The cicadas outside your window hummed simultaneously, but the sound was faint compared to the music in your headphones. You lay on your bed with your magazine held above you, flipping through the pages aimlessly. Several products catch your eye, but not enough for you to scan the QR code and buy them.

You checked your watch and then looked outside, it was still pretty much daylight. The sun would set in maybe an hour. It’s still good enough to take a quick jog around campus like you usually do.

You set the magazine aside and step towards the drawers, sifting through which gym clothes you’d want to wear. After pulling out a pair of light pink leggings, you suddenly hear a sneeze.

Bewildered, you whirl around and scan your bedroom. Nothing seems to be out of the ordinary…except…

Quickly, you reach under the bed and come into contact with something round. You grab it forcefully and yank the…person out from underneath your bed. Of course it was Mineta. The short-statured idiot gave you a frantic look and waved his hands placatingly.

Mineta: “I-I can explain!”