Sojiro was sitting alone in his bedroom. His chiseled face was expressionless. Then his handphone rang. "Hello?" he enquired. "Sojiro! Where in the world are you? I've been waiting for 30 minutes!" A girl's voice came from the other line. "Gomen, Yukino. I'll be there now." Sojiro was now his usual playboy self. He hung up and got ready for his billionth date that week.
Sojiro and his date were in the café. The girl was talking and he was listening half-heartedly. His plastered smile did not make the girl suspect his inattentiveness. Then Sojiro happened to glance out of the window and he saw a sight. Something he had not seen for a long, long time.
He dashed out of the café, with his date running after him. He looked around and saw nothing. Whatever he had seen was gone. Or was it just his own imagination, he thought.
"Sojiro!" his date exclaimed, "Whatever were you doing, running out like that?"
"Gomen Yukino. I thought I saw something," Sojiro's heart-breaking smile was on his face again. "Oh alright. Let's go back to our date," said the girl. "Definitely. I should make it up to Yukino," Sojiro put his arm around the girl's waist and they walked away together.
The night sky was bright with sparkling stars. Both Sojiro and Akira were in a pub, picking up girls as usual. But of course, both picked up different types of females.
"So Sojiro, how many have you met tonight?" asked Akira, turning his drink around.
"About 8."
"Hmm…not bad…I suppose you'll be leaving soon with some of them," said
Akira. "Yeah…most probably," said Sojiro absently.
The pub was packed with people and moving around was not easy. All of a sudden, someone crashed into Sojiro and fell onto the cold hard floor. "Are you okay?" asked Sojiro, reaching out to help that person. "I'm alright. Gomen, I didn't mean to bump into you," it was a girl's voice and she looked up at Sojiro. "Gomen nasai," she apologized.
Sojiro stared back in shock. A million thoughts were going over in his mind. It was her. He was now looking straight at her. "Is there anything wrong?" the girl had puzzlement on her face. "S…Sa…Sara!" Sojiro choked out, "It's you!"