Persona 3 : Two Souls

Part 31 - The Pieces

October 5th, Takuya had just finished getting dressed for the school day ahead of him. Yesterday's tragedy still not leaving his mind or the minds of his teammates, but they knew they still had to go to school in spite of what happened. The young man let out a mournful sigh and then left his room to go get his sister. He knocked on her door only to get no response so he knocked again and still nothing.

"Miyu?" Takuya called from the other side of the door, no answer. He figured this would happen since Shinjiro and her had grown close over this past year and he knew she'd take it super hard. "I love you, Miyu." Takuya said "I'll see you when I get home." he added before leaving his sister alone for the day, he had to be strong right now.

The school had an assembly in Shinji's memory that day, everyone was gathered in the auditorium where they had set up a massive memorial for him complete with a wide array of flowers and a framed portrait of him in the center of it all.

"No words can express the sense of loss we all feel as a result of this terrible tragedy." The principal said on stage "He had a lifetime of opportunity ahead of him and to have that all taken away by violence is terrible. As educators, we are to blame for not noticing his silent cries for help....Perhaps if we had been more observant, we may have had a chance to help him realize his full potential." he seemed genuine in his words "Forgive us. Forgive us for our negligence...."

As the principal continued giving the eulogy, Takuya continued to listen with his head down. Thoughts and emotions still running through his head, Junpei and Yukari were sitting near him as was Aigis and he knew more than anyone that they were hurting just as much as he was. He could hear the two sitting in front of him whispering to one another and he really wanted to punch them for being disrespectful.

"Will this speech ever end?" said one guy in the front with a scoff "I didn't even know this Aragaki guy, I got a mock exam to prepare for."

"I heard he never came to school, probably some punk." the guy next to him replied, the two turned around and looked at Takuya.

"Hey..." the first guy said trying to get the blue-haired teen's attention "You know who this Aragaki guy is?" he asked, Takuya looked up at him with a glare that screamed murder and immediately both of them turned around.

"Geez, what a jerk." one of the two complained. "He's not even a senior, not like he knew this Aragaki guy anyway." the other said.

"Shut up." Junpei spoke up, you could hear his pain in his voice. "Just shut up."

"The hell's your problem?" One of the guys said as they both turned to face Junpei.

"I said shut up!" Junpei shouted louder, now catching everyone else's attention.

"Iori, sit down!" Ms.Toriumi ordered annoyed, Junpei scoffed in annoyance as he sat back down.

After the service was finished, the classes were told to go back to their homerooms but Takuya instead snuck his way onto the roof. Once up there, he shut the door behind him and finally let everything out. He didn't want anyone to see him like this but everything about this was destroying him. His sister was heartbroken, a friend was gone, and everyone around him was now left in pain and in mourning over this. He was upset, He was angry, He was sad, and all of this came out in a storm of tears that he had been holding back since the night it happened.

The day continued on, Takuya eventually picked himself up and wiped away all evidence of what he had just done so he could return to class. Around lunch, Mitsuru entered the homeroom and approached him as well as Junpei, Yukari, and Aigis.

"May I speak with you?" she asked. "Sure..." Takuya answered.

"When you all get back, please meet in the lounge....you know what it's regarding." Mitsuru explained, the four hung their heads in response.