We ate and drank mostly in silence occasionally forcing small talk and when that became difficult we sat on the sofa making snide remarks towards the ghoul lover's theories, I'll admit the latter was mostly Itori and I.

It was almost comfortable, comfortable enough for me to fall asleep leaning on Renji's shoulder sometime in the early morning.

Though I grudgingly accepted that our group felt like it was missing something.

Or someone.

I slept.

And I slept, the growling of my stomach unable to disturb me. I hadn't moved from that spot in what must have been days except for the occasional toilet break, that was until my rude awakening of a freezing cold ice cube was placed at my shirt's neck and left to slowly slide it's way down my warm back. I sat bolt upright to Itori standing over me with another cube poised if need be and a weary look. "Fey, you can't live on the sofa forever. You haven't hunted since you got here, you don't have a job and you're stinking up the place." With this Itori puts the ice in the glass in her other hand and passes it to me, I fish out the remainder of the cube in my shirt and stick it in my mouth letting it dissolve completely. Itori crinkled her nose and went into the kitchen checking the cupboards, "I'm heading out. I'll bring back some food from the bar and I'll get some clothes for you as I'm sure what you have in your bag won't survive a wash." On her way out Itori drops a note pad and pen on my lap, before I can cut through the depressed brain fog and process all that's just occurred she's out the door

Where would I begin? Does she want me to make a list? I stare down at the stationery hoping to find the answers but it stubbornly stays silent. I down my partially frozen water chewing the pieces of ice before reaching for the pen, guess I better give this a shot.

1. Shower

That's a good start.

2. Avoid Uta forever

Not very realistic.

2. Visit Anteiku

That's better, it'll be nice to see the kids again and Mr Yoshimura.

3. Get a job

That'll be harder than the other two. There's a limited amount of career paths in Tokyo for someone without any paperwork, formal education or references.

4. Kill Uta

Pshhh not likely.

4. Find somewhere to live

That might be as hard as getting a job, but as much as I would like to stay with Itori I know I'll have to move on.

5. See Uta, get it over with and move on.

Let's face it it's going to happen, we have the same friends and we're both grown ups now. I can do this.

And with that I went to do number one; have a shower.