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Chapter 4. The eyes of a god. Training your heart for a full assault! Magic is the base of the world don't you know? Ever did Cosplay?

Kirumi Tojo was having a simple night. Doing the simple things she did always. Ironing her clothes, making sure they were ready to be used, not a wrinkle out of place. Brushing her hair before going to sleep. And once again practicing her sketching talents. For maybe her master would need her to make a sketch of both together watching the sunset. Who knows? Maybe it was needed. She surely wouldn't let her skills get to stagnation.

She was trying to think of the people who knew her master. Touko Fukawa, Celestia Ludenberg, Peko Pekoyama, and judging by the happy go lucky girl she saw. Junko Enoshima.

Really. She knew how nice Naegi could be. She just didn't understand why the girls wouldn't understand why they liked her master. Didn't they know he was a married man? Well, would be. He had a maid. Which was the same.

If Kirumi Tojo would have known the total of the people he had met, she would have felt more worried.

A girl was seeing a block of wood. Her tools of the trade in front of her. She had thought before about trying this. But she was afraid. She knew Atua was a gentle god. Watching over everyone like a doting father, a reliable older brother, a beautiful mother with infinite patience….

But she had never asked something like this from Atua.

She offered her body to Atua as a vessel. But this. This was different. And honestly, it scared her because never before had she asked this of Atua. She loved sharing the word of Atua. Bringing smiles and seeing others sharing the beauty of Atua.

But this was different. She was going to ask for something. She never asked. And she didn't want Atua to feel she was using him…

"Atua… I know you, you who cares like a doting father, a reliable brother, a patient mother… so I apologize. Because I wish to ask you for something…"

She looked at the phone in front of her. An old model. Something she once got as a gift. Useless really. But she made a friend through it. A friend that brought her out of loneliness.

"I know I have never been truly alone, for you are with me always Atua… but I still get to feel alone… I ask you Atua. Allow me to know who my friend is… let me see his face, the same you see it through your eyes… please."

She breathed in and out. Hoping to get something… and something arrived, and she started to see something… she started to work on the wood.

The nature of Atua is something no one can truly understand. Some thought that Angie Yonoga wasn't really an oracle for Atua. But how can you say if someone is really an oracle or not? A matter of faith that was not easily arguable…

But had anyone seen her that night. They would have believed Angie Yonaga might actually be in contact with Atua. For as she worked around the wood as if possessed. Angie Yonaga started making a face from the wood. Eyes, nose, mouth, a face, hair… the whole features started coming together. With a speed, she had never used before. A speed she never knew she might have, she started working around the wood. And to her surprise. Something came to be from the wood.

A simple face, one would call him average, she had made what seemed to be a hoodie over a shirt, the eyes seemed to be full of hope… his hair had a fun looking ahoge that made her smile. Seeing the face in the wood sculpture made her feel warm. She looked at the wood before placing her hand over the now smooth surface. She closed her eyes as a tear fell over.

"Atua.. thank you."

She had made a sculpture from someone she didn't even know. The face of someone she had chatted with before. Someone who heard her speak of Atua through the chat and never complained or said bad stuff of Atua.

He might not have been a believer. But she knew that Atua kept him safe. Atua had him on his eyes.

How else would she have made the face in the wood? She might not have ever seen it. But Atua did. Now she knew the face she needed to look.

She read a small number in the wood. She didn't remember making it either. Atua wisdom seemingly had no bounds.

77.

"Thank you, Atua…"

Atua had offered a face and a clue. She didn't need to ask for more. She proceeded to pray. Tomorrow she would look for the face that Atua showed her.

Tenko Chabashira was many things. A Neo-Aikido practitioner, and a firm defender in the debate that all men were degenerates. Well… yeah…no….yeah….no.

She cursed herself in her mind.

For you see Tenko Chabashira was friend with one degenerate.

Well, she was still not sure. If he was a degenerate… how could he be her friend?

She met him by accident. She thought she was a girl! For a long time, they had chatted in an app. And she thought he, was a she! But no! He was a degenerate…. Well…. not…really.

What!? How dare he do that to you?!

I… I just had bad luck, he saw me from behind and thought I was a girl because of how small I am…

Her friend had been touched in her butt area by a man on a bus. The man got caught. But still, her friend had been touched by a degenerate.

I can't believe someone would do such a thing to you! But trust me, with my Neo-Aikido I will make a world for all girls to be safe! Especially you!

Oh…. That's a great goal to have. My sister will be well. But I am a boy so I don't know if I will enter your range of protection.

She knew he meant that comment as a joke. Revealing his gender. Revealing his degenerate tendencies!

That day she found herself screaming against her pillow in her home. Promising to herself she would stop all communication with him. She didn't need a degenerate in her life.

Hey! How are you doing? I managed to make a new move for Neo-Aikido!

Awesome! You are always training hard, don't forget to rest too, you don't want to hurt yourself in training.

I will be careful don't worry!

She found herself screaming again against the floor as for how weak her heart was. She didn't want a degenerate in her life. But her friend had been too good! He had horrible luck! He had a little sister! And it seemed his little sister loved him!

KomaruN: Hey! You, I saw your id on the phone of my brother. You better not have bad intentions with him!

Aikido4life: Eh? I am afraid I don't know your brother…

KomaruN: Yes you do! His name is the bunch of symbols!

Aikido4life: EH?! He said he couldn't see my name!

KomaruN: Of course, in the mobile app he can't. But in the online app he could… I guess he never thought of it… point is I saw you have a ton of messages with him! Declare your intentions!

The girl name was Komaru Naegi. Sister of Makoto Naegi. The boy with the worst luck ever.

Knowing a name, it was easier to look information on him. She did find it…. But it wasn't what she expected.

Boy groped in a bus! Man thought he was a girl!
Boy gets hit by a lady in a motorcycle when her tire blew up. Boy manages to get out safely.
Boy trapped in a tree. Amazing story on how he ended up in a tree over 10 ft tall.

All the stories he shared with her. All true…. Not one lie. Not a single lie! How was she supposed to stay angry and claim him to be a degenerate when he had the purity of a maiden?! She had even managed to see his face through the pictures on the articles. He was adorable! That wasn't fair! Not fair at all! No doubt why the guy on the bus touched his butt!

It wasn't fair…

They kept talking. They didn't lose communication. No matter what she tried to do. She even had ended up befriending Komaru. She would often ask Komaru how was Naegi doing, even when she asked before to him…

A particular day. She felt bad. She felt down. Unsure. She was a confident woman, she wasn't supposed to feel weakness…

Yet she found herself in need of help.

Hey… Are you busy? I… I need advice, and you seem to be good with them

She spoke of her insecurities, her doubts and her feelings about the whole deal with Hope Peak Academy. He spoke with the same hope as always, reassuring her, narrating the stories she had mentioned before. Showing how well he knew her…

Whatever happens, you will never be truly alone. You will always have me!

Those words.

She couldn't believe those words. She found herself writing the whole message in a notebook. To never lose it.

Komaru knew that Naegi didn't know her name, or who she was and she promised to not tell. Naegi didn't know her name. Yet she knew Naegi name, his sister. And the fact he had gotten accepted into Hope Peak Academy was the lucky student…

She even knew how he looked!

Makoto Naegi didn't know anything about her looks, but she knew how he looked, and that he was attending the school! Komaru even send her a message earlier telling her Naegi was staying in the dorms! Like her!

It was frustrating. She lived by a simple motto. Train your heart by crying, laughing and venting your anger. She honestly wanted to cry, to laugh, to show all the emotions she had, and share them with Naegi. She wanted all of that before knowing his identity. She had even thought about the idea of confessing those feelings. The idea of sharing a life together with her, sharing and training, as fellow Neo-Aikido practitioners.

And then she found out she was a guy. So she was never a she but a he…

And what scared her the most.

The feelings were still there… if all boys were degenerates… would Makoto Naegi show that face too? Had all their time together chatting was a façade to fool her and hurt her in the end?

Was she simply making excuses to herself? Afraid of Makoto Naegi failing to be the way she expected him to be….

"Damn it!"

She looked at the mirror in her room, seeing her reflection. She nodded at herself and screamed.

"What are you looking down for! Keep your chin up! Live life by facing forward! Were not those your same words! Is not the time to be a coward!"

She let herself fall in her bed. Her mind full of energy and she shouted her last thoughts against her bed.

"Makoto Naegi…. I don't care. You are going to be mine!"

If he was a degenerate. She would correct his behavior herself! If he wasn't a worthy man, she would make him become worthy! She refused to let these confusing feelings stop her.

The night went quickly.

Angie Yonaga morning started in a simple manner. Carrying a small replica of the wooden carving she left in her room. She was looking for a face and a number. Atua had been clear in what to look for. She didn't know yet the nature of the number. But if he left the number for her to see, it was because it was important.

As she closed the door of her dorm she noticed something.

The side of the door had a number.

A number eleven was in hers… so Makoto Naegi room had to be the seventy-seven. Atua be thanked. She knew she could trust Atua. She then proceeded to move, to look for the room with the two sevens, the lucky numbers.

Makoto Naegi was having a good morning, he slept well, his sister seemingly had left a bag with clothes for him with a guard of the school who left it in the outside of his dorm. There had been a note in the bag… two notes. One in simple handwriting, and the other in elegant cursive…

Be the best you can be brother! Komaru.

I cleaned your clothes once I saw them arrive, I will go cook breakfast for when you bath and change. I apologize for I will not be able to help you dress this morning. With love. Your maid. Kirumi Tojo.

Naegi sighed and flushed red at the idea she cleaned his clothes. They were ironed too…

After a good bath and changing to the cleaner clothes he proceeded to get out of his room. Only to be surprised by a girl waiting in front of his door.

Dark skin, round blue eyes as if they were an ocean, her hair of a platinum color. He noticed she was wearing a frilly bikini and a skirt, covered by an open yellow smock. She also was carrying in her hand a small figure of wood that he couldn't appreciate. But it seemed she was focusing on the wood figure and then in him.

She seemed to nod before smiling brightly at him.

"Praise Atua. You are here! It is you!"

That was all the warning Naegi received before he found himself in a hug, and the girl rubbing her cheek against his own.

"I knew Atua would be able to find you! Atua would never guide me wrong!"

Naegi embarrassment was big, mostly because he could feel how close the girl was. He had never been one to understand why girls liked proximity so much. So far all the girls he had met had the weird need to be so close.

He didn't mind it. It just he wasn't sure how to react. What was the proper way to answer?

It seemed the girl understood this.

"Oh, I apologize Makoto. I am Angie Yonoga. You can call me Angie!"

The said girl opened her arms at him. She looked at him with her deep blue eyes. She seemingly was waiting for something until she spoke.

"… normally this is the part you hug me and tell me you want to spend time with me."

Naegi went ahead and offered the hug she was waiting, mostly cause he felt the girl was getting sad. And his previous experience with Kirumi taught him that he just couldn't let a girl be sad. Still, offering the hug seemingly was a mistake. He suddenly felt her grip around him to be much tighter.

"I knew Atua would never fail me! You are just like I thought you would be."

She got her hand inside her smock after releasing him and taking out an old cellphone.

"You constantly chatted with me! Remember? I am the girl from the island Makoto!"

It hit Naegi as if a truck came over. Atua. Atua… the god of the island. The girl from the island!

Do you wish to know about Atua?

Sure.

Really? You do?!

Yeah, sounds interesting. I like to learn new things.

Oh thank you! Atua be praised! No one I have tried to chat with has ever listened!

He found out many things about the god of her island, and how it seemed to be protecting her island, and what is more, he seemed to help her with making art. She told him of how good she was at making sculptures, but Atua was the one who made them become art.

"Oh!"

Naegi face immediately took away the embarrassment and a smile took its place. This time renewing the hug.

"I can't believe I am meeting you Yonoga!"

Said girl laughed before speaking.

"Angie, no need for formalities, we have been friends for long now!"

She resumed the hug. They stayed like that for a moment, before Naegi tried to separate, noticing she was not letting him go.

"… Yonoga?"

"Angie."

She spoke immediately.

"Angie…you can stop the hug."

She motioned with her head how she was not going to. She spoke with a smile on her face.

"I have been hoping to hug you for a long time. I want to stay like this for a while."

Naegi found himself returning the hug. He could understand her. When he chatted with his friends online, Yonoga… Angie was more constant in chatting. And Naegi could feel the underlying loneliness she carried with herself. She would often send him messages at all sort of hours, and Naegi thought that was the result of being someone who was alone.

And he couldn't blame her. He felt alone too at times. He was thankful for Komaru. He couldn't imagine how lonely Angie must have been on the island that she always wanted to have someone to chat with.

But Naegi understood that and supported her. He would never let someone feel alone. Not if he could help it.

The sound of a rumbling stomach brought out their attention and made Angie laugh.

"If you were hungry, you should have said so! We cannot pray to Atua with an empty stomach, let us get breakfast."

She held his hand and they walked together. Naegi trying to understand why every girl he seemed to meet was always into having the need for constant physical contact with him.

While the pair walked to get breakfast, a maid was just finishing her preparations for a healthy breakfast without knowing the day her master was having.

Angie Yonoga decided that they could have breakfast in the company of her best friend, Himiko Yumeno.

She found the girl in a table and waved at her with her free hand.

"Himiko! Good morning to you, may Atua give you strength today!"

Naegi looked at the girl of pale skin, reddish-brown eyes and red hair, but her most notable feature was the witch hat she wore.

"Angie, you look happy."

She nodded at her before pointing at her hand holding Naegi.

"I found my friend! The one I told you about!"

She smiled before asking.

"I thought Atua was a god."

Angie laughed before sitting to the right of Himiko.

"Atua is a god, but Makoto here is my friend, the one I told you before."

Her eyes opened in surprise.

"Oh! The one you messaged with?"

Himiko felt slightly jealous. In such a big world, and Angie had found the one friend she chatted with all the time. She wished for the same. But she had no luck so far finding him. Her spell to look for clues had not yet worked…

Well it did. But it seemed to point the school.

She shouldn't have used a cheap compass… maybe he could use the help of the clairvoyant? She heard he had a thirty percent rate of success. Which is better than others who are fake at it.

"Himiko? Hey?"

Her attention went back to her friend.

"Makoto was asking what your talent was."

She smiled before standing up. A smile in her face.

"Oh does he? Well! Prepare to be amazed!"

As she stood up doves came out of nowhere.

"Fall to your knees! I am Himiko Yumeno! The ultimate mage!"

She removed her hat from which a trio of bunnies came out going towards the bar of salad of the cafeteria.

"But…I am officially called by the school as the ultimate magician."

She looked at Naegi, taking a deck of cards from the sleeves of her coat.

"Now, take a card. Any card. Don't show it to me. Think of it, keep it in your mind! Then once you are sure to put it back in place."

Naegi did as told, smiling in excitement. Few had the knowledge he and Komaru loved magic tricks.

Himiko felt the emotion in Naegi, and seeing his smile made her smile. She felt she would like Naegi.

"Well then, let me do this then!"

She threw all the cards in the air. The same doves from before started gathering the cards. Once the deck was full again, one of the doves took a card and offered it to her.

"I am afraid that is not his card."

She took a card herself this time and was surprised.

"Is this your card Naegi?"

She showed him a king of hearts and he found himself amazed.

"Yes! How did you do it?"

She smiled before bowing. A small smirk in her face.

"A mage never reveals its secrets."

Naegi found himself clapping at her. Which in turn made her feel happy. Angie who had seen the whole thing found herself smiling seeing Makoto smile so easily. He truly was happy.

Some people were good at faking. But it seemed to her that Makoto was constantly living with wonder in his eyes. She was going to enjoy spending time with him. Hopefully, they would share classes…

But she would enjoy the most from the days they had left before the start of classes.

Himiko Yumeno found herself having a pleasant morning. She wasn't sure why. But she felt that today she was shining as she made tricks for Makoto Naegi. The online friend of Angie. She was lucky for finding her friend. She wished she could find hers too. Her own friend had an insane amount of love for magic tricks. It rivaled against everyone she had seen before.

You can do magic tricks?! That's amazing! Me and my sister love magic.

I am a mage. But keep the secret, there is a whole organization that hides magic, so they make me pass for a magician. But what I do is magic. Real magic!

That's amazing!

Her friend seemed to love magic, and no matter how small or how insignificant the trick might sound, to her friend it was amazing. It was marvelous… it was magic. As corny as that may sound.

Still, she was sure she would find her friend. She would have to make Naegi meet her friend in the future if she found it. She knew such a love for magic was not something easy to be found.

She saw how Angie looked at Naegi with such care in her eyes. It was obvious the girl was happy. She found herself thinking about how adorable she was. It was obvious Naegi was more than a friend to her if those eyes said anything.

She was happy for her.

Angie had been a friend from the day they arrived. They had immediately become friends. Mostly because Angie insisted, she would care for her, and that she believed in her. Hard not to become friends with someone who wholeheartedly believes in your goals.

She sighed before keeping up her juggling act. The next part was the best. She had been keeping this part of her routine a secret. Well, mostly a secret. Only one person in the whole world knew it aside from her. And surprisingly it wasn't Angie.

"Oh! Will the pins become animals?!"

"Eh?"

She finished her act without a mistake only because she was the best mage out there. She threw the bowling pins that ended up becoming doves and rabbits that ran around.

She found herself looking at Naegi, ignoring personal space, in the same manner, her friend constantly did. She needed to ask.

"Naegi… who told you that? Who told you that was going to happen?"

Naegi looked at her and was surprised at the sudden approach. She was right in front of him, and her eyes seemed to be deeply focused on his. As if she was looking for something.

"I… I heard it from my friend… she does magic too."

She knew no one else had done the trick before or plan it. She had made it herself. Plus she told her friend to never tell it to anyone else…..

"Naegi. I need you to tell me something. And don't you dare lie."

Her face was serious, any sign of her usual tiredness was gone. Angie was surprised at the shift in the attitude of Himiko.

"Did your friend was by chance a mage? One that was passing of like a magician?"

Naegi found the questions oddly specific. But still, he answered with a nod. Indeed his friend was a mage. And indeed his friend had mentioned how there was an organization that forced her to do that.

Just before nodding he found himself in a hug.

He was actually getting scared about this sudden hug thing going around.

"It's you! I can't believe it!"

She seemed to start crying. Which surprised Angie.

"Himiko? Are you okay?"

Himiko nodded before breaking the hug, she played off with the sleeves of her uniform before making a clapping sound. The next thing both Naegi and Angie saw was Himiko holding a bouquet of flowers and offering it to Naegi, the flowers were of different colors and made quite the effect. The bouquet was quite big and poking at the side of it Himiko was smiling.

"I can't believe it's you! I should have known from the way you said you loved magic."

She was smiling happily offering the bouquet. He found himself accepting it. Angie curiously peeked at the bouquet too.

"Hey, what's that sound there?"

As Naegi found himself peeking at the bouquet he was surprised at how it busted into confetti. Both Angie and Naegi found themselves trapped in a hug by a smiling Himiko.

Naegi found himself smiling at the trick. Angie was surprised at the incredibly complex trick to get a hug.

"That was amazing! How did you do it?!"

Himiko laughed hugging both of them.

"A mage never reveals its secrets!"

She laughed keeping hold around them before releasing. Angie approached Himiko taking her hand before waving at Naegi.

"I will be seeing you soon Makoto! I need to speak with Himiko in private. We will see you soon, I promise."

Naegi waved at them and hoped they would be well.

As Naegi went his own way to explore the school, Angie and Himiko were having a chat.

"So… I am going to guess your intentions… I don't know if Makoto knows, but I do know flowers have a meaning in numbers…"

Himiko seemed to get nervous at the question, trying to not look at Angie who found her out.

"I… I don't know what you mean Angie."

Angie smiled at her before speaking.

"One rose means, you are the one, three means I love you. Twenty-one means committed to you."

Himiko sighed.

"I planned that trick with the bouquet for when I met my friend… the original bouquet was supposed to have two hundred nine…"

Angie this time raised an eyebrow. She didn't know the meaning of the numbers that high. Himiko saw this and sighed with a smile at her friend.

"It means, you are my one and only, and will you marry me? It might sound rushed… but I have already been for long without a friend like him… and I thought it would be worth trying. I mean, did you see his eyes?!"

She smiled at remembering his expression at the tricks.

Eyes full of wonder and amazement. One couldn't fake those eyes. Because of her magic tricks, she was used at people with eyes full of skepticism trying to understand how she did it. Others with judging looks. But the eyes of Naegi carried the same wonder and amazement she pictured someone would carry. Someone who truly loved magic would carry.

Angie found herself smiling at how much happiness Himiko carried in her words and actions. She understood that happiness.

"Well Himiko, I guess we need to chat about Makoto then…"

Himiko saw Angie but seeing her smile she knew whatever they were going to chat would be good.

As Naegi walked through the school, he found still some empty hallways, supposedly there were more students around, but he couldn't seem to find them. If anything, it seemed he was bad at finding them. Mostly were the students who found him.

His cellphone vibrated and he found himself getting a message from a friend.

Hey… do you think it would be weird if I were to ask a classmate to do cosplay?

Naegi smiled. It was one of his best friends sending a message. She was a girl who always loved making cosplays. Not necessarily using them. She didn't like doing cosplay as much as she loved recreating the clothes and the accessories to their utmost detail. She would often say she loved how through her work she could make fiction become reality.

No, I don't believe it is weird. If you are classmates, it should be okay to ask.

He remembered how she even sends him photos of the cosplays. Few of his friends ever send pictures.

Oh good. It's just, I am seeing him right now, and I can't avoid feeling he would make a perfect Taiga! You wouldn't believe it!

Naegi smiled. He knew the reference. Well, he knew all the anime shows she always mentioned. They shared that. It actually was one of the reasons they became friends so quickly. By chatting about anime and manga.

Oh! If you are the one saying it, must be true.

He chuckled seeing his cellphone.

Just look at him! I will have to send a picture!

He saw the file loading. Surprise took over him.

The picture was of him from the side. Naegi was surprised and he looked at the side. And indeed. A tall girl with glasses and teal colored eyes was poking out of a room with her cellphone out. She had long hair that turned wavy as it went down.

Naegi waved at her.

The girl waved too with a soft smile before suddenly entering the room and the sound of it locking was heard through the mostly empty hall.

He looked at me! Oh gosh! This is so awkward! How am I supposed to ask him now?! Help!

Naegi chuckled before sending a simple message.

I know. I even greeted you.

Naegi chuckled. He could hear the door of the room opening before he was pulled inside. He found himself looking at the room that was surrounded by all sort of tailoring tools and all sort of props for what he guessed were plays of theater. Wigs, makeup, clothes, sewing machines… everything really to make costumes.

He looked at the girl who seemed to keep herself in the corner of the room, her cellphone in hand as she was typing. His phone vibrated and he saw a message popping in it.

Is it really you?

He looked at her and smiled. He wrote back.

Yes. It's me.

He heard the soft voice of the tall girl.

"Hello… well… this is not the way I pictured our greeting… I honestly expected for us to wear greener spandex, and a manly sunset behind us."

Naegi laughed at this.

"Do I get to be sensei?"

The tall girl laughed softly.

"Of course not, I am the sensei, you can be Rock Lee."

Both laughed at this. The tall girl approached him and stretched her hand at him.

"Tsumugi Shirogane."

He took her soft hand and shook it.

"Makoto Naegi."

She smiled at him.

"Is a pleasure to finally meet you Naegi…"

Naegi smiled at her.

"Likewise. Is a pleasure to meet you too Shirogane!"

She kept her eyes focused on him. She seemed to get nervous before breathing.

"So… now that we finally see each other… want to try that cosplay I said before?"

Naegi was surprised. He did mention she should ask…

"Oh. The Taiga cosplay right?"

She nodded excitedly. Naegi didn't take notice of when she took the measuring tape. He found himself nodding. But before he could even say a word, he found himself in the middle of the room with her making measurements.

"Oh! I knew it! You are perfect for this!"

Naegi found himself being spun around. And when he took notice of he was presented with a uniform. The same uniform of Taiga Aisaka of Toradora! It was… well amazing really.

"It looks just the same…"

She heard her laughing. Naegi took notice of how she didn't seem shy at all when working.

"Indeed! Up to the utmost detail! You know, sometimes people think cosplay is all about being the same in height and all, but they don't understand how proportions work. You might be taller than Taiga, but the uniform will still look good on you!"

Naegi found himself being ushered to a small room.

"Leave your clothes there! Don't worry, I was given this space to work around my cosplays!"

Naegi took the chance as he undressed to ask her about the room.

"You mean this place is for you to use?"

She seemed to laugh.

"Is amazing right?! I can get to use this space by myself. Is part of the school development plan. They support talents by giving you space. I was surprised too."

Naegi got into the uniform. And taking notice of something.

"Do… Do I need to use the skirt too?"

He heard what seemed to be her moving stuff around.

"Of course. Is not a cosplay of Taiga if you don't use the skirt of the uniform."

Naegi sighed. But remembered the door was locked… so no one would really see him….

The door of the room opened, and he was thrown a pair of socks.

"Sorry! Forgot those!"

The door opened again but this time the object was put in the floor.

"The shoes too!"

Naegi sighed. Still, he found himself smiling as he wore the socks and the shoes. It was obvious Shirogane was happy. And the fact she was so happy managed to make him smile.

As he got out of the room he was met by the smile of Shirogane.

"You look great! Now, come here sit."

She pointed to the chair in a spot she had made some space for it to be.

"I really need to do some more space, but hey, we can do that, together right? Finally, we will fulfill our promise! I am actually really excited about this!"

She smiled as he seated. And he remembered the promise right then and there.

I don't like doing costumes for people who don't love the show. They are not passionate… they lack the passion for good cosplay.

Well… what if I did cosplay with you? Would you like that?

Well… you have the passion. And I could make the costumes… I would love to make costumes for someone as passionate… okay. When we meet. I will make costumes for you to wear!

Then I promise I will wear all the costumes you make!

A promise!

He did make a promise. He was so lost in thought he didn't take notice of what was going around until Shirogane spoke his name.

"Naegi? Still with me?"

He nodded at her and felt the slight extra weight.

"Yeah, sorry. I got lost in thought."

She smiled at him with a nod. Naegi wasn't sure. But she seemed… different. More positive. When he saw her at the beginning, she seemed to be shy, and now she seemed to be the more confident of the two.

Tsumugi Shirogane was someone who got inspired by her work it seemed.

"You know Naegi… I guess I am just a cosplay fangirl, but I am actually having fun. I believe I am doing my best with you here. So, what do you say? Won't you join me? I want to teach you all about the world of cosplay Naegi!"

She was smiling happily, her eyes carrying big confidence, and what looked like hope.

Naegi got caught in her enthusiasm. And simply did what he did best. Being supportive. And without his knowledge, being a huge beacon of hope and happiness to others.

"Sure!"

Shirogane found herself smiling.

"Great! Let us commemorate this moment with a picture!"

She got next to Naegi, getting by his side and taking a picture with her cellphone, a sort of selfie. She immediately went to a computer she used for references and printed the picture. She had all the equipment for photoshoots for the cosplays.

She placed the picture in a board and Naegi then understood why he felt the extra weight on his head.

He was using a wig. He was using make up for the cosplay. He looked like Taiga Aisaka! He let out a not at all manly scream in surprise.

"Ah!"

Shirogane looked at him and smiled.

"I know right! You totally look the part! And wow, you even have a girly scream Naegi."

Shirogane went to look for something between boxes and smiled.

"Look what I got!"

Naegi saw the camera. He knew what was coming.

Tsumugi Shirogane was having the best day of her life. And it was barely in the middle of it!

She was going to enjoy it to the best with her best friend! She couldn't believe how nice Naegi ended up looking. She knew she would have many more costumes ready for him! She would fill the room she was given with mementos of good times with Naegi!

When they became friends, she knew she needed to know him. Mostly as a fellow otaku who liked anime and manga with the same passion as her. But seeing him in person was even better!

So many cosplays! So many possibilities! Naegi was perfect and he didn't know it!

But it mattered little. She would show Naegi how perfect for cosplay he was! She would share him with everyone! Well, share the cosplays, Naegi was hers only. It was hard to find someone so nice. She was no way letting him get away.

Ideas were forming in her head. Many scenarios.

Naegi was on for a fun day.

CUT!

Well, that marks the four V3 character I wanted to cover in this chapter, let us start this new week with energy! I hope all of you get to be well, and that you can be the best versions of yourselves! Let us all work hard!

See ya all soon!