Gaia
Shimeji had been allowed back into Gaia after he had made it clear that he wouldn't follow Enoki around anymore. Although there was a restraining order against him and he couldn't set foot a certain distance around Enoki. They couldn't even be in the same room, which was awkward because it was a small village. Shimeji had noticed that Birch had put some distance between them although he couldn't understand why. Shimeji decidedly brought Thorn to the village. Although Thorn didn't understand quite why nobody wore clothes here and just leaves.
Shimeji could say he'd found love again. At least the feelings for Enoki now were just a dull ache. It didn't hurt as much to think about him. And that's moving on right? As long as things are better than they were before. Thorn was cute. I mean fat guys definitely weren't Shimeji's type but it was better?
"So this is your old house?" Thorn asked Shimeji as they walked into the dwelling.
"Home sweet home" Shimeji noticed the old bottle Enoki had left. He tried not to immediately burst into tears.
"There's all these unopened packages? What are these?"
Shimeji couldn't bring himself to tell Thorn that all this stuff were things he'd bought for Enoki trying to fix the relationship with things.
"It's just stuff I bought for myself."
"Protein powder? I've never seen you lift a finger the entire time we've been together?" Thorn rolled his eyes. He didn't quite know what was going on but he knew Shimeji was obviously lying.
Shimeji grabbed Thorn's shoulder and looked directly at him.
"Why don't we break in the house? For us?" Shimeji bit his lip.
"Ok whatever." Thorn complied only because he didn't care enough to even ask the full story.