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Part Four: Delightful
Akihiko come in along with Misaki and his new teddy bear, Suzuki-san in a brand new ribbon.
Every month Akihiko brings a new bear to Hiroki with a different ribbon that color coordinates the months. This time, since it is the month of December, he brings a light blue ribbon with silver snowflakes sprinkled on beautifully.
They both sat down and Akihiko spoke after a moment of silence.
"Afternoon Hiroki, this is the first day of December and so I brought a new bear for you. Suzuki-san is white so you can call it a polar bear I guess."
Akihiko's hands began to fidget and instinctively he went to his pocket looking for a cigarette. He realize a moment later what he is doing and curse himself. He reaches into a different pocket and pulls out a sugar free lollypop. Akihiko smiled when he sees the brand flavor.
"Hey Hiroki, remember how I told you that I was trying to quit smoking? Well I use lollypops to improvise cigarettes and look what I got out of my pocket. Butterscotch, it's your favorite. That reminds me when we were kids. Tanaka gave us a bag of butterscotch candy. You never tasted it before in your whole entire life and when you pop one into your mouth you distinctively fell in love with this flavor. You ate the whole bag by yourself and end up going home with a tummy ache."
Misaki, who sat next to Akihiko, never said a word the whole entire time laughs at Akihiko's story. Misaki always enjoy Akihiko's stories of when he was a child. It made him closer to him than ever before.
"I never knew Kamijou-sensei has a sweet tooth."
Akihiko smirked and nodded his head.
"He still does and I'm guessing Kusama doesn't know that butterscotch is his weakness either."
They laughed and shared more stories until they heard what seems like a raspy word for water.
The couple looked surprised and frighten at the same time.
"Usagi-san…"
Hiroki's fingers began to move slowly, feeling his surroundings unconsciously.
Akihiko click his tongue in amazement.
"Looks like sleeping beauty here is beginning to wake up."
