14.
His entire school life changes. His entire life changes.
He's up before the sun is, He's in school studying frantically ahead in the book before his teacher even arrives. He's no longer tasting a drop of soda unless he's going to vomit. He hasn't seen a red bean paste bun in a month and a half.
It's so expensive. It would be too expensive if sensei wasn't the one footing it like she had money.
"We're not official yet," she had told him as casually as someone picking up a cat from the floor. "So there's no proper code for people quite yet. They don't know how much to pay us. Might as well enjoy it while we can."
Toshinori feels a vague sense of envy and he can't put it to words because it can't be helped. It just can't.