Ichikawa reindeer ¹²

Five months had passed since you and Reno decided to end your relationship. Since the Third Division's base in Tachikawa was destroyed by Kaiju No. 10's attack, and several team members were sent to other divisions to further train new soldiers.

For obvious reasons, your relationship couldn't last. The distance between Reno in the fourth division and you in the first didn't allow you the time to see each other or even talk. Reno took things in stride; he wasn't sad, but rather knew it was best for you to remain just friends, something that deeply hurt you.

One night, the entire team—Kafka, Kikoru, Iharu, Haruichi, Aoi, Minase, Hakua, Reno, and you—met at a restaurant to eat and catch up on each other's lives after so long apart. By then, they all knew Kafka was Kaiju No. 8. They spent the evening laughing and smiling, but it pained you to be in the same room as Reno. You hated seeing him so cheerful when your days had been nothing but difficult since the night Tachikawa's base was destroyed.

You started drinking sake little by little, until Reno got worried... Why were you drinking it when you hated it?

"User...Stop drinking it, you hate doing it... "