I forgot i was still here

It has been two weeks since Jason left. Everything was stiff, like an old machine working without oil. Every second it worked was unpleasant. No one could bear it.

Nothing of note happened between those two weeks. Alex had told what he could to Hikaru. How about got his powers, about WS and Jira. It didn't really matter. Everything would be wiped out anyway.

He did leave out the part where Hikaru became the hairy hulk and tried to kill him for certain reasons.

Vanessa continued her mission. Jason spent his days aimlessly gazing out the window in his room in England. Classes in the University went on as usual. Everything was back to normal but, said normal was somehow intolerable. This continued for another week.

Alex was sitting on a bench, eating a sandwich. Vanessa didn't come to university today. The wind blew to ease the summer sun. Hikaru joined Alex without saying anything. Probably checking to see if he was being monitored.

Alex hadn't done anything in the past three weeks, so his observation intensity was reduced.

'Alex! What are we going to do?'

Hikaru abruptly grabbed him, whining frantically. Apparently, being told that his memory would get erased didn't sit well with him.

'What do you want me to do?'

'Save me. I don't want my memories to get changed.'

Hikaru was desperate. Incidentally, he wasn't told that only his memory regarding Jira and as would get erased. He was only told that they will erase his memories, which he believed they meant all his life.

'Alright. But we can't talk here. Come to my room at 7 tonight.'

Hikaru eagerly waited for the time to arrive. He had half-heartedly accepted the fact that Alex was smarter than him for now. Hikaru climbed the stairs and walked up to his door, ringing the doorbell.

Alex opened it while talking to someone on the phone. Hikaru stepped inside and sat on the sofa. Tea was the stove, and Alex brought out three cups, still talking on the phone.

--I wonder who he is talking to?

He ended the call.

'So, you want me to help you protect your memories. I'm sorry, but you came to the wrong person.'

'Don't say that. You agreed to help.'

Hikaru was at the edge of his seat. He became anxious.

'The only person who can help you is Jason. He is a WS agent, and if he wishes, he can stop your memory manipulation.'

'Then let's get Jason and-'

Alex cut him off.

'Are you an idiot? Jason would never agree to something like this. Even if we manage to persuade him, he has just received a penalty. He isn't in any position to do such a thing. We need something so that he could redeem himself. Him solving the Jira case would help a lot.'

'Then let's get Jerson to solve the case.'

Hikaru stood up, motivated. Alex was amazed by his enthusiasm but told him to sit down. Meanwhile, someone exited a taxi right outside the building.

'Easier said than done. How do you plan to do that?'

'Well, that is…'

Hikaru's burning enthusiasm was put out. He looked around, searching for an idea. Alex sullenly watched him. Everything has taken a wrong turn. Alex blamed himself for everything that has happened up till now. His personality changed after the surgery.

Simply put, he became more daring. It was his fault for luring Jason into his stupid antics. He wanted to make everything right.

'Look, this isn't a two-man job. We need a third person. '

'A third?'

The person walked upstairs steadily.

'Someone who has a faraway relation so that Vanessa wouldn't suspect anything but is close enough that we can trust him.

'I see.'

Slowly checking the apartment plates. The person searched the plate which read Alexander Dean.

'Someone who is capable and already knows what is going on.'

'Do you know such a person?'

Hikaru loved the idea. A third person who can secretly do the work they both can't. It would be really convenient to have someone like this. The said third person rang the doorbell.

'The door isn't locked. You can come in.'

The third person spun the knob and opened the door. Hikaru excitedly got up to greet this third person, but his jaw dropped when he saw the person.

'Asuna?'