Radiowaves

Prolouge: Those who remain pt 2

School was starting back up Again...
But it wasn't the same after what happened to Shirikamo...

Mic had been .... Off
Texting the occasional one word answers but not much else and no calls otherwise.
Radio Silent
(And for him that's saying something.)
Aizawa had also been off...
Almost like he was trying to ... pick up the slack. To be like Oboro almost but introverted and ... Aizawa became strict withdrawn.... More serious than he had ever been and he was serious to begin with. He didn't talk much anymore. On the rare occasion Aizawa did talk it was about ... Memory's with Shirikamo, or school related work or projects.

The first day back to UA after was the worst.... Not all the kids in class knew what happened so it.... Was tense and uncomfortable. Full of sobs and forced out memorial stories..... (oddly the people who talked about what good friends they were with him barely had talked to him at all....).

Those he did talk to ..... didn't really have the words anymore. No description. No answers. Just
Pictures of him and sticky notes taped on his locker. With notes for a dead classmate.

His dorm door didn't look much different sticky notes pictures.... Candles on the floor in front.
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The worst part of it all was Shirikamos parents.... Trying to collect his things.... Sorting a few out for Hizashi and Shouta and others he considered himself especially close too...

Aisuru had a dorm directly above Shirikamo's....
So she had been surprised when she went to get food from the common room to see Oboros folks with cardboard boxes... his Mom inconsolable.... His Dad empty...

Aisuru didn't think Oboro ,Hizashi or Aizawa or Nemuri considered her apart of the rooftop crew.
( especially since to most of the class the rooftop crew was those who went everyday. As most of 1A tried to join the mischief when they had time. So Aisuru going sometimes and being friends with the three didn't immediately make them best friends...)

So it caught her off guard when Shirikamos mother caught her gaze with broken eyes and Gave a barely audible. "Aisuru? I know you."

"You knew our boy?" His father stated with work and heavy eyes.

"Yeah, and Umm.... I owe .... Owed him... a lot. Most of 2 A and B owes him. He was just like that looking out for everyone else." Aisuru responded.

"He told us about you umm... he'd give us little updates about things ...his friends mainly... um.. He told us what happened to your parents.... That to some degree he looked up to you... of course he looked up to Hizashi and Shouta too. However he was impressed by how you dealt with loosing your family how you could be resilient ,funny ,and cheerful during such dark times in you're life.. he tried to emulate that spirit when his regular positive disposition faltered..."
Mrs.Shirikamo's explained

It was at this point Aisuru started crying......
It was all a-lot all too fast loss.

"No don't cry he wouldn't have wanted y0u to cry over him. I Know I'm not one to talk crying myself.... I just know. He'd make some joke about how it was a waste of tears.... May I offer you a hug." Mrs. Shirikamo suggested

Her arms were warm. no matter how broken or cold her heart, was... her arms were always warm.

"I um ... I have this most of our friend group had them but I think maybe you might need them more than I do right now..." Aisuru took out the concert ticket that she had for the band Oboro liked.

"He had one somewhere too. It's yours if you want it listening to music he liked might help heal. I don't know ... I just feel like you need this more than I do."
Aisuru continued...