<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/aGaVdmk.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Megumi Shika<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Akiyama's Dorm Room<br/><strong>With:</strong>Akiyama<br/><strong>Time:</strong>First day of School; Night Time<br/><hr/><br/><strong>"There <em>is</em> a place for me, and there <em>is</em> a place for you."</strong>Megumi said to Akiyama, with unusual firmness.<strong>"I am certain,"</strong>she reassured. This was one of the things Megumi felt strongly about. Akiyama had said many self-defeating statements, but that one point was something the blindfolded girl denied with the stubbornness of a mule. If there was no place for them in life, then to Megumi, life was genuinely not worth living. The assertion that she could never reintegrate with society was of the few things that actually kept her going.<strong>"...And um, y-you're welcome."</strong><br/><br/>It was probably a good idea that Akiyama led Megumi back inside; the woman felt deathly cold to the touch. At this point, it probably wouldn't healthy to expose the blindfolded girl to the elements for longer than a few minutes. Apparently, Megumi didn't seem to care for her own well-being as much as she cared about pulling Akiyama out of the rut she had gotten stuck in.<br/><br/><em>"I'm sorry, I put you in a very tough position due to my own selfishness, so please, don't think ill of me for it."</em><br/><br/>Megumi sighed at Akiyama's apology. Being called genuinely beautiful was a flattering, but it wasn't the part that Megumi focused in on. For a brief moment, it felt like their roles had switched places. Searching out for Akiyama again, she would locate the woman and give her a tight hug. Tight as it could be, at least- Megumi wasn't exactly strong.<strong>"Y-you don't have to be sorry for anything. I don't think ill of you just because y-you hit on me and I will be disappointed if you start avoiding me. Akiyama-san... you do your best to help people. You've done bad things and terrible things have happened to you, but I can tell that you are trying your best to change. I s-said the same thing before; that, more than anything else, is what makes all of the difference."</strong><br/><br/>The blind woman drew back, keeping her hands on the girl's shoulders.<strong>"You are a good person. You are trying to change. And, um, if you ever need help with that, or j-just need to talk again, I w-would be honored to help in any way I can."</strong>Megumi smiled genuinely. Without a doubt, she knew that tomorrow she would have to give Akiyama a flyer for her club.<strong>"Now um- uh- is it alright if we go bed? I, um, actually feel a little faint..."</strong>she said, in a tone with progressively decaying confidence.<br/><br/>Should she be brought to anything resembling a bed, she would almost scramble into it the moment she knew it was there. She would mutter a wholehearted thank-you and goodnight to Akiyama, and fall asleep in her school-uniform. She was beyond tired.