Putting on the pilot suit made him feel special. This had been what he had been working towards this whole time. It was skin tight and moved with his body smoothly. He was pleased with the suit that he was wearing. All of the members in Kazuki's squad were together and looking at each other. They all looked good. Eiji strut about and swaggered around the group. Jiro and Ryuga was hyping him up. Minato was giving them a disdainful look. Aito walked over to Kazuki and bowed to him. It startled the redhead quite a bit. "Thank you for helping me get this far, Kazuki-san! I could not have done this without you!" he said gratefully. It sounded like Aito was on the verge of tears. Kazuki was quick to make Aito stand straight. "Don't cry! Please, don't. I also benefitted from pairing up with you. You got here because you worked hard." Kazuki said in a panic. Aito swiped at his eyes to keep the tears from falling. Minato just rolled his eyes. "Don't disgrace yourself with tears. You are a Shine pilot now." he said. It was cold, but Kazuki had to agree here. They all had gotten this far. No tears allowed.
Everyone was looking at themselves and their friends. Because of the skin tight nature of the pilot suits, the boys could see the definition and thickness of the limbs. This is what boys did when judging status between them. It gave them something to compare too. Boys that were bigger and visually stronger were higher status than those that were smaller and weaker. Kazuki decided to go over to the area that Squad 4 was currently occupying. They were doing the same thing that Squad 3 was. Kazuki's dealings with them was limited. He did not actually even know which one of them was Miyabi. He caught Miyabi's attention as soon as he approached him. He forced a big smile on his face to greet his new partner. This would be the person that he would be tasked to synchronize with for the next 6 months. Moving to them, he cleared his throat. They all stopped talking and looked at him. It did not give Kazuki a lot of confidence. Still, he had to say something. "I just wanted to say hello to Miyabi. We're partners so we should get to know each other." Kazuki started. Miyabi sneered at him.
Kazuki could tell it would not be good. Miyabi pointed at his squad mate with glee. "Look at that, Kiseki! There's 2 Red Onis now!" he called out loud. That called attention to Kiseki. Kazuki was very shocked to see that Kiseki had dyed red hair. In all of his time here on the base, he had been teased and maligned for his half American heritage. So much so, he was named the Red Oni by others. It was not a nice nickname to have. They considered him a monster just for looking different from them. Part of that was from his hair color. It was an obvious difference others could latch onto when wanting to find fault with him. It was also probably why Kiseki's black roots were now showing. His natural hair color was black. It was not that he could not maintain the color. Jiro, Haruki and Haruto all dyed their hair blond. It's been some months and the roots were still dyed properly. His chosen hair color was not popular. It was not even a cool countercultural thing to express his quirkiness. Red hair was seen as bad now. It was foreign. If enough black hair grew, Kiseki would cut all the dyed parts.
