As soon as the door opened, Guy turned in his chair to see who he'd been paired up with. At least he would never have to worry about his roommate being female, since that wasn't done here. Not that Guy would have minded so long as the person in question could keep to her own side of the room, but...

Instead, it was Aidou. The two of them hadn't interacted in quite some time, and their only significant conversation had been weeks ago. Guy still remembered it clearly, though. It was the first time the buses had broken down right outside the institute's doors, and they'd run into each other while escaping back into the building.

The morning after they'd done some speculation about the monsters that had attacked them, but that had been the end of it.

Guy realized it could probably be worse, although Aidou's greeting was enough to rub him the wrong way. "What's that supposed to mean?" he asked sheepishly.

He was still getting used to the fact that he'd been moved to a different room. While he'd gone through a few roommates now, the room itself had never changed. Maybe it didn't matter since they all were set up exactly the same, but it made a difference to Guy.