Age 16:
Akira was sitting at his desk waiting for class to end when a girl in his class begins to walk closer to him acting kinda nervous.
"H-hey Akira." The girl says anxiously.
"Hey how's it going." Akira greets her calmly.
"I'm good but listen there is something I want to ask you." The girls face starts turning bright red and Akira can see her friends cheering her on from the other side of the room. "W-would you l-like to go on a date with me sometime?" The girl says blushing even harder.
To say Akira was shocked would be a huge understatement. He didn't think people would see him in that way. But he politely declined her offer. The girl was cute sure but he just didn't have any interest in dating her. The girl looked upset but understood and walked back to her friends.
Later that day Akira meets up with Makoto for lunch and he almost spits out his food when Makoto says "So I hear you broke another girls heart."
"I didn't break her heart I respectfully declined." Akira says as he corrects the red eyed girl.
"So are you ever gonna accept one of these confessions?" Makoto asks.
"I don't know." Akira says bluntly.
Makoto teases Akira some more and then the bell rings telling the friends that lunch is over.
"See you for movie night?" Akira asks
"I wouldn't miss it." Makoto confirms
Akira and Makoto go back to their respective classes and finish out their day. During Akira's last class his teacher asks him to stay after and help him with a project. Akira accepts the request and messages Makoto to tell her he will be a little late.
Akira is walking home after finishing the project, it took longer than he thought the time is almost 6:30. He continues his walk when he hears someone screaming for help. He runs towards the direction of the scream and he sees a girl being forced into a car my a bald man in orange sunglasses and a suit. Akira rushes over and yells at the man "leaver her alone!"
The man lets the woman go and steps towards Akira. The man is clearly drunk and when he slips over himself and hits his head he yells out "Damn brat, I'll sue!" The man makes a quick call and before Akira had time to run the cops were already pulling him into the police cruiser. Akira types a quick message to Makoto before he was arrested.
Akira: I'm sorry
Makoto: what do you mean?
Makoto: AKIRA!
Makoto didn't know what was going on but she was crying anyway. She knew something had happened to Akira and she didn't know what to do. She just wanted him to be sitting next to her but he's not, it feels like a knife was stabbed into her stomach. She was sad, scared , and worried. She couldn't figure out what was going on and she fell asleep in her sadness.
Makoto woke up feeling sad with tears falling down her face when she remembered what happened. She dried her tears and walked down the stairs of her house and into the kitchen to greet her dad and Mrs.Kurusu?
"Makoto we need to talk to you. It's about Akira." Mr.Niijima sits Makoto down and explains to her what had happened the previous night. As the two adults explain that Akira assaulted the man and was being tried on those charges she started feeling the tears stream down her face. She lost her best friend and now he's some criminal.
1 month later
After Akira had been arrested Makoto's dad had been transferred into working in Tokyo and Makoto transferred into Shujin academy. About a 2 weeks into her stay at shujin she was called in to the principals office.
"Ms.Niijima." Principal Kobyakowa Simmons.
"Yes sir." Makoto answered.
"Have a seat." The principal gestures towards the chair in front of his desk.
Makoto sits down and asks "why did you call me in here sir?"
"As you know you are the student council president as recommended by your last school and you are in the top of your class. We have a request for you. There will be a transfer student joining us in a week, now he is something of a delinquent. We want you to tutor him and be a role model for him." Kobyakowa explained.
"Sir is this really necessary?" Makoto asks
Kobyakowa counters with "Shujin is a school of high class we need this to go smoothly otherwise our reputation will be ruined and I won't have it. So you will tutor him and make sure he stays out of trouble. Got it?"
"Yes sir." Makoto replies sounding defeated. She was still sad that Akira was gone and she didn't feel like arguing with the man. Makoto was walking back to her class when she was stoped by Ms.Kawakami.
"Hello Ms.prez I heard you get to tutor the transfer student."
"Yes I am Ms.kawakami. Although I'm not looking forward to it." Makoto says.
"Hey cheer up I met him the other day he dosent seem so bad and besides he's kinda cute." Makoto's face turns bright red when Kawakami says this. The teacher just smiles and walks away.