“Sora! How many times have I told you to stop playing these dumb and meaningless games,” Sora’s mother barged in and removed all the cables in which consequently cut all the energy sources of the gaming console.

“But mother, I did not even have time nor chance to save my progress,” A younger Sora cried out in complaint to his mother's’ actions.

“The only progress you are neglecting are your studies, not this pointless charade of wasting time and playing games,” Sora’s mother raised her voice. “I expect to find you studying when I came back,” Sora’s mother added as she left the room.

On the floor a sobbing Sora was almost in tears, bound to his fate of studying and in his hand a console without a serving function or purpose, as all of his savings got cut off and his hard work inside the game was all put to waste due to his mother’s previous actions. To the younger Sora’s side there were a pile of books stacking up, all levels and years of ahead of his own age group. Sora rummaged through his belongings of books and found nothing new to read.

“Mother will not possibly believe I already finished these ones last week,” Sora sighed and picked up the most advanced calculus book amongst them.

In calculus Sora found comfort, numbers would relate to games, hence games were all built around numbers and those served both as a purpose of installation, while on the other hand setting the boundaries and limitations within a game.

“Sora, Sora wake up!” A familiar voice beckoned through the room.

“Who is there?” Sora asked and found no answer.

“Sora!” The voice shouted out once more.

A flash of light came surging through and tore the room in pieces as Sora rushed to his gaming console to hug it tightly and not let go of it. The room had shifted to a bright light which had shunned him earlier and Sora found himself brought back to the reality by the silhouette what seemed to resemble Airi next to him.

“Sorry for stealing your lips there princess,” Sora smiled.

“Do not flatter yourself, we did not perform CPR, I merely pushed your upper chest to remove the water which you inhaled while drowning,” Airi fussed.

“Ah, so you girls were willing to let me die then, great,” Sora continued to smile. “It was your one chance of finally beating me,” Sora added humorous intent.

“Do not joke about it,” Airi immediately responded with a back slap to his head.

“Sorry,” Sora apologized instantly, reflecting on his poor joke.

Yui stood next to them, while all others girls were still isolated and spectating from the other side of the swimming pool. Airi extended embarrassingly and slightly trembling out her hand and helped Sora back up. They relocate to the a part with more shades and what appeared to be a sidebar. Airi swiftly jumped behind the side-bar and began to put together an ice cream and then pulled up a cold soda beverage.

“I am not in the mood for ice cream, thanks anyway,” Sora informed Airi.

“It is not for you, you clueless ogre,” Airi replied and shoved the soda in Sora’s face.

“Ah I see, well watch your waistline, it would suck if you got any rounder,” Sora sarcastically spouted out.

Airi appeared to be on the verge of hitting Sora once more, however managed to take a deep breath and calm herself.

“How are you always so different from being suddenly shy and awkward, to just casual and social, carefree and uncaring of the consequences to any given situation?” Airi sighed.

“Well, it is more in my head, all the anxiety and worrisome thoughts are deeply rooted and surface. However once I put my mind to questing or find myself comfortable in any surrounding it blocks and removes all excess noise, and I can just be myself, I guess,” Sora answered.

“I see,” Airi nodded.

“That is amazing,” Yui popped out from behind and gave both Airi and Sora a scare which both led with them sighing aloud. “Are you okay?” Yui anxiously asked while shivering.

“More than you,” Sora laughed. “Relax, you can ask Airi, I am of no threat,” Sora supplemented.

Airi acknowledged Sora’s remark with yet another nod. Yui slowly began bit by bit to tremor less and less, until it finally stopped.

“Want some ice cream?” Airi looked at Yui.

Yui nodded swiftly twice in concession as to indicate, “yes I would love to,” and Yui appeared quite eager and enthusiastic to have one. Airi prepared another ice cream and served it to Yui shortly. Sora and Airi both watched Yui take a bite and melt in satisfaction with each consecutive bite she took. At times Yui would slow down or make a little noise after taking in too much at once, while other times she would just put on this mysterious puff and glow in her cheeks while it continued to melt with satisfaction. Sora realized he felt bad watching Yui almost as she appeared a house pet or something foreign to this world which he had not yet witnessed. However that feeling was short lived when Sora took notice of Airi even staring more intensively and lingering on to Yui’s every reaction, in which quickly rid Sora of his guilt in staring of utter silence.

“Is it good?” Sora cautiously asked Yui without attempt to interrupt her.

Yui nodded twice once more in concession to indicate again a form of, “yes”, “yes it is”.

“Shush,” Airi hushed towards Sora with her index finger covering her mouth and lips.

Sora sighed, and thought to himself “what are they doing? Airi is just implying that I should let Yui be and not scare her off like if she was a baby deer or something”, and yet another sigh followed. All of the sudden there was a familiar happening within Sora’s lap, coming from beneath the towel, his phone buzzed. Quest received.

Tab 2: “Pet Yui’s head”

Tab 3: “Talk to any girl, must be repeated 10 times, and caps at maximum of 3 times per female individual.”, in progress 6/10.

Hurriedly Sora turned around like a madman to look around.

“Is someone watching us? Simply taking pleasure in my miseries or something?” Sora muttered silently to himself.

Sora gulped and slowly began to move his hand towards Yui without alerting either her or Airi. A small sakura petal came flying in and landed in Yui’s hair. “Perfect”, Sora thought while carefully and gradually approaching his goal. At the very last second, when Sora had finally found a blind spot to brush it off while petting her head slightly, Airi had moved her hand in and brushed off the sakura petal. Sora thought of two things, a relentless pursuit or an accidental one. A moment of hesitation became an impulsive move and before he had knew it, Sora was petting Yui’s head.

“Whaa...at are you doing?” Yui and Airi shrieked stutteringly in unison, Airi taken by surprise and Yui filled with embarrassment in her face.

“Ah, oh, brushing off the sakura petal, guess I was too late,” Sora attempted to explain his actions and began to crack a small laugh at the matter.

Airi knocked off Sora’s hand promptly after he had finished his sentence.

“Do not touch her, you are scaring her,” Airi warned Sora and shoved Yui’s face into her chest while wrapping her arms tightly around her in a protective manner.

“I was not…” Sora gave it another shot at explaining.

At the same time a voice emerged which belonged to Kayano when Sora and Airi both turned to see who it belonged to.

“The two of you, stop bullying Yui!” Kayano yelled out with complaint approaching them rapidly.

“We are not bullying her!” Sora and Airi replied loudly in unison, while in the meantime Yui was on the brink of tears again, being smothered and suffocating from both the arising situation and Airi’s bosom.