It had been an oddly long week for Akashi since that rainy afternoon in Mayuzumi's dorm room. With Inter High starting up the following week, Akashi truly couldn't afford any distractions as he led Rakuzan's vigorous training regimen throughout the week in order to ensure the greatest results possible. Just because he was no longer his other self didn't mean that he had to go easy on his team, nor on himself; in fact, his sense of self-discipline was just as strong as before, just more rewarding in his eagerness to see results and less unhealthy in forcing them. Of course, thoughts of Mayuzumi were always in his head, and interestingly they pushed him to work harder despite the lack of contact that Akashi wished to engage in more. At the very least, team Rakuzan would give a performance that would hopefully not have wasted Mayuzumi's efforts to come watch.
This wasn't to say that Akashi didn't keep touch. Even on his busiest days, Akashi made sure to at the very least text Mayuzumi after practice and keep him updated on the team's progress, as well as ask him about his day and perhaps discuss other things, such as Akashi's progress in Love Chu Chu (which he'd nearly finished after the span of only a few days despite the serious lack in free time) or what they'd be up to the next time they met up. Sunday was truly Akashi's only free day for a while as Inter High began right after, so he knew he had to make the most of it.
As promised, Akashi returned after a week, the game he'd borrowed from Mayuzumi in hand as Akashi stepped inside of Mayuzumi’s dorm room once allowed in. The first thing he did upon seeing Mayuzumi's face again was press a kiss to those lips before he could get a word in, before handing the game back over to him. "It was a little cliche, but fun over all," Akashi said as they broke apart. "I enjoyed getting to know the characters. I won't forget my time spent with Tsukiko-chan." The last part was a bit of a tease. "Are you ready to get going? I have a car waiting for us outside."