Day | zero
It was funny how those three weeks seem to change everything. Life was just.. different. In a good way. Shibuya hadn't changed, not from the ever-changing beast it always was, but somehow the sounds of the streets were less piercing. Neku still had his headphones - he wasn't himself without them - but they were half off now. Instead, he listened to the music of the city - his city.
He worked his way past AMX, memories filling the space between his ears. The importance of trust, of friendship. Everything Hanekoma was always talking about, at least when he wasn't going on about coffee.. Neku understood them now! It was still a struggle, of course, to not throw it all away and retreat back to his music and art.. and new people? Still hard to trust them. But he had friendship to keep him together.
Friends! The word was still almost foreign - he had given up on it a long time ago, for a long time, but now it sounded sweeter. It was a lot easier not to worry when you'd all already been through death together.
As he forged across scramble crossing,he found himself smiling a not-quite-so-rare-anymore smile. Friends. And he was about to see them for the first time in a week!
He stepped off a curb.. and into another world.
He worked his way past AMX, memories filling the space between his ears. The importance of trust, of friendship. Everything Hanekoma was always talking about, at least when he wasn't going on about coffee.. Neku understood them now! It was still a struggle, of course, to not throw it all away and retreat back to his music and art.. and new people? Still hard to trust them. But he had friendship to keep him together.
Friends! The word was still almost foreign - he had given up on it a long time ago, for a long time, but now it sounded sweeter. It was a lot easier not to worry when you'd all already been through death together.
As he forged across scramble crossing,he found himself smiling a not-quite-so-rare-anymore smile. Friends. And he was about to see them for the first time in a week!
He stepped off a curb.. and into another world.