Story Introduction: Memory Fragments

Kaito Shion has succeeded in applying in Regality University. He has no definite profession to pursue yet. He hopes his new impending experiences will help him decide what path down the road to take. The university was far from his home, but with the help of his parents, they were able to rent a place for him to stay for the semester. Kaito was feeling extremely nervous to be out on his own, but he's kept in mind that if he focuses on going to school and being home by sunset, he will be safe.

September 3, 2015
Rented Home #11, 5:43 PM

"Ugh, I'm finally here!" The blue-haired adolescent said in tired relief after opening the door using the acquired key to the house. He took a look around to see that the place was quite spotless. He thought it must have been cleaned by the Samaritans before he got here.

He looked around at his home for the semester. The living room was humble-looking. It had all the standard stuff. It had a TV with a couch sitting not too far from it, a bookshelf that looks quite filled, and some doodads to make the place look beautiful.

Kaito was definitely looking forward to the kitchen, though. He was excited to be cooking his own dinners. It'll save him money having to buy food at convenient stores.

He placed his backpack and luggage by the couch and picked up the telephone that was on the table next to one of the arm rests that the couch had. Kaito promptly dialed his mother's number.

"Hello?" A woman's voice sounded.

"Hello, mother. I made it," Kaito greeted.

"Ah! Dear! I'm so happy you made it safely there! Are you okay? Not too lonely?"

He chuckled a bit before answering, "I'm hanging in there, mother. I'm tired from having to take multiple buses on the way over here since the place was so far. I just followed where to go and now, here I am."

"That's great, Kaito. Your father and I have been thinking about how you were doing all day!"

"Uh, if you were so worried, why didn't you call my cell phone, mother?" Kaito asked curiously.

Nervous laughter came from the line, "Uh, well, we didn't want to...well...talk while there were people on the bus, right? It would be embarrassing if I told you to brush your teeth in front of them. Hee-hee!"

The blue-haired boy groaned as he rolled his eyes, "Good point... So anyway, yeah. I'm here, now. I hope you're relieved,"

"Absolutely! Since you have a lot of downtime before the semester starts, you might as well make some new friends and see the town."

Kaito gave a sheepish laugh, "We'll see if I make any new friends or not, mother. My goal is to find out what it is I want to in life. I'm hoping that I do discover it during my time here."

"Whatever it is you want, Kaito, remember that your father and I will support you on it. Just keep walking down the natural path, and eventually, you'll see."

The blue-haired boy nodded, "Sure. Well, I gotta get settled in, mother. I guess I'll see you later."

"Bye, dear. Good luck!"

After that, Kaito hung up on the line and proceeded to the bedroom which was a little bit next to where the kitchen was which was placed east of where the TV is. It's a little convenient to not have to move from one side to the other. There was stairs going up to the second floor near the door, but he wasn't really interested in going up there since everything he needed in the house was already downstairs.

The blue-haired adolescent thought that since he had all the time in the world to unpack and he was so tired, he would just sleep first and once he was rested, he would just unpack in the morning.

He felt very nervous being away from his parents for a whole semester but then the optimist inside of him interjected, saying that this'll teach him how to get around in life without his parents since the won't be around forever and that he certainly won't be a kid forever. It was sad, but true.

A big yawn emerged from his mouth and drowsiness took over. He was about ready to just plopping himself down on the bed and fall fast asleep.

Kaito went into the bedroom and threw himself on the bed, face-down on the pillow, not bothering to get into proper sleeping position.

DING-DONG!

"Gah!"

The doorbell suddenly rang and it jolted him to be fully alert. Who could be at the door? Kaito wasn't expecting someone and it's usually the curfew when most kids are expected to be home. He thought he'd just take a quick discreet glance at who it was at the door and just go back to bed to rest.

Kaito remembered that there was a peephole on the door for him to see who's there, so he walked to the door and looked out of it.

The peephole showed that it was a girl who was there. She was wearing a black jacket with clothes of a contrasting colour. It was rather dark outside since it was getting late, so he couldn't really make out the colours. She looked like she was holding something. Was it a solicitor? It had to be. He had no interest in buying anything from anyone, especially since he was feeling dour that he was disturbed as he was falling fast asleep.

Suddenly, a question popped into his head: Wasn't this place supposed to be empty until he arrived a while ago?

Kaito answered his own question by thinking that since the "For Rent" sign was removed before he arrived, the supposed solicitor thought that someone was living there already.

Regardless, Kaito wasn't interested in socialising right now. He stuck near the door a bit longer, hearing what the girl on the other side would do. About a minute later, he heard a sigh that sounded sad and the sound of footsteps that eventually faded.

He looked out the peephole again to see that the girl was gone. Kaito started to feel bad for not answering the door. That sigh sounded like she was disappointed to him.

Kaito hesitated for a moment and thought for a moment about opening the door, but he quickly told himself to abstain from doing it. He had this bad habit of doing things out of emotion than proper cognitive thinking. He remembered his old friend Lily calling him out on it a few times before.

The adolescent let out a sigh and he went back to his bedroom, where he promptly fell asleep on the bed.