30 years...yeah, it's been thirty years, hasn't it? a middle-aged man thought to himself as he swept the front of his bar. Said man looked up from his work to see his two nieces come up the road. "Hey, you munchkins!" he called out to them. "Uncle Kai!" they both yelled. "What took you two so long?" he asked after he set the broom off to the side.

The one with blue eyes answered. "Well, we were on our way home, but a man was playing a...hmm...what's it called?" The red one answered, "Cello, Mari, he was playing a cello." "Oh...anyway, he was playing a CELLO and we decided to stop by and watch! Kari, didn't he say something to you?" "Yeah, he asked if I had any favorites he could play. Man, that guy can play EVERYTHING! He looked so sad..." "and lonely..." "And depressed!" they both finished.

"Is this man still playing in the park?" Kai asked getting his coat. "Uh huh!" they both said. "Mari, Kari, watch the shop while I'm gone, I'm gonna see him play," he said running off. "Bye-Bye!!!" Kari and Mari yelled in unison.

In the park

After he finished, the man watched as the crowd disbanded. He sighed sadly but continued playing. "Hey, buddy, can I take a request?" someone asked. "Of course, please, what is your request?" the man said without looking up. "Hmm...I don't know. Haji, what do you think would be a good song?" "Pardon?" the man asked, looking up. "Haji, it's me, Kai," the man grinned. Kai dragged Haji back to his home.

At the Omoro

"Come on, you've been gone for so long, why won't you say anything?" Kai asked handing Haji a glass of water.

"What is there to talk about?" Haji asked emotionlessly, just sitting on the couch staring into space.

"Well, Mr. I'm-Too-Good-To-Talk-To-Old-Guys, Saya should be waking up soon," Kai said matter-of-factly.

"..."

"Don't play dumb, I saw that Rose. Besides, you, of all people should know!"

Haji and Kai just sat there in the ominouss silence until it was broken by an...

"UNCLE KAI!!!!!!!" ringing through the house.

"Hey, Uncle Kai, who is this guy?" "Is he the Ce-, Cel-, ..." "CELLO, dear sister, it is a 'CELLO'" "WHATEVER" "Don't you 'whatever' me, I'm your big sister!" "Yeah, my big PAIN of a sister!!!" "DUNCE!" "BOOKWORM!"

"ENOUGH!!!" Kai yelled to stop their squabbaling. "Please, you two are 30! Get a grip!"

"Sorry, Uncle Kai..." they both said sadly, now calmed down.

"Anyways, sorry about that, Haji. I guess you've now met the twins. This is Kari (Red eyes) and Mari (Blue eyes)"

"Pleased to meet you" he said with a tiny bit of emotion.

"Oh, yeah, I remember what we were coming to tell you now!" Mari said all of a sudden.

"Yeah, we were visiting Auntie, when her cocoon thingy wiggled!" Kari said, "Mari put her ear up to it-"

"And I heard her say 'Haji', whatever that means..." Mari finished.

...Needless to say, Haji was out the door before Mari finished saying "Haji".