Chapter 2
Sumire didn’t know what to think anymore, just yesterday she was having one of the best days of her life, after all their hard work she finally was able to enjoy some time with her boyfriend (and the love of her life).
Now? She was seeing someone that she thought… no, that she knew that was gone forever. But now that person was just standing there outside of the apparent new Ren’s apartment.
“Geez Ren, that’s how you greet your girlfriend's sister?” Kasumi said before giving the boy a quick hug that he was not able to reciprocate. Then she walks past Ren to face her sister.
“Hi Sumi” Kasumi said to her sister before looking at the shock of her little sister face.
“Earth to Sumire… Are you there?” The older Yoshizawa sister asks her sister with a confused look before looking back at Ren.
“Did…. Did I interrupt something? Kasumi asks to the couple with a smirk on her face.
“WHAT???? N-N-O” Sumire answers quickly. “But why are you here?”
“What do you mean Sumi? I told you yesterday that I would come here early to have breakfast with you and Ren, besides, don’t tell mum but your food is way better than hers” Kasumi answers with a cheerful smile.
Sumire looks at Ren that was able to calm down a little and gives her a little nod that makes her understand that she has to play along with this.
“Ohh- yeah, sorry, I just forgot” Sumire says to her sister a little nervous.
“Well… now I’m here so why don’t we eat something before I have to go to practice? Here, let me make the orange juice” Kasumi says with a smile before she starts to walk to the living room and turning to her right to go to a place that the couple think that is the kitchen.
“Sumi… are you alright?” Ren asks to his girlfriend that still is a little shocked.
“Why is she here…how?”
“I… don’t know, this can be one of the changes that Igor and Lavenza told us before”
“But why her… i-i..” Sumire says will looking at the floor.
“Hey, look at me Sumi” Ren then goes and puts his girlfriend in a little embrace. “I know that this has to be difficult for you… but remember, we are in this together, we will get to the bottom of this”
Sumire looks up and sees Ren straight in the eyes, then she puts her hand on his cheek.
“Thank You Ren…” Sumire says with a little smile
“Hey Ren, were do you… Oh, never mind” Kasumi says with as she winks directly to her sister as she quickly comebacks to the kitchen. Ren and Sumire end the embrace with a little blush on their faces before making their way to join Kasumi at the kitchen.
-3O minutes later-
The three are seating on the table enjoying their breakfast in silence before Kasumi looks at Sumire and asks her.
“So… Sumi, did you tell him?” Kasumi says with a knowing smile.
“Tell him what?” The redheaded asks visibly confused.
“That thing! the letter that come home the other day!”
“What letter?”
“Argh!... did you forget?” Kasumi says with a pout on her face.
“I don’t really know what are you talking about Kasumi”
“Fine… I will tell him” Kasumi says to her sister before looking at Ren
“Sumire and I were admitted as honor students at your school!” Kasumi says with a big smile to Ren.
“Really? That’s great… Congratulations” Ren says trying to sound at least a little bit surprised.
“Yup” Kasumi says as she turns to face her sister again. “I guess that now we will have to call him Ren-senpai”
“Umm yeah… I guess...” Sumire says a little bit shyly.
“Are you okay Sumi? You don’t seem very well today, maybe you shouldn’t go to practice today…” Kasumi looks at her sister with concern on her face.
“N-no, don’t worry, I’m fine, I will go” Sumire says as she try to look a little better.
“Oh, alright! remember that we have this important meet at the end of the month, you better give it your all, because I will not lose this time”
“When is this meet?” Sumire asks trying to get a little of information about this new reality.
“Oh, I think it's on March 20”.
“Wait, what day is today?” Ren asks to Kasumi.
“Its March 10, almost one month before we have to start school.” The older Yoshizawa sister answers before looking at the clock on top of the TV “Well thanks for the breakfast guys, but I have to buy somethings for mum. I will come to pick you up at 3:30 so we can go together to practice Sumire” Kasumi says as she gets up from the table and waves at the couple before leaving.
Ren and Sumire stay in silence after Kasumi leaves for at least 5 minutes, the two of the analyzing the information they just learned.
“So we are one month before I came to Tokyo” Ren says breaking the silence in the room.
“Also is the same month that Kasumi…” Sumire tried to say but was unable to complete the sentence.
“Hey” Ren says at the same time as he puts his hand on top of Sumire’s “We are in this together”
Sumire looks at Ren before smiling a little and nodding “Right, together, besides now things are different, I have you, we have each other.
Ren smiles at his girlfriend before giving her a quick peck on the lips, as they start to pick the dishes and take them to the sink Ren's phone lits up.
* Hey kid will you be able to work today, I have to run some errands *
* Sojiro? *
*Who else it’s going to be? Yes, it’s me, BOSS *
* Sorry, yeah, I will be able to work, I will be there at 4, its that good for you? *
* Yes, I will be waiting you *
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“Well, it seems that in this reality I already know boss, but I don't know to what extent, at least I will try to learn a little more about this reality, maybe something changed with Futaba”
“I know that you want to help our friends, I also want that, but remember, we are to help the new trickster” Sumire knows that Ren wants to help their friends as soon as possible, but this is not their journey anymore, they are here to help this new trickster. “I wonder who is going to be this new trickster? Maybe someone we know?”
“As far as we know it could be anyone, hell, it could even be Kasumi”
“Don’t say that, I don’t want Kasumi getting involve in all this Phantom Thieves stuff” Sumire knows that Kasumi is strong, really strong, but she also knows that the things that the Phantom Thieves do are dangerous, really dangerous, and she doesn’t want her sister to get involve.
“For now, that is out of our hands, we shouldn't worry about it”
“You are right, there is no reason to worry about that right now”
“Well, with that out of the way… what do you say if we go for a walk? I want to see in which part of the city we are”
“Good idea senpai, first let's change our clothes and then we can get going”
30 minutes later, Ren and Sumire are walking hand in hand on the streets of Shibuya, as Ren thought his apartment wasn’t really that far of central street. As he and Sumire continue walking they couldn't find any difference between this reality and their former reality, everything looked literally the same way as before. They decide to check Shibuya Station and the Underground Mall, but couldn’t find anything out of the ordinary, the only thing that saddened Ren is not finding Yusuke or Ann in their usual places.
As the couple starts to come back to the apartment, they hear a tall guy that looked like a security guy talking to… a cat?
“Did you hear? There had been a lot of incidents lately, those psychotic break downs and mental shutdowns… that’s crazy, maybe I should have stayed home…”
“Akechi…” Ren muttered.
“Senpai? Are you alright?” Sumire asked with concern on her voice.
“Oh, yeah, just thinking about Akechi… he is still out there, but we can’t do anything about it, we don’t know who he targets or their names”. Ren said with a sad voice.
Sumire squeezed Ren hand “Senpai, remember what you said before, there are somethings that are out of our hands, we can’t do anything about it”
“Yeah… but well, it still hurts that we are not able to do something”
“Senpai… why don’t I make something for lunch? We can eat together before you have to go to Leblanc and Kasumi picks me up?
Ren smiled a little “Yeah, that would be great”
“Yes! Then come on Senpai! Let’s go!” Sumire grabbed Ren's hand and they both started running towards the apartment.
After Ren and Sumire enjoyed a very delicious meal they both parted ways, as Ren walked down the familiar streets of Yongen-jaya towards Leblanc. He noted that nothing seemed out of the ordinary, hell, even the cats were still there, then before he knew it he was already at the door of the café. As he made his way towards the inside of Leblanc, he could that classic smell of Sojiro curry and coffee.
“Welco-oh, it’s you kid” Sojiro said behind the cafe counter.
“Hey boss… it’s nice to see you to”
“Same here kid, here put the apron on so I can get going”
Ren puts the apron that Sojiro gives him, then the owner of the café makes his way to the bathroom to change to his street clothes. As Sojiro makes his way out of the café he turns around to face Ren from the other side of the counter.
“Hey kid, I will need your help with something next week”
“Hm? What do you need boss?”
“You see, there is someone that is going to come to live at the attic, so I want you to help me carry the boxes upstairs”
“Oh, are family members visiting you?”
“No, nothing of the sort, it’s just a trouble girl with… particular circumstances”
“Okay… just call me when her things arrive, and I will help you with it”
“Thanks kid, I own you one, remember to turn out the lights before leaving”
“Don’t worry boss, I got this”
After that Sojiro leaves Leblanc leaving Ren alone at the café.
“Well, it seems that the new trickster is coming here a little bit earlier this time… hmm...I wonder if she would look like me…”