Time is ticking as the second hand slowly sped through in a circle.  The clock was high up on the wall, and the bell should ring any minute now.  Just any second now.  It will ring and I’d be dismissed from the last day of summer school and I’ll be free from school!  Or so I thought I’ll be.

I got in trouble for sleeping in class.  Economics is boring, but it’s an essential for a teen that needs money management.  Who needs to serve detention now?  It’s the last day of school, and I can’t be blamed for falling asleep while waiting for summer time to be official for me.  Plus, I have to get to the tea shop and get to my shift on time so I can get my raise…  It’s rent paying next week.

Finally free.  Now I need to catch my bus going to work…  Hmm, wait a second.

“Hello, Lavi…” My phone rang.  What perfect timing.

“Ah, Yu-chan, you coming home from school?”  He sounded giddy.

“No.  I got work.  What’s with the enthusiasm?”  What’s with him today?  He’s usually dead tired to give a damn since he has cram school to attend to.  I don’t know, Lavi’s been weird since he decided to move in a few years ago.

“Now that you asked, today is that day of the year.”

I’m lost.  “What are you talking about?  Look, I’ve got to catch the eastbound bus to Ren’s place.  She’s gonna bitch about me coming late to work again!”

And there comes my bus dashing by!  It stops.  “I have to get going, Lavi.  Can’t talk!”

“But, Yu---”  I dropped the call.  Shit, I have to make a run for it!  Damn Lavi!  I’m gonna be late!

Man, what’s with Yu today?  Lemme rephrase that.  Why is he so tense and harsh?  And why did he forget that today’s the fifth anniversary of the day I moved in with him?  Plus, I was going to tell him that Ren-san came by today to say that the tea shop is closed for the day since she had to go to her grandma’s and make ceramic tea sets for her client in Okinawa.  Also, she told me to fess up to Yu-chan already.

Is it me or am I getting too predictable already?  Or is it that Yu’s boss, who happens to be in high school, just good at reading people?!  I can’t believe that Yu-chan is working for a little girl, for the matter!

I have to tell him that I moved in because I wanted to tell him that…  God, what am I doing?!

I got to tell Yu.  The phone is in my hands.  I’m just fumbling my fingers on it.  Then, what am I waiting for?  Should I call him again?

It’s ringing.  Still ringing.  He’s not gonna pick up the phone.  I bet that he is---

“Hello.”  That is not Yu’s voice.

“Ah, Yu-chan?  Who’s this?”

“I’m XXXXXX of the Kansai District Paramedics.  Are you Lavi?”  This doesn’t sound good.

“Yes, speaking.  Where’s Yu?”  I’m worried.  The Paramedics?  Yu…