Finally back in school! Hope everyone else is adjusting back to it all well. Here's another Joshua chapter!

Chapter 51: One Man's Gravy

"So…your name is Joshua?"

"That's correct. The lovely Eri I presume?

"That's right! You sound like you know me pretty well, but I know nothing about you…how come none of you guys have ever mentioned Joshua before?"

"It's a long story…Phones is really the only one who knows him."

"Not as well as I should have. I still don't know why you followed me back here."

"Oh, don't play coy with me, Neku. I know you've been looking for me; well, I'm here now."

"We're not gonna talk about this in front of everyone else."

"Neku?"

"Sorry, Shiki, I need to be alone right now. Joshua, you should leave."

"Don't be silly. You act like you're worried I might kill someone. We're friends, aren't we?"

"…I'll trust you once more not to wreck my life. See you guys later…"

"Damn, Phones is trippin' lately. He was lookin' for you, wasn't he? Shouldn't you go after him?"

"Leave it, Beat."

"What you talkin' bout, Rhyme?"

"That's not what he needs right now."

"Maybe some good grub? He should holler at Ramen Don!"

"I don't think he needs that either, Beat. What works for you doesn't necessarily work for others. A lot of the time, one man's gravy is another man's poison."

"That's subjective to the taster. Neku's gravy couldn't possibly be poisonous to me."

"Joshua?! WTF?"

"Back off, ya freak of nature!"

"Err…what kind of friends were you with Neku exactly?!"

"Damn…all this talk of gravy got me hungry, yo."

"All this talk of gravy has me wanting to vomit…"