[Talk - Ishi and Jurou]

I didn’t have to look too hard to find Ishi, thankfully– she stood in the lobby, looking about half-awake. Just as I suspected.

Timaeus

Hey, you okay? You missed the meeting…

Ishi

…meeting?

Timaeus

Remember? We were gonna meet in the library this morning and–

Ishi

Shit! Why didn't you wake me up?!

Timaeus

I can’t break into your room, Ishi.

Ishi

You coulda just banged on the door or somethin'!

Timaeus

That wouldn’t have made any difference, you sleep like a log!

…Oh, there was Jurou, walking around the corner and giving Ishi a shy wave.

Jurou

G’mornin'…

Ishi

Hey dude!

Timaeus

Hi… um, didn’t you say you would be at the meeting too?

Jurou

Wouldja believe I overslept?! My sleep schedule’s totally outta wack, bein' in space an' all! Where’s the dang sun?

Timaeus

How does anyone sleep through that horrible alarm…?

Timaeus

W-well, I just wanted to make sure you were, uh, okay. With the secrets and all.

Ishi

Yeah, it ain’t anything you don’t know, Tim. The way they worded it is absolute bullshit though! Makin' me sound like a criminal!

Jurou politely averted his gaze as Ishi pulled the letter out of her bra and read it off to me.

Ishi Utsunomiya has been expelled from two different schools for violent outbursts.

Timaeus

I mean… that is pretty much what happened, isn’t it?

Ishi

They were beatin' up on my lil' bro, man, what the hell was I supposed to do? Just let him sit there and take it?!

Timaeus

Never said it wasn’t justified.

Jurou

Y-yeah, my brothers can take care o' themselves, but if somebody tried t’hurt the babby sister… I getcha.

Timaeus

Yeah.

All three of us fell silent for a moment as we pondered the elephant in the room. Our brothers and sisters… would we get to see them again…?

Getting stuck in this rut again wouldn’t help anyone, though. I tried to change the subject.

Timaeus

W-what about you, Jurou? Do you wanna talk about your secret?

Jurou

Uhhh… it’s really dumb…

Timaeus

I’m sure it’s not any sillier than mine!

Ishi

I know what it is already!~ There’s nothing wrong with Fall Out Boy!

Jurou

ACK! B-but it’s so mainstream! Ruins my garage band cred… weh…

Timaeus

Oh! I’ve heard of Fall Out Boy!

Jurou

See?! Too mainstream! Ugh! But their stuff is just so darn catchy…

I left Jurou to his pouting and Ishi to her teasing and headed for the dorms with a smile. At least those two were alright… but they weren’t really the ones I was worried about.