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[frequent_flyer]

[It was over.]

[After so many years of fighting, it was finally over. He'd said his painful goodbyes, managed not to cry, closed his eyes and...]

[...woke up on the sidewalk.]

[The campus was buzzing with activity, the students recently liberated from classes for lunch. The NPCs carefully walked around him as he lay on the ground, staring vacantly at the sky as he came to his senses. The fog over his mind cleared gradually, becoming aware of an unshakable sense of déjà vu descending upon him. The dark color of his jacket caught his peripheral vision, slowly sitting up in order to look down at himself. This uniform... he wasn't wearing this one a moment ago. In fact, he hadn't worn this particular uniform since...]

[Is this..?]

[He sat up sharply, as if jolted out of a deep sleep, scrutinizing the details of the uniform jacket he wore. It was the same one. There was no question.]

[...No way. That means..!?]

THE GAME RESETS!?

[His theatrical screaming could likely be heard from a great many places across the campus, drawing as much attention to himself as could be expected.]

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[frequent_flyer]

[He grits his teeth as she smacks him, a little pained sound escaping him, but nothing more. She hadn't hit him quite as hard as usual, so she would be spared his theatrical screaming for now.]

[Unfortunately for him, he feels the need to continue talking. A grievous error indeed.]

I missed you too, Yurippe~ [From his perspective, he'd only been away from her for a couple minutes, but any loyal dog would get antsy when his alpha isn't around. One could only imagine how he'd feel when he realized he'd been away for a year.]

[Not giving her much of a window to reprimand him, he links his fingers back behind his head.] Well-! I'm going to go back to my dorm and change, it's too nostalgic wearing this uniform... When should I come for the meeting?

[tenminutes]

[ That stupid comment of his. He missed her? Yeah right. He didn't even seem to realize that he had been gone for more than a few minutes. There was something in Yuri's expression that changed slightly when he said that, but he'd changed the subject quickly enough that it gave her a clean out. Yuri took a few steps toward the door to get down from the roof. ]

Your room probably isn't even the same one, check your key. I'll get you a new uniform since all of your things are probably gone unless you left something in the SSS room. I put anything that was left in the closet, so go grab what you want from there. There's no meeting tonight. I'll let you know when there is one.

[frequent_flyer]

[He caught that subtle shift in her expression, but decided not to bring it up. He'd do some recon first, figure out what was different here, and talk to her later on.]

Ah... Thanks, Yurippe. [He definitely wanted a new SSS jacket, then. Wearing this uniform was nostalgic, but after what happened to Takamatsu... He couldn't help but want to distinguish himself from the NPCs.]

Then I'll go find which dorm is mine..! I left my gun in HQ, so I can go get that myself... [He walked up behind her, sticking close.] You'll be at dinner, right?

[tenminutes]

[ Normally, she would've said yes in a heartbeat. She loved eating with everyone else, but things were a little different now. Hinata was back and.. well, she didn't quite feel like she was going to be hungry tonight. It's not like she wasn't happy to see him again. Part of her had hoped he'd been able to move on and have a new life, happy with Yui as he'd promised her. Part of her had really, really missed him so she was ecstatic that he was here again. Yet another part was pissed off at him for existing right now. It was very complicated.

Maybe she'd just avoid answering that for now. ]

When you go to get your gun, there's a list of the current SSS members. Go introduce yourselves to all of them.

[frequent_flyer]

[...Something was wrong. She was deflecting more than usual. While her back was to him, his expression fell into one of concern.]

[But, there was nothing he could do about it right now. She was here and that was what mattered. He gave her shoulder a reassuring pat, moving past her toward the door to the roof, pulling it open.]

Sure, sure... I'll do that. [He turned from the door, giving her a two-finger salute and an obnoxious wink.] See you later, Yurippe~!

[And assuming she didn't stop him, he'd take off down the stairs. Time to meet his new roommate!]

[tenminutes]

[ She wants to stop him more than she's letting on, but she doesn't. Even if he said he missed her for those few moments, she had missed him a lot more. That wasn't something she was going to say out loud though. What would she do about it anyway? Tell him not to leave so that he couldn't go and get adjusted again? There was no reason for him to stay, at all, especially since Yuri was avoiding talking about things around him. So she just let him go, like she'd intended. ]

Bye!

[ Time to go busy herself with something. Maybe she'd make some extra ammo today. After all, it wasn't like they had Guild backing them anymore. It'd distract her from the fact that she was pretty sure the second she couldn't see Hinata anymore he'd be gone again. ]