Academy City, 12:15 PM

A couple of high school seniors walked down a sidewalk, the girl plastering herself toward her boyfriend's right arm.

"Oh Junpei," the young woman said. "We're so madly in love, it should be illegal in several districts."

"You sure said it Iyami," Junpei responded, blushing and looking off to the side. "And you've made me the happiest son of a gun in Academy City you beautiful angel."

"Awwww, stop!"

Iyami tugged on Junpei's arm. They walked for a few more feet in silence.

"No, but seriously. You're amazing. You're the best thing that's ever happened to me in my shitty life."

Iyami looked up at her long time lover.

"Hm? Junpei…?"

Junpei stopped walking and turns Iyami by the shoulders so that she's facing him.

"Iyami," he said, looking at directly in her sparkling brown eyes. He pulled a small, grey box out of his right pocket and knelt down in front of her. He concealed the box by holding it between his hands. "Will you-"

A bald cranium smacked the young man's hands. The box ricocheted off a fire hydrant before bouncing across the street. It opened in mid air to reveal a golden ring with a diamond on top of it. The opened box rolled into a cleaning unit which proceeded to suck it up.

Junpei looked at the service bot in utter shock as it joined a flock of its kin passing by. He gags.

"Excuse me," a caped bald man in a yellow jumpsuit asked. "But have you seen this man…"

The caped bald man's voice trailed off as when he noticed the young man hasd his attention diverted elsewhere.

"Uh... excuse me?... Kid?...Hellooooo...? YO."

(I've been saving up three years worth of paychecks to get that ring,) Junpei thinks. (I could never afford to take Iyami anywhere fancy and always used the excuse of my parents making me save for college. We almost always ate at my dorm.)

Junpei quickly turned around with despair in his face.

"Do you have any idea what you've just done?" he whispered.

"Uh… you mean besides asking you if you've seen this man before?"

"Man?! What man…"

In front of Junpei, the bald stranger held a crude and yet surprisingly accurate drawing of a magician's face, hat and evil mustache included. Junpei closed his eyes and sadly sighed before shaking his head.

"Oh. Okay." The caped bald man stood up and turned to the confused Iyami. "Have you seen this man, ma'am?"

Iyami leaned in closer and squinted at the picture. She then brought her head back.

"Nope."

"Ah. Darn. Well, sorry for interrupting you. Have a nice day."

Iyami observes the caped bald man as he jogged up to another student asking him the same question. The young man is taken aback by this stranger's outlandish appearance and sudden questioning before nodding. The caped bald man looked down and ran off to someone else who readily jumped up.

"Well that was weird," Iyami said before turning to Junpei who was hunched over on the floor as if he were preparing to do a push up. "Junpei, you wanted to ask me something?"

Junpei's eyes widened and sweat took over his face.

"Uh…" he nervously stammered. "Well…"

He looked up at Iyami's black socks and wrapped his arms around them, rubbing his face against her leg.

"Will you accompany me to the mall so we can get you some sexy leggings?"

Iyami put her hands up and giggles.

"Oh, Junpei! All that suspense for a simple request that you didn't even have to ask! This is why I love you! You always know how to make a girl laugh!"

"Yep...you know me...I'm chock full of laughs...hahahahaha..."

Iyami couldn't see this but in spite of Junpei's terribly fake laugh and smile, a fountain of tears raced across his cheeks.

Saitama stood in the corner of a busy street, displaying the crude drawing of Abicus in front of his chest.

"Excuse me…" he asked a frightened young man who picked up the pace. "Ah… excuse me sir…" Another young man straightened his back and nervously continued walking as if he didn't hear anything. "Umm… Excuse me young lady…" A girl just ran and screamed after noticing she's been talked to. "What the fuck… excuse me sir."

A young student stops in front of Saitama.

"Have you seen…"

"I don't have any money..."

"What? No, I don't want your money-"

"OKAY, FINE, TAKE IT ALL. JUST DON'T HURT ME!"

The young man threw several silver coins at Saitama's face before running off ahead of him, flailing his arms and screaming. Saitama stood still to process what has transpired. He sighed.

"These people act like they've never seen a hero for justice before," he said under his breath.

He then heard footsteps approaching him. A pale boy with white hair and red eyes who had a cane stopped ten feet away from him. He stared at Saitama, who returned the gesture albeit much less belligerently. A few seconds passed by, along with a few students who looked out of curiosity. Some ran for their lives.

"Ummm…" Saitama finally said to break the silence. "Can I help you?"

The young man didn't say anything. Instead he continued to stare at Saitama with his tiny red eyes while refusing to blink.

"Ah." Saitama held the picture of Abicus up to him. "Have you seen this man before?"

The young man reached into his pocket and takes out a plastic white spoon.

"Oh...um. Sorry, I don't have anything for you to eat."

Saitama looked at the silver coins scattered on the ground. He picked a few up with his left hand and extended his arm.

"But I can give you some cash so you can go buy yourself something to eat. Here."

The boy raised the spoon to in front of him, mimicking Saitama's movements, holding it between his index, middle finger and thumb. Saitama continued to look at him in silence.

(Oh, I see. He's just messing with me.) Saitama thought.

"Okay, well… I'm pretty busy right now...so if you're done being weird…"

The boy flicked the plastic spoon towards Saitama. In flew at high speed, creating a shockwave. Before he realized it, Saitama was knocked several meters across the street and into a dry cleaners through the display window.