When Kyouhei woke up that Saturday, he vaguely remembered his conversation with Takenaga, but had already forgotten he had made a wish. What he knew was that he felt observed.

'Tap, tap, tap…'

What was this sound? Why did it seem so familiar? He drew the curtains, and almost had a heart attack. What was happening here? Who were all these persons in front of the house?

His first reflex was to knock at Sunako's door. If there was something weird going on, she must be aware of it.

'Sunako, what did you do a…?' he said, entering her room without knocking but he stopped at the door, completely astonished. The room was bright and sunlit; it was certainly not Sunako's room. Every trace of her existence seemed to have disappeared. What the hell was going on?

He hurried downstairs to find his friends in utter panic, answering the phone and receiving abundant letters.

'Hey, what happened?'

'What happened? You're asking what happened? It's all you're fault, you moron!" yelled Takenaga.

Takenaga, calling him moron? What was it about? And the phone that was always ringing, and the letters, and the crowd outside. Suddenly he remembered his wish. Could it really be that..?

He ran to his room and noticed with complete bewilderment the keys of his parents' house on the table. He was sure to have thrown it away first thing the morning following his arrival in the mansion, so how could it even be here? He knew it sounded crazy, but he believed he had really gone back to time, or rather, he wanted to believe it. After all, his friends and he had met Count Dracula, they had met ghosts, Sunako had been possessed several times, why not a shooting star which grants your wishes? Sunako would certainly have wished an invasion of zombies or other gore stuff. He was smiling at the thought when the reason why he wished to go back to time occurred to him.

'Maybe there's still time!' he exclaimed, and without losing a moment he thought of a way to get out of the mansion without being noticed. It turned out that the basement was the best hiding place, as long as he didn't wake the ghost up. They would take care of it later. The advantage was that he knew all the corners of the place, and five minutes later, he was outside unnoticed. He didn't know how much time he had to do what he wanted, and he could not lose a minute.

He nevertheless turned to look at the house for the last time. Could he really leave his friends in such a situation? Wasn't it being cruel? He shook his head.

'Don't think about it Kyouhei! You'll settle the matter later, even if you have to kneel down again!'

He still could not get over the fact he had had to kneel down to have all the girls and psychos leave and have a quiet life in the mansion. At that time, it had seemed like the best solution, but still… If there had been another solution, he would gladly take it. Three years later, the guys were still teasing him about it.

His priority now was to raise enough money for Hokkaido. Not that it worried him that much. He had never had any problem finding a job, the problem was always to get out of it. In the end, he would always be sexually harassed, and he would end up beating his boss or his colleagues up. The idea didn't really attract him much, but he nevertheless chose to be a host for the night. It paid more and he didn't have to make a lot of efforts. All he had to do was to smile, and maybe grit his teeth. Why did these old hags have to touch him systematically? He had always hated physical contacts, and being touched by all these perverted customers didn't help much.

'Nakahara Sunako, you had better feel grateful in the future!' he thought, but he immediately removed this thought from his mind; the Sunako he knew would most certainly not realize what he did for her.

Still, a few hours later, he had earned enough money to pay his ticket. He had even succeeded in leaving quietly, pretending to go to the washroom.

He had decided he would take the first train leading to Hokkaido, without worrying about the price or the time. She should not confess before Monday, it gave him a day to join the city. It should be enough…

Unhappily for him, it seemed that he had taken the slowest train ever. Eighteen hours. And he was not even sure where her school was. When he arrived in Hokkaido, it was already midnight. It figured that her school was only half an hour away from the station, and he had no difficulties finding it. The reunion that Sunako had joined a few months ago would at least have served to teach him the name of the school. Sunako was obviously not very talkative about it. The school was quite small, but seemed nice. Kyouhei went back to the station to sleep a few hours and grab something to eat. He bought glasses and a scarf as well. Something to hide his face would not be too bad, since he always attracted too much attention. Moreover, he would never admit him, but he was quite nervous to meet her. He had never seen her 'normal', and he was afraid of being disappointed. What if she was just plain normal? Would he really want things to change then?

'Don't be so selfish Kyouhei,' he reprimanded himself, 'even if it's the case, it's for her own good. Stop thinking about yourself.'

Dawn arrived quickly, and he was at the gates to observe the first students coming, remaining hidden by trees surrounding the school. He didn't even know if he would recognize her, until he saw her. She was in uniform like the others, she looked like everyone else, but he could recognize her face among a thousand others. But she looked so changed. She seemed so common. An average girl. She was smiling at her friends, laughing at a joke, she was just a teenager. What had he expected? That she would hold an ax and threaten to kill everyone? Of course he knew that she was normal before the incident, but still he expected something… different. Something that would show she was outstanding. No, nothing, just a plain girl. He could not prevent himself from feeling disappointed. This girl, if ever he talked to her, she would surely yell 'Kyaa' and try to kiss him, like every other girl. Was it even worth it? Did he want her to remain normal? He nevertheless decided to follow her in silence, unnoticed by her. He learned that she had English class for two hours and decided to wait in the cafeteria situated just a few doors from her class.

Two hours later, the chime rang and he got up to follow her. He very soon understood that she intended to confess during that break. He still wasn't sure if he wanted to prevent the confession and risk never to know the freaky Sunako, but when he saw her standing in front of this guy, he got mad and acted without thinking: he ran towards her and seized her arm. He didn't even know where he was going, but three minutes later, they were on the roof. He had not realized that he still held her arm until she tried to get away from him.

'Let me go, you moron. It's been weeks since I tried to gather enough courage to confess. You're spoiling it.'

'It's not a good idea, I know this guy, he'll break your heart,' he answered, trying to keep a hold of her. Extraordinarily, at that time, she already had this incredible strength. It must run in the genes.

'As though it had anything to do with you,' she replied angrily, pulling her wrist even more firmly and with all her strength. Kyouhei, surprised by her force, but not letting go, fell on her.

Sunako immediately tried to get away from him but it was useless, he would not move. He smirked at her face when she even tried to bite him.

'Some things don't change apparently, you're as wild as ever.'

'What are you even…'

She was interrupted when, for the first time, their eyes met. Even better, they locked for three seconds. Kyouhei hadn't even realized his glasses had fallen, he was just thinking how much he had missed that look. He loved to be in conflict with her, especially for that determined look which seemed to dare the whole world to mess with her. Her determination nevertheless instantly fell and sure enough, she swooned. With nosebleed of course, she wouldn't be Nakahara Sunako if it wasn't the case.

Sighing with relief, Kyouhei got up.

'Normal huh? Who are you kidding? What is normal about you?'