<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/a/ac/Taro03.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Taro Ikeda (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=257738.msg12730054#msg12730054)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Cafeteria<br/><strong>Time:</strong>Flashback - a few days before school starts, breakfast time<br/><strong>With:</strong>Shizuma + Open<br/><hr/>Taro had to grin when he parted fingers with Shizuma. Maybe she was a delicate flower that had to be kept safe from the evils of the world around her, but underneath that shell of self-doubt and shyness she had energy and enthusiasm. As different as they were, maybe they were not all that different when it came to what counted.<br/><br/>"Being a teacher sounds good. But it depends a lot on the class. Trust me, some people can be a real pain. And just one troublemaker can ruin a whole class. I should know." He pointed his thumb at himself, but also grinned. He meant what he said, but at the same time he wasn't all that serious. Right now they were just fantasizing about futures that could or could not happen. It was all castles in the clouds, as far as he was concerned. Shizuma had a point when she remarked that both the past and the future were far away from the present.<br/><br/>He popped the slice of orange waiting on his tray into his mouth, before he rose. "I think I am done with breakfast, at least with eating. I was thinking about getting another cup of tea, though. You need anything? Another cup of coffee maybe?"<br/><br/>Taro leaned towards the window, hands resting on the table. He could see just half of one of the dormitory buildings and a few lights were on there now. "Usually it's not that empty here this time. I am just starting my second year so I have no idea what it was like the end of last Spring break. But once school starts in earnest, this place will be much more busy this time of the morning."<br/><br/>He turned away from the window and leaned across the table, whispering to Shizuma: "Not that I should even know. The cafeteria is supposed to be only for students who live on the campus, but I don't. Only no on ever seems to take notice of it."<br/><br/>He stood straight again, briefly put a finger to his lips and gave Shizuma a crooked smile and a wink, before he reached for his tray.