06/23/2009

Afternoon. Iwatodai Dormitory.

It was Sunday in Tatsumi Port Island. Mitsuru is alone in the first floor lounge of Iwatodai Dormitory, the headquarter of Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad (SEES), enjoying herself with her reading. She is the student council president of Gekkoukan High School so naturally she only has the time to take a break during her day off. The other members of SEES are either stay in their room or going outside to spent their off day. After a long time alone, suddenly Akihiko is back from his training. He looked tired, but Mitsuru noticed something else when she saw him.

"What's going on? Are you thinking about Shinji?" asked Mitsuru.

"Huh? How... Yeah," Akihiko admitted. He then sit in the sofa front of Mitsuru despite the fact that he still reek of sweat because of his training.

"I've been thinking about asking him to rejoin us since we now have more number so that the accident two years ago won't ever happened again," said Akihiko.

"Yeah... Honestly I've been thinking the same thing. Though unstable, his power would be a great addition to SEES. If he were to go out of control, we now have enough power to calm him down" Mitsuru agreed as she closed her book.

"Do you know where he is?" asked Mitsuru.

"Yeah, he always eat at the same place," Akihiko answered.

"Then why haven't you ask him?" Mitsuru wondered.

"I'm not sure he'll listen to me even though I asked him," Akihiko answered while he's looking down.

"Then I'll come with you. How about that?" Mitsuru suggested.

"Yeah. I hope that's works. But first I need to take a bath," said Akihiko as he went to his room in the second floor.

After she saw Akihiko go, Mitsuru is opening her book again while waiting her best friend in the first floor.

Evening. Iwatodai Station.

Akihiko and Mitsuru finally arrived in the place that Akihiko was talking about. It was Hagakure Ramen at Iwatodai Station. They immediately went inside, and sure enough, there was Shinji eating his ramen. Akihiko order two house special for him and Mitsuru and then they sit next to Shinji in front of the server.

"How can you eat the same thing all the time, without getting sick of it?" said Akihiko to try to get Shinji's attention.

"Shut up. You always eat that protein shit," said Shinji in grumpy note. Mitsuru can't help but giggle since she has not see these two together in a long time.

"Could you come back to the dorm?" asked Mitsuru.

"Is that what this is about?" said Shinji as he turning his head to Mitsuru.

"We've got four new members. Things have changed quite a bit since you left. We're more aggresive now," Akihiko added.

"I'm not interested," Shinji immediately replied.

"Could you please think about it? Your power would be a great addition to SEES," explained Mitsuru.

"My power ain't worth shit. I made up my mind a long time ago. I ain't goin' back," said Shinji as he finished his eating.

"You have to let the past go. What's done is done. It's time you moved on," said Akihiko.

"Hmph... You should talk. Face it, you're not diffent than me," said Shinji as he finished his eating and went out of Hagakure. Mitsuru seems confused after hearing Shinji saying this.

As Shinji goes, the ramen Akihiko ordered has arrived.

"Hey Akihiko, what was he talking about?" Mitsuru asked.

"Huh? So you don't know? Sorry, but I'd rather not talking about it right now. Let's just eat and leave," said Akihiko as he start eating his ramen.

Mitsuru sighed and start eating. After they finished, the went to the their dormitory together, quietly.