Mai sighed as she lay on her futon. Naru was on his futon as well – on the other side of the curtain that was on her left.
"Go to sleep, Mai," Naru coldly said from beyond the curtain.
Mai pouted. "You're not sleeping too."
"I don't have school tomorrow."
Mai scowled. "Jerk!"
"Just to remind you, you were the one who accepted their offer to work there until ten in the evening."
Mai curled toward the curtain. "I know," she mumbled. "Why did you take the job?"
Naru didn't answer. He looked at the curtain and saw a faint image of Mai curled toward him. He smiled.
"Go to sleep," Naru gently said.
Mai looked at the curtain and sighed. She closed her eyes and slowly fell asleep.
When Mai's even breathing filled the room, Naru curled toward the curtain – gazing at the faint image of Mai's face through the curtain. He closed his eyes and fell asleep.
"What did you do, Gene?" Naru asked his reflection. "What did you do?"
His reflection remained sadly looking at him. "Aren't you happy?"
Naru stood stunned. "Happy..? How would I be ha…"
Gene smiled at him before he could finish. He raised his hand and pointed to something behind Naru.
Naru turned around and froze. He saw Mai walking inside her house alone.
He slowly walked closer until he was inside the house with her. He couldn't see his luggage in the house. In fact, there was barely anything in the house – just boxes and a big travel bag.
Mai seemed to be packing her things into a bag. She opened a cabinet and saw two futons – the old one she owned and the new one that Naru bought.
She smiled and pulled out the old one. She buried her face into the futon. Her shoulders began to shake.
"Mai," Naru called but the voice that echoed wasn't his. He turned around and saw Takumi standing by the door. "Let's go."
Naru stiffened and turned to Mai. "No! You promised you won't talk to him!"
But Mai didn't seem to hear him. She wiped her tears and hid the futons in a box. "I'll be right there," she said.
He watched Mai stand up taking the travel bag with her. She walked out of the house.
Other people went in and took the boxes with them.
The house was left dark and empty.
"Are you happy?" Gene asked standing behind him.
Naru felt like he was being crushed. "Mai…"