Constant ringing echoes in Yuuki's ear. Without much freedom she hops out of bed and gets ready for the day ahead. Loud knocking is heard at the door with her brother's head popping in.

"What do you want for breakfast today?" He said while wearing a chef's hat.

"Onii-chan is cooking?" Yuuki steps forward and hugs him "but wait onii-chan don't you have work to do?"

"Well your health comes before any of that." His stomach growling in agony

"Have you also eaten?"

"As I've said you don't need to worry I'll eat later but right now you should eat." He smiles softly "cmon now Yuuki." Her brother leaves the room

Yuuki puts on her Academy Uniform, takes her glasses and put them on. The glasses weren't because see had trouble seeing or anything. Rather it's now a basic necessity for her and all her classmates. Yuuki enters the kitchen while turning on her glasses.

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25-April-2056

Good night Yuuki

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"Huh? Onii-chan what's the date today?"

"It's the twenty fourth of March why?"

"My glasses are being weird and showing my birthday as today's date."

"That's in about a month from now right?"

"32 days to be correct."

"Well then on your birthday let's have a huge party just for you we can have a feast with all the food you would ever want."

"Even Fish?"

"Well what kind?"

"Salmon"

𝚂𝚊𝚕𝚖𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚠𝚘... 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝟸𝟶 𝚙𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚙𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝟷,𝟷𝟶𝟶 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝟿𝟶𝟶. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚕𝚕 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝟸𝟶𝟶 𝚍𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑 𝚒 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔.

"Don't worry Yuuki you'll get that salmon as long as you do good in school okay?"

"Okie onii-chan." She gives him a quick hug before sitting down at the dining table, "thank you," her eyes sparkling in their bleak dim dining room lit up by a single untrustworthy bulb that could die out at any second.

"Only for you Yuuki." He pats her head softly knowing full well she loves this. Her smile glows even brighter than before.

He lets go and starts cooking some eggs while scooping up some rice. Yuuki watches in amazement, in her eyes he juggles between two tasks with such ease and flair that even it looked easy for Yuuki to accomplish.

He finishes, placing the two fried eggs on a plate next to the bowl of rice.

"Well Yuuki I'm off and remember, come back home before 8:00 alright?"

"Okie onii-chan!" She starts eating making sure to take off her glasses, "but onii-chan would you come and eat with me?" Her eyes begging for him to come

𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚏 𝚒 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚜𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐.

"I'm sorry but I can't be late, if I was I wouldn't be able to get that salmon for you."

Yuuki's silently watches her brother leave, a sharp pain is felt through both of their bodies but they don't utter a word.

After minutes of eating silently by herself she finishes up, washes her dish, Grabs her glasses, and locks the door behind her.

"Nova book a pod for me at Concord Arcade at four."

(Notice) "How many hours?"

"One hour."

(Notice) "Twenty Pounds have been deducted. You're new balance is now four pounds."

Yuuki takes off her glasses and enjoys the surrounding. With each passing step the houses turn from being broken and run down to complete modern masterpieces.

She passes by old man George's house. A broken and old house that would house at least a dozen ghost. While it might look scary the house's vegetation is amazingly well kept even though George is never seen outside his house.

But today something feels off, Yuuki turns and stares at some moving curtains. "Weirdo." She turns around and continues walking to school. suddenly she feels eyes watching and judging her.

Without much thought she starts sprinting towards school, she takes another look at her surrounding. Nothing and yet the stares continue to pierce her skin.

She runs all the way to the front of Hol Academy, with a bold and striking silhouette of an eagle at the top of one of the towers. Yuuki slows down to a halt checking her surroundings every so often. She turns and spots Michel, her heart sinks. A boy unlike the rest, he starts talking to a girl as Yuuki watches from behind a pillar. Yuuki feels jealous and yet doesn't blame Michael,

𝚆𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚖𝚎, 𝚗𝚘 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚢, 𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢. 𝙾𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚗𝚘 𝚋𝚘𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚢.

Yuuki gives up and goes to class, She sits in the back, and watches as class starts. Michael sits down two seats to the left of her with the window being the only thing separating him from being a divine being.

He catches her staring at him and quickly turns his head back.

She turns the opposite direction from him.

𝙳𝚒𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚖𝚎? 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚍, 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚎. 𝙰𝚖 𝚒 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚛𝚍...?

She looks back at Michael, his mouth moves quietly as he talks to his buddy besides him. His eyes keeping a close check on Yuuki as she pretends to be looking outside the window.

His buddy laughs and turns towards Yuuki. The teacher catches wind of it.

"So Neil? You think that having people burned alive as a torture method is funny?" His smile quickly fades, "no ma'am I just think it's funny how Yuuki thinks she has a chance with Michael." He looks over at Yuuki with a smug glare. The whole class starts laughing and giggling while Yuuki's heart turns heavy her face burning up with misery. Yuuki stands up abruptly and leaves the classroom without looking back her pacing fast and staggered.

"And now detention for Yuuki and a talk with your parents Neil, for disrupting the class."

"For making a little joke? Ha if my dad hears about this you might as well just quit. Remember he works as an executive for luka Corp in which this school is sponsored by."

She hesitates for a second, "a warning and if it happens again you will be punished accordingly." Class continues but whispers turns into conversations, she had just lost control and respect in the classroom. Yuuki runs out of the school, red as fresh tomato sauce. She slows down,

𝙽𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜? 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚘 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚜 𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛.

The piercing stare comes back this time it's all around her. Yuuki quickly puts on her glasses and takes a peek at her surrounding. Nothing but a fly, it's moving around Yuuki but never landing. She moves closer and a label comes up. "Drone" she smacks it to the ground.

She steps on it to make sure it's not flying anytime soon.

"Hello? Is anyone watching me?" She keeps turning around memorizing the area. 𝙻𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚋𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚛? 𝙾𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚋𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚖𝚎? 𝙸𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕.

While lost in her thought a shadow stands over her. She turns around fist in hand and smacks whatever is behind her. She opens one eye to find that it was a young lady around probably twenty, she has a long flowing blonde pony tail. Her skin that of a model with a punch mark on her face. She stands up slowly rubbing the punch.

"Ow damn that hurts."

"I-I'm so sorry!" Yuuki quickly bows

"It's alright although it's painful beyond belief, anyways why're bowing? You don't seem to be from here with how you bow. Any chance you're eastern?"

"Y-yes."

"Oh! Really!? Today's just my lucky day I needed some eastern influence for my game but couldn't find real deals. But now I have you!"

"Wha-"

"Isn't it school time though?"

Yuuki looks down guilty, "y-yes actually it is."

"Skipping then I see?"

"..."

"Oh don't worry I'm not gonna turn you in, I already know school is complete hell. Anyways can I invite you for some tea and snacks at a nearby cafe?"

"T-thank you but no I'm sorry." Yuuki gives another bow

"I'll pay for everything and we could even have fun at the pod shop. Not to brag or anything but I'm an expert."

𝙷𝚘𝚠 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚒 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚙? 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗 𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚜? 𝙷𝚘𝚠 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚋𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝚆𝚑𝚘 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚍𝚢?

....

𝙸 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢

𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝙳𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙴𝚁𝙾𝚄𝚂

"No no it's fine I need to be somewhere."

"As in? Last time I checked you're not at school."

"W-well..."

"Look if you come with me I'll pay you for helping give me ideas since I need some cultural confirmation."

"First how did you know I was eastern?"

"Your bow was a major giveaway since its very unpopular here in the west but also your eyes have a small barely noticeable epicanthic fold that is also uncommon here. the last is your pendant with the kanji for god which I presume was gifted by a family member who came here to marry a western man that's why it's a Christian pendant and considering you also have blonde hair. Must've gotten it from the west side of the family. Am I wrong?"

"W-wow what are you Sherlock!?"

"No I'm the principal of the school now hurry up and come back to school. Stupid security was on break."

"O-oh.... But wait if your the principal then you must be luka!?"

"Yes yes I know I'm amazing no need to tell me I already know. So whatcha say to my offer, it's good isn't it. Don't worry I won't tell as long as you help."

She sneakily puts a finger over her mouth while winking with one eye.

𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚜? 𝙾𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚝!? 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝙸 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛? 𝙼𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚏 𝙸 𝚍𝚘 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝙾𝚗𝚒𝚒-𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚗

.....

𝙸𝚏 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝙾𝚗𝚒𝚒-𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚗

"I-I'll go."