Yokozawa blinked his eyes open at he woke at 4:30 in the morning. He slowly sat up and stretched before his eyes readjusted to the darkness of his apartment. Yokozawa looked over at the time before getting out of bed and slipping on some clothes before he grabbed a blank art canvas and some paint and headed up to the roof of his apartment through the fire escape. As he climbed onto the roof he detected another organic being there and soon found his neighbor asleep on the roof.

"Yukina?" Yokozawa said watching as the twenty-two-year-old man flailed about before noticing the android.

Yukina smiled brightly at Yokozawa. "Oh, Morning Yokozawa-san, how are you?"

"I'm not sure," Yokozawa answered honestly "Objectively, I'm fine."

"That's good," Yukina said stretching.

"We're you out here all night?" Yokozawa asked setting up his canvas and paints.

"Oh, yeah. The stars were out and I just had to paint them," Yukina replied looking over to the three canvas's he had laid out "I couldn't help it. You should camp out with me sometime."

Yokozawa was about to decline like always but this time, he decided to answer differently. "Alright then, when shall we…camp out?"

Yukina brightens up at the respond. "How about tomorrow night? The moon will be out then too!"

"Ok," Yokozawa said nodding giving Yukina a half smile before his attention was stolen but the sun rising. Yokozawa then started painting the sun coming up over the city, he started painting and drawing thanks to Yukina. When they had originally met, it was when Yokozawa was first moving in, but they didn't really get acquainted until Yokozawa started spending his mornings on the roof of the building where he found the young art student like to spend most of his time. After that it became a more frequent occurrence, soon Yukina started teaching him about art and drawing before buying Yokozawa some art supplies and telling him to draw to his heart's content. Yokozawa didn't understand why Yukina was so kind to him, but he learned over time that Yukina like Henmi valued his companionship.

"Hey Yokozawa, how did your checkup go?" Yukina asked as he started painting again.

"I have a small virus I need to take medication for," Yokozawa responded not stopping what he was doing.

"Oh no, did you get it from the file I sent you?" Yukina asked again "I'm sorry, I didn't run it through an anti-virus software protection software before giving it to you. Is your coding messed up?"

"A little but it's not bad enough to hurt me," Yokozawa replied hoping to put Yukina at ease "I also fixed my arm."

"What was wrong with your arm?" Yukina asked confused.

"I hurt it scuba diving," Yokozawa said mixing together some colors.

"Ah, you're really adventurous, aren't you?" Yukina said with a smile before groping around blindly for his thermos. Yukina finally grabbed something and was about to drink it when Yokozawa's arm shot out and grabbed his.

"Yukina, you're about to drink paint," Yokozawa said "Not coffee."

"Oh, thanks, Yokozawa," Yukina said putting the paint can down before picking up his actual thermos and drinking from it before offering some to Yokozawa. "Coffee? It's Columbia."

"No thanks," Yokozawa replied, "I don't need to drink or eat."

"Lucky," Yukina responded, "I've gain the freshman fifteen, or twenty in my case."

"You're still perfectly healthy," Yokozawa said.

"Oh, I know, it's a body image thing," Yukina said putting the finishing touches on his sunrise "And there!"

Yokozawa looked over to Yukina canvas to see a sunrise but instead of red, orange and yellow colors with was blue, purple with a hint of pink. "You used assorted colors?"

"Of course, art's not black and white," Yukina said before noticing Yokozawa's confusion "There's no one way to do any thing, you don't have to use the same colors you see, you can put your own spin on things."

Yokozawa looked down at his own sunrise which had the normal red, orange and yellow perfectly blended in the sky rising over the city. "I've always been told things are linear, and any change is an outlier."

It took Yukina a minute to process the science jargon but when he did, he said "It might work that way in science or technology but everything has a branch path that can go either way. That's what life is, it unpredictable."

Yokozawa looked over to Yukina absorbing what he said before nothing the art student was half way asleep and was struggling to keep his eyes open. "I think you should rest Yukina."

"Yeah," Yukina yawned "I have work later today, I need the sleep."

Yokozawa helps Yukina bring his art supplies back to his apartment when Yukina sudden exclaimed. "Crap, I forgot! I wanted to go to that art again for new supplies. I guess I'll have to sleep later."

Yokozawa knowing that it was unhealthy for Yukina to stay up any longer stopped him. "I can go if really need them."

"Huh? No, Yokozawa-san that be asking too much of you," Yukina replied, "It's halfway across town as well, I'm sure you're busy."

"I…" Yokozawa tried to think before coming up with an excuse "I need to go on that side of town anyway, and I wanted to buy some new art supplies too."

"You were?" Yukina asked in disbelief.

Yokozawa nodded going along with the lie. "Yes, if you have a list of the things you need I can go and get them while I'm over there."

Lucky for Yokozawa, Yukina's tired brain didn't probe any further. Yukina handed Yokozawa a list of art supplies he needs. "I should be awake by the time you get back. Thank you so much Yokozawa."

"No problem," Yokozawa said heading back to his own apartment only to have Sorata weaving through his legs purring. "I should feed you before I go."

Yokozawa went into his refrigerator before taking inventory as he got out ingredients for Sorata's breakfast. He might as well go groceries shopping while he was out, he cooked a full salmon for his cat before chopping it up into bite size pieces before serving it to the feline. Seeing that Sorata was content with the food, Yokozawa when back into his room to change into something more casual for going outside before he settled on a plain black long sleeved shirt and blue jeans. Yokozawa grabbed his cell phone, wallet, and key before noticing the medicine he was supposed to take on his nightstand, he sighed to himself before shaking up a vile and inserting it into the back of his head. His eyes flutter once again at feeling before Yokozawa went on his way.

As soon as Yokozawa stepped out onto the busy street he noticed some clouds hung over that wasn't there this morning. Maybe he should have checked the weather forecast before he left his apartment, Yokozawa temporary split his vision as he made his way to the train station to find that it was supposed to rain but not until late afternoon. He then restored his vision to normal just as his phone started vibrating indicating he had a call, it was Henmi. Yokozawa answered it before switch the commination link to his head to he could talk to Henmi with speaking aloud.

"Good morning Henmi," Yokozawa said.

"Hello Yokozawa-san," Henmi said "I wanted to know if you were available today. Just to hang out, we don't have to leave your apartment."

Yokozawa thought about it for a moment before telling Henmi. "Sure, want to come around dinner time?"

"Works for me," Henmi replied, "I'll see you then."

Yokozawa was glad he decided to go grocery shopping while he was out. He then looked out the window seeing the bright neon colors of the city before his memory was temporarily triggered. He'd had been here before but not with Yukina or Henmi when had first snuck out of Marukawa Robotics. Yokozawa had to bite back a laugh at the memory, it was quite funny to think about.

Everything was so bright and colorful, compared to what Yokozawa was used to seeing every day. Yokozawa knew he wasn't supposed to leave the facility but he was curious as what the world outside his white walls looked like. So, he studied the lay out of the building a few days before, stole some of Takano and Hatori's clothes, managed to drug Mino, and bribed Kisa to look the other way for a few moments as he walked through the front door of the building. Yokozawa didn't really have a destination in mind since he had never been outside before, but just decided to walk in a random direction wherever it may lead him. Yokozawa was sure he was experiencing sensory overload at all the new sights and sounds he was taken in at once, it's made him a little dizzy since he was trying to filter through everything, then sudden the noise and bright light's stop. Yokozawa blinked looking at his surroundings to find he was in a park with sakura trees blooming all around him. He looked around in amazement at bright pink color's and the green grass beneath him, he slowly walked around taking in the natural scene around him before seeing the river. Curious, Yokozawa walked over seeing more over the city on the other side, he rested his head on the palm of his hand watching peacefully. But it just made him wonder why Takano and the others have never taken him outside before, why was he always confided to the wall of Marukawa. He was so lost in thought that he didn't hear the numerous armored S.W.A.T cars pull up a few meters away, what brought him out of thought were the helicopter the sudden roar over his head shiny bright lights on him. Yokozawa blinked confused before men in body armor surround him with weapons trained on him. Sudden he felt a high voltage electrical shock hit him in his side bringing him to his knees in pain, he found out later it was a tranquilized bullet meant to put him to sleep but he wasn't sure he believed that account. He then felt someone send shockwaves up his spine causing his vision to glitch out as he fell to the ground. Yokozawa knew he had blackout temporarily as they took him back to Marukawa, he came to for a moment to hear someone angrily shouting before he faded out again.

When he was finally coherent enough to take in his surrounds he found himself on a familiar operating table with a monitor and scanning his brain activity. As Yokozawa sat up he noticed the jack plugged into the back of his head, he touched it carefully before he heard three pairs of footstep walking outside the room. He had a feeling he knew who it was so he just turned his head as Takano, Hatori, and a person he couldn't recognize stepped into the room. Takano didn't look happy, Hatori had his stoic expression, and the person Yokozawa didn't know just looked…amused…it was a bit unsettling. No one said anything for a moment so Yokozawa decided to speak up.

"I'm in trouble, aren't I?" Yokozawa said.

"You think!?" Takano exclaims causing the android to flinch. "Yokozawa, what were you thinking!? Sneaking out like that!? Do you know how much money in resources we spent looking for you!?"

"I…I have a tracking implant, don't I?" Yokozawa asked knowing fully well that he had disabled it before leaving.

"You do, but it was temporarily offline," Hatori replied, "When Kisa managed to get it back online, guess where we found you?"

"I don't know," Yokozawa answered honestly since he didn't even know where he was or how he got there.

"You showed up half way across town over the damn river!" Takano said angrily causing Yokozawa to bow his head "Yokozawa, you cannot be doing things like this! What if another company capture you, or worst you could have been sold on the black market!? Do you even know how valuable you are!?"

"Shut up! I know I'm just an asset for your own personal gain!" Yokozawa suddenly exclaimed having enough of the angry words being thrown at him. After he said that the room went quietly with noticeable tension hanging in the air. Yokozawa had covered his mouth after his outburst waiting for an emotional blow or a command to strip whatever freedoms he had when the unknow person started chuckling.

"Well, he's not wrong Takano," The man said making his way over to Yokozawa "You were working on this project in hopes of getting a Nobel peace prize if I recall."

"Isaka now is not the time to discuss that," Takano said pinching the bridge of his nose "We have to lay some ground rules down about this…"

"About what?" Isaka said amused "He just went exploring for a bit, and he wasn't harmed…"

"My left side and spine hurt from the electric shock," Yokozawa stated.

"Ok, maybe a little harm, but this is a good thing," Isaka said "He's already capable of independent thought, as he has so eloquently demonstrated. So, I think you should allow more him more freedom, it will help in the long run."

"He's not wrong," Hatori said.

Takano inhaled through his nose before saying. "Fine, but we need to lay down some serious ground rules."

Isaka suddenly clapped his hands together. "Splendid! Now, I've got a meeting to conduct with the SWAT team, it was nice to meet you Yokozawa, I'm out."

After Isaka was out of an ear shot, Yokozawa tilted his head and said "Isaka is very strange."

"You have no idea." Takano groaned before starting to make repairs to Yokozawa's body once again.

Yokozawa was snapped out of the memory by the doors of the train opening at his stop. He blinked before making himself more aware of his surrounds, then he started off in the direction of the art shop Yukina was so fond of. Yokozawa took another mental catalog of the things he was supposed to get and that he was supposed to duplicate it for himself, he soon found himself walking into the shop looking around, he managed to get all the supplies expect for some acrylic paint that Yukina really liked. He looked around again before spotting it on a shelf higher than him, although Yokozawa was fairly tall standing at 6'2 the shelf was a good few inches above him. Yokozawa temporarily tried to calculate the best way to go about this when he was startled as a hand came into his field of vision and picked up two packs of acrylic paint before handing it to him. Yokozawa turned to look at the person who helped him before he swears all his brain functions stopped.

The man had light brown hair with matching colored eyes and a fair skin tone. He was wearing very casual clothing and had a soft smile on his face. Yokozawa was so distracted he had to blink a few times to process that the man was speaking to him. "I'm sorry?"

"I said, I hope you don't mind," He repeated, "But you looked like you needed help."

"Uh…thank you…I did…" Yokozawa replied. He quickly turned away walking towards the register paying for the supplies before heading outside only to find it was raining. He sighed to himself before the rain suddenly stopped from overhead, Yokozawa looked up to find an umbrella shielding him from the rain.

"Looks like you're having a difficult day," a familiar voice said.

Yokozawa turned his head to the side to find the same man before standing beside him. "It would seem so."

The man chuckled sticking out the hand that wasn't holding the umbrella. "My name is Kirishima Zen. Nice to meet you."

Yokozawa shook his hand. "My name is Yokozawa Takafumi."

Kirishima cocked an eyebrow at him. "That name sounds familiar but I don't know from where."

Yokozawa shrugged at Kirishima unsure of how to answer him. Kirishima just shook his head before smiling again. "So where are you headed?"

"Train station," Yokozawa said, "I was on my way home."

"Well, then allow me to escort you," Kirishima replied as they started walking towards the station. "So, are you an art student?"

"No, I don't go to school," Yokozawa responded. "I'm just shopping for…a friend…"

"I see, you must really care about them then," Kirishima said, "I mean you came all the way out here to get art supplies without an umbrella."

"Yeah, I guess," Yokozawa said.

"So, what do you do for a living?" Kirishima asked, "You must have a job then."

"I don't have a job," Yokozawa replied. "I'm not required to work."

"Really?" Kirishima pondered slightly confused "What are you then?"

"I…" Yokozawa started then stopped not knowing how the respond, but he was thankfully saved by his train pulling into the station "That's my train, thank you for your kindness Kirishima-san."

"Oh wait," Kirishima then fished into his pocket before handing Yokozawa a business card "Call me sometime. You seem like a really interesting person."

"I…" Yokozawa started before Kirishima winked at him and walk in the other direction leaving Yokozawa slightly speechless.