Thread:ChocolateShortcake/@comment-32585685-20170715203401/@comment-32585685-20170729174709

Norio stares blankly into the distance, his arms holding his legs to his chest.

''She left me. Of course she did. She hates me. She'll never want to see me again after this.''

Sayuri tries to comfort Norio, hugging him gently, but he's unresponsive.

''I did everything wrong. I failed to control all the variables. I failed to plan correctly. I failed. I failed. I failed.''

Sayuri curls up on the couch and watches Norio, her expression kind of scared.

Norio moves, very slightly - his eyes narrow as he remembers himself.

''What. Am. I. Doing? Quitter! Loser! Scrub! I call myself a gamer and I'm quitting just because something is hard!''

Norio's hands shake slightly as he moves his arms to his side. His composure returns.

''Akira left because I failed. I will learn, try again and I will succeed. I will find a solution. '''She. Will. Be. Mine.'

Norio stands back up, back in control,

''I don't know where she lives. I don't have her number. That was a stupid mistake, don't miss that again baka.''

The boy rubs his temples as he wracks his brain for a solution.

''Akademi wont give out her information. But they would have records on site, the nurse's office would have her home phone and address for emergencies. All the staff should be gone by now. But I can avoid them if not. I need an escape plan, tools for lockpicking, gloves, dark clothes, a weapon in case of emergency. Yes. I can do this.''

His face is one of determined calm now. He has a school to break in to and private records to find.

A few hours later, Akira's home phone number is called.