sit down. I know this comes as a bit of a surprise, but we're getting a new student today. Please be polite and welcome him into our midst."
She makes a frantic gesture of her hand in the direction of the open door and the class leans forward expectantly because everyone wants to take a look at the new student as quickly as possible. After all, it seldom happens that a new person joins the class in the middle of the school year.
When he finally enters the room with his hands in his pockets and with an expression on his face as if he would like to be somewhere else, there is initially a tense silence. Until Suki looks up at him and her scream makes all heads in the room whirl towards her.
"SEY!?!"
In view of her horrified face, he can't help but smile gleefully. Mrs. Walter seems to interpret Suki's outcry quite differently.
"Oh, Suki, you already know him? How nice! So for everyone else, this is Sey Yamaha, he's from Tokyo and will be attending our school for the rest of the year.Since you and Suki already know each other, why don't you take the free seat next to her, right by the window? "
Sey's grin widens as he makes his way through the rows and to the empty space right on the window sill.
"Yamaha ?! Isn't that an electronics company?"
Her angry murmur sounds more like the hissing of an angry snake. He, on the other hand, shrugs his shoulders in resignation.
"I read it outside on a truck, so what."
If looks could kill, Suki would have just been guilty of murder. Although she is not sure whether that really counts, since Sey is basically already dead ...

"Very well, let's get back to English grammar now!"
Suki strains to avoid looking in Sey's direction, even though the window is her favorite distraction during the boring English class. Her guilty conscience about the argument is gone, instead she is more irritable than ever. To distract herself, she glances around the classroom, noticing that no one really pays attention to Mrs. Walter's explanations of the past tense in English. The whole class seems tense, and even if most of them are looking forward, here and there, almost in a flying change, a head is turned back to give Sey a scrutinizing, fearful or hostile look. But without exception all of her classmates seem to feel uncomfortable in his skin ... as if they were all insecure ... insecure because there is something unknown, threatening in their midst ... so that was what Sey meant when he she explained that deep down, people have this instinctive fear of his own kind. Only now, when she feels the tense atmosphere in the room herself, can Suki understand what that actually means. But she also wonders why she never felt this fear.She turns to Sey, who is just sitting in his seat, bored, resting his head on one hand and looking out the window. However, he doesn't seem to feel really comfortable either. Suki ponders what distinguishes her from the others, why she seems to be lacking this innate instinct ... what distinguishes her from all the others ...

After the English and chemistry classes, which were almost unbearable for Suki, the class makes its way to the computer room as usual, for the last two hours of the day, the IT class. As soon as the others have left the room, Suki stands in front of Sey with hands on his hips, who has got up tiredly from his seat.
"I really wonder what's going on in your head ... Are you planning on doing high school every day from now on?"
Sey looks at her calmly.
"You shouldn't complain, after all, you're the one who really wants to go to school ... I'm just taking care of your safety ... just pretend I'm not there. Besides -..."
He grins at her and strolls leisurely towards the door.
"... I must admit, it is ... interesting to observe you mortals in this environment ... after all, almost a century has passed since my school days ..."
Suki looks at him in amazement and then follows him silently into the hallway, where they finally rejoin the rest of the class. However, when Sey steps into the room, which is crowded with computers and printers, his self-confident grin suddenly disappears. Suki notices this sudden change of mood with a giggle and stumbles him into the room with one push.
"What's going on? I thought you wanna have some fun here?"
He throws her a venomous look and, in frustration, collapses on one of the chairs in front of the next best PC. Suki grabs the seat next to him to be able to watch him closely.With one hand over her mouth to hide her laughter, she glances over at Sey, who is desperately trying to find the power button on the keyboard in front of him. In a good mood, she boots up her own PC and is already looking forward to the fact that the IT hours don't seem to be completely boring ...

When the two walked towards the large entrance gate two school hours later, their mood couldn't be different.
Sey walks a few paces ahead, his hands, as is so often the case, in his jacket pockets, with an expression as if he would like to beat the next person who gets in his way to hospital, just to have an outlet for his pent-up anger . Suki, on the other hand, jumps lightly behind him with cheeks still flushed from laughter. Arriving at the gate, Sey immediately turns right, to Suki's surprise.
"Hey? Hey, where are we going? Halloo? Please answer me!"
She grabs his shoulder and turns him around.
"Come on, you won't still sulk, will you?"
He ignores this remark and just looks at her disparagingly.
"We go to Amander. She is subject to the organization just like me, but since she is ultimately only human, hardly anyone bothered to shadow her ... I think she can still be useful to us ..."
Suki walks beside him thoughtfully.
"What exactly is this organization? I mean, I never thought that people would work for it ..."
She looks at him out of the corner of her eye and notices that he is thinking carefully about how to react to her curiosity. The vague feeling creeps into her that there are things in relation to this dubious organization that he is hiding from her and that she probably cannot tease out of him ... Only after considerable hesitation does he answer her.
"She calls herself Cerberus. She oversees and regulates the flow of souls in the world and makes sure that normal people do not notice anything.They train and command the Digero, just like the Himitsu ... and they make sure that the rules are obeyed ... that's all you need to know about it at the moment ... "
From his tone of voice she can see that there is no point in drilling any further, which is why she is satisfied for the time being.
As they silently turn into a small old-fashioned alley that runs perpendicular to the city canal, Sey suddenly pauses. One hand feels for the red brick wall, the other he presses against his temple with a groan.
"Sey? Are you okay?"
Suki, who doesn't have the faintest idea what's going on with him, puts a hand on his shoulder, confused and forward. When Sey sinks to her knees, breathing heavily, she becomes frightened. He is holding his head with both hands and appears to be in severe pain.
"Sey! Tell me what's going on?"
Suki leans him carefully against the wall and feverishly thinks about what she could do when he suddenly opens his eyes and lets out a relieved sigh. Panting, he lets his hands drop and leans his head against the cool brickwork. When Suki looks him in the eye, she winces, startled. The irises of his otherwise completely black eyes glow like a blood-red ring around the dilated pupil. But before Suki has the chance to take a closer look, the red glow fades and she looks into the same dark eyes that she was used to from her companion. He wipes his pale face with his sleeve and stands up, exhausted, with the wall for support. Suki, who fears he might fall over again at any moment, comes to his aid, but he pushes her arm aside defensively.
"Are you okay? What was the matter with you?"
The honest concern that lies in her gaze unsettles him for a moment.
"Don't worry, I'm fine .... Just a memo ... uncomfortable, but harmless .."
"A memo?"
"I told you, we Digero are assigned our assignments ... that is, we foresee the death of the person and then have to do our job ... but if you ignore an assignment, you get a memo ... and then another, and another ... until the job was completed, or ... I, ... I didn't expect Cerberus to actually insist that I continue, given the events of the past few days I do my job as if nothing had happened ... maybe, they hope that it will benefit the Himitsu ... ""That ... that is ... I mean, how can Cerberus do that? How can they just ... torment you Digero like that? That's inhuman!"
He looks at her with a raised eyebrow.
"I think you forgot something. The high animals of Cerberus are anything but human ... For them, we Digero are just exchangeable soldiers, tools that they have created themselves and that can be replaced at any time ... without any particular value ... "
She is silent for a moment and thinks about his words. In her mind she tries to imagine these ... beings who guide Cerberus, but she does not succeed. Nevertheless, she cannot prevent her from feeling nothing but a more or less unfounded hatred of them without even having an idea of ​​them.
Sey pulls her out of her angry thoughts.
"Let's go."
"Wait a minute, you just want to ignore this?"
"At some point you will give up sending memos ... and you can't send as many as you want, so no need to worry ... I'll just hold out as long as it takes ..."
"And what happens to the person whose soul is now trapped on earth?"
He stops and turns to her in surprise.
"I mean, as long as no soul collector takes care of her, she can't ... well go anywhere ... as long as she can't ... be free."
For a moment he stands there frozen, silently fixed on Suki's appearance. For a split second Suki reminds him of her, no, more than that, Suki is at this moment, with this