Chapter 7 – Laurel Sakiyama and Mitsu

Third person POV

 After that, in the late afternoon, Tohru, Roxas, and their group went back to Shigure's house. Along the way, Roxas was so distracted by his happiness of being in that world that he accidentally bumped into someone.

 "I'm so sorry!" he apologized to that person.

Then, that person said to him calmly, "It's okay."

That person, a young man named Laurel Sakiyama, had dark grey hair and cat-like birthmarks on his face and was from Minato City.

Tohru and the others noticed that and Tohru and Asae apologized to Laurel for Roxas' action towards him.

But Laurel responded, "It's okay. It wasn't your fault."

 "Yeah, it's my fault for not looking where I am going," Roxas admitted.

 "Okay then," Tohru replied back with concern.

 "Thanks, I'm going." Laurel smiled at her and Roxas, before going off.

With that, Roxas, Tohru, and others continued walking to Shigure's house.

But, Laurel was familiar with Roxas more, as if he knew about him somehow.

 Later, in the early evening, they arrived at the stairs leading to Shigure's house, and they started climbing it. As they did so, Kagura and Tohru talked to each other about the movie they recently watched. Roxas and Tomoaki are happy, while Kyo is annoyed at Yuki. Kagura was cute at Kyo, before hitting him in the forehead with her finger in strength, sending him backward and on the ground between staircases. Tohru, Roxas, and Tomoaki were utterly shocked, and Asae was scared and freaked out for his safety.

 "Are you okay?"

 "Kyo-kun, are you alright?"

 "Big brother!"

And then, as Asae helped Kyo up, Roxas and Tomoaki caught up with Yuki, only to arrive at the front of Shigure's house.

 There they saw a woman who was about to harm herself in desperation with a box cutter. That woman is Mitsu, Shigure's editor. She was insecure about her performance in her job, and this led to her anxiety and self-destructive behavior. Upon seeing that, Roxas and Tomoaki were alerted with shock.

 "What are you doing?"

 "Please don't do that!"

Mitsu then looked at them. "Hello?"

Tomoaki then intervened and put her cutter down. "Please don't do that. You have so much to live for."

Before Mitsu could say anything, Shigure came in time.

 Shortly thereafter, Mitsu berates Shigure for slacking off in his work and not answering her calls, while Shigure is carefree. Watching this, both Roxas and Tomoaki are very distraught by Shigure's treatment of Mitsu.

 "He needs discipline," Tomoaki said to Roxas.

Roxas nodded in agreement.

They decided to discipline Shigure like a child.

Then, Tohru and Asae try to calm Mitsu down with some tea and biscuits.

 While that happened, Roxas gave Yuki, Tomoaki, and Kyo some of the chocolate he received from his father yesterday. "Happy Valentine's Day." The three boys accepted it.

 "Wow, thanks, Ro-kun."

 "Thanks a lot."

 "This looks delicious."

Roxas then smiled. "You're welcome. Valentine's Day isn't just a day of romance, but also a day of caring for one another."

They agreed with him readily.