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Seiji had been in amazing spirits for the last few days, and that likely didn't help matters. He was whistling, attention elsewhere, and certainly not paying very much attention to where he was going. It was a recipe for disaster waiting to happen.

The collision between spectral bodies was startling, and though Rosy was a small ghoul, she still managed to draw a grunt from the brute. "Jack, Sorry." It overlapped with her own apology, and after a second or two the boil chuckled, reaching down to hook a hand under a hand under the ghoul's arm so he could lift her easily back to her feet. "You okay buttercup?"

He hadn't seen Rosy in sages, not since Prom. He'd been sort of busy, catching up on classes, dealing with his personal life.

"Maybe it's so I can help you get back on your feet again?" When he was sure she was steady again he let her go, sinking his hands into his back pockets. If the boil had held onto any linger awkwardness after their kiss it didn't show. He was smiling, spirits high, and looking more at ease then he had in a long time.

Of course that smile slipped a little as the ghoul turned her gaze to the ground and expressed a need to talk, offering to treat him to lunch. "Sure, anything you need." He wasn't sure as to how much help he was really going to be, given that he and Rosy weren't exceptionally close, but he did consider her a friend, and he'd do his best. "Where ever you wanna go, I like anything, and you don't have to pay."

He made a gesture with one muscled arm, indicating she should lead the way. "That would be good, I don't think my ghoulfriend would like it very much." Ironically not the same ghoul he'd warned her about last summer. That relationship had run it's course, something that had left the boil fairly low, but he'd very recently reunited with Junko, and was feeling pretty good about it.

"If you need a big brother." It wasn't the first time he'd played older sibling to another student, nor would it be his last. He was a big guy, and he cared enough to look out for other people.

Town was fine, and he indicated so, falling into step beside the floating ghoul as they made their way out of the building and off across the lawn towards the front gates.

"Is this the same boil you had your heart set on back last year?" Had it really taken this long for Rosy to admit her feelings to the boil?

He was in a happy place though. A somewhat frightening one, given everything that had happened the last two years, but happy none-the-less. "Yeah, I lots happened sense last yet, but it's all looking up now."

A brow arched at the mention of friends with benefits. Rosy had seemed like such a sweet, innocent thing. Though he supposed if it worked, why not? "Wait, Siku?" The name was familiar. He frowned, features drawn into thoughtful lines until he recalled the frost demon that had treated him to a smoothie. "Oh yeah, pale guy, horns, really fancy clothing." He grinned, though it slipped as Rosy brought up Sarias.

"Well, no. We went together for a while, but drifted a part." Something that had made him pretty bitter at the time, but didn't bother him half as much now. "No, I got back together with my ex, and things seem to be going really well."

A hand came up, and he scratched at his cheek as a happy smile slid over his lips. "It sounds like you're doing well, I'm happy you and the boil you had your eye on worked things out."

"I met him," he offered by way of explanation. "Ran into him outside the dorms, and he bought me a smoothie." It hadn't been a bad meeting. Seiji hadn't really seen him since, but he wouldn't mind hanging out with the demon boil a second time.

Things did seem to be working out for the both of them. Seiji grinned, shoulders rolling. "I'm glad you got to be with the boil you cared about." Not a hint of slight in his tone for her having turned him down. He hadn't taken it to heart then, and he certainly didn't now that he had Junko back in his life.

Usually it was the boil that held the door for the ghoul, but he didn't fighter for the right, and instead slipped past her to get the interior door for her in turn.

And now it came out, the thing that had been troubling her. Seiji looked down at the ghoul as she floated beside him, features patient. "All the time." Facing hunters scared him. The future scared him. Even getting back together with Junko was frightening, because what if, despite how much they wanted it to work, it just didn't?

"What's scaring you, Rosy?"