The lab was quiet as only one scientist was left working silently in his corner. He needed to find an answer to his life long question. This was a project he decided to tackle himself, no one told him to. So every night after everyone left he stayed at his desk scribbling away in his notebook. All that was crossing this scientist's mind was that there had to be a reason, a reason why everyone saw in black and white. There were stories from many many years in the past where they talked about colors. Colors, that was what was missing in his life.

After about half an hour or so of scribbling he sat back in his seat muttering to himself, "Why can't I find an answer? Black and white just isn't beautiful. I bet the colors were amazing." He sighed giving up for the night. It was then standard procedure from there, straighten up his desk and make sure everything was placed in a beautiful way. As he walked out he placed his lab coat on the hanger positioned under a name plate "Rei Ryugazaki". He was always teased for having a girly name, but after awhile he grew used to the teasing and his name.

The drive home Rei had to concentrate on traffic and keeping his head up and eyes open. "This is what sucks, I try to do extra work to find an answer and then I can't stay awake." he thought. The traffic was uncharacteristically heavy for this late at night. Normally it's very few cars on the road as most people are at home with family or sleeping. Rei never found anyone to call his, or at least he hasn't yet. So he doesn't have anyone to come home to after a long day of work, and his days of work are long. Rei was really glad once he realized he had the next 2 days off, he let out a sigh of relief. Maybe he could go to the local coffee shop, which isn't known for its coffee but it's mackerel snacks and it's owner. Or he might just stay home and work on answering his question. There was the option of sleeping the days away, after all he felt he deserved a good rest, but he could never do that he has to keep a sleep schedule with some order. Yeah right, some nights he's up until almost 2 in the morning and others he falls asleep around 8. Great schedule.

Rei turned on the news as soon as he walked into his small apartment. The apartment had everything a bachelor his age needed, a small kitchen, one bedroom, one bathroom and a tiny living room/ dining room. Plan and simple but not very beautiful. As he grabbed a glass of water from the fridge he could hear the television, "NASA has accepted the youngest trainee to be on an upcoming space mission." This sparked Rei's interest

"How young is young?" He said to himself as he walked to the TV. The segment was still going on with more details playing across the bottom. Such as his age, the same as Rei's; 25.

"That is really young, seriously. So what does this new recruit look like?"

As soon as the words left his mouth he got an answer, a really happy and go lucky blonde (or so he wouldn't think, his hair looked like a really light gray) appeared on screen. He seemed really excited as he waved and answered some questions. Up in the top right corner Rei noticed his name, "Nagisa Hazuki." A feminine name like his. He didn't just notice the name but also how attractive the recruit was. And then the TV was turned off. Rei didn't need to watch anymore tonight here would find out more information tomorrow if he wanted. Now it was time for that well earned rest.