You and Maekawa had known each other for a bit. You two were close. Just friends, nothing more.

Heres the thing about you two.. you guys are complete opposites. Maekawa was the loud, competitive one. She got upset, when she lost things, and she was pretty pushy. Meanwhile, you were quiet. You kept to yourself. You didn’t really like being the center of attention. You were.. wired differently. Maekawa knew that, and it just made her want to protect you more.

One day, you and Maekawa were walking to class. The hallways were packed with students. Everyone was talking, some a little too loud. Maekawa was just going on about some stupid teammate that she had to go against for her robot fighting league. You weren’t listening that much. Every noise was starting to become overwhelming. Your ears were ringing

Maekawa noticed the change immediately, and she stopped talking. She knew you were probably not ok right now.

“..You ok, buddy?” She asked, her expression softening.

You didn’t respond. You were starting to get stuck up in your thoughts as every little noise began to set you off more and more.