The path to the truth: Male Reader X Naoto

The Tower needs a hug

07/02

I'll go see if the fox has another request. It's written in stern manly writing. "I have nothing to live for, I want to recapture the joy of life." Oh boy, this sounds like a hefty request. Time to get to work. I guess I'll check downtown. There's a guy talking about a model shop that his dad and him used to run, now because of Junes it's shut down. Something about being sorry for the toys that still remain in the store. I offered to make one for him. He gave me an unfinished model.

I'll see what Marie is up to. She wants to see the school.

"You go to "school" everyday right? You don't get tired of it?" She asked.

"It's fun." I said.

"Fun? Oh dear, do they have a TV there? Can you watch "StarScandalz"?" She asked.

She seems to misunderstand, but is maybe getting some enjoyment out of it. Yosuke came running up to us.

"Yo, partner! I thought you already went home. Oh hey, Marie-chan? It's been a while hasn't it? I heard that you'd been with Chie and Yukiko, so you're showing her around, huh? What are you guys doing? Out on a stroll?" He asked.

"Come with us." I said.

"Huh? Back up a sec, what're you talking about?" He asked

"Marie wants to see the school." I said.

"Oh I get it, Marie-chan goes to a different school, after all, huh. Er, still, what could be special about our school? Oh well, all right I'll join ya. Allow me to welcome you to Yasagomi High! Heheh!" He asked.

"Can I go inside?" Marie asked.

"No problem, school's out today, but there's still some people around. We can go in. I mean we can always say that we're showing you around the school!" He said.

We followed him inside and eventually made it to the second floor.

"And here's our classroom. Pretty retro huh? I guess you could call it cozy." Yosuke said.

"It's so big." Marie said.

"Huh? It is? Well I guess there's a lot of empty land here, I guess the school's pretty big if you count the fields and yards and stuff. What about where you are Marie-chan? Is it cramped, since it's in the city?" Yosuke asked

"Me? It's tiny, I mean it's a single room." Marie said.

"One room!? Seriously? Is it uh, some kind of advanced placement class or something?" He asked

"I don't know. It's small, it's dark, the Nose never says anything. Nobody ever says anything, it's boring." Marie said.

"The Nose? Is that uh, what you call your teacher? A teacher who doesn't talk, isn't that neglecting your job?" Yosuke asked.

"Hey, I want to see more. There's still more to see, right?" Marie asked.

She went further on ahead and went upstairs.

"She's a strange as she was last time." Yosuke said. "Then again everybody I've gotten to know recently has been pretty much on the odd side, so I'm used to it, hahaha." He said.

Yosuke you have no idea. Anyways we followed her upstairs. We eventually met up on the rooftop.

"And this is where we hang out. What do you think? Isn't this a great place to spend your youth?" Yosuke asked

"Youth? How does someone spend youth? Give me an example." Marie said.

I'm dying inside here.

"An e-example!? Well, y'know, um, building friendships, sharing your concerns, confusing in each other, stuff like that? It's kinda awkward to have to put it into words." He said.