*Beep*Beep*Beep*
The sound of alarm woke Rink in the morning. She began to push down the alarm and opened her eye into an unfamiliar ceiling. She walked to the curtain in her room and opened it. She squinted her eyes from the bright light of the morning sun.
After the festival, she is now a fugitive, running from the church. Now the church are after her head and luckily the church doesn't hold much influence in Japan.
Her father, Josh Müller, already prepared documents for Rinko to transfer from the clock tower. She will continue her high school life in Japan. It's not that she is sad, she always wanted to visit Japan and too gain more to face the church.
In her past, she already told her parents that she would like to go high school in Japan. With this incident, she thought it would be a good time to now. She also explained her parents about the incident and they understood. The only sad thing is that she can't meet her parent everyday. But she talked over the phone or facecam for them.
As she checked her phone, there were 2 video messages left. They were from her mother and friend Samuel.
Linda : "Rinko my dear, too think that you decided to take the student exchange program to Japan. I already prepared my heart for this but to think that it was this fast. I hope you stay safe in Japan and remember to contact us regularly, love you."
Then the message from Samuel played out. He is one of the few that she called her friend. He is also someone who can depend on a mission.
Samuel : "Rinko, I heard from your parents that you will be continuing your study in Japan. I am so happy for you. You always said that you wanted to go. Please keep in contact with us here, umm... Rinko you are an important person for me, please be safe over there I still remember yo-"
And she cut the call because it sounded like a confession, she took mental note to make sure that Samuel will only use that cheesy line to Alice. Samuel is good friend but there are things that shouldn't be said. After reading the end of the message, she closed her phone.
She walked to the kitchen to prepare some breakfast only to found none. She goes out to get fresh air and grab some breakfast. She walked out of the house and followed the sidewalk passing the river. She remembered that yesterday the girl she met, Shiro, told her that a her friend's family run a bakery. Getting bread as breakfast wasn't too bad. With that in her mind, she continued walking while looking for the bakery.
After some time, she arrived in front of the bakery. It wasn't too far from her house. The bakery wasn't too big but it was properly maintained and clean.
When she entered, the smell of fresh bread came to her her. There were a lot of bread line up in the store with different kind of color suggesting they have different flavor on them, she even spot some cookies and doughnut line up at the store. On the counter, she saw a girl who slanted blue eyes and long, curly brown hair that is tied up in a ribbon, she wore a short pale yellow skirt with a white, frilly off-the-shoulder dress. She also wore an apron on top of her clothes.
??? : "ahh... welcome, what can I get for you?"
Rinko : "Ahh well I'm new here and my new friend Shiro told me that your family run a bakery."
??? : "Ohh you must be the new neighbor that she talked about, well let me introduce are myself. My name is Yue Nagumo."
Rinko : "Then it a pleasure to meet you Yue my name is Rinko Müller. By the way do you have a recommendation? I haven't eaten breakfast yet."
Yue : "Then I recommend today special..."
Before she could finished, another voice interrupted her.
??? : "Ahh Yue can I have the usual."
The one who interrupted them was a girl who had pale pink hair worn in low pigtails, she wore gold tank-top worn with a black leather vest, along with a black skirt beneath a sheer layer.
??? : "Ahhh sorry I didn't realize there was someone there."
Yue : "Pffff hahaha... Well thank you for the business as always Himari."
She talked to the girl as Rinko guess they are close friend.
Yue : "Rinko-san this is Himari Uehara one of our loyal customer in the bakery.Himari this is Rinko Müller, she just moved here."
Yue introduced them to each other.
Himari : "huhuhu... You can call me Himari-Chan and I can call Rinko-Chan."
With a slight playful tone, she introduced herself to Rinko.