Chapter 39: Rest Nineteen - Convergence

*"You utilize the favor you're owed"*

## Major Events

* Ten regains consciousness while Yosuke is toweling her off in the shower
* They briefly talk about injuries before walking to the rec areas. Ten notices that the records office door is shut (no sign of Mom since their last encounter)
* Ten seeks out Eight and when she doesn't find him in the library, she goes straight to the music room. She sneaks inside while he is playing a song on his violin
* When Ten compliments him on his playing, Eight doesn't react in disdain as usual. He tells her he heard her and Mom when he was in the other room
* He offers to play her another song to her liking to which Ten says "something sweet"
* Ten fills in Eight about being forcefully paired off with Cyrus . He says it's not either number's fault and doesn't indulge in gossip
* He cuts her off and continues playing the violin until Lav walks into the room, exclaiming surprise. Eight attempts to demand her to get out of the room but Lav insists that he plays for her as well.
* After a song, Lav and Eight banter about whether or not it's more important to play music (and that the violin is better than viola) or be physically active (basketball)
* Six enters the room and Eight attempts to hide the violin behind his back. Lav invites Eight to play basketball as she's opting to leave the room.
* Eight says he 's not interested but before he plays another song, Ten interrupts him and reminds him he owes her a favor. Eight begrudgingly decides to join them
* Once at the gym, the group sees Six and Cyrus already playing basketball. They opt to play Boys (Eight and One) vs. Girls (Six and Nine) and which ever team scores 10 points first wins. (Ten keeps score) Blue, Two, Three, Violet and Five are sitting on the benches watching
* For majority of the game, Nine and Cyrus are scoring the points for their respective teams.
* After the game and some discussion over showering post game - Lav announces to the group that Eight plays the violin. Eight clearly takes the teasing the wrong way before Ten says they're just playing with him.
* Six asks Eight to teach them how to play music and Blue teases him after noticing him and Ten have some sort of promise
* They discuss each other's hobbies that they are instinctively drawn to and how they're important to each individual. And how isolation isn't a healthy coping mechanism
* Eight upsets Cyrus with his cynicism and insensitivity of other people's pain. Cyrus storms out of the room - Eight calls after him and apologizes - saying that he's not good at emotionally understanding others.
* Eight says he's capable of sympathy and that he came to the gym because of Ten. After more pressing from Cyrus, he sighs and accepts his apology
* Eight says he will consider teaching Five and Six how to play music. He turns to Ten and says they're even before walking out of the gym
* The numbers talk about what just happened and Blue surmises that Cyrus, Lav and Ten must have meant something to him, for him to react the way he did
* Ten spends the rest of the day chatting with the numbers in the gym before the end of the day

## Trivia

* Lav is interested in playing the Viola but hasn't been able to figure out how to play
* Ten is amused how Eight takes everyone's teasing and sassiness - the most responsive she's (and the readers) have seen him with another number aside from herself.
* Violet is apparently more near sighted then Eight, based on how Blue perceives how blurry his glasses were
* After Eight and Cyrus' argument, Two's comment of "*Yeah, sure, you see one guy’s dick in a locker room and you’re suddenly best buddies*” is a sentiment shared by the readers
* First instance of readers seeing Cyrus upset, despite how composed he attempts to be
* Chapter is considered to be Eight's turning point into his character growth