Five months. That's how long it had been since Gakushuu last saw Karma. It wasn't the longest span of time without a visit but it was definitely longer than Gakushuu had expected it to be. Not that he had expectations when it came to Karma. Expectations were rather meaningless between them. Despite that, he felt like every second that passed might be the one that saw Karma return.

Sitting at his desk, email laying half-written in front of him, he couldn't shake the feeling that at any time, Karma would reappear, golden eyes and fanged grin. Of course, he was correct that it could happen at any time. It wasn't like they were working in a schedule here, but that damned feeling was taking over his mind. He'd been trying to finish this single email for the last half an hour and it irked him.

It shouldn't have been like this. He shouldn't have been sitting here thinking about Karma when he had work to do. He'd been totally fine every other day of these past five months so what was so special about today?

It was a Wednesday. The third Wednesday of the month. The office below them was having a crazy tie day but Gakushuu really didn't think that would have any bearing on his current situation.

With a sigh, he pushed his chair out from under his desk and stood, stretching out his legs. He walked over to the large window behind him, taking up much of the wall.

Looking down on the city he sucked in a steady breath. He wasn't going to let this control him. He wasn't to let Karma Akabane get in the way of his daily life. The mere thought was unacceptable.