Disclaimer : Touhou and all it's characters are belonged by ZUN. I only own my OCs and this story. Any similarities on any parts of the story with another fanfic are unintended.

Chapter 1 : Start

Same morning. Same ceiling. Same bed.

*RIIING**RIIING*

I woke up to the same noise everyday.

"Ugh, not again."

I took my phone, turned off the alarm, and then looked at the clock.

"5.35… Monday… Oh well, I guess I'll-" I muttered to myself before I realized something.

"Oh yeah, it's holiday… that means…" I said before I threw myself to the bed.

"NO CLASS! WOOHOO!" I scream from the bottom of my lungs. Really, all I need was a good sleep from all this fatigue. I've had too much studies anyway, not that I'm the smartest in the uni, of course.

Oh yeah, I guess some intro was needed. My name is Yanto Bahar. Normal height, at least from my people's perspective. Black hair, definitely shorter than some protagonist in those anime I watched. Face, normal. Body, not too fat nor too thin. I guess everything about me is normal. So I wondered why I couldn't get any girlfriend until now…

After a short 'second sleep', I realized that I have an appointment with my friend in a café not too far from here. I looked at my phone again.

"12.59, no message, no miscall…" I muttered to myself again. It seems that he hasn't arrived at the cafe yet.

I decided to wash my face a little. No need for a bath, because I know he didn't took one either. But nevertheless, a change in wardrobe is a must. Of course, I can't go to a café with only a T-shirt and a boxer.

After changing I decided to look at myself in the mirror. Grey T-shirt covered with unbuttoned grey hoodie and black jean. Nothing too fancy, nothing too laidback either. Perfect. I decided to go before I noticed something very important. My laptop.

"That was close. I need you for my goal after all."

Well, it's not really a goal. More like an ambition, because today is the day I will beat the crap out of those cursed game.

"Hey…"

"Hm?"

"How is it?"

"How is what?" seriously, he's starting to annoy me.

"How is 'that', of course."

I sighed, "John…" I said after I paused the game, "…just go straight to the point, okay? You know I'm busy here."

"Sorry," he said, "it's just that it's almost past 30 minutes since you played and there's no sign of you winning yet. And you once said that-"

"The game only needs half an hour to be finished if you're good enough, I know. I almost beat the last boss if you didn't disturb me earlier." I sighed.

John Daniel. My friend since high school. You could even say that we're some sort of partner. We would always play together. Heck, he even followed me to this city. To the same uni, even. Or did I the one who followed him? But really, 10 years here and he still can't speak our language? I guess he skipped his lesson.

As for what game did I play, it is a game from hell. I repeat, it is a game from hell, made by a drunk Japanese guy. It is not only the game is from hell, the game itself IS hell. Imagine thousands, even millions of bullets flew in some strange pattern while your character has only a dot, I repeat, A SINGLE DOT to avoid being hit.

That game, the one John called "those crazy 2D plane-shooting like game" was none other than Touhou Project.

"Well sorry, I don't know if you're-"

"Sssttt, wait a second, this is the Last Spellcard." I said while focusing on the screen.

"I thought as much." He sighed. "By the way, you haven't ordered your drink."

"Black coffee, hot." I said while I quickly shift my focus to the screen again.

"As usual, huh? Well then, waitress!" he shouted at one of the workers.

"Yes sir, would you like to order something?" a waitress then walked to our table while holding a note and a pen. She seems to have a shoulder-length black hair, a little shorter than me, cute face, nice bo-ehem, I mean regular posture. Don't get me wrong, but despite with my focus to the game, I still noticed the surroundings pretty well.

"Ah yes. One black coffee for him, and a-"

"GAAAH!" I screamed. Dammit, I was THIS close to finish the game, if not for those crazy Spellcards!

"W-wh-what's wrong, sir?" she said, surprised by my scream.

"Don't worry about him, that's usual." Dammit John, you make me looked like a psyco here!

"Oh, and by the way, mine would be iced caffe latte." he continued.

"Okay sir, one black coffee and one iced caffe latte. Is that all?" she said after regaining her composure.

"Yes, that is all." He said again.

"Very well. If you need anything, just call me," she said while showed us her nametag, "and I'll be here shortly."

"Why, thank you," John said before making one last unnecessary comment, "Beautiful~"

Blushing, she quickly turned her back and ran towards the kitchen.

"Playboy." I said to him. If not for his blonde hair and European-like face, I'm sure he would already got a red mark on his face by now.

"Oh come on, Yan. A guy needs a refreshment once in a while." He said with such carefree manners, it annoys me.

"Don't make me say that to your girlfriend." I pointed my index finger to his face.

"N-no-no no no! Please Yanto my dear friend, anything but that, please don't say anything to Mia, I beg you!" he said while shaking my body through my shoulders.

"Haah…"I sighed. If I say no, he would keep begging to me for minutes. "…fine, fine. But at least clear the misunderstanding with her." I said while pointing my thumb to the kitchen.

"Yay! You're the best!" he said while hugged me out of the whim, luring attention from the other customers.

"Get...off…me…you…damn…homo…playboy!" I said while pushing him off.

"Hehe, sorry bro." he said, shrugging it off. Seriously, if you're not someone I know, I had send you off to the Oblivion by now.

"By the way…" he said after sitting in his chair again "…do you have any plan for the holiday?"

"No. Do you?" I asked him back.

"Well, I was planning to go back home." I think I know where this is going. "I was just wondering if you could-"

"No." I said sternly.

"Yanto, it's been 5 years. I know you don't have anyone to see in that city anymore, but you can at least stay at our house. Even my mom was worried."

I sighed. "Send my regards to her then. Sorry John, but this is my decision. I'm not going back to that house, or even that city ever again." I said, showing my resolution.

"Guess nothing can change your mind, huh?" he said while smiling sadly. "It'll be lonely there, you know."

"It'll be lonely here too." not that I care. "By the way, when will you go?" I asked, trying to change the topic.

"Tomorrow morning. That's why I wanna see you today."

"Really now," I chuckled, "you can at least send me a message."

"You'll reject me if I do that. But seriously, Yanto." He said while leaning forward, looking at me straight in the eyes. "You can't always live in the past, you know? Sometimes you just have to let go."

"I know that very well John." I said to him. "That's why I'm not going back."

"Damn that man…" I muttered to myself. Not only did he left earlier, leaving me with an unpaid bill, he also tried to bring 'that' up again. I know it's been 5 years already. At this point, anyone who suffered the same circumstances would already shrugged it off and move on with their lifes, but not for me. I don't know why, but everytime someone try to bring it up, I could feel my blood boiling over, my heart hurting as hell, and even a light headache. The doctor said it was fine, as it probably just some light trauma. One thing for sure is that whenever I remembered that day, what I could feel was not only sadness. It's not anger either.

It was curiosity. It's as if there's something wrong with that day but I couldn't figure out what.

I looked at the sky, remembering my conversation with John earlier.

…

"So, knowing you," he said "you'll probably just gonna play those games all day, right?"

"Yep. That's my plan from the start." I said stating the fact.

"Don't you have anything better to do? Like hanging out with your colleagues?" he asked worryingly.

"Nope. Not a chance. There's no way I'm gonna waste my energy for some useless chats."

"Seriously dude, get some life." He sighed. "I know I've said it over a million times already, but…" he looked at me "Why do you keep playing those games anyway?"

…

I always answered that question with a simple shrug, but I know that very well than anyone. Touhou has saved me from my depression after 'that' happened. It also one kind of game I could truly enjoy. At first I looked at it as a way to escape my life. Now I see it as my second world.

That, and because I probably fell in love with it.

My train of thoughts was interrupted when I saw someone with charming beauty walking past me. She is as tall as me, a little higher because of her white high-heels. She had a nice posture, filled with meat in the perfect places. She also had long blonde hair, covered by a white straw hat with a purple ribbon, covering most of her face from the sun. I couldn't recognize her face but I could identify a little about her clothing. The girl-no, the woman wears a purple knee-length dress, showing her pure white skin that was shining as if it has a light on it's own. She also wears a white unbuttoned short-sleeved sweater, showing her ample bossom, which I noticed first, thanks to my perverse brain. She also holding a white handbag on her right shoulder. I couldn't embrace her beauty with my eyes more because of my walking speed. However, when she passed on my left, she whispered something on my ear.

"I'll see you tonight~" was all I could hear from her. She said it very clearly with such playful but serious tone that it made me… shiver. I could feel that my body was chilling all over because I know, whatever that woman was going to do, she was up to no good.

As I glanced to my back to see the woman once again, I noticed that whoever, or whatever that woman is, she was already gone. I was staring to nothingness for a good thirty seconds. Weird, there's no human in this world having an ability to just suddenly 'gone'. Unless if she's even a human to begin with. My train of thought was halted once again by a voice from someone from my right.

"Ada apa, dek? (What's wrong kid?)" He is, after I glanced, was just a regular barber that was staring at me since earlier.

"Ah, nggak apa-apa pak. Oh ia, bapak liat ibu-ibu tadi nggak? (Ah, it's nothing sir. By the way, did you see that woman earlier?)" I asked him.

"Ibu-ibu yang mana? Dari tadi kamu sendirian kok, nggak ada yang lewat didepan toko saya selain kamu. (Which one? You're alone since the first time I saw you, after all there's no one walked past my shop except for you)" he stated, earning a curious look from me. I decided to just shrug it off and go straight to my apartement.

It's already 7 PM when I glanced at my phone. Really, playing game all day is tiring, even if I played it in a sleeping pose. Well, the game itself is not a regular game either. It needs full attention from me if I actually wanted to win. I have to admit, I'm no pro. 6 months and couldn't even passed Normal Difficulty is an embarrasement for me.

The game itself has 4 difficulty, starting from the easiest are Easy, Normal, Hard and Lunatic. Take note that Easy doesn't mean 'easy difficulty', as I even need as much as 3 months worth of playing to even beat a game in Easy. I read in some people's post that admitted that they only need as much as 3 months to master the game in Normal. Looking at this, I started to think that this game is not for me. But I couldn't stop. I don't wanna stop. Deep in my heart I knew that I have to beat that game no matter what.

As I was taking a break from playing, I decided to read some fan fiction from the net. Touhou doesn't really have deep, detailed story like some anime or light novel. It only has a brief character back story explained by the GM and a little conversation between the characters. What it has, however, is numerous fan fiction novel, doujinshi and even some TV-grade fan-made anime, something that no other game, manga or anime has. It shows how dedicated the fans are to the franchise.

In the middle of reading, I decided to think about the event this afternoon. The street I walked to is a fairly busy street with many cars and bikes running over. There's no one there except for some shop keeper because it was afternoon and it was really hot. That barber should've noticed her, but he didn't. I tried to imagine her face but failed because I didn't have a chance to look at her more. What makes me worried is her sudden disappearance.

If she was a human, then she must be have some sort of super power to make herself unnoticed, probably some kind of ESP. If she was a ghost, suddenly appeared from nowhere and then vanished the second after is a trivial matters for her. If she was a youkai however...

I then remembered her appearance and choice of clothing.

Long, blonde hair,

Pure white skin, almost like a foreigner,

Nice body, ample boss-wait, stop it you stupid brain!

Now where was I? Oh yeah, clothing.

Purple and white clothing…

Blonde…

Purple-white… Could it be…?

"…nah, it's impossible." I said to myself. After all, there's no way a fictional character could just appeared in front of you, right?

Stopped my thought, I continued to read the fan fiction. Hm... I noticed that aside from fan fiction, Touhou also have a lot of fan-made crossover. What makes it easy for Touhou to have a lot of crossover, is because of her.

The border youkai.

The power to manipulate border, as far as I know it, knows no boundary. That makes the user of such ability to having a power far beyond anyone in Gensoukyo. Some even considered her as, if not stronger than, a god. The most well known manifestation of the power was the ability to open a 'gap' that connects one place to another. Such ability gave the user a nickname 'gap hag'. It makes the border youkai to easily enter another realm as free as she want. Usually, she do so because she felt some power, or being, that could be a danger to Gensoukyou and it's people. The other reason is because she was simply, bored. What she usualy do afterwards was to send another people to take care of the anomaly. Or, she could send the anomaly to Gensoukyou instead and let it's resident do the deed. It's rare to see her taking care of the problem by herself. She likes to watch from afar with her ability to make sure nothing goes wrong. Well, being such a powerful youkai probably didn't change her lazy behavior.

"I wonder…" I mumbled to myself while I still deep in my thought. "If she suddenly drag me to Gensoukyou, for what purpose could it be?"

"Oh, for what purpose indeed~?"

My body froze as I hear this statement. 'No, it's impossible' was my first thought. 'Is that really her?' was my second. 'Turn your head, Yanto!' was my third. I decided to abide the third thought. To say that I'm surprised was an understatement.

I was excited.

I was in awe.

I was…terrified, because I know who said that.

What awaits me in the source of the voice was a woman of unmatching beauty. Dark golden eyes that seems to match her long blonde hair. Pale pink dress under a purple Chinese tabard with various Trigrams covering her body. Pale pink mob with a thin red ribbon covering her head. A fan in her left hand and a pink parasol in her right, resting on her shoulder. She had a face that is as beautiful as a goddess, but also as sly as a fox. As if she had controls over anything and everything. As if she had figured everything out.

That woman was no other than Yakumo Yukari, The Border of Phantasm herself.

"Fufufu, it seems that you have lost in words. What's wrong, human?" she said. While I was still in a daze, the only words I could muster was…

"Your parasol."

"Hm?"

"Close them. You'll get struck by lightning." Damn, that's not what I wanna say! It seems that my thinking skill is drastically reduced when in daze. As if thinking about my words, she closed her eyes, folding her hands together and hummed.

"Hm... it appears that superstition is still strong in this part of the world. That's not a problem though." She said while nodding in understanding. Luckily she didn't thought of me as a weird person.

"Nevertheless, I think that an introduction is in order. You seemed to already know about me already, right?" she continued while closing her parasol.

I sighed to relax myself. "I guess you're right. Yakumo Yukari-san, The Border of Phantasm, the one who governs Gensoukyo's Border and the one who helps in it's creation, isn't it?" I stated the fact.

"My, you're quite informed, boy. How about introducing yourself next, then?"

"At this point, I won't be surprised if you already knew who I am. So I guess we could just call it off." I said.

"But it's a bad manner to not introduce yourself to your elde-I mean, your guest, right?" Isn't it in reverse though? But, whatever. It won't end soon if it goes on like this.

"Fine. My name's Yanto Bahar, 22 years old. But you could just call me Yanto. I'm just your regular everyday college student."

"Not much for an introduction, isn't it. Next, why don't we just sit and take some breath first before we move to the main topic?" she said.

"I was already relaxed before you come." I grumbled.

"Fufufu, sorry if I disturb you." She shrugged it off just like that. Before I could react, however, she continued "Do you have tea and some snacks? It will be a long chat after all~." she said as if ordering me. I could feel my blood boiling a little.

"Just wait a second." I said while grumbling, again. My stock was already thin, dammit.

"I must say," she said after putting down her tea cup on a nearby table.

"Hm?" was all I could respond after putting down my coffee. She was sitted on my bed while I'm on the floor because of the lack of chair. I don't have any bed frame, so she sitted in my eye level.

"I'm quite surprised after seeing how you react after our first meeting. Normal people would either frozen in fear or just ran away after seeing me for the first time. You, however, were not showing any kinds of emotion except of a little lost in word." she continued.

She's right. I still remembered those tiny sparks of fear the first time I looked her in the eye. But a little after that, it's gone. It's as if I never feared her at all.

"But it makes the conversation easier, so I didn't see any problem with it." she continued again. She didn't looked it as a serious matter, so I just shrugged it off.

"Now, you're probably wondered why did I travel such length, to another dimension even, just to have a chat with you." Another dimension, huh? So that Multiverse theory were probably true.

"Not really." I said in an uninterested tone. "Knowing you, you're probably just bored again. Then you choose a random human from a random dimension to take him to Gensoukyo, trying to make his life more miserable than it already has, while you looked from afar with your gap. Am I correct?"

"Oh my~. I know you're smart but I don't know you're THIS smart." She said, trying to annoys me.

Liar.

I knew very well that despite her sly behavior, she wouldn't go as far as to bring a potential trouble to Gensoukyou. She loves it too much to do it. After all, she's wearing her Chinese tabard, her work attire. It means that whatever she's doing here, it was not for fun. I'm not gonna let her know this information now, though. I'll try to play dumb for now.

"As expected from the gap youkai. Very well then, when will we go?" I asked.

"As soon as you're done with your lesson. It will be quick but serious, knowing that it has already late. I wouldn't want you to transfer us to the unknown after all." She said. Wait…

Lesson?

"What kind of lesson?" I asked. She then unleashed her trademark mischievous grin.

"The Boundary Lesson, of course."

"What?"

"The Boundary Lesson." She said repeating the words. "I'll personally train you to open a gap from here to Gensoukyo. Note that I wouldn't teach you how to control other borders, since I don't want you to bring any trouble." She ended her explanation.

"Wait a second… I though the power over boundary can only be used by you."

"Not quite. It's actually could be learned by anyone, as long as they're smart enough, and diligent enough. But don't tell that to anyone, as it could bring troubles." Does this mean that I'm smart by her standard? Man, that's quite the flattery.

"Before we start, let me tell you some things you might need to know." She said as if not waiting for my approval. I guess saying 'no' now won't change a thing.

"Okay."

"First, I would only teach you how to make a simple gap. However, as the time goes by, I might reconsidered to teach you a little about borders. Second, you could only open a gap with my approval. Note that any attempt or experiment on gaps and borders aside from my watch is prohibited. Third and the most important. While it's possible for you to learn about borders later on, there are some that you shouldn't manipulate at all cost. First…" she started counting with her fingers. "…is the border of possibilities and impossibilities. Second, the boundary of existence. And third…" she looked at me with her golden eyes, "…is the border of life. The list could expand at a later moment but it certainly won't loose any of it's component."

I thought about it a little. So, she restricted my learning and possibly my ability. And she didn't want me to mess with the three borders. First is probably because she didn't want me to change the rules of physics. Second is because she didn't want anything to just suddenly vanished. And the third, is because she didn't want me to awaken anyone from their death.

Why would I want that anyway?

"Okay, Yukari-san. But first I wanted to ask you something."

"Just Yukari is fine. And what could that be?" she asked.

"Why me? Why choose me over millions of people on this planet? I'm not someone you could call 'special' or anything." She must have some sort of reasons. Knowing her, she probably won't answer it directly, but I could at least get a hint. "And also, why should I agree with you?" She showed me her trademark devious smile.

"Ara, showing your sharpness again, isn't it. That's one of the reason as to why. I could see a lot of hidden potential within you." She said. A regular choice of words, considering she probably didn't want me to know just yet. "The other is that I wanted to help you with your question."

"My question?" I raised my left brow.

"Yes. You wanted to know about 'that' day, do you?" I could feel my brain twitched as she uttered those words. Great, another headache. I hold my head with my left hand, trying to ease the pain.

"W-What do you know?"

"Everything."

"…"

"Need some help with that?" she said, pointing her fan at my head.

"It's okay, it'll be gone in another minute." I said still holding my head.

"That won't do. We don't have much time." She said while opening her fan and covered her mouth with it, clearly hiding her smile. "Feeling better now?"

I didn't feel any pain after that. "Thanks."

"It is my pleasure. Now,…" she closed her fan, "…ready for your lesson?"

Should I agree to her? This could be my only chance to go the world I could only dreamed of. And she knows about 'that'.

I sighed. There's nothing wrong in knowing, right?

"Yeah."

Three hours have passed since the lesson started. I looked at my phone that says '22.27'. I don't know what I expected when she teached me…math. Yes, math. She told me various things like matrix, integral, limit, log, etc. and it's application in boundary manipulation. I was surprised that I could actually understand at least 80% of her words. Math is not always my favorite subject in class, as I'm not very good at it.

"And that ends our lesson. Any question?" she said after returning the whiteboard she conjured back to her gap. She now looked like a real teacher with her square-framed glasses, if not for her weird choice of clothing.

"No, at least for now."

"Well, as you already learned the most basic of making a gap,…" wait, three hours and we still at the basic? "…it is time to make one! Now stand up. Come on, don't be shy!" she said it like a kindergarten teacher. I stood up beside her.

"Now, as you're a begineer, making a gap on air might be too 'high level' to you. Let's try making one on a medium first. For example, that." She said as she pointed her finger to the clearing on the wall. "Put one of your hands one the wall and concentrate."

I nodded. After I put my right palm on the wall, I closed my eyes. I tried to clear my thought out of anything unrelated on making borders.

"Now try to make one just as I told you how." I nodded. While there's a lot of math and theory behind making a gap, the practice was easier. First, I tried to imagine the target, which is Gensoukyou. I imagine the scenery, like the Youkai Mountain, the Mysty Lake, the SDM, and lastly, the Hakurei Shrine. Then, I tried focusing my 'life force' to my palm. Yukari said that it won't harm my life, as it always recharged especially when one's relaxing. It won't reduce my life either. Last, I push the force out of my hand, trying to open the 'fabric of the universe', as Yukari put it.

"Open your eyes." Said the gap youkai. As I peek through my eyelid, I couldn't help but quickly opened my eyes in surprise.

What I see is a darkness on the wall which I put my palm earlier. While Yukari's border looked like a nice 'tear' in the fabric (heck, her's are even decorated with ribbons), mine looked more like someone just punched right through the wall, leaving a black hole that has no end.

"Wow, I could actually make one!" I said in surprise.

"Hm… not bad for a begineer. It could probably hold up to three days at most. Impressive indeed."

"Three?" That's a long time, isn't it?

"Why yes. While mine could hold up as long as I want because I always supply it with my power, you on the other hand, already cut your connection with the gap the moment you open it. But it could be learn later on." She said as her hand embraced the opening of my gap.

"So, I lost control of my gap?" I asked her.

"That is correct. Don't worry, I could close it whenever I want to." She answered.

"Now pack your things and don't bring too much. I will wait outside while you change." She said while looking at my body. Clearly, a sleeveless tanktop and a boxer is not a right choice. She then walked outside, not bothered to open a gap instead.

Let's see. I think my earlier attire will do. As I put on everything I noticed something on my desk.

Dad's watch.

It's actually just a normal silver-colored watch made of aluminium. What makes it special is that it doesn't need any battery. I only need to shake it at least once a day to turn it on. Normal movements like walking-or even only my heart beat-could also recharge it's power. I'll need it if I wanna go to an electricity-free land. I changed the time on the watch to Japanese time. "00.35, Tuesday." I mumbled. After packing some cloth in my bag, I called her.

"Okay Yukari-san, I'm done." I shouted.

"I told you not to use –san." She said while showing a fake pout through the open door. "I know! How about calling me Yukari-onee-chan inste-"

"Yukari-SAN." I interrupted her. "Shall we go?"

"Mo~, you're no fun." She said, still showing her fake pout. "Well, what are you waiting for? Just jump right through it."

I looked my room for the last time. I regreted not cleaning it before. "Well, here goes nothing." I said while jumping through my gap.

What I noticed first is that I'm flying instead of walking. It feels just like swimming but without any body movement. Instead, I just focused my mind and make my body move on it's own. Yukari followed beside me. Second is that the gap consist of…nothing. There's no eyes like Yukari's gap as far as I looked.

"Yukari-san, why does my gap empty? Yours seems to be filled with eyes, but not mine."

"Don't you remember what I just teached you? A gap is a representation of the maker's soul. Why your's are empty is because your gap haven't connected with you just yet. Don't worry, it will change the more you use it."

So the eyes are the representation of her? Like, eyes that sees everything? Possible, considering her as the overseer of Gensoukyo.

As we floated, I could see a tiny spark of light coming from the end of the gap.

"It seems that we made it. Go on, you go first." Yukari said as she pointed to the light. I just nodded and continue straight to the light with eyes closed.

When I opened them, I could see the dark sky and the white moon. I see that it's still night here, considering the time difference. And then I looked down.

"OH MY- CURSE YOU GAP HAAAAAAAAAA-"

"You're welcome~."

I fall. The ground gets closer and closer to me. Or is it the other way around?

"AAAAAAAAAA-" I screamed from deep within my lung. Well, there goes my adventure in Eastern Wonderland. It's sad to end it like this.

Wait, no! I don't wanna end it like this! It's my only chance to explore the land I can only dreamed of. And there's no way in Hell of Blazing Fire I would end it with my death. I try to fly as hard as I could. I focus my inner power to make myself fly, which is failed. I try again, clapping my arms as if it were wings.

How stupid of me. I'm no bird nor a bat.

And then, everything went black.

Well, there goes my first fanfic.

This story is actually already in my mind for a long time. I only changed it a little and there it is. This story'll be very OC-centric, but I'll try to make another chara's POV and maybe their backstory later. Updates will be slow because of reasons, but I'll try to upload it ASAP. English is not my native language so I'm sorry for any miss-spell and miss-word.

Any comments, reviews, opinions and suggestions are extremely welcomed. :v