When his name was called, Andrew could offer no response. Instead choosing to hide behind his book and remain silent. Pretending to continue reading, not having heard Mai.
"[I]Well, that was rather rude of you Andy-boy. You should've said something.[/I]"
"[I]I...y-...you know how sh-shy I a-am...I c-couldn't...[/I]"
"[I]Honestly, what am I to do with you?[/I]" Asmodeus sighed.

"[I]Well, at least we know the names of the other passengers.[/I]"
That was true, Andrew agreed, going over the names that were called and committing their faces to memory. As he did so Mai, the shrine maiden who took role call, returned to her seat opposite of him. Gulping, he hoped that she wouldn't try to speak with him. Asmodeus already took a liking to her, so there was no telling what he would do if he overpowered Andrew's will and took control of his body. Sighing, he was also rather curious as to the small number of students. Surely there would be more students? There were plenty of gods, deities and demons of all kinds of all religious backgrounds in the world. Exactly how big was the school they were attending?

As they moved along in the bus, Andrew just kept his thoughts and questions to himself as he returned to his book. Occasionally, he looked up to see what the others were doing. Taiyo and Evera were chatting it up, getting to know each other. Phobetor busied himself with creating a sort of morbid shadow play. A little jealous, he did sort of wish he had the courage to easily talk with others. Or at least cool powers and abilities like some of the other deities. But no, all he had was a mean little voice in his head that tormented him.

"[I]Excuse you? I resent that, Andy-boy.[/I]" Asmodeus chimed in
"[I]O-oh! I'm ss-sorry! I...didn't m-mean that[/I]" Andrew said, a little surprised
"[I]Uh-huh, sure. We both know that if only you accepted me a little more, I could use more of my 'cool' powers[/I]"
"[I]...s-...sorry...[/I]"

Flustered, Andrew resigned to reading his book in silence as the bus continued to move. It didn't take long until the motion of the bus started to make him feel a bit drowsy. Yawning, Andrew covered his mouth and struggled to keep his eyes open. His head starting to bob as he fought off sleep.

"[I]Careful, Andy-boy. That Dream Eater might try something funny if you doze off. In my current state, I don't think I could fend him off either..[/I]" Asmodeus warned.

Adjusting his glasses, Andrew sat up straighter and took a deep breath to try and keep himself awake. If only he had a better way to occupy his time, he wouldn't have to worry about falling asleep on the bus. Reading relaxed him too much and the warm rays of sunlight beating down on him didn't make things any easier. His green eyes looking more and more heavy as the bus continued its journey.