"Ah, I see. So in short when a girl is 'hot' as you say, it basically means that the male population begins to get ar-" Nyx began to summarise what I had just told her. But… Too much information there!

"Nyx? Too much information," I grimaced and glanced at her, trying to let her know about the uncomfortable situation.

"What about that is too much information?" Nyx asked with a deadpan. I know that this was merely her curiosity and she didn't know too much about us, aside from a few things that Ryoji may or may not have told about to her… I dunno. I don't even know how much she does know about us aside from our apparent and collective death wishes.

"There's another thing that I'll have to teach you about… It's called tact," I replied with an exasperated tone. If I had to explain tact of all things to her, then I know that this is going to be a long year.

"What is that?" Nyx asked.

"It's hard to explain but I'll do my best," I sighed. "First thing about tact. You have to be able to know when to and when not to say something."

"I know you at least well enough to know the reason why you would be asking those questions, however for those unfamiliar to you it would be…" Fucking awkward? Yeah, but let me word this differently. "Unnerving."

"Did you just use it then?" Nyx questioned.

"Yeah, I could have said something else to get the same thing across, but I said it in a way that hopefully won't come off as too rude or intrusive," I explained further. "That's just one thing about tact though and I'll explain it when it comes up."

"I see. So tact basically refers to the way that you say things, when and where you say it, and to whom? Usually done in a way that doesn't come off as offensive, derogatory or rude?" Nyx summarised.

But damn, that was one good summary. She might not know that much about people, but she's really smart. "Yeah… I don't think I could have explained it better…" I replied with a slight smile, though my words still carried a bit of surprise in them.

Nyx nodded with what seemed like a triumphant smile on her face and kept walking ahead to the dorm. "That girl…" I smiled inwardly before walking ahead with her.

I had reached the door to the dorm but… okay, why is she not doing anything? Hm… Oh. "How do you get in?" Nyx asked frustratedly as she pulled on the handle.

I pointed to the small sign that said 'push' as I sighed. "Oh," Nyx frowned and pushed the door handle, opening up the way to the dorm. I definitely have a long way to go if she doesn't even know how to open a door of all things… Then again, the last one was a sliding door and I opened the rest of the doors that came before this one. And I did pull all of them. Okay, keen observation on her part, but she somehow missed the sign?

Never mind, I do that occasionally so I can't really talk.

"Why aren't all doors the same? Sooner or later someone's going to get confused by how you open one of these…" She complained.

"Sometimes, it just wouldn't be a good idea," I told her. "In some places where it's cramped you might knock the door against something… or someone…" I smiled sheepishly as I remembered the time where I accidentally got Junpei on the nose when I opened the door to the dorm, smooshing him against the wall. Not the best idea, but yeah… I still have yet to find out why he was even there in the first place but I was pretty sure he shouted something along the lines of 'Noooooo, my COMP!'

Silly Junpei. You don't play on your COMP behind the door where you're probably going to get smashed against the wall. From that day on, he never stood there again.

"Okay, I guess that makes sense… but then why don't people just make more space?" Nyx asked further.

"Sometimes, it just wouldn't be a good idea with money, space, and some other stuff that I wouldn't know of," I explained.

"Wait, what's money?" Nyx shot another question.

"Money?" I asked almost incredulously. "Like… dracmas, currency…"

"Oh. We just called them dracmas, it's not like we really had a name for that kind of thing as a whole," She sighed. "Peculiar…"

Weird indeed. If she didn't know what money of all things was, I would have said that there was something wrong with her. It did exist before, so… Ugh, never mind. This is getting really hard to think about…

Anyways, I just have to wait on Mitsuru. "M-Minato-kun?" I heard a familiar voice call out. I turned to face the direction that the voice came from, and a smile began to crease my lips as I saw who it was.

"Hey again Fuuka," I replied.

"Y-yes… Oh gosh, I hope this isn't a dream…" Fuuka stuttered. Nyx raised an eyebrow at that. Now that I think about it, she's always been commenting whenever somebody stumbled over their words just like Fuuka did right now.

"No, it's not," I smiled. "It's for real."

Fuuka gasped slightly at that, but eventually snapped out of her stupor and engulfed me in an enthusiastic hug. "I'm glad you're safe," She said softly. In the end, she did release me from her embrace. Thankfully. I was running out of breath. She really worried about me a lot.

"Minato-kun, could you tell me who this is?" Fuuka asked as she glanced at Nyx.

"This is Nyx," I replied simply. "She's the one who allowed me a second chance and she'll be staying here for a while."

"Oh, I see… Mitsuru-san will tell us about this later?" Fuuka questioned.

I nodded to tell her 'yes.' "Alright… I hope we'll get along, Nyx-san," Fuuka said politely as she bowed slightly.

"Yes, I hope so as well, Fuuka-san," Nyx replied just as politely. I'm surprised she hadn't commented on Fuuka's quietness. Compared to Yukari and Mitsuru she was very soft spoken. Well, it's fine with me I suppose. Less questions to deflect and answer for me.

Fuuka smiled before going back upstairs. "So… you got her name already?"

"Yes, although I would like to know her full name. And the others as well. I might as well do this right, even though I do think you barely have a chance," Nyx sighed tiredly.

"Alright, we're probably going to have a meeting later so I can introduce everyone then," I replied. Or everyone will just do it on their own like I think will happen. Then I just wouldn't have to do anything, and life would be good. Though, there was something else I was wondering about Fuuka. She didn't seem to be overreacting about Nyx. Something I'll ask about later.

"Oh, I suppose," Nyx sighed. "I would have liked to know everybody's names but I can wait…"

"Thanks," I smiled slightly at her. Yes, less work!

While I was thinking about what I was going to do later, I noticed that Nyx was looking at me. Hey, hypocrite. She was the one complaining about everyone staring at each other. "Why are you looking at me like that?" I asked with a soft tone.

"W-What? I was?" Nyx frowned before sighing. "My apologies," She mumbled before sitting down on a couch.

I swore I saw a slight glitter in her cheeks, but I shrugged it off. I still wonder why she was looking at me like that, but I guess I can wait to ask that. It's not like it's that important.

It wasn't long before I heard an urgent barking from outside. I only knew one thing that could make that sound: Koromaru. I went over to open the door like I did when someone else walked him, and… Hey, Ken and Akihiko!

"Oh thanks for opening the door…" Ken trailed off as he stared at me, wide-eyed. I've been stared at a lot today, you can shrug it off now. "Minato-san?" He asked cautiously.

"Yup, it's me-" I began before Koromaru tackled me to the floor. "Hey, I'm glad to see you too!" I laughed as I got up to my feet, Koromaru finally getting off me. He has a lot of strength for a little guy.

"Hey, Ken what's taking so long?" I heard another voice call out from the direction of the entrance, and I knew that it could only be Akihiko.

"It's Minato-san!" Ken replied cheerfully. I could tell Akihiko was about to make a statement about how it couldn't be possible that I was here, but that was before I heard another voice make it through before he could say anything.

"Akihiko-senpai, it's true," I heard Junpei say with an almost sing-song voice.

"What!?" Akihiko shouted.

"Hey guys, are you just going to stand around the doorway or are you going to come in?" I asked with a chuckle.

"No way…!" Akihiko muttered as he stood in the doorway with Ken.

"It's really him! Koromaru seems to think the same too!" Ken said.

"The stash of Zappos is still intact!" Junpei grinned as he helped me up.

"That's good," I smiled. I worked hard to gather that many Zappos, so it was good to know that they were still there.

"Wait, what's all that noise?" I heard, coming from yet another direction. I hadn't seen her yet. I wonder why she didn't come down before…

A gasp, and a hug later, and I already knew who it was. "Minato… I thought we lost you…"

"No. Not this time," I grinned at Aigis.

AN: So hey! I'm back with another chapter and I hope you guys like it! I started working on this almost as soon as I finished the latest chapter to NTL, so it came out rather quickly. Much quicker than I had been intending to pace this story, but hey. Quicker updates are quicker updates.

And now… I finally get to delve into Nyx's naivety, and I have to admit that it was fun trying to show that off. She's about as inexperienced about the world as Aigis was before she came to a better understanding of the world. *sighs* I hope this'll be okay and to your liking!

Please, review! I want to know what you guys think! Sayoonara for now! 3