Hopefully this chapter might be a little more interesting than the last. I added a personality trait for Seth that's sure to make him a more interesting character. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy!

May 2, 2009, Saturday, Early Morning

Seth had just finished taking his morning shower, since he couldn't take a bath the night before when they went to Tartarus. Their expedition went on for about three floors, so they definitely felt like they made some sort of progress. His towel was hanging over his shoulder, his naked body not covered by anything, as he went over to his miniature fridge to grab a can of lemon soda.

Knock, knock.

"Seth, are you in there?" Daichi asked from the hallway on the other side of the closed door.

"Yeah, come in." Seth answered before taking a swig of his soda.

"I just wanted to-" Daichi opened the door, but quickly covered his eyes with his arm upon seeing the nude Seth. "Oh, God! Put some clothes on!"

"What's the problem?" Seth questioned. "We're both guys."

"Daichi, what's wro-" Homura then came by, saw Seth naked, blushed furiously and covered her eyes with her hands. "AH!"

"You have a problem seeing me naked, too, Homura?" Seth asked.

"You don't even cover up when girls are around?" Daichi asked.

"We all see what people look like when they're naked at some point." Seth replied. "Why not now?"

"Because we don't want to see you naked!" Daichi exclaimed.

"But Homura already saw me naked the other day." Seth stated. "There's no surprise anymore."

"Wait, you what?!" Daichi turned to Homura with a shocked expression on his face.

"I-It's not what you think!" Homura panicked. "I just forgot to knock while he was changing! That's it! … Wait… Seth, did you only have an issue with me not knocking before entering?" She was about to look at Seth again, but she remembered that he was naked and covered her eyes again.

"Seeing me naked isn't a problem at all." Seth answered. "I just thought it wasn't polite that you just came into my room without knocking."

"Well, just get dressed and come downstairs so we can all head to school." Daichi said.

The two of them left and closed the door behind them, leaving Seth to change into his school clothes.

May 2, 2009, Saturday, Lunchtime

With everyone either leaving the classroom to get something to eat or staying in to eat the lunches they brought, Seth stretched as he got out of his seat.

"Ngggggh!" He groaned. "I think I'll go for a walk."

Seth pulled out a candy bar from his bag and made his way out of the classroom. Just as he did, Junpei walked up to him.

"Yo, Seth, how's it goin'?" Junpei asked.

"The lectures get kind of boring." Seth replied. "Half of me is trying to take notes while the other half is trying not to fall asleep, partly because I have a sleeping problem."

"You having a hard time sleepin' at night?"

"No, nothing like that. I'll just take any excuse to nap."

"Anyway, I just came by to ask if you wanted to hang out later."

"Sure, I don't have any other plans right now."

"Great. I'll see ya later then."

Junpei walked off and Seth continued taking his leisurely stroll through the school while he was still on lunch break.

"Hm…" He just looked at his candy bar after nibbling on it a bit more. "One candy bar isn't going to fill me up enough… Maybe I can buy more from the vending machines. And maybe some soda to help perk me up, too."

May 2, 2009, Tuesday, After School

After classes had ended, Seth and Junpei went to Hagakure Ramen at the Iwatodai strip mall to have some ramen and chat.

"Man, we have to be two of the luckiest guys in the world!" Junpei said. "We're both staying at co-ed dorms with some of the loveliest ladies in all of Gekkoukan! Anyone catch your eye yet?"

"Heheh, I ain't telling." Seth replied.

"C'mon, you can tell me. I bet it's Hottie Homura, isn't it? All that time alone together while you were in the hospital must've done it. The old Florence Nightengale effect."

"Wouldn't that imply that I fell for one of the nurses?"

"Eh, you know what I'm gettin' at."

Just then their ramen was finally served to them and they started slurping it down like they hadn't eaten in days.

"Man, this so good!" Seth said between breaths.

"Dude, don't just scarf it down! Savor the flavor… By the way, I should warn you that Mitsuru-senpai is suspicious of you."

Seth froze in place for a couple of seconds before setting down his chopsticks.

"What does she need to be suspicious of?" Seth casually asked. "I must be the friendliest guy at Gekkoukan."

"Personally, I don't think she has anything to worry about. Be honest with me, should we be worried?"

"Not in the least." Seth answered without hesitation.

"That's good to hear. Anyway, let's finish these bowls before they get cold."

After the two finished their ramen, they went their separate ways and went home for the night.

May 2, 2009, Saturday, Evening

As Seth entered his dorm, he saw Homura sitting on the couch while reading a book.

"There you are, Seth." Homura said. "Do you have any plans for the long weekend? Golden Week is coming up, you know."

"No, I didn't have any plans in mind." Seth replied.

"Well… Then…" Homura stuttered while blushing a bit. "Would… would you mind if we… hang out sometime over Golden Week?"

"I wouldn't mind at all. What day were you thinking?"

"Wait a minute!" A voice shouted from up the stairs. "I-WHOA!"

Falling down the stairs was Nobuo, holding an American comic book and his pants down. After landing on his face, he got up, pulled his pants up and straightened himself up like nothing had happened.

"I actually wanted to hang out with Seth tomorrow." Nobuo said. "He already hang out with you and Daichi, so I thought it should be my turn."

"I haven't been out with Emi yet." Seth pointed out.

"Yeah, but she never hangs out with anyone." Nobuo said.

Homura sighed. "I guess I can spend tomorrow reviewing my homework and notes. Maybe we can hang out on Monday then."

Homura walked away and up the steps.

"Homura, wait!" Seth called out to her, but she didn't stop and kept walking away from them.

Seth heard a door slam and nothing but silence afterward and let out a sigh of regret as he walked back to Nobuo.

"Sorry about that." Nobuo said.

"That was really rude, you know." Seth said. "That's something I know my little brother would do."

"Sounds like I wouldn't want to meet your little brother."

"He's not a bad person, he just doesn't know any better… Then again, you're not a bad person either… Or at least you don't seem like one."

"Glad to know you have faith in me…" Nobuo said sarcastically. "Anyway, do you like comic books?"

"Both manga and American comic books."

"Then how would you like to go to the comic book store tomorrow? It's a small shop near Palownia Mall."

"Hold on. Let me talk with Homura first. She seemed really upset when you just popped up and asked to hang out with me."

Seth walked up the steps to the third floor, went to the first door he saw and knocked on it.

"H-" Seth was about to say.

Before he could finish, the door opened so quickly that it took Seth by surprise and Emi was there.

"What do you want?" Emi asked.

She looked pretty irritated, so Seth decided to back off.

"Sorry." Seth said. "Clearly I was interrupting something."

"No… I just don't like people knocking on my door." Emi said.

She then slowly closed the door in a way that was so creepy, Seth would have nightmares for the next week or so. After a few seconds, he finally went to another door and knocked on it.

"Homura, can I talk with you?" Seth asked.

"Go away, you jerk!" Homura shouted from her bedroom door.

"Will you shut up?!" Emi shouted from her room.

"I'm sorry about Nobuo." Seth said with his arm rested on the door.

"… It's not your fault." Homura said from within her room. "I'm sorry I got upset, but I just really wanted to hang out with you over the long weekend."

"It's a three day weekend, so we have plenty of time to hang out. How about Monday we go see a movie?"

"… I'd like that."

"Thanks for understanding."

Seth got up, went back down to the first floor and gave Nobuo a thumbs-up.

"Things are all good between us now." Seth said.

"Great." Nobuo said. "We head to the comic book store tomorrow morning."

May 3, 2009, Sunday, Daytime

Seth and Nobuo were wearing their casual clothes; Seth's was the same as his normal attire back before he moved to Tatsumi Port Island and Nobuo was in a white, thin, long-sleeved shirt with tan pants and his Gekkoukan jacket still tied around his neck like a cape. They went past Palownia mall to a small store nearby with a sign saying 'Geek Haven'. It was so small that it that Seth figured not many people would be in there. When they finally entered the store, sure enough, there was only two people in there and the fat guy behind the counter looked like he was asleep while standing and resting his elbow on the counter and his head on his hand.

"This place looks like a dump." Seth said.

"I resent that!" Nobuo said.

Seth looked at the sleeping guy behind the counter and poked his face to which the guy didn't seem to wake up or respond in the least.

"… If he wasn't breathing, I'd think he'd be dead." Seth said.

"All those greasy foods are going to get to his heart eventually, though." Nobuo commented.

"I resent THAT comment." Seth said.

"Huh?"

"I eat nothing but greasy, salty and sugary snacks. You got a problem with that?"

"Seriously?! How are you not as fat as Hiroshi here?!" Nobuo pointed at the sleeping fat guy.

"High metabolism and exercise."

"Anyway, my order should be in the back." Nobuo started going to the back where the storage room was.

"Is Hiroshi here going to get ornery if you just take his stuff?" Seth pointed his thumb at Hiroshi.

"As long as I leave a note and the money, he'll be cool with it."

Seth followed Nobuo to the storage room and saw only about a few dozen boxes sitting in the room. Since there were so few boxes, Nobuo was able to find his order easily, which was just a box small enough to be carried in both hands without much problem.

"American comic books are hard to come by in Japan. Thankfully this shop imports them, but it's not going to last long."

"I'm sorry to hear that. This is a legitimately unique store, but I bet it's being crushed by big corporations like Amazon. I probably shouldn't tell you I buy stuff from them all the time."

"And the worst part is that it's still new. This store didn't exist until about a year ago, thanks to Hiroshi's passion, but the lack of business has fizzled out his fire."

"That was made pretty obvious by him sleeping on the job."

"Well, thanks for your condolences. I know this isn't the best looking place… or best smelling, but I don't want it to close. And thanks for coming here with me today. Homura, Daichi and Emi don't exactly share my interest in comic books. Well, Daichi does, but only if there are hot women with sexy outfits in them."

"Heheh, that definitely sounds like Daichi."

"Anyway, want to read the latest issues with me?" Nobuo held up the comic books he took out of the box.

"Sure."

May 3, 2009, Sunday, Afternoon

Seth and Nobuo went their separate ways after leaving Geek Haven and the former was walking through the park as the sun was starting to start.

"It's a beautiful day today." Seth said as he looked at the sky while walking. "… Come to think of it, I haven't seen it rain since I got to Tatsumi…"

He was walking by the Iwatodai cemetery when he saw a young man around his age standing in front of a small obelisk. The young man had a full head of black, unruly hair, grey eyes and was wearing a grey jacket over a dark green shirt and black jeans. He just stared at the grave as Seth looked at him for a brief moment, only to continue walking back to the dorm since it wasn't unusual for people to visit the cemetery.

May 4, 2009, Monday, Morning

Seth woke up in his bed, naked again, and as he got up he heard a knock on the door.

"Seth, are you awake?" Homura asked from the hallway on the other side of the closed door.

"Yeah." Seth answered.

"… Are you naked?" Homura asked.

"Yeah."

"Can you get changed before opening the door, please?"

"Sure." Seth went over to his closet to get clean casual clothes and mumbled to himself. "She's gonna miss the eye candy, though…"

After getting fully dressed, he opened the door to see Homura now wearing a pink long-sleeve shirt and a black skirt with purple leggings underneath it.

"You ready to go?" Homura asked.

"Uh-huh." Seth nodded.

May 4, 2009, Monday, Daytime

Seth and Homura arrived at Screen Shot and looked over the available movies and their times.

"What kind of movie do you want to see, Homura?" Seth asked.

"I kind of want to see this one." Homura replied.

She pointed at a movie poster with a tennis ball and a racket lying on an empty tennis court with an old sequin doll sitting next to it, all right above the title, 'Memoires of Kimiko Date-Krumm'.

"It's about to start!" Homura said.

"Um, can I-" Seth was about to suggest considering other movies.

However, Homura was already at the ticket booth getting their tickets before Seth's words could get to her.

"… Never mind." Seth said.

They entered the theater that was showing their film and looked around at the half-filled room for seats.

"Where would you like to sit?" Seth asked.

"I'm okay with anywhere except the front row." Homura answered. "It's literally a pain in the neck. Don't celebrities get sick of that when they go to premieres? Can't they at least move the front rows further from the screen for that?"

"My brother and I usually try to find a spot close to the middle for an ideal viewing spot." Seth said as he continued examining the theater. "There's a spot near the back with middle seats that aren't taken."

"Good eyes, Seth-kun."

They took their seats as the movie was about to begin. It was based on a true story, but there seemed to be a lot of creative liberties taken to make it more appealing to a movie-going audience. However, it was surprisingly engaging and stayed true to the life of the main character.

Seth and Homura exited Screen Shot and talked about the movie.

"It's always good to see a good sports movie." Homura said. "They always get me pumped."

"Not to say I didn't like the movie, but you do realize they made a majority of stuff in it up?" Seth asked.

"That's expected of filmmakers. Plus, it's not like they showed disrespect to the real people."

"Please don't remind me of Pearl Harbor…"

"Huh?"

"Awful movie. Anyway, are these kinds of movies usually your thing?"

"Yeah. I might not look like it, but I'm actually a sports fan. I also like romance movies, with happy endings of course, and sometimes those cute animated films."

"My parents always took my brother and I to those animated movies all the time before they had to go back on the front lines."

"I love that one with the mermaid. What's your favorite?"

"My brother and I have completely different opinions on that. My favorite would be the one with the lions."

"Oh, that one's good, too."

The two made their way back to their dorm.

"I really enjoy talking with you, Seth." Homura said.

"So do I." Seth said.

"We should do this again sometime."

"I'm looking forward to it."

May 4, 2009, Monday, Dark Hour

Seth, Homura, Daichi, Nobuo and Emi were inside Tartarus, on the fifth floor, but there didn't seem to be any Shadows within sight.

"Okay, how many of you are just waiting for someone to say 'It's too quiet'?" Seth rhetorically asked.

Just then, a large, eagle-like Shadow appeared before them and screeched. Seth pointed his Evoker at his head.

"Nekomata!"

Seth fired the Evoker at his head and a cat woman appeared that lunged at the eagle for a slashing attack, but it didn't kill the Shadow.

"Let's try this!" Nobuo said as he shot his revolver at the eagle.

The bullet knocked the eagle down, allowing them to follow up with an all-out attack before it got back up and knocked the Persona users away.

"This Shadow isn't anything like the others we've fought." Daichi said.

"No shit!" Seth responded.

"We need to defeat this thing before the Dark Hour ends or else we'll be trapped in here." Homura said.

Suddenly, an arrow flew right past them and pierced the Shadow right in its head. They turned around to see Minato, Junpei and Yukari charging at the Shadow, armed with weapons and beating it into submission before it completely disintegrated. With the fight over, the two parties just looked at each other, some with shock.

"So, Seth… You really are a Persona user, huh?" Junpei asked like he almost expected this.

Seth just looked at his four allies to see that they weren't sure how to respond without giving away anything revealing. While taking a deep breath, Seth came up with a response that would definitely suffice.

"I know it doesn't sound like much and I completely understand if you don't trust me, but we have no intention of getting in your way." Seth said.

Minato just looked at Seth for a few moments.

"… I say we trust him." Minato said.

"Say what?!" Yukari exclaimed.

A/N: I'm just going to end it on that cliffhanger there. This chapter is long enough and you've been waiting too long, too. Anyway, here's the update on Seth's Social Links:

Heiwa (Fool) – Rank 1 (Jason)

Junpei (Magician) – Rank 2 (Nekomata)

Homura (Lovers) – Rank 2 (Pixie)

Nobuo (Fortune) – Rank 1 (Fortuna)

Daichi (Strength) – Rank 1 (Valkyrie)

I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Stay tuned for next time!