04/19/2012, Whisper in the Breeze, Afternoon.
"So today's your last day here in Kuoh, Mr. Raion?" asks Momo, she and Tomoe have been sent to the antique shop by Sona to check on Tosen's situation and report to her any problems their guest may have. "Yes... thanks for letting me stay" politely says the shisa to the two devils. "Send my regards to Gremory and Sitri too and tell them I'm grateful" he adds after some seconds. "We'll do" exclaims Momo with Tomoe nodding her head. "Good. Now we can go back to your training girl" smirks Kegawa, who remained in silence till now, looking at Sona's knight. Tomoe nods her head, knowing she can't do anything to avoid the upcoming hell instead she readies herself to the next hours of torture.
"You are coming too right Hanakai?" asks the shop owner, more like an order than a request. Momo gulps, she exchanges a look with Tomoe her eyes begging for help. "Well... I-I promised Senpai Yuki to hang out with him I'm sorry Mr. Kegawa" says Momo, trying to come up with a justification to refuse Kegawa's invite. "Oh really?" asks Tomoe not believing Momo's excuse. "Yes! Of course" replies the girl nodding her head. "Ok, you can go" says Kegawa accepting her excuse immediately when she mentioned Makoto's name. Tomoe gasps and looks at Kegawa, feeling betrayed. "B-but" the tanuki hushes Tomoe. "Are you searching for an excuse to slack off Meguri?". Tomoe shakes her head defeated. "No sir".
After waving goodbye to Tosen, who starts his journey back home. Tomoe and Momo head different ways, with the former following Kegawa for her training. Momo sighs in relief. 'Luckily Mr. Kegawa believed me... Now, what to do? Might as well search for Senpai, dad would surely love to meet him again' thinks the bishop of Sona Sitri. Momo takes her phone and dials Makoto's number, which the boy gave her after their last encounter with Lord Sitri. The phone rings a couple of times before Makoto answers. "Yes?" says Makoto. "Hi Senpai! I wanted to ask you if you'd like to come to the ElegantVille today" says the girl. "Isn't it open only in the evening?". "During day time we just do bar service" answers Momo. Makoto accepts the invite and they decide to meet up in front of the Jazz bar.
04/19/2012, ElegantVille, Afternoon.
"Ehy Senpai you made it!" says Momo as she sees Makoto getting closer to the jazz bar. "Hello Hanakai" greets back Makoto. "Let's go inside, dad wants to greet you too". The two teenagers enter the bar where the blue haired boy is heartly welcomed by Momo's father. "Oh Yuki, it's good to see you again" says the man shaking Makoto's hand with energy.
"Please sit down, I bring you two something" says Mr. Hanakai as he goes behind the counter to grab something for Makoto and Momo. Makoto looks around the room, not seeing many clients, or anyone at all. Except for a young girl sitting alone on a chair in the back of the bar. She's focused on playing with colours drawing something on a piece of paper. "She's Sohmnia. Her mother and mine are good friends, so when she has to work and no one can look after her Sohmnia comes here" explains Momo, seeing Makoto looking at the lone kid.
'I have a bad feeling Makoto' says Orpheus Telos, his voice somewhat sad. 'I can feel it too. The little one is sad' confirms Kohryu. 'We must do something, hee hoo. Universe I demand you to cheer up the girl, hee hoo. On my honour as Jack Frost, I swear no kids will feel sad with me around, hee hoo' says insisting Jack Frost pressuring Makoto. The doll's first instinct is to comfort the kids, especially lonely ones. 'Solitude. I envy her' says Leviathan.
"Why is she alone?" asks Makoto, feeling sad for the girl. She remembers him of Maiko, the Hanged Man arcana back in his world. "She doesn't have many friends. We try to speak with her, but with few results. Her mother often complains about her poor social life" says Momo, her tone sad too. Makoto nods his head and walks towards the kid.
Sohmnia has dark green hair in a bob cut haircut, with a yellow clip over them. Her eyes are brown, with small eye bags under them that worry Makoto a little. She wears a long sleeved black vest with small silver buttons and a red ribbon tied around the collar. The kid seems to be currently drawing a bedroom in a simple yet quite good method for a child her age.
"Ehy Sohmnia" says Momo smiling at the girl, who takes a quick look at Momo only to ignore her and focus back on her drawing. "This is my senpai from school. Yuki Makoto" says the bishop introducing Makoto to the kid. "Hi" says Makoto. Looking at Sohmnia's eyes, the blue haired messoah finds himself. He finds the Makoto Yuki that just arrived at Iwatodai, the Makoto Yuki who didn't met SEES, Ryoji, Elizabeth, his friends from school yet. The Makoto Yuki who could die the day after and no one would notice. Without him noticing Makoto grits his teeth. "Senpai?" asks Momo noticing Makoto's reaction.
"It's nothing" answers Makoto shaking his head. 'Universe ask the Lovers if she can give us paper and pencil, hee hoo' suggests Jack Frost. 'What do you have in mind?'. 'Trust me Universe, hee hoo' confidence fills the demon doll. "Hanakai, can I have some paper and a pencil?". "Oh... Ok senpai I know what you have in mind!" Momo hurries to take what Makoto asked for and gives it to him soon after.
Makoto grabs a chair and starts drawing next to Sohmnia, who pokes her head to sneak on what Makoto's drawing. Momo too is interested in what her senpai is doing and so she observes too in silence. "W-what are you drawing?" asks stuttering Sohmnia, her voice faint and insecure. "I'm drawing him" answers Makoto, showing the girl his portrait of Jack Frost. Sohmnia smiles softly at it and then looks at her own drawing. Meanwhile Momo looks at the scene in front of her smiling widely. 'Senpai truly brings the best out of the people. Since he has come to Kuoh even the usual cold president is starting to open up' she thinks, looking at her senpai with great respect.
"C-can you t-teach me how to do it?" manages to say Sohmnia despite her shyness, holding a paper and extending it to Makoto. The boy nods his head, accepting the kid's request. Soon even Momo is thrown inside and she too starts drawing with Makoto and Sohmnia. 'Mission complete, hee hoo. The kid is now smiling' proudly says Jack Frost. 'Well done my comrades! You did an excellent job!' exclaims Robin Hood, he too full of pride for Makoto. 'You did great Universe' says Kohryu.
"I-is it good?" asks Sohmnia after finishing her drawing of Jack Frost. 'It's perfect, hee hoo' comments Jack Frost seeing the drawing, once again it is surprisingly good for a kid of her age, she surely has a natural talent for art. Makoto nods his head. "It's so beautiful Sohmnia!" proclaims Momo, her eyes shining in awe. "I wish I was as good as you. Dad always said my drawings were good, but..." Momo doesn't end her phrase, instead she looks at her own drawing a bit ashamed. "It's horrible" heartlessly says Sohmnia with an innocent voice, her sentence striking Momo like a lightning. "Yeah... I've never been the best artist".
A woman walks into the ElegantVille she opens door at the same time as when the clock strikes six o'clock. "My mom is here..." whispers Sohmnia looking at her parent out of the corner of her eyes. The woman seems taken aback; she was not prepared to witness her daughter conversing with someone. Sohmnia's mother greets with a smile Momo's father as she gets closer to the table where they are sitting. "Hello, sweetheart. Could you please introduce me to your friends. Oh, hi Momo" says the woman. "Good evening, Miss Urakemi," Momo greets back.
"Hello, mom..." Sohmnia says grudgingly, not wanting to leave. However the girl gets up and walks towards her mother. "Thanks for staying with her" Miss. Urakemi's voice is filled with gratitude. "No problem" says Makoto. "Yeah we had fun too!" exclaims the devil teenager. The two adolescents observe Sohmnia and her mother leaving the bar. "I would never have guessed you were so wonderful with kids, Senpai" Momo jokes, covering her smile as Makoto becomes flustered by the bishop's remark.
"Senpai may I ask you to come here some other times? I know you have many things weighting on your shoulders, but I never saw Sohmnia so... I don't know how to explain it. She usually seems to be out of reality, spaced out. Today was the first time she spoke with someone who wasn't her mother" tells Momo. "Is she often here?" asks Makoto.
"Yeah... almost everyday, but sundays and during the holidays" answers the girl. 'We'll do whatever we can to be there for the girl, hee hoo' says Jack Frost. 'We don't have time to waste playing with a brat' coldly says Lucifer, finding this whole situation annoying. 'Shut up Morning Star! hee hoo!' angrily answers Jack Frost. 'Don't use that tone with me doll' growls Lucifer. 'Stop fighting' admonishes Kohryu silencing the other two.
Makoto dismisses the Personas with a shake of his head. "I'll manage to come over sometimes" he says. "Senpai, thank you very much. I'm sure Sohmnia will like it" tells Momo smiling. "You never stop to amaze Yuki" Mr. Hanakai laughs, patting Makoto's shoulder.