Entertaining a Small Thought

Prologue Arc Part 3: Dangerously Naive or Naively Dangerous

After grabbing our snacks, Tsumugi and I had immediately left the kitchen, ready to head back out to explore the rest of the academy; however, we were quickly brought to a stop when the dining hall doors opened up, allowing two men to walk in.

The first of the two men was easily the largest person they had seen at this point. Wearing a brown suit and yellow tie that both seemed to be barely fitting his massive muscles and body, the man looked wild with his long, tangled dark brownish-greenish hair and sharp red eyes. He didn't even have shoes on! The only things that seemed to contrast his wild, dangerous appearance were the fact that he was wearing big, circular, Harry Potter-esque glasses and had, strangely, a big green empty bug cage, its strap wrapped over the large teen's shoulders.

The teen was so massive, I was worried he might grab my head and crush my skull with ease if I made him even slightly mad. I hadn't even realized my breathing had hastened, and sweat was starting to form on my brow the longer I stared at the man. But that's such a ridiculous thought. There's no way anyone, stranger or not, would do that, right?

Killing game

Stop that! That isn't... This guy isn't dangerous. We aren't enemies. We're all victims trapped here. Besides, when I actually pay attention to the look in the giant's eyes, he looked...very passive. A gentle giant, then. Whoever this guy is, he doesn't look like he would hurt a fly. Still, with the size and overwhelming strength that I could see just at a glance, he did make me ever so slightly nervous.

Gonta Gokuhara.

Well, I don't appreciate the mind spoiler here, but I'll ignore that for now. Let's just hope that this 'Gonta', if that is his name, is as friendly as he seems to be trying to appear.

The other teen, who was slightly smaller and slightly less muscular, didn't look as wild or obviously dangerous, but he still gave off a boisterous air around him. I remember him. He was one of the louder students back at the gym before everyone...changed. Before they remembered who they were.

Everyone but me...

He still had that dark magenta hair that was spiked up, and his eyes were still that vibrant light purple color. He still had his goatee, too. His school uniform was the thing that changed, just like everyone else. Now the teen wore an elaborate outfit. It was made up of a purple coat with a galaxy-space design on the inside, worn particularly over the guy's shoulders, with only one arm through one sleeve as the other side was draped over his shoulder. Underneath the jacket was a white-button up shirt that was unbuttoned, revealing a third shirt: a white t-shirt with a strange red design that looked like a face. To match the space motif this guy was going for, he wore slippers that matched the underside of his jacket, and his pants were the same light purple-ish pinkish color.

He looked...confident. Strangely confident, despite the situation. He seemed far too easygoing compared to the others I'd met so far, but he didn't seem to be a bad guy.

Kaito Momota.

"Woah! It's a dining hall." The second teen gasped as he looked around the room. "Eesh... Still just as run down as the rest of this place."

That's when the larger of the two spotted Tsumugi and me, and his face lit up like a kid on Christmas day.

"Kaito! Other students here." The large teen pointed to us as he spoke with...broken grammar? Strange...

"Hey, you're right!" The boisterous teen smiled as he waved us over with a friendly greeting. "Nice to meet you both! I'm guessing it's safe to assume you guys were also kidnapped and brought here?"

"That's right." Tsumugi nodded. "I'm Tsumugi Shirogane, the Ultimate Cosplayer. It's nice to meet you..."

"Kaito! Kaito Momota, Ultimate Astronaut!" Kaito introduced himself proudly as he pressed both his fists together in front of him. "The Luminary of the Stars that even crying children adore—that's who I am!"