Next Day

The next day came unexpectedly sooner, or at least to Satoshi it did. Last night, his father managed to briefly stop by and give him some words of advice and congratulations before he left. He didn't forget to ruffle Satoshi's hair, a ritual he usually does before he goes off on a mission.

"Do your best out there, you're carrying the Midoriyama Family name after all." Those were Tatsuki's last words to his son before he left.

When morning came, Satoshi couldn't help but feel like some part of him was missing. The sun's rays were barely peeking from the curtains as he did, and the coldness of the morning still got to him, causing him to shiver as a yawn came out of his mouth. He struggled to get up from bed to stretch. And when he finally got back to his senses, that was the time he realized that his dad was nowhere to be found—