Epilogue

The next day Miyagi awoke early to bring out the trash. On his way back he saw a figure walking out of Shinobu's old apartment.

"Takahashi-kun, good morning."

The young man bowed politely, his school bag nearly sliding off his shoulder in the process.

"Good morning."

"I wanted to thank you for letting Shinobu hide at your place yesterday. I know it was such a strange request but—"

"Oh, it was no trouble. I don't know many people in the area yet, even though I've been here over two months, and I enjoyed having him over."

The two swapped a few more lines of small talk before the younger man had to run to University. Upon walking back inside, Miyagi wondered why the young man sitting in front of the computer wasn't doing the same.

"Shouldn't you be leaving by now? The commute to Toshima is a little longer than your old school."

"Gakushin's on holiday today."

"Oh." Miyagi watched him click away intensely for a few moments before asking, "What are you doing, anyway?"

"Deleting evidence."

Miyagi came up behind Shinobu just in time to see him delete a whole series of emails. From Miyagi's account. Emails that looked like spam.

"Ah, no! I was going to read those!"

"Tough," Shinobu said as the last of the offending messaged disappeared into cyberspace. He turned and walked away simply. "You should have read them the first time."

Miyagi glared at him. That cheeky, little brat…

Author's Note: Hmmm... who do we know with the last name "Takahashi" and what the heck is he doing living next to Miyagi? ... Meh, no matter. I'm sure we'll find out some day. Haha.