Last time, Takashi and Shouko started walking to school together. On the train Shouko asked Takashi if he was coming to her school's cultural festival but he seemed more interested in trying to stare down another group of delinquents to her frustration. Takashi's high school time isn't going so great as he doesn't really fit in with the rest of his classmates. More his speed was a meeting with the younger ZEROS where it was decreed that Ayase was going to be heading them up as the older members get ready to retire. Ayase said they were going to do a photoshoot for a magazine which Takashi invited Shouko to.
However Shouko stopped showing up at their meeting spot and instead a man in a car told Takashi to back off from her. At his home was a note from her saying her parents found out about him and put a stop to her hanging around him but declared that they are definitely going out though Takashi wondered how that was really possible if they couldn't see each other.
Takashi, along with the rest of the ZEROS, took part in the photoshoot and afterwards Takashi asked the photographer for any photos he wasn't going to use but the photographer was evasive, even after Kazuya kicked him saying he didn't want photos of him published. Afterwards Manion told them that Nimi, a new guy he'd brought into the group, kept insisting Manion stay over at his place. Given Nimi also showed an "interest" in Kazuya, Takashi and Mitsu decided to use it as an opportunity to rag on Manion as Takashi realized he was much more comfortable in this environment than the "normal" world.
I had one of these when I was like 6 or 7. It was pretty fun until my brother (who was like 3 or 4) decided to jump out in front of me one day when I was riding it. The ends of the handelbars were exposed and he took it right through the face. Had to be stiched up and he's still got a pretty noticeable scar from it it.
