<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>There’s Always A Price</strong></span></div><br/><hr/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/nMmZAzQ.jpg)</div><strong>NAME:</strong>Hanna Minato<br/><strong>DAY:</strong>June 10th, 2019, 10AM<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong>Minato Residence<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong>Mallory (Mention), Jack and Hadley Finch (Mention), Kevin<br/><strong>EXTRA:</strong>Plotting<br/><strong>WEARING:</strong>Pictured<br/><hr/><br/>“Mm, I know they’ve told me a bit about you potentially joining SOPHE? That’s a big decision after all, but one I’m sure would help you in your future endeavors.” As she spoke, she pulled out the envelope she had prepared, her smiling face and friendly demeanor still present. “I know both you and Mallory are close friends, both of you always by one’s side. It’s nice to see you two be there for one another.” If only she could really speak her mind, would she stomp those words out like an insect. The two always together, ever since they were children. Always protecting one another, always glued to the hip; it just only made things harder for Hanna when it came to playing her little game.<br/><br/>“Though with you two so close to graduating, I feel like it’s only fair that you two finally begin to think of your own futures, and not of each other anymore; don’t you agree?” The question was a bit out of nowhere, almost seemingly getting to the point of what she had invited him in for. “You’re a smart man Kevin, a good head on your shoulders; intellectual, handsome, you have a lot going for you. I would think with the way you were raised, you wouldn’t want anything, or anyone, to be holding you back from achieving your goals.”<br/><br/>Her gaze was locked on the red-haired young man, her expression showing kindness, yet her tone didn’t seem to match.<br/><br/>“My dear niece isn’t as inclined as you, you see. No goals or aspirations, no talents, average looking; she isn’t very goal oriented like you are, and I worry that may...slow you down.” Her smile was warm, yet it held intent in her words she wasn’t joking, “So I propose that starting after tomorrow, you two stop seeing each other, permanently.” It was as if her words made sense, that they weren’t jarring at all in the first place. “You would no longer be friends, and you would be free to plan out your future with no loose ends or distractions! Free to do what you wished, to no longer be shackled down by a troubled girl.” The envelope, fitted with thousands in Yen bills, was set in the table, inched closer to the man before her delicate hands settled along her lap.<br/><br/>“And think of this as an...extra incentive. A gift for your birthday, and for being so understanding!” Her friendly smile and tone all but forced the offer onto the man, as no one could resist that amount of money in her eyes.<br/><br/>It was such an easy decision to make.