"every day is great at your Junes. " was the very first thing that Yu heard when he entered the market with his friends "this song is popular. I keep hearing it every time my cousin turns on the TV."
"well, it's, after all, one of the most popular shops all over Japan. It's normal to hear the commercial song every day. But anyway, what do you want to check out first, the food side, the electronic side, or the furniture side. We have everything…" Yosuke was saying before he was cut off by Chie after being pushed aside "let go check out the meat they have, I heard it's pretty expensive, it gotta be worth it."
"that sounds like a good idea, I wanna go to. " said Ryuji " I would like to get some accessories for my hair, I need something that goes with the new Kimone. " Ann face lightened up after hearing Yukiko saying that "I will help you choose something, it's my specialty after all."
Yu looked at Ann confuse "You probably didn't realize it, but Ann is a model ." said Chie.
"I see." said Yu before he felt a hand on his shoulder, he looked back to see Yosuke "me and Yu will visit the electronics. Let's meet here after half an hour."
"Alright, let's get going, Yukiko." said Ann before dragging Yukiko away. Yu looked at Chie to see her doing the same to Ryuji.
Yu followed Yosuke to, but on his way, he passed some TVs, while he was walking beside them, just for a split second, all the TVs turned to the color white with black circles inside. But as soon as he blinked, the TVs were back normal "Yosuke, did the TVs change channels? " Yu asked.
Yosuke looked back at Yu before shooting his head left and right "no, they all stay on the same channel all day, why ?"
"nothing, I thought I saw something." said Yu before walking next to Yosuke "what were you looking for? " asked Yu.
A proud smile was on Yosuke's face "I was thinking which one of these I should buy." he said pointing at motorcycles "you know how to ride one ?" asked Yu.
"no not really." said Yosuke with his hand on the back of his head "but I can get my license next year, so I was thinking of buying one now, although it's gonna be delayed a couple of months, thanks to Chie." said Yusuke.
"I think the black one looks good." said Yu with a smile.
"I know right." said Yosuke with a proud smile "but, is it ok to talk like that about your girlfriend? " asked Yu.
"WHAT." shouted Yosuke which made the people around them look at them, "ah, haha, sorry about that." said Yosuke with an awkward smile, he turned to look at Yu "where did you hear that? "
"was it suppose to be a secret? " asked Yu "sigh no, Chie is cool and all, but I already have someone that I like." said Yosuke with a blush on his face "who ?" asked Yu.
Yosuke started looking around before he grabbed Yu and turned him to make him face the side behind him "you see the girl standing behind me, the one with the blond hair." Yu nodded his head.
"her name is Saki Konishi, she works here as a part-timer."
"did you confess ? " asked Yu.
"I Don't think I have the right to love her." said Yosuke in a sad voice.
"Did something happen between you two? " asked Yu.
"You see, her family used to own a Liqer shop around this area, but after Junes opened here, her family's business hasn't been doing very well, I felt guilty about it, so I asked her if she wanted to work here, at first she refused, but after I talked to her again, she accepted." said Yosuke while looking at her "But everytime someone she knows come her, they always bad mouth her, I tried to stop them, but I just made it worse."he looked at Yu" but let's leave that aside for now." he said before looking at his watch "it's about time we meet with the others."
When they returned to the exit of the store, they saw the rest sitting on one of the tables outside "what did you buy ?" asked Chie
"Nothing, we just looked around." said Yosuke before hearing Yu's voice "see, that's why I thought you were dating." said Yu.
The rest who were sitting all shouted "you're dating " looking at Chie "hah." said Chie surprised "Yosuke, you asshole, what is this all about." said Chie in an angry voice.
"I see, but I hate to break it to ya, I would never date a guy like him." said Chie with her arm crossed "and she isn't my type." said Yosuke which made Chie tick "what's that opposed to mean." she said before getting from her chair and grabbing Yosuke by the caller.
"speaking of that, do you know about the legend ?" said Yukiko which made Chie sit down and crossing her arms "do you mean the soulmate crab."
Yu looked at her confused "what is it ? " he asked.
Ann lowered the drink she was drinking "they say that if you look at a TV, sharp 12 PM when it's raining, you'll see your soulmate."
"do people still believe this shit." said Ryuji after lowering his drink.
"some people lie about it, but you never know ? " said Yosuke before hearing Chie smacking her hands on the table "it's gonna rain tonight, so why not try it."
"hay, leaving that aside, did you hear about what happened the other day." said Ann.
Chie sat down "about what? "
Ann took out her phone "this announcer, they say she had an affair with someone." she showed them her picture. She was a young woman with short hair wearing a white blouse "what brought that up? " asked Chie.
"I heard someone from our school saying he saw her on the TV the other day, so I looked her up." said Ann.
Yukiko looked closer at the picture "hmm, I feel like I saw her somewhere." she said with her hand under her chin "oh, I remember, she was at our Inn last week."
"is the scandal real? " asked Ryuji.
"I don't know, she disappeared the next day that the police questioned her." said Yukiko.
"does her disappearance have to do with what's going on in the Inn right now? " asked Ann.
Yukiko nodded her head before hearing Yosuke's voice "man, a lot of weird things happen in the adult world "
"I agree. if you found your other half, why would you cheat on him?" said Yukiko with a sad face.
Before they could say anything else, Yu's voice started ringing "who is it?" asked Ryuji.
"my uncle." said Yu before opening the call.
"Yu, where are you now? "
Yu looked at his friends "I'm at Junes with my friends."
"I'll come to get you, DO NOT LEAVE BEFORE I COME, got it? "
"Ok. Got it." said Yu before Dojima hanged up "why is he yelling, is he mad? " asked Yosuke.
"no, he said to not leave before he comes, he sounded worried. " said Yu.
"that might be the reason." said Ann before showing the rest her phone.
Breaking news.
A train driver had a psychotic breakdown while was he driving.
The Train caused an accident, which led to the death of over 20 people and over 100 injured people.
The driver has been transferred to the hospital.
More on the way, stay tuned.
"what the hell. " said Ryuji in a horrified voice.
Seconds later, everyone's phone started ringing.
"yes, mother, I'm safe, I'm with my friends." said Chie.
"yes, I know, Ok I'll wait for him, I'm at Junes." said Yukiko.
"Hello, mom. are you Ok, yes, I'm with my friends, yes I'm on my way, ok please stay inside, we'll take a taxi." said Ryuji.
"I'm at Junes. I'm safe, how is mother, yes I'll be there." said Ann.
"I'm right outside the store, I'm with my friends, yes, ok." said Yosuke.
"what the hell is happening ." said Yosuke.
"I'm sorry but I need to leave." said Ryuji before getting up "My mother was at her work, I'll go get her home." he said before he started running.
"will he be ok? " Asked Yu.
"don't worry about him, he is the star of the track team. Anyway, Chie. My family sent a driver, do you want us to drop you at your home? " asked Ann before seeing Chie nodding her head "my mother is worried, I need to get home "
Ann turned to look at Yukiko "what about you, Yukiko " she saw her shaking her head left and right "there is no need, my father sent our driver to get me "
"I need to get going too, I have to help keeping the customers safe until their families get here." said Yosuke before getting up and walking inside the shop.
Yu heard the hunk of his uncle's car "I need to get going, stay safe." he said before hearing everyone saying their goodbyes.
" I assume you saw the news." said Dojima while driving.
"The train accident? " asked Yu looking at his uncle nodding his head "when the train stopped, the driver's eyes were completely white, we thought he was dead, but once we transferred him to the hospital, they told us he had a psychotic breakdown"
"do you know the cause of it ?" asked Yu.
"not yet."
The car stopped at a red light "Yu, starting tomorrow, take care when you ride the train, if anything were to happen to you, my sister will kill."
Yu smiled "I'll be careful, don't worry."
"do you want me to take Nanako to school tomorrow? " asked Yu.
The car started moving again "there is no need, I have a friend who owns a cafe, he's daughter is in middle school, I'll ask him to take Nanako with him"
"do you trust him ?" Yu asked.
"I know him for over 5 years. Besides, Nanako and his daughter are friends. When Nanako started to attend school, she was with her for her first year in primary school " said Dojima while driving.
"How old is she ?" asked Yu.
"I'm not sure, 15 or 16 "
"wait, isn't she a high schooler." said Yu before seeing his uncle shaking his head "their schools are close to each other, so it's ok, and she isn't in high school, she dropped off from middle school three years ago, she used to be in her third year"
"I don't really know what happen, but it had something to do with her mother's death. "
Yu stayed silent for a moment before opening his mouth "by the way, what happened to Nanako's mother? " asked Yu before the silence took over.
"she…she died in an accident when Nanako was young." he said before he started driving silently.
"I'm sorry to hear that." said Yu in a lower voice.
"It's ok." said Dojima before hearing his phone ringing.
"yes, he what."
"take Akechi with you and keep a close eye on him, I'll be there soon." he said before hanging up.
And for the rest of the way, both of them stayed silent. Occasionally, Yu would look at his uncle's face to see him changing from sadness to be worried, and anger.
"keep a close eye on Nanako, I'll try to come back earlier today." said Dojima before driving away.
Yu rang the doorbell before hearing a voice from behind the door "who is it ?" it was the voice of Nanako.
"I'm Yu." he said before hearing the door opening.
She opened the door with a huge smile on her face, but once he saw the red area underneath her eyes, the only question on his mind was "has she been crying." Yu grabbed her and started to carry her "are you ok? " he said before the smile that was on her face turned into a cry, the tears dropped from the side of her face "my father isn't answering his phone, I'm worried." she said before she started crying.
Yu put his hand behind her back and started to comfort her "he is ok, he was the one who dropped me here." she stopped crying and looked at his face "really ?" she asked before seeing Yu nodding his face with a smile.
"he said he'll try to come earlier today." said Yu before seeing her smile "then I have to make dinner."
Yu put her down "I'll help you."
"I'm home." the voice of Dojima filed the house, Nanako ran from the kitchen and stood in front of him "welcome home." she said before Yu came from behind "welcome home, uncle."
Dojima entered the house and walked towards the Kotatsu in the living room "I'm tired."
"would you like dinner, Yu helped me to make it." said Nanako before seeing her dad smile.
"on one of our latest news, the affair of the announcer on her husband after two years of marriage." they were watching the TV while eating.
"this again." said Dojima in an annoyed voice "what's about it ?" asked Yu.
"sigh all I can say is that we've been looking for her for the last week." said Dojima.
"isn't more important to take care of the accident that happened? " asked Yu.
"we can't do anything until the drive wakes up " said Dojima while eating.
"which remind me, tomorrow afternoon, let's go meet Futaba, is that ok, Nanako." Nanako's face brightened up when she heard that "ok." she tried to sound like she was not excited, but she is falling, her blush said it all.
"do you like her ?" asked Yu.
Nanako nodded her head "yes, she is my best friend I like her the most."
A smile was on the face of Yu and Dojima "say hi for me, I'll try to visit her soon." said Yu.
"OK"
"now, on more recent news, the train driver who caused an accident, leading to the …" the TV was turned off, Yu looked to see that his uncle had the remote "let's finish our dinner and go to sleep."
Yu sat down in his room, he looked at the watch on the wall, 11:58.
He got up and stood right in front of the TV, he looked at the watch to see that it was already past the sharp 12 "see your soulmate, huh." he said before turning around.
The light that he saw yesterday, came back again, he looked back at the TV to see a faint picture. He saw a girl with long hair dancing around, her face was covered but her hair was blonde.
but soon the TV turned back to normal, Yu took a closer look, but suddenly the reflection of his face changed, it showed the look of an armored man, his eyes were yellow, then suddenly, a voice inside Yu's head started to talk.
"I am thou... Thou art I... Thou shall open thine eyes to see the true truth of this world..."
A sudden sharp pain in his head he kept clutching his head, but as soon as the voice in his head died down the pain went away.
He looked back at the TV, he didn't know why, but something inside him was telling him to touch the screen.
He walked closer to it, but as soon as he put his hand on the screen, his hand went inside it, he felt that something or someone was pulling his hand from the other side.
He grabbed his wrist with his other hand and tried to pull it back, after struggling, the thing on the other side let his hand, and Yu fell back, hitting his head on the table behind him.
He heard footsteps on the outside of his room "are you ok?" he heard Nanako's voice.
"I'm ok, you can go to sleep, Nana-chan." he said before hearing her saying "good night" before walking away.
He looked around his room "I need to talk with others."