Don't Forget This Feeling!

Makoto sighed as she looked out the window of Cafe Leblanc. Raining was an understatement; it looked like a monsoon was raging outside. So much for exploring the city with Takeshi. He was still new in town, after all; as a life long resident, Makoto had so many places she wanted to show her new friend.

“I guess, it just seems sort of hard to trust any of them these days.”

“I want to get into a good college for computer programming but my grades have tanked this year.  I don’t know if I can make up for it.”

She couldn’t argue with that. After all the volleyball team had been through, Makoto couldn’t blame him for not trusting the teachers. She herself was still coming to terms with the fact that many of them did not have the students’ best interests at heart.

Continued from [x] @shujinqueen

     “Hey, don’t mention. You’re among good company.” He nods. Takeshi wasn’t one to mince words when it mattered. Seeing what was on her side, opened his eyes to them not being so different in terms of their struggles. He was fortunate that their grievances were all cleared up and now they were on equal terms once more.       “I’m here for you so don’t be afraid to reach out yeah?” He along with the others were there for her. They were like a family of misfits after all. The thought alone amused him.

Having someone to lean on... Makoto hadn’t realized how much she needed that, until very recently. She had always thought of herself as the sort of person who could do anything on her own. But even just the offer - don’t be afraid to reach out - made her entire body feel lighter. When had her burden gotten so heavy, that she could barely carry it on her own? She wasn’t sure, but that fact was becoming clearer and clearer by the day.

The police station was... nothing like what she expected. From the outside, Makoto could tell the building was in rough shape. Inside, it looked as if it were falling apart. Still, more than half of the workers appeared to be taking their jobs seriously; but that still left several officers who didn’t even try to be sneaky about slacking off. As Makoto made her way to the office she was looking for, she even noticed one man was sleeping at his desk. Sleeping!

Well, that was all for the best, really. Makoto’s ultimate goal was to reform the system from the inside. Most of the time, the things that were worth doing weren’t easy. 

Makoto was happy to find, when she reached the office, that her new partner was not sleeping. In fact, he was so focused on his computer that he didn’t appear to notice, when Makoto entered and shut the door behind her.