Summoned

Break? What's a break

(That's... one big ass house.)

I was standing in the driveway, next to Rika's home. The place was surrounded by a tall concrete wall, along with some fences that blocked any opening that was left open by said wall. In other words, we were safe. For now anyway.

(Still, this place is nothing compared to Saya's castle sized house. Even if I have never seen it before, the Anime made it obvious how big that place was...)

By the time I finally arrived here, it was already dark. Dark and rather silent, if you don't count the distant sounds of horns and commotion coming from the evacuation center on the bridge that is.

The trip here was also relatively safe, no real surprises there. Other than Kohta's nose bleeding on my back that is. But, well... I don't blame him. Four people on a bike after all, does translate to being stuck pretty close to each other. And Saeko decided to sit behind Kohta, the rest, sort of explains itself.

Now with Takashi being the only exception, the rest of the group had already moved inside. Takashi was still outside with me, moving the now silent bike towards the parking space behind the house. I had also given my stuff to Kohta as he went ahead of me.

I turn my head away from the house and look at Takashi while walking next to him.

(He actually looks much better now, considering how he looked before the outbreak...)

A couple of seconds later Takashi turns his head to me.

"Is there something wrong?" He asks as he parks the bike.

"Hmm... I'm just getting the feeling that you actually seem to be in higher spirits now. At least in contrast with how you looked back at school, where you wasted away at the stairs." I say as we park the bike, fold my arms, and start walking back towards the building's front door.

Takashi raises an eyebrow as he starts walking next to me.

"Uhh, sorry but..."

"You probably don't remember, but this ain't the first time we meet. We met once before the bus as well." I cut him off as I tilt my head.

Takashi just stares at me, seemingly in thought.

"Remember, no shit mode lasts forever. I guess it can always get much worse huh." I finish my sentence with a chuckle and turn to look at him.

And a couple of seconds later, he finally puts two and two together.

"Wait...you're, that guy?" He says, his eyes going slightly wide.

"Yes I'm that guy. Small world ehh, I'm actually surprised you remembered" I respond as I lift an eyebrow.

"Not many people spoke to me back then, and you kind of stood out." He answers as he scratches his forehead.

Before I could speak, Takashi continued.

"Look I'm sorry if I responded in a hostile manner back then. I was... not at my best. Also, thanks for helping the others after we split up." He then puts his hands in his pockets after he finishes talking.

"Don't mention it. Also, we were all helping each other, I did not go the extra mile or anything." I respond with a shrug.

Takashi was about to speak up again, when a wild Kohta burst through the front door, breathing heavily.

"Guys... you need to see this." He says as he points back into the house, taking deep breaths in the process.

(He probably found the metal locker with the bullets. No other reason for Kohta to be this out of breath over something. Not this early.)