Ah, high school life, what are supposed to be the best years of your life. Getting good grades, getting a part-time job, maybe getting a girlfriend, who knows?

That wasn't quite the reality you got though. Well, you did get those parts, but fighting shadows in a school that becomes a tower with hundreds of floors at midnight, with the manifestation of your true self from the collective unconscious, wasn't really advertised on the brochure.

Last night was an exceptionally long trip through Tartarus. It was probably the most floors you had explored in a night. You left those godforsaken halls exhausted, drained, and wanting nothing but to sleep. And boy, did you sleep.

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You wake up groggy and sore, though oddly enough, it wasn't your alarm that woke you up.

Junpei: "Dude...! Get up! We're gonna be late and we can't afford another tardy!"

It was Junpei? He was still wearing his pajamas. Your best friend waking you up isn't the worst- holy shit you're running late...! Did you sleep through your alarms? That doesn't matter now!

Both you and Junpei scramble around to get dressed, running down the stairs to the kitchen. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day after all! Well, that's just a theory.

Junpei: "Ms. Torumi's gonna kill us...!" He throws two instant ramen into the microwave as he slips into his shirt and tucks it in

As clouds start rolling into the sky, the dorm suddenly gets even busier. Fuuka enters the kitchen to grab the dog food for Koromaru and stops to see the chaos happening with you two

Fuuka: "Y-You're still not ready...!?" She exclaims while grabbing Koromaru's bowl

Junpei: "We slept through our alarms so now we gotta go into overdrive..!"

The microwave finishes and he hands you your respective ramen cup