or do anything that made him suspicious.
He liked it here and didn't want it to end too soon. He'd made a friend, could rest without being paranoid, and he could see Ichika again. That alone made this dream worth sticking around for.
Unfortunately, he was so focused on his thoughts that he didn't notice the figure leaning on the doorway.
Usagi looked at him, eyes a mixture of curiosity and mischief. Unlike her mother, who focused more on the technological and physics based concepts on science, she found herself intrigued more on biology and the natural sciences. She could immediately tell something was off about him. Well, it wasn't just him. That machine probably had adverse effects on all of them, herself included. Still, she had a theory and she wanted to test it out.
"That gauntlet looks familiar!" She saw him hastily pocket the accessory and wipe his eyes, 'Hm, didn't even jump or yell out in surprise. Odd...'
Kazuma turned to her and glared, "It's mine. That's all you need to know." He didn't bother hiding the distaste in his voice. He recognized her almost immediately; the spawn of the mad scientist. No matter how young she looked, he shouldn't let it fool him.
"Where'd you get it?" He stiffened slightly and clenched his arms, but he gave no other outward reaction, "It looks lot like dad-"
"I'm leaving..."
He stood up from the seat and tried to make his way past her, but she grabbed his arm and stopped him. Despite her thin physique, he found breaking her grip extremely hard.
"What do want?" He struggled against her hold with no success. He was severely tempted to kick her, but he managed to barely restrain himself. She didn't seem to have the same restraint, seeing she leaned in close to him and placed her lips right next to his ear.
"I know what you are."
What, not who. The way she emphasized that caused his blood to boil. Still, he couldn't stop himself from shivering at her close proximity. He felt unsafe, just like back then. He needed to get away from her.
"...Let go of my arm," His voice was devoid of emotion, like a robot. It actually surprised her slightly how much it unnerved her.
"Why? Does it make you feel uncomfortable that-"
"I said LET GO!"
She removed her hand on instinct, a choice that might have been for the better. The arm she had been holding onto just a second ago smashed into the wall, eliciting a loud thunking sound in response. It was a small relief for him that she was holding onto his uninjured arm, or else he might have started bleeding all over again.
"Woah!" She stepped back from him, both out of surprise and fear. It wasn't the fact that her hand nearly got smashed in that scared her, though that contributed a bit to the fact. It was something else.
His eyes.
The eyes that were normally brown turned into a disturbing shade of crimson. Blood red irises stared back at her, as if daring her to make a move on him. She seemed to realize the pointlessness of aggravating him as she allowed him to go past her.
She took a few seconds to watch him off before going back to search for her mother. As she made her way back, there was only one thing on her mind.
"Heh, I guess I was right."
"Do you guys have a change of clothes?" Ichika hesitated slightly on pulling off his uniform before deciding it wouldn't be odd to change in the same room, "If none of you have any, I can probably lend you some of my clothes. Though it might be a bit loose on you guys." He suggested awkwardly. The revelation that these were his kids obviously made talking with them kind of odd, especially with the knowledge that they may or may not have on his future self.
Was he a good dad? An awful one? He seriously hoped that it wasn't the latter. Growing up with no parent's was hard, and growing up with an abusive one would be akin to constant slap in the face, maybe even literally. Up until recently he had no plans on getting a girlfriend, but the choice had been taken out of his hands tonight. Well, he could do his best for them for now.
"Uh-uh!" Charles shook his head rapidly as he threw his shirt over himself, "Mommy told me that she had an extra pair of pajama's that she bought for Auntie Laura and that they should fit me," The bare traces of a frown enveloped his face for a couple of seconds, " I hope it's not another one of those cat pajama's. I really want something cool like a bat or a wolf."
"Okay...what about you? Um... Shouta...kun?" He turned to the wide eyed greenette.
"U-Umm...sure!" Shouta nodded his head rapidly, "I'll give it back to you tomorrow morning so it won't get dirty..." He looked like he wanted to say something else, but all that came out of his mouth were inaudible squeaks.
"What's wrong?"
"U-Uh, well..." Shouta fidgeted with his hands slightly, looking away from Ichika's questioning gaze, "W-W-Well, you usually call me without an honorific, that's all. D-Don't let it bother you or anything Dad-" He suddenly blushed crimson, " I-I-I mean Ichika-san! S-Sorry! It's just that I'm used to calling you dad or daddy or-"
"H-Hey, calm down!" Ichika patted the blushing boy in the head lightly, "It's alright if you call me that, okay? I'm still your dad, even if I'm just a teenager. You don't have to feel weird about calling me that." He chose not to divulge the fact that while it shouldn't have made Shouta feel weird, it sure as heck made HIM feel weird. He could barely handle being called Sir, and now he was asking these kids- HIS kid's that they should just call him dad? Awkward...
Shouta seemed relieved at the suggestion, "Y-Yeah, thanks...Dad! I-I'll just go change now..." With his answer finished, he grabbed the loose shirt and tore it over his head.
'Okay, awkwardness finished for now,' Ichika sighed in relief, 'Now I just have to make sure we can get through this bath without any more weird name calling or-'
""Jiiiiiiiiiiiiiii""
'Okay, maybe not,' Ichika felt a chill go down his spine at the familiar sound. Gulping slightly, he turned around and found Charles and Saito staring at him with accusatory glares. Kazuma, much to his relief, was neither staring or paying much attention to him and focused more on his bandaged forearm, "Um...of course that applies to all of you here, and not just Shouta-k...Shouta," He corrected himself. He needed to get used to the first name basis.
"That's right, Dad! You can't play favorites now!" Charles puffed up his cheeks and clenched his small fists. It reminded him eerily of Charlotte, and it wasn't just due to his appearance, "You heard what the rabbit lady said; if you spend too much time with one of us or play favorites, we might disappear!"
"...So that's what mom meant when she said that dad was too nice when he was younger..." Saito sighed as he wiped his glasses, "...I just hope we can go home soon...this is really weird."
"H-Hey now...don't make jokes like that. Hahahahahaha," Ichika tried to laugh, but it came out more like he was gasping for air, "I'm not going to let any of you disappear. And when Tabane-san fixes the time machine, we can all look back on this and laugh about it. Until then let's do our best and have as much fun as we can while we're here."
The two of them looked uneasy, but they chose not to voice out their complaints at the obviously forced enthusiasm.
"...She can't fix anything." This time it was Kazuma who spoke, "She obviously didn't think this through. You heard what she said: She doesn't care if the rest of us disappear or go back as long as you pick her sister. She'll probably spend all her time here trying to pair you up with her sister rather than fix the machine. She never tries to fix her mistakes..." His voice was full of loathing, as if he had firsthand experience on the subject.
"Tabane-san may be slightly...really immature, but I think she'll fix it in no time!" Ichika forced a smile, "Besides, she has her own daughter here with her. She won't do anything that might cause her to disappear."
"She didn't seem to care that much about her daughter disappearing when she suggested her first idea. I don't really blame her there, though. She's not exactly the-"
"Anyway!" Ichika cut him off before he could finish his sentence, "What about you, Saito? Kazuma? Do you need to borrow any of my clothes for tonight?"
"...No need..." Saito shook his head left and right in refusal, "...Aria made me change into this cosplay costume before I started cooking...so it's still really new. ...I should be able to use it for tonight after I take a bath." He stripped down to his underwear before pulling out his book and reading it. Ichika found the title (Metro 2033) and the picture up front (A bloody red Gas mask) to be slightly odd for a 9 year old to be reading. Again he chose not to comment on it.
'That's a cosplay costume?' Ichika gave the bespectacled boy a once over, 'The shirt, pants, and shoes look normal. What's he talking about?' He didn't voice his concerns out loud, however. Maybe cosplay changed in the future or something. It wasn't like he was an expert on the subject.
"Same." Kazuma nodded in agreement. Ichika looked at him for a few more seconds to see if he would change, but he didn't remove clothes, "I'll change inside and put my clothes at the edge. I...don't feel comfortable changing in another room?"
"Why?"
"I just don't!" He closed his eyes in frustration and sighed, "Sorry, it's just that I don't feel comfortable changing in the same room as other people. I'll make sure that the clothes don't get wet or anything."
"It's alright..." Ichika evidently had a lot to learn on asking kid's questions, "Alright then, you guys go on ahead while I grab the towels. Make sure to keep any bandages out of the water and remove any glasses you guys have," He grabbed the book Saito was holding, "No reading books in the bath either, so I'll put this in the bench here for now. You can get it later when we finish."
"...Mmmmh..." Saito pouted momentarily before nodding at the request.
"Hey, where's Yuu?" He looked around and searched for the brown haired kendo fanatic.
"D-Do you mean the brown haired guy? H-He said that he already took a bath, so he would just go to the room directly," Shouta informed him.
"Alright then."
He waved off the kids and opened the locker, pulling out the basic necessities of soap, shampoo, and towels from the containment unit. With that done, he opened the door to the steamy bathhouse.
The feeling of warm air and moist steam greeted him as he opened the door. He still couldn't believe how big this place was. To think, they made this place for him and Charles (Well, it was just him now...) simply because his classmates felt odd about sharing a bath. What was the big deal? Him and Chifuyu-nee shared a bathroom till he was about 11, and he didn't see her complaining about it.
He was getting off topic again.
"Hey guys, I brought you the..." He paused. Shouta and Charles were happily swimming at the middle of the pool and splashing water playfully at each other. Nothing odd there. Saito was leaning on the edge of the tub, looking like he was going to fall sleep. Again, nothing odd. Kazuma standing with his on the water with his back being covered with a large variety of scars? Extremely odd.
He couldn't see much through the fog, but the shape and appearance of the scars were distinct enough for him to see. The first thing he could see was the rather large amount. if he could hazard a guess, he could say there were at least five of them, concentrated mostly on his lower backside. Rather than being clean cut or straight, most of them were jagged edged and some even had traces of dried blood around. They weren't very big, but they were certainly noticeable.
"Okay," Kazuma folded his shirt carefully and laid it on the edge, "Ichika, what are you waiting-"
*Sploosh*
Kazuma seemed to realize his gaze and quickly dropped down into the warm water, sending water droplets to spill over the edge of the basin. Ichika briefly wondered how good warm water would be against injured skin.
"Hey Kazuma, what was-"
"...Just your imagination!" The smile he was giving the older boy looked completely and utterly forced, "Hurry up and get into the bath thing before you get cold."
"But you-"
"Imagination."
"..." Ichika facepalmed internally at the blatant subject changing. How was he supposed to be these kids father's if they refused to talk to him? Sure he had no way to make sure if a time machine was involved at all, especially now that his younger sister (That's what he called her) dropped that bomb about her and (possibly) Laura being infertile, but still! Until otherwise, he would at least try his best to help them along.
"Fine, if you say so," Ichika discarded his towel and made his way to the large tub. Kazuma not so subtly scooted away from him and made sure to keep his back facing away from him. He was definitely hiding something there, 'I need to test something...'
Ichika scooted closer to the black haired child. This was completely pointless, however, as Kazuma immediately scooted away from him the second he heard the sound of moving water coming from him his general direction.
"Why are you moving away?"
"...I'm not?" A statement, not a question. He followed said question with another two steps in the opposite direction, further invalidating the already shaky answer.
"..." Every time Ichika so much as moved in his general direction, Kazuma would take two steps back without even looking up. He gave up after a few attempts and contented himself with leaning back on the tub.
"Why is this so hard?" He gathered some of the water in his fingers and splashed onto his face, sighing in relief at the feeling of the warm water on his skin and hair, "I wonder if this is a sign that I won't be a good dad in the future?"
"...I don't think so..."
"Bwah!" Ichika nearly jumped out of the tub at the sudden voice. Saito didn't take not of his father's odd reaction and simply looked at him with his usual blank face, "Don't surprise me like that! I swear my heart's going to stop at this rate!"
"?" He titled his head to the side slightly and gave a confused look, "...I thought you were asking a question...?"
"Well, I was...but not to anyone in particular- No wait, that makes me sound like a weirdo, doesn't it?"
"...So, it's like talking to yourself?" Ichika hesitated before nodding at the comparison. That sounded like the one that made him look the most sane, "...Haha...Dad's weird..." The bare traces of a smile played on Saito's lips before disappearing again.
"H-Hey, don't say that!" He bonked him on the head lightly as a sign of 'discipline', "Anyway, why are you here? Shouldn't you be playing with Shouta and Charles?" He still found it odd to call the French boy by his first name, especially since he took a bath with 'Charles' earlier in the year. That was a test on both his willpower and morality.
"...No..." He shook his head softly, "...I'm...thinking about some things,' He admitted hesitantly.
"Hm? What about?" Okay, maybe he had a chance to finally get a talk out of one of these kid's without getting an obvious lie or subject change.
"...Mostly on that time machine..." Saito bit his lower lip nervously, "...I'm not sure I believe it. ...I mean...I've heard some stories about how Shinonono Tabane could make some amazing things...but this seems impossible. ...I never really believed she could do something this illogical." He sighed, "Then again...she already changed the world me and Aria live in."
"...Why? Is the future that much different from ours?" He couldn't imagine anything more than a few flying cars or self fitting pants like he saw in that one movie. Or maybe one of those teleporter things he sees in a lot of anime and manga. It would be so useful if he had one in his room and could get to class in less than a couple of minutes. No more attendance books to the head for him!
"...I don't really know enough about the past to get a good comparison, Dad..." Ichika could pick up the slight sarcasm in his voice, "Hmm...I sometimes see other boys being ordered around by girls they don't know. ...Is it any different here...?" His tone sounded slightly hopeful.
"...Not really..." Ichika couldn't lie to him, "It's not very common for it to happen here, but I do see it happen sometimes when I go outside with the others. The best solution is usually to stand up to them and they'll back off."
"...It didn't work so well for me..." Saito slunk deeper into the water till he was submerged up to the tip of his chin, "...Ever since the IS got more mass produced, my girl classmates have been really bad... I wish things went back to normal."
"H-Hey, what do you mean the IS got more mass produced? The Alaska treaty only allows 467 cores and even then only rep candidates/cadets are allowed to use them, and only with the permission from their government."
"...Don't worry about it...this isn't that kind of fanfic..." Both of them looked surprised at his last words, but chose to shake it off, "...I'm more worried about that time machine...I think it did something to me...all of us."
"What do you mean?" Ichika looked at Saito and Charles, both of who were still swimming around happily and ignoring their discussion, "Are you hurt? I don't see any injuries anywhere except your hand and-"
"...That's not it..." He smiled at Ichika's concern, "...I can...remember things, but I don't know how I know them...and it's impossible for me to have experienced them yet...if at all. I can only remember it when I focus really hard...but it's there, I know it..." He managed to explain with some difficulty
"Wow, you're really mature for a 9 year old," Saito declined to comment on that, "Anyway, I'm sure it's not a big deal or anything. You're probably just having...time travel-lag or something..." Okay, that was lame, "Don't worry about it too much and let us grown-ups take care of the time machine."
"...I can see a high school class, and my name being called as if I'm one of the students. I can see myself talking with friends and laughing, talking about stupid things like video games or the next school break. I can remember singing Karaoke with groups of people and even swimming around on a beach. Things that I shouldn't know yet..."
"..."
"...I can also recall the scent of...blood, and people screaming. I can't see any pictures. All I get when I try is a blurry red image and some vague drawings of people. Voices come from all directions, but they're saying things I don't understand. Whenever I try I just get a headache and then it all stops."
"...Since when has this been happening?" Ichika asked hesitantly.
"...Just a couple of hours ago, on the hangar bay while Aunt Tatenashi, Mom, and Aria were talking. ...I don't think...I'm the only one. Everybody else can probably do it...if they try..." He gave Ichika a small smile, "...It's alright...don't worry about it. ...it doesn't come up if I don't try to look for it...so I should be fine while as long as I don't keep trying to look for it."
"Aren't you scared?"
"...Somewhat..." His voice was barely above a whisper, "...But I'm not sure if it's going to happen or not...so I'm not worried about it. ...I'm still not even sure if we're back in the past...or this is just a joke. ...I'm just happy I can see you and Mom again."
"What do you mean see us again?" Ichika asked.
"...It's nothing..."
"...If you say so," Ichika wasn't convinced, but what could he do? He could barely read a text book, let alone see the effects of a time machine on a child.
"...Hey Dad...come closer. I need to tell you something..."
Curious, Ichika leaned in closer to the bluenette, "What is it?"
He didn't answer. He simply placed his hands on Ichika's chest and pushed him forward, sending the sprawling teen backwards onto, though he didn't know it, the middle of Charles and Shouta's game.
"Uwah, Daddy!" Charles pushed him back forcefully, "No surprise attacks! Me and Shouta-kun are playing a game right now!" Ichika would've apologized if not for the fact that he got splashed by extremely warm water by the irate blond.
"Hey, that's no fair!" Ichika retaliated childishly by scooping some of the warm water and dunking it atop the French boy's head. Sometimes size had its advantages.
"Waaah, cheater!" Charles tried to tackle him, but only succeeded in moving him a couple of inches back, "No fair! No fair! Daddy's too tall to fight! I'm telling Mommy that you were cheating!" He puffed up his cheeks again to show he was 'serious'.
"Hey, it's not my fault you can't beat me!" He placed his hand atop his head and held him in place. Ichika found the way he was flailing his fists angrily, not to mention futilely, rather hilarious, "Wahahahaha! You're 10 years too early to try and take me on!" He always wanted to say that, "Without help, you'll never be able to defeat- Guwagh!"
Ichika found himself being pulled back by a pair of arms encircling his neck. If he hadn't been forced to kendo training for the past few months, he might have fallen onto his back,
"S-Sorry dad!" Shouta held tightly onto his neck, "I-It's unfair when dad's the one playing, so now it's two against one!"
"Hah, don't think you can beat me so easily!"
After taking a bath, all they had to do was sleep...Good luck with that.
Extra
Houki Shinonono's situation.
"Aren't you going to take that off?" Houki unbuttoned her own shirt and quickly replaced it with her sleeping Yukata...behind the wooden changing barrier, of course. Son or not, changing with another guy felt extremely awkward.
"N-No, it's alright..." Yuu shook his head quickly and jumped into the bed, covering himself to the brim with the white blanket. He and Houki were sharing the same bed, something neither of them were making too much of a fuss about. Yuu had shared his bed with his mother at times back at home, and Houki found little to complain about with sharing a bed with someone who was younger than her.
"If you say so." Her roommate was already asleep, so she and Yuu were the only ones awake. This made talking easier for the both of them.
She finished tying the cloth belt around her waist and laid down on the bed, making sure that Yuu had ample space to move around in case he was a rough sleeper. It was something her mother did to her whenever she came to her bed after a bad dream.
"...Good night Mom."
"...Night."
Cecilia Alcott's situation.
"Hm, as expected of Mother," Claire nodded approvingly at the room's various furnishings and decorations, "I trust these are here simply for aesthetic and comfort purposes then? You never could settle for anything but the best."
"But of course!" Cecilia looked absolutely proud of herself, "I chose these designs not only because they're comfortable, but also because they're convenient and movable. I hope these are enough for you to rest comfortably."
"Yes, but I'm not really very tired at the moment. Perhaps we could stay up and discuss any questions you have about Father? I assume you're very curious about what the future holds."
"Yes!" Cecilia coughed at her strange outburst, "I-I mean of course I do. Well them shall we turn on the television to add some background noise?"
As the two of them started discussing this and that, a disgruntled figure tried in vain to block out the noise. Jess groaned into her pillow as she plugged her ears. She could understand the concept of being a good person to kids, but couldn't she take pity on her own roommate? She hadn't had a good sleep in a few days already.
Well, here comes another night of bad sleep.
Huang Lingyin's situation
"I'm done with the bath!"
Rin breathed a sigh of relief as she felt the cool air from the air-condition unit hit her skin. Taking a warm bath to unwind after everything that happened was immensely relaxing.
"Sure!" Fuka grabbed another one of Tina's fries as the two of them played on her Nintendo Wii. She was currently beating the American girl for the 5th time in a row in Wii boxing, something Tina was getting extremely peeved at.
"Alright, that's enough," Rin grabbed Fuka by the collar and dragged her to the bathroom door, "Take a bath before you play too much. You're still a kid, so you can't afford to stay up too late or ruin your eyes at such a young age."
"Geez Mom! You haven't changed at all!" Fuka gave her Future Mother a once over before stopping at her upper body: Specifically, at her breasts, "Hey Mom, you're about 15 years old right now, right?"
"Yeah, what about it?"
"...I guess some things really don't change," She tried in vain to stop herself from giggling, "Your chest is just as small as it was back home!"
"..."
The sounds of screaming echoed loudly from the room the entire night.
Charlotte Dunoa and Laura Bodewig's situation
"Mooooom! I don't want to wear the cat pajama's again!" Charles flopped the loose white sleeves of the cat ear pajama's to emphasize his point, but it only encouraged Charlotte on the cuteness of it all, "Can I please wear something that's more cool?"
"Charles, be reasonable. There's nothing else to wear," Her word's were very nonsensical, but the fact that she was snapping pictures rapidly on her camera heavily diminished the overall effect, "Oh, can you make that pose where you stick your hands out and 'Nya~'? I don't have one of those yet."
"Moooom!" Charles whined again.
"Please~!" Charlotte gave him the signature pout. It worked on anyone, future offspring included. The only person who was immune to it was her father, and she was pretty sure it had mostly to with having a black hole where a heart was supposed to be.
"...N-N-Nyaaaaa~!" He held up his palms opened his mouth wide, like a cat looking for food.
"So adorable~!" Charlotte rapidly snatched multiple pictures on her camera, ignoring the slight teary eyed look that Charles was exhibiting. It just made him look cuter all things considered, "Now just do a few more poses for Mom and then we'll be finished!"
At the other side of the room, Laura and Celeste held onto one another tightly, true fear etched into their faces.
"By the way, you two will do some after Charles, so don't fall asleep yet!"
...
They resolved to knock themselves out with tranquilizers shortly afterwards.
Kanzashi Sarashiki's situation
"Wow, this is the first issue of Index!" Aria looked like she was practically drooling as she held the worn manga in her hands, "This is so rare back home! I went looking all around the shops and even went to Akihabara to find this!"
"...You mean made me go around all the shops and Akihabara..." Saito interjected, "...You stopped after the 1st shop...since you found an early copy of Negima and started reading it. ...It was a good thing I had a map of the area...or I might have gotten lost."
"...You two...went by yourself?" Kanzashi looked absolutely aghast, "...Didn't...anyone go with you? ...I'm surprised you two...managed to get back by yourself..."
Though she didn't say it, she was extremely worried with the things they were talking about. Aria kept talking about manga and often sneaking out of the house to go and grab the latest issue that stroke her fancy while Saito...didn't say much of anything. He eerily reminded her of herself at that age.
"It's fine, Mom!" Aria waved it off nonchalantly, "You and Dad are usually busy doing work and the maids are too busy cleaning the house, so it's usually just Me, Satio and Yukari-chan around the house."
"...Speaking of which..." Saito stood up from the bed and opened the miniature fridge. Inside were various high grade ingredients, perfect for a feast "...I still haven't cooked anything for dinner. I should be able to make Paella and some omelet's with the ingredients here. ...Are you two alright with that?"
"Yup!" Aria answered without looking up from the book.
Kanzashi raised an eyebrow slightly at Aria's response, "...Shouldn't I help-"
"No...it's alright..." Saito gathered the ingredients and placed them on the miniature kitchen with some difficulty, "...I just need some time...and a stool so I can cook it by myself. It's easier when I don't bump into anyone..."
Kanzashi simply nodded and gave him a small stool. She wasn't very good in cooking or housework; something her sister was, of course, extremely good at. While she could bake something easy, something like Paella and Omelet was beyond her.
Nohotoke Honne's situation
"Zzzzzzzzz"
"Zzzzzzzzzzzz"
...Let's leave these two alone.
Tatenashi Sarashiki's situation
"So Mom, how are you and dad doing?" Sara jumped into the bed and gave her mother a lopsided grin, "You and dad are so secretive back home that I can never figure out what's going on. Come on, tell me everything~!"
"Ah ah, not so fast~" Tatenashi smiled back in return, "First you have to tell me what the future's like and how me and Ichika-kun got together. Since you're an only child, I'm going to assume that you're already being trained as the next Tatenashi, so being secretive shouldn't be too much of a problem for you."
"Hold on, we should make a deal," Sara gave an enigmatic smile, "I don't see why we both can't benefit from this. You give me information on anything I ask, and I'll tell you anything I know about dad. Sounds like a fair deal, doesn't it? I'm sure it'll be useful for you to know things about Dad that you probably don't know yet."
"Making deals already?" Tatenashi giggled and pulled out a fan. At the front, the word 'worthy' was written, "Well well, I can already see who you're taking after," She stuck her free hand out and shook the smaller girl's hand, "Well then, you have yourself a deal~"
Elsewhere, Ichika suddenly felt a chill go down his spine.
Maya Yamada's situation
Shouta blushed as he heard his stomach growl. With all the excitement from earlier, he had forgotten about his current hunger. Now that everything was calm, however, the feeling came back with full force.
"A-Are you hungry?" Maya asked him timidly. Whether she was his mother or not, it shouldn't stop her from trying to be polite and doing her best to help him. He must've been scared and confused being stuck somewhere he knew nothing about.
"U-U-Umm, yes, but dad's probably too busy to cook anything for now. I-I'll just hold it till tomorrow morning- " Another rumble from his stomach interrupted him, "A-Ah, don't worry about th-that! I'm sure it's no big deal!" He denied hastily.
"D-Don't worry! I'll cook something for you!" Maya clenched her fists in determination as she made her way to the mini-kitchen. Granted, she'd never cooked a day in her life, but how hard could it be? All she had to do was follow the basic recipe's.
The ensuing smoke and fire was completely unrelated to her cooking.
Chifuyu Orimura's situation
"...Well, this is awkward..." Asuka and Chifuyu sat across each other, neither willing to loom straight at one another. Asuka had to admit that seeing her mother looking so out of place was worth going through another one of Auntie Tabane's crazy schemes. At least she could skip training for today.
"...Yeah." Chifuyu nodded slightly, but showed no other sign she'd heard the small girl at all.
'Wow, that was a really awesome conversation,' Okay, this obviously wasn't working out, "All in favor of not talking about this now and just going to sleep?"
Both of them nodded and made their way to the bed. They were too tired to care about sharing a bed.
Madoka Orimura's situation
Madoka grunted as she struggled to break the handcuffs holding Kotanoha's wrists together, "You must've pissed off Chifuyu a lot if she got mad enough to gag you and handcuff you," She grabbed the gag and pulled it not so gently off her struggling mouth, "Whether you're my kid or not, that makes you all right in my book." Anybody who caused trouble for Chifuyu was a-okay to her.
"...I failed!" Kotanoha crashed into the next bed and stuffed her face into the pillow, "She dodged my every attempt! I was so sure the 87th try would be my best one!"
"87? You've been doing this for a while now," She sounded more surprised than impressed, "Well, I don't know why you don't like her, and to be honest I don't really care. But..." She sat beside the girl, "If you need any help, just say so. I won't pass up the chance to screw with her. "
"R-Really!?" Kotanoha grabbed her by the shoulders tightly, "No take backs! Whenever I ask you for help back home, you always tell me not to bother and just leave her alone. You'll really help me, Mom!?"
Her? Opting NOT to try and kill Chifuyu? Well, that right there was irrefutable proof that this time machine nonsense was all garbage.
"Of course. Just one condition," She grabbed the girl's head and pushed her forcefully to the bed and away from her, "DON'T call me Mom. I can't make kids."
"Yes Mother!"
...It was the start of a beautiful relationship.
Ran Gotanda's situation
"Man, this monorail is long!" Ran shifted uncomfortably as she held the sleeping toddler in her hands, "None of this makes any sense at all. I mean, time machine's? Really? This sounds like something off a sci-fi story."
"Beats me," Dan shrugged, "I'm just glad Ichika didn't screw you or anything." Dear God was he relieved when he heard his sister's explanation. Time machines were naturally wonky, so if he did indeed screw her sister, which he most probably didn't, it probably happened in some alternate bizzaro timeline where things didn't make sense. The one here was still his best friend and totally not his brother in law.
He had to apologize to Ichika later for decking him.
"H-Hey, what makes you so sure of that!?" She glared at him, "Run's here, so that probably means it had to have happened at some point!"
"Yeah, in some kind of crazy alternate timeline," He leaned back and put his hands behind his head, "Which means it's not happening here and I shouldn't be worried."
"Don't write me off so quickly! I still have a chance with him-"
She stopped. Run was moving uncomfortably in her arms, most likely being disturbed due to Ran's yelling.
"Mama...Oi-tan...don't fwight. "
"..."
They were quiet and well-behaved the entire ride home.
Tabane Shinonono's situation
"Tabane-sama, is something wrong?" Kuu shook the despondent scientist's shoulder softly, "Does the size of the room not please you?"
The room they were in was bigger than the usual dorm room and fitted with more tech than most of the academy combined. There were three beds scatted around the room, along with some couches, a mini-fridge, a great view, and some computers. All things considered, Tabane got a really good room out of the entire thing.
"Houki-chan's mad at me!" She grabbed Kuu and pulled her into a strong bear hug, "She says she can't forgive me for stealing Ik-kun away from her. It's not my fault this happened! Doesn't she know that time machines don't always go to the set future? Alternate futures are common and-"
"In one of those alternate futures, you gave birth to me," Usagi interrupted her without looking up. She was currently typing something on one of the computers and searching the web. Since this was a research room, she might as well have made us of it, "And did you know that Dad had to stop talking to Aunt Houki after he got married to you? She must've been devastated about that."
Tabane let out another wave of tears on Kuu's shoulder at Usasgi's reminder. Usagi gave little reaction to her mother's extreme reaction, but a small smile managed to work its way through.
And finally, Ichika Orimura's situation.
"...Ichika, why are we still on the bath?"
Kazuma and Ichika were the only people left in the bath, the other three having left long before. Kazuma kept insisting that Ichika go ahead of him while Ichika insisted that he keep the boy company till he chose to get out. And thus they were on a stalemate.
"Oh no, I'm here. You go on ahead if you want," Ichika made sure to keep his eyes trained on him. He needed to make sure about those scars and see if they were just a hallucination or if they were real. He also briefly wondered why Kazuma called him by first name, unlike all the others. 'Scars first, name later.'
"Alright then..."
2 hours later, Ichika's body was found floating in the bath after fainting from extreme heat. Kazuma chose to sleep on the adjacent locker room in order to keep him company.
Finally finished:/ After this I'll probably update Reversal or Synchronicity. On the other hand, I might start writing either a Kingdom Hearts fanfic or Persona fanfic. To broaden my horizon's and all. What do you guys think?
Don't forget to read and review. See ya guys next time:D
