AN: Aw man, school really does suck. Even now, I'm still burdened with stuff for school. I've finally got this done after MANY rewrites (there's like three versions of this part). But anyways, this original chapter was supposed to be around 9-11k, but I decided against that since it was getting way to long. I think it's better this way to be honest.

Well, as usual, reviews and constructive criticism is always welcome. Also, thank you for those who've reviewed and followed/favorited this story. It gave me the motivation to keep continuing.

Text- Regular text.

"Text"- Dialogue.

'Text'- Inner thoughts.

Oh, and before I forget. The past few chapters have been edited. I only edited the grammar, wording of few lines and added in more description. There's only a few things that I changed.

You can find some of those parts that I changed at the end of this chapter if you want to read it.

Anyways enjoy!

"Finally we're done…" I observed the hardwood floors of the classroom. Spotless if I do say so myself. "Anyways, thanks Yuri. You saved me a lot of time."

She gives me a smile before putting our brooms in the closet, "You're welcome Bahamut."

'Why does everyone ignore my request of not calling me that…?' I cleared my throat, "Anyways… they've been gone for a bit huh? What's taking them so long?"

"Ah… you're right. It certainly has been-" She stops before gasping in realization, "Perhaps they have been ambushed by the denizens of the underworld!"

"Yuri, you're killing me."

"This is bad Bahamut! We must rescue them before it's too late! Who knows what harm those creatures can cause to them?!"

"I'm sure that they're fine-"

The door slides open as it interrupts me, revealing all three girls. "We're back!" My childhood friend cheerily said, "Sorry we got ambushed by some monsters!"

Yuri lets out a relieved sigh, "Thank goodness… Welcome back."

I rubbed my temples, growing slightly more annoyed, 'There was no reason to be worried in the first place…'

Natsuki moves past Sayori, an annoyed expression plastered on her face, "More like food instead of monsters…"

My childhood friend puts her fingertips together, "Ehehe~ sorry… I didn't eat- I mean, someone had to slay them!"

Monika was the last to come inside, "Now, now, everyone settle down." She looked at my vicinity, a smile plastered on her face, "As expected, it seems that you've finished your mission without fault."

I lightly pat Yuri on the shoulders to which she tenses up, "Ah well, actually this one here helped me out a bit."

Monika gives me a pleasant smile, "Oh! I see you two have been getting along so well now." She clasps her hands together as her eyes were filled with determination and excitement, "I suppose you two should receive a reward!"

I froze up for a moment, figuratively turning into stone as if I looked into the eyes of Medusa. My mind instantly remembers that cursed bento box filled with horrors from the kitchen. I can still literally taste the foul and "blackness" taste of her food on my taste buds, and I never want it to go through that type of abuse ever again.

"N-no! That's quite alright actually!"

"Are you sure? It's not a problem for me if that's what you're thinking." She reassured.

"Y-yeah! I don't…" I paused for a moment before continuing, "I don't want to stress you out! Since you know, studying and running the club and all that..." I lied through my teeth, trying to avoid her gaze.

"Well if you insist then." A sigh escaped my mouth as Monika turned her attention to Yuri, "What about you Wielder of the Third Eye?"

"Oh, no that's quite alright my Lady." Yuri then quickly covers her left eye with one of her right hand, the other hand placed on the right side of her hip, "We need all the resources we need to regenerate our mana! It is wise to use it only in times of need!"

Monika held a finger up to her cheek in thought before gasping in realization, "Of course! Good thinking!"

The two girls started to somehow have a conversation about something that gives me headaches. I didn't bother to listen as the subject was somehow about magic this or spells that. But it does amaze me how these girls play pretend with their make-believe delusions. The final straw for me was when Natsuki started to join in on the conversation as she demonstrated a new "magic skill" with her yardstick. As I was about to leave to find some peace and quiet, I felt someone lightly tugging the sleeve of my blazer to hold me back.

"What's up Sayori?"

Her cerulean blue eyes started to glimmer in excitement, "Do you want to go hunt-"

"No thank you."

She pouts and blows a raspberry, "Boo~ Bahamut! You're no fun!" Sayori unhappily said as she puts her hands on her hips, "Don't you want to see my new six-hit combo move?"

I rolled my eyes, "Maybe later."

"Fine!" She whined as she stuck her tongue towards me, clearly being upset for not going along with her delusions. Without warning, she interlocks her arms with mine. I blush at the unexpected intimacy. "But hey, let me show you my new weapon! I call it Sun's Dawnbreaker!"

"First of all, that sounds HIGHLY suspicious," My eyes shifted towards Yuri who I noticed was sneaking glances before she looks away in embarrassment, " "Secondly, I can't-"

I was interrupted by someone hitting me lightly on my back. As I turned around, Natsuki stood before me as she slung her yardstick over her shoulder, "My apologizes Aurora Sunshine, the forbidden power of the Wicked Eye is calling him forth!"

Sayori tilts her head, "Eh? Why?"

Natsuki flinches at her question as she turns away, adjusting her eyepatch. "No particular reason! Don't get the wrong idea, I just have unfinished business with the blockhead!"

'Ah, that's right. I have the first volume of Parfait Girls that she lent me in my bag right now.

And I forgot to read it last night…'

"E-excuse me..." A quiet voice joined in as the speaker made her way towards us, "If I may…" Yuri's face was filled with confliction and worry. She took a deep breath and exhales before she slowly tugs on the cuff of my blazer, causing us both to blush. "Bahamut said that he would continue reading with me..."

But that light tug turns into something more. Surprising me, Yuri grabs my wrists and yanks on it, causing me to stumble back towards her. "So he can truly experience the power of the Third Eye for himself! The darkness of the blood moon sees potential in him to be engulfed in the teaching of the night! Such potential cannot be wasted!"

"Actually, such potential can be wasted! Please let me go you two!" I pleaded, only to get ignored by the three of them.

"Eep! No! Bahamut already has his Holy Light skill line maxed out! It's bad for him to learn Dark magic; he would forget it!" My childhood friend countered, hugging my arm tighter even tighter.

"Wait no, forgetting things would be good for me, it would save me a lot of time. Also, you're starting to hurt my arm, can you let go?!" I pleaded once more, only to get ignored yet again.

"Those things can wait for you two!" The pink bubblegum color haired girl countered as she grabs my tie and strongly pulls on it, "I just wanted to know what he thought about the first volume!"

"H-Hey Natsuki wait! I beg of you not to pull it, please!" Instead of listening to my tearful request to not pull it, she does the complete opposite, "H-HEY-! Y-YOU'RE-! CHOKING... ME!"

What was this stupid rom-com situation? I thought stuff like this only happens in some cheap harem animes or in a fanfic with really bad writing! But it only got worse as the bickering began to grow louder with each pull.

"Hey, hey, guys!"

Ignoring me, the energetic Sayori and the supposedly shy Yuri starts to pull my arm in each of their respective direction even further. "G-GUYS-!"

The worse was Natsuki as she also starts to pull on my tie, bringing my head downwards almost towards the level of her height. "NATSUKI-! S-STOP!"

'THESE GIRLS ARE ACTUALLY REALLY STRONG! I NEED TO STOP THIS NOW! I'M GOING TO DIE!'

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'Actually… this feeling of being popular with girls isn't so bad… maybe I'll stay just like this for a bit...!'

It was at this point that I accepted death. It wasn't so bad since these girls were cute.

"Ahem."

The three girls immediately let go, allowing me to catch my breath. Slowly, they turned their heads towards the source of the sound. And there stood before us, was the club president standing with hands clasped behind her back. She showed off a sweet and caring smile to hide her obvious annoyance and anger at the three.

The green-eyed club president puts a hand on her hip, giving us a condescending look, "Now ladies…". In one smooth and simple motion, she snaps her fingers. "Time Stop: The World!

'Wait a second, I've heard that from somewhere before…'

Suddenly the classroom's atmosphere was filled with silence; it would have been possible to hear a pin drop. The three girls who were about to kill me, silently stood in place as if they really were frozen in time. But of course, in reality, the world outside didn't stop as evident by the faint sounds of the soccer team playing outside was heard.

I felt myself grin sinisterly at this opportunity; a plan had formed in my head. If time really did "stop", then hypothetically, they won't be able to react to what I was going to do. And no, this isn't going to go in the direction that you were probably thinking.

But to test my hypothesis out, I needed to use someone as my test subject; the unfortunate one that will go through this torture. And of course, that answer was easy since I knew her just too well. I slowly turn my head towards Sayori with a cold smile. I know she notices me as she starts to shiver in fear of the unknown. I decided to use her one weakness.

Tickling her sides.

Even though she kept her unmoving face still, I can tell that she began to break into a nervous sweat as I came closer to her. And as I launched my fingers, a bright red blush began to grow on her face as she held her breath. Her eyes began to water as the room was filled with the sounds of her stifling her laugh.

I could help but notice Natsuki's and Yuri's expression as I looked off to the sides. Horror had filled their faces as their eyes widen as they witnessed me playing dirty. I sent a look that said "you're next" to them, only for them to shiver in fear of what's to come.

"Ryota…" I look over to the sound of the voice. Monika pouted her cheeks and folded her arms. Her face was filled with disappointment as she shook her head.

"Ah..." Immediately stopped and scratched the back of my head in embarrassment. "Fine. Sorry guys, I took it too far." But to make it up, I decided to go along with her delusions, just this once as I stood in place.

Monika reveals a satisfied smile as if she won before a serious look appears on her face. She opens her palms and points it at Sayori, "Console Magic: Act One!"

Next, Monika moved both of her arms and had her palms facing both Natsuki and Yuri. "Console Magic: Act Two!" Finally, she placed one hand on her hip and snapped her finger, "Time Stop: Resume."

Suddenly, Yuri falls to her knees as she clutched her stomach, "Kch! The power of The Lady Who Knows Everything is not to be messed with as expected! Guh! It's as if a large blade went through my body…!"

'Oh you gotta be kidding me!'

Natsuki was next as she also clutched her stomach, "GAH! M-my Wicked Eye can't withstand this tremendous power!" She then covers her mouth, "Is… is this disease magic?! I feel like I'm going to throw up…"

I lifted up a hand to try and stop them. "Hey, hey, even if you're pretending please don't-"

"ARGH! The agony of my wound!" Shouted an uncharacteristic Yuri interrupting me, "I-I need my rapid regeneration skill to activate...!"

"You three should be more considerate about our newest member feelings! Bahamut was feeling very uncomfortable in that situation! And also..." Monika looked at the two other club members who were in "pain" before continuing. "Yuri, Natsuki, there's no need for this type of bickering! Especially since you two were just in one yesterday." She firmly stated.

In response, both of them gave an understanding nod in unison as they both collapsed onto the hardwood floors of the classroom.

Just then I felt someone hit me on my arm. Not too hard, but enough to leave a sting on it. Sayori said nothing as she glared at me. Tears were formed on the corner of her eyes as she puffed her red cheeks and clenched her hands. Clearly, she was mad at me for playing dirty but I only let out a snicker in response, only to receive a flurry of light hits my way.

I could feel Monika's glare piercing through my back as it sent a shiver down my spine. The club president cleared her throat, causing us to turn to her direction. She folds her arms as she tapped her foot impatiently, sending a look towards Sayori.

My childhood friend scrunches her face as holds her chin in thought. Her eyes widen in realization as she lets out an "Oh!"

And like so, Sayori also falls to her knees as she clutched her neck, "M-my neck!" My childhood friend said as she pretended to gasp for air., "I-it's… as if… there's something… choking me!"

She lets out a sigh as she placed a few fingers on her forehead and shakes her head. "As my second in command, I expected much more from you."

I also shook my head and pinched the bridge of my nose, "Jesus, you girls are something else right now…"

Monika then finally turns to me as her expression finally softens as she smiles, "Sorry for that Bahamut. It seems like they were going a bit too out of control ahaha~! As the leader of the stronghold of literature, I need to start acting like one."

"Umm, thank you?" Even if the girl standing right in front of me saved my life, the fact that she stopped them with her delusions is something else. Just how far will they go with their acting?

"No problem! But anyways, here." She takes my hand and places something metallic in it. Upon opening it up, a few 100 yen coins were placed in my hand. "Bahamut, go fetch me some of those mana potions you got yesterday." The club president said as she made a shoo gesture with her hand.

'Don't I get some sort of break around here?!'

"Ooh! Ooh!" Sayori quickly gets up and heads towards her bag as she almost trips on the way. "If that's the case then, get me some too!"

I rubbed my temples as I watched her in disbelief, 'What happened to your neck hurting…?'

Natsuki was next to get up as she rummages through the pockets of her school blazer. "Get me some strawberry milk blockhead. Make it snappy!" She said as she shoves me a few coins.

"Oi, what happened to your stomach hurting?"

She crosses her arms and snickers at me, "Don't underestimate the power of the Wicked Eye! The demon forces within it provide fast healing!"

I shook my head. "Yeah, yeah."

And at that moment, I started to feel someone gently tap my back. Yuri held out a few coins with both hands, avoiding my gaze by hiding under the locks of her violet hair, "G-green tea please…" she timidly said.

I sigh before taking the coins out of her hands, "Fine, fine, might as well…"

The sounds of Sayori humming catches my attention. I expected her to give me a few coins, but instead was a piece of paper scribbled with a few words.

I took a good long look at it before I looked back at her, "Sayori. What is this?"

"An IOU!" My childhood friend responded as she gives me her usual happy-go-lucky smile. I say nothing as I threw it away.

"Hey, you meanie! That was-!"

"Where's your coin purse?" I interrupted already knowing the answers.

"Ah!" She averts her eyes and puts her two fingertips together, "Ehehe… well since my armor is always in constant repair..."

I sigh and flicked her forehead with my pointer finger. "Just pay me back tomorrow…"

Rubbing her forehead, she groaned in pain. "Owieee… health potions then please…"

I nod in response, knowing what she truly meant instead. "Apple juice it is then."

Right before I left the room, Natsuki catches my attention, "Blockhead!" She grabs the knob of the closet door, twisting it. "Do me a favor and get the one at the very- OUCH!"

As she opened the closet door, the brooms that Yuri placed earlier landed straight onto Natsuki's forehead. Immediately, Yuri went over to her and started to profusely apologize as she bowed.

I used this chance to quickly slip out of the classroom. At least this wasn't my problem.

You know when you see something unusual happening, you have to say something?

That moment was now as someone's slender figure back was turned from me as her left ear was firmly placed onto the door. With the drinks wrapped around in my arms, I took a closer look towards the person. Her white stockings, she neatly pressed navy skirt, her grey blazer hugging her figure and her short blue hair made me realize who it was.

"Amy? Is that you?"

Thankfully I guessed right. She tenses up as I said her name and quickly turns around; her mandarin colored eyes were filled with surprise. She held a light brown file folder in one hand as she held her student shoulder bag in the other.

"O-oh! Ryota! I-I was just looking for you!" She said with a nervous smile.

I raised an eyebrow in curiosity. "Uh, can I ask just what were you doing?"

"Ah! T-that's right!" Amy quickly gives me the folder, "Here, it's the committee work that the student council gave us! It's for the festival stall for our class. I know you're not participating in it, but it's our responsibility so I split it up between the both of us."

Ah, that's right, Amy and I are both class representatives somehow. It's a hassle to be a representative, but we got the job done anyways. Besides, since everyone in our class thought we were both responsible enough to do it, did we really have a choice?

"Thanks, Amy, I'll try to have them done tomorrow."

"Alright then, no problem. I'll have my part done by tomorrow too!" My fellow class representative said as she quickly moves past me. "I'll see you tomorrow!" Amy said before shooting me a wave goodbye. I listened to her running in the lonely halls as it became fainter.

"Wait! She didn't even answer my question… Oh well." I slid the door open only to see standing before me was the shortest girl in the club adjusting her eyepatch.

She lets out a surprised yelp before sighing, "Oh, it's just you Blockhead…"

I tilt my head and raised an eyebrow. "So just what were you doing in front of the door?"

She rolled her eyes at me, "Putting the lock of course. We can't just have the enemy barging in at any moment you know."

"Right…" I noticed something on her face beside the ridiculous eyepatch she always wore: on her forehead was a perfectly placed small bandage in the middle.

Natsuki takes a step back as she held her arm as she grimaced. "Why are you looking at me like that you creep?"

"Geh! Creep?! Sorry, It's just that… your forehead…"

She slowly touches her forehead, "Oh!" A sly smile forms on her face as she felt the bandage, "This mark was from the most recent battle I had! It was a tough one but-"

"...Isn't that from the broomsticks that fell on you?"

Her eye widens in surprise as she blushes in embarrassment, "W-What-?!" With a scornful look, she snatches her drink from my arms. "Thank you very much, Blockhead!" The eyepatch-wearing girl stormed off into the closet. I couldn't help but pity the poor girl.

Despite Natsuki's current mood, I noticed that the literature club was now in a more calmer state. Yuri sat at the back of the class as she read while Monika and Sayori were currently having a conversation at the teacher's desk. Sayori held her phone towards Monika as it charged. I couldn't help but hear a few words in their conversation like "magic" and "spells".

I ignored it of course as I placed their drinks, only to receive a smile and a wave as a form of thanks.

I stopped myself before going towards Yuri's seat. As I took a good look at the school idol, I realized that I needed to return her belongings. I took her neatly wrapped bento box out of my bag and headed towards her.

"Thanks for the food earlier."

Turning her attention away from Sayori's phone, she kindly takes the box. "You're very welcome my knight."

Sayori stared in shock and worry at the whole interaction before saying something. "Eh? A bento box?" She shifted her attention to Monika, "You gave him lunch today?"

A worried expression appeared on Monika's face, "Well, yeah. I thought it would be nice since he helped me out yesterday…" In response, Sayori slightly puts her head down.

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"And I wanted to thank him for-"

Sayori places her both of her hands on the club president's shoulder, causing the latter to flinch, "Monika…"

"Y-yes Sayori?!"

My childhood friend raises her head, tears started to form on the corners of her eyes, "A-and you d-didn't make m-me one?!" She sniffed as she tried to wipe the tears away, "I-I t-thought we were b-best friends!"

Monika scratches the back of her head, "Aha… Sorry, Sayori..." Monika ponders for a bit before continuing, "How about this: I'll make you one tomorrow! I need the practice anyways!"

And of course, my childhood friend's expression immediately lights up at her offer as if she never cried in the first place. "Really?! Thank you soooooo much, Monika!" She said as she pulls Monika into a tight hug.

'...Sayori is going to die from her cooking…'

Monika lets out a relieved sigh as she was released. Her emerald gaze locks onto mine as she rests her cheek on her right hand, "Anyways, Bahamut. How was it? It was my first time doing something like that."

"Well… it was…" I look towards Sayori, who I could have sworn started to drool as excitement filled her face. This girl with her fast metabolism. She really does love her food and somehow doesn't gain that much weight, huh? Too bad she doesn't know the truth. I paused as I shifted my direction towards Monika once more.

I felt stumped on these two mind-crushing choices I was given: tell her the cold hard truth about her cooking? Or say it was good by lying?

'As much as I want to say it was really bad, I just can't! She would kill me! Maybe I'll just say it lightly… give her tips on how to improve...

Yeah… That could work! Lying about her cooking being good is bound to kill someone in the future. Best I can do is give her some constructive criticism by giving her some pointers and some online guides too-'

"Bahamut." The way that she said the name of my past persona sent chills down my spine. "Was it good or not?"

"It was good!" I quickly respond, giving her a thumbs up and my best smile.

Oh God, I'm so pathetic.

The dark presence that was once surrounding her now has disappeared as she clasps her hands together, a heartwarming smile appears on her face, "Yay~! I'm so glad that you enjoyed it!"

"Ooooh! You're so lucky Bahamut!" Sayori added, "I can't wait for tomorrow!"

"Y-yeah! I guess I am Sayori!"

'Sayori, I'm so sorry.'

"Anyways Monika, no problem..." For some reason, I never felt so defeated in life until now. "But, hey did you…" I nervously gulped in fear, "Did you try it out before giving it to me…?"

I mentally punched myself in the gut for asking, 'Oh sweet dear Lord, what exactly am I doing?!'

She tilts her head to the side, "No actually, I didn't."

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'Are you some newly discovered species of idiot? You're supposed to try it out before you give it to someone!'

I notice Sayori's confused expression also. I could tell that she was also thinking the same thing. "Can you please tell me why, Monika?"

With a proud expression, she grins. "It's because I'm a vegetarian!"

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'What?!' I look at her in utter disbelief. 'Why would she cook meat then?'

I noticed that my childhood friend started to look worried at the mention of vegetarian. Oh, the poor girl. Vegetables are going to be the least of your worries...

Monika slightly widens her eyes in realization and waves her hands dismissively, "Ah! I didn't really mean to put it in a bragging way! I've only started this around three weeks ago and I wanted to contribute…"

She starts to go on about her decision to become a vegetarian as Sayori and I listened. Her putting in an excessive amount of vegetables started to make sense…

"And…" She looks away as she blushed, "I wasn't sure if you were a vegetarian too, but I also didn't want to push my ideas on you too, so I bought Kobe beef on the way home…"

My eyes widen in surprise as Sayori lets out a sigh of relief at the mention of beef, 'Huh?! What's this?! Just who is this kind and considerate club president instead of the one who uses my past to make me her slave?!'

Monika looks away for one moment, "I couldn't help but feel a bit guilty…" But with a reassuring smile, she looks back. "Anyways sorry for rambling for a bit there, ahaha~! Thanks for listening, Bahamut!"

"Y-yeah… no problem Monika."

"Heeey! I did too!" My childhood friend whined.

AN: Was this is last part with Monika seems a bit too out of character? At first, I tried to make her an airhead, but that wasn't in character for her (more for Sayori) so I made her be considerate even if it was against her ideals. Then again, these girls are somewhat already OOC (trying to balance in between of in and out of character with this chuunibyou trope).

Next chapter should be out by the end of the week hopefully since I'm still writing the very last scene and if I can get my other obligations out of the way.

I've stated before, I have edited a few scenes. So here it goes:

From chapter two:

Sayori then grabs a ball of paper from her blazer pocket with her left hand and aimed it at Natsuki, "Aurora Blast!"

In response, Natsuki 'dodges' to her left to avoid the 'blast'. "So I see we are using magic in our duels then…in that case!" She then grabs a ball of red paper and quickly throws it with force at Sayori, "Wicked Eye Enhanced Spell: Dragon's Breath!"

In here, I added in them using balls of paper as spells. Not important.

From chapter four:

He then grabs my shoulders, forcefully grabbing my attention and bringing me back into reality, looking at me straight into my eyes as his breathing gets more erratic, causing me to be slightly afraid of him, "And that's not even the best part about her…"

"W-what is it?" I gulped fearfully as I tried to wiggle my way out from his clutches.

"Ryota, my former brother-in-arms..." Shiro pauses for a moment before continuing. "Do you know what the term "absolute territory" is?"

I tilt my head in thought for a moment. 'Absolute territory... haven't I heard that before?'. Giving up, I shake my head no only to receive a pity laugh from him.

"Haha! Looks like you have much to learn my former brother-in-arms!" His face starts to become more flushed as he begins to explain. "Absolute territory! An area where most otakus like us live for in our two-dimensional waifus in those three-dimensional posers cosplaying as our waifu! It is our Holyland for some of us, even if we do get called out for having a fetish!"

I start to move away from him in disgust from his behavior. "Oooh-kay... Keep going Shiro..."

Both Shiro's grin and blush began to grow even further as he continued. "Basically, it is the area of skin shown between over-knee socks and a skirt or even shorts! In summary, it is the..."

"THE THIGHS?!" I interrupted him as my face began to grow a cherry red.

He extends his arms as if he was priest preaching in a church. "PRECISELY!" He ecstatically exclaims. Somehow, blood starts to drip from his nose as he continues. "Nine out of ten boys in this school wants to be sandwiched between those beautiful thick-"

With a flushed face, I cut him off to protect the dignity of my club president. "Alright chill out you creep! Get a hold of yourself! Anyways, I think you got the wrong idea!"

As I shifted my head towards her, I quickly felt the blood rushing towards my cheeks as the vision of Monika leaning in forward with a Pocky stick in her mouth. On instinct, I move away from her, flustered "W-W-WHAT ARE YOU-?!

"Well we are a 'couple', am I right?" She said with a wink as her smile becomes more flirtatious.

"W-WHAT ARE YOU-!"

She bites half of the Pocky and covers her mouth, the other half in her other hand as she starts to laugh uncontrollably,

As you can see here with the first scene of chapter 4, it was modified (if you can remember the original) to not make it sound awkward. The second scene the I added in, was just another line I added in and rearrangement of words.

Anyways, that's it. No responding to the reviews since I am still very busy, but just know that I did read them. Have a great day/night.