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<span style="font-family:Alex Brush"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(255, 153, 255)">✧ </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Bad Script', 'cursive'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(255, 153, 255)">Akane Hatanaka</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Alex Brush"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(255, 153, 255)"> ✧</span></span></span><br/>
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<span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(255, 153, 255)">7:15 PM, July 14th</span><br/>
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As she prepared to leave the area, she was stopped when the boy suddenly spoke to her again, introducing himself as Ernie.<br/>
"It was nice to meet you, Ernie. I'm Akane." She replied softly, wondering why this boy seemed to have such an interest in her.<br/>
Perhaps he was just being nice, or so she thought. "If it isn't too much trouble, I wouldn't mind the company." She flashed the boy<br/>
a warm smile. She definitely did feel a little uncomfortable walking home on her own, so having somebody to walk with definitely<br/>
 made her feel much safer. Plus, this boy did seem adequately charming enough to walk with for the night.<br/>
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"My house isn't too far from here." She explained as she left the alleyway and began leading Ernie home. Little did she know that she<br/>
was actually leading the Gagger right to her house. "Thanks for keeping me company." Akane explained, "My parents haven't been home<br/>
for the past few weeks, since they've been away on business I've been left to fend for myself." She explained, not realizing how dangerous<br/>
this information was to her. "So you can imagine how paranoid I can get when something like this happens." <br/>
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The pair moved down the abandoned residential street, turning around a nearby corner before passing down another row of houses.<br/>
Eventually, Akane stopped at a nearby home, a small, two-story building that was clearly unoccupied at the moment judging by the lack<br/>
of lights in the windows. "Thanks for walking me home, Ernie." She smiled warmly once again, removing her backpack to reveal a key. <br/>
"For every Gagger I guess there's a bunch of good guys like you around." She giggled, "Have a nice night." She said as she placed her<br/>
key into the door, unlocking it.​</div>