I'm really slow at updating this... orz

Another day, another morning.

It's officially been around… two months since I started living in the dormitory, and two weeks from now, it'll mark my third month. Lately, things have been okay in the dormitory, everything has become a norm to me already. I still have some questions about a few things, but other than that, it's been okay.

Well, lately, I've been busy and I've always returned back pretty late… Since it's around this time of year when the midterms are near and then professors will give a preview or background of the project, which the student will have to start after midterms.

Most of my subjects require mainly paperwork, from essays to research paper. Others are practical, like survival routines and other military practices. Jitsui and I somehow had gotten paired up for one research paper, and he took the leadership between the two of us. When I had asked Odagiri about Jitsui, he had reassured me that, despite Jitsui's reputation, he's still an excellent student.

Today, however, was a rest day for military science students. Mainly because the professors are preparing for the upcoming midterm examinations, so they needed the entire day without having us around. Odagiri went out to watch a play, and I thought of going out with Gamou, but he said that he had plans.

I decided to just go to the cafeteria and study there instead of just cooping myself inside the room, when I saw Kaminaga, Jitsui and Miyoshi going down as well. "Hm? Ah, Sakuma-san." Miyoshi, the first one to notice me, greeted me.

"Hey… You guys don't have class today?" I asked Miyoshi and Kaminaga.

"I don't have a class scheduled today." Miyoshi said.

"We're given today to do our midterm project." Kaminaga said. "Oh hey! Why don't you join us, Sakuma!"

"Eh?" I was surprised at the sudden invitation, "Join you where?"

"Kaminaga asked us to help him out for his midterm project." Jitsui explained, "We didn't want to do it, but…" Jitsui paused as Miyoshi sighed, clearly the two didn't want to join Kaminaga, probably because Jitsui and Miyoshi are the type to do something that would benefit them in a way… Kaminaga probably coaxed them with something just to have them help him out.

"Oh? You're taking pictures or something?" I asked Kaminaga, who had nodded. "The project is quite simple. We'll have a few photos, display them, and then have the students vote. The grade will compose of the professors' input and the students' votes" he explained to me. "If I have these two in my composition, I'll have votes for sure!"

Ahhhh, so that's why… After learning about Fukumoto, I've often checked posts that are in the X Uni Files page and found out that Miyoshi and Jitsui are popular in school. Tazaki and Amari as well; but Miyoshi garnered a lot of posts from anonymous people, whether they like him and wish for him to notice them, or from pure admiration, or just interactions that they've had with him. Of course, they didn't say that it was him, per se, but… all descriptions leads to him.

"So? Wanna come?" Kaminaga asks me once more.

"Uhm—"

Just before I could say my reply, Jitsui interrupted me, "Why don't you come, Sakuma-san? I also want to talk about our research paper."

"Eh? Ah, if you say so…" I said, as I then stood up and packed my things, "I'll just put this back in my room." Getting an okay signal from Kaminaga, I went to my room and got a few necessities before meeting up with them in the lobby.

"Okay! Let's go!"

.:..::..:.

We arrived at the park, just a bus stop from the university. At the center of the park, is a fountain and a few benches around it. We had let Kaminaga set his camera up, "Okay, who wants to go first?" he asked, as he was setting up.

"Sakuma-san." Miyoshi immediately said, surprising me. "Eh? I… I didn't plan on getting pictured…!"

"But you came with us, so you have to help me out here!"

"But I just went because Jitsu—" I quickly turned my head towards Jitsui, who was just smiling at me innocently. "I thought…" I frantically tried to talk myself out of it, but Kaminaga had already dragged me near the fountain and started to instruct me, "Alright! Sit down there and act normal!"

I glanced at Miyoshi and Jitsui, both were laughing (at me probably) while they sat at the bench with Kaminaga's things.

I started to pose for Kaminaga, but since this was my first time doing this kind of thing, I'm pretty sure I was stiff and basically unnatural. Kaminaga kept relaying orders and whatnot, basically telling me to make it as candid as possible. After a lot of shots, he finally told me that we were done. "Thanks again Sakuma." He told me

"How was it?" I asked him curiously

"You did horribly." He told me bluntly, making me sigh as if expecting a different answer to my question.

"Say, Kaminaga?"

"Hm?" he didn't bother looking at me, as he looked through the photos and deleted photos that didn't really look good.

"Why'd you take photography?"

He finally looked up at me, "Ah… You must've heard about my uncle, right? He owns a store in England. I actually don't mind photography, I just want to go to England. That's all." He told me with a small shrug.

"I see…"

"Yep… Hey, Miyoshi, you're up!" he called Miyoshi over, as I walked over to where Jitsui was waiting.

"Nice work." He said to me as soon as I reached the bench.

"I was stiff."

"You definitely were." He said, not denying it at all.

I sighed as he chuckled about it. It seems that Kaminaga doesn't think much about the future, well… He seems that way anyways. But despite that, it seems to me that he takes photography pretty seriously… I'll have to check that photo gallery when I have time.

5 more chapters before the end of arc 2!