[MONDAY | AFTERNOON]

[onetwoko]

Recently, I've come to learn something.

Strength isn't just about training the body and flurries of fists.

I'll take care to remember that, now.

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[sees_chairman]

Akihiko-senpai...?

[onetwoko]

Oh, hey Fayt. ...What brings you here?

[sees_chairman]

Wandering around... I didn't think my feet would bring me back here... after... what happened...

[onetwoko]

Oh...Yeah. Well maybe it shows you're growing to accept it. *Looks towards the alleyway.*

[sees_chairman]

How do you expect me to accept--!

[onetwoko]

...Aren't things ok with Shinji now?

[sees_chairman]

-is confused-

Akihiko-senpai... what exactly.. are you talking about?

[onetwoko]

Uh...aren't you talking about the night when the accident occurred?

[sees_chairman]

-sighs and looks behind her-

That accident... wasn't the only thing that happened here....

[onetwoko]

?

I know that place isn't one of the...best places to hang around...

But... ...

[sees_chairman]

-turns away from him and locks her hands behind her back-

And for that same reason, I almost got raped here.

[onetwoko]

!!

...What?! ...*pause* I'm sorry to hear that happened to you.............But...You didn't, right? It didn't go through, right?

[sees_chairman]

It's fine... I wouldn't be here if he didn't save me that night.

Actually, he was there... the other time too....

Why does Shinjiro-senpai always show up when he needs to protect me... but not when I need him by my side to make sure everything will be okay....

-totally hiding her face from Akihiko-

It's... so unfair...

[onetwoko]

*Leans on the railing and looks out to the view of the waterfront*

...Maybe it's because he doesn't know what to say...or what to do. He does things he can do or how he sees they should be done.

...It's probably hard for him, too.

Heh, then again I'm probably just seeing things from my perspective again.

[sees_chairman]

But you're probably right. You've known him longer than I have. I mean, I know what he's thinking sometimes, so it's easy to understand him when he's near... But when he's far... I feel... so helpless...

[onetwoko]

It's hard to know what to do when you don't know what they're thinking.

Even though I've known him for so long, I had to do some adjusting too...But y'know...I think that's made our understanding for each other stronger.

It'll probably work out like that for you two too eventually...