Chapter 2: Catching up

Aki's POV

It took us only a few minutes to get to the house in which I live in. Unfortunately I live in the 5th floor. Carrying all those groceries upstairs will be fun for sure.

"I'll help you with your groceries", Sherry said and took most of them while she handed me some of them over.

"You don't need to help me, you know?"

"What kind of friend wouldn't help with that much groceries?"

Since I know that arguing with her about that would make any sense at all – since she really is a stubborn woman – I guided her all the way up to my apartment, which was very exhausting. Why the hell didn't I rent an apartment with an elevator in it? After we finally arrived upstairs I unlocked the door and we went in.

"Why is there no elevator?", Sherry asked me as she gave me the groceries she had in her hands.

"I don't know. But hey, everything has a positive side, at least I'm getting sporty running up and down all the time."

"True that," Sherry said chuckling.

"Do you want something to drink?", I asked her as I finished putting all groceries away.

"Just water."

"Just water?"

"Well, what else do you have?"

"Coffee, for example."

"Don't you think it's a bit too late to drink coffee?", she asked me with a grin which made me look at the clock hanging on the wall. After realizing how late it was, I started to grin as well.

"Not if you study medicine," I answered causing her to laugh.

"Is it really that bad?", she asked still grinning.

"Well it's really exhausting. You have to learn a lot in a very, very short time, therefore a lot of the students end up learning all night just to pass an exam," I said as I gave her a glass of water. We sat down at the couch in the small living room.

"So, apart from staying up all night to learn, how is living here?", Sherry asked slightly smiling.

"It's actually not that bad."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Well you know, I actually thought that living here will be a problem, since I'm just used to living in Japan and especially to live with someone else. So I was kinda scared to live alone, but, like I said, it's not that bad. I'm actually really used to it by now, and I didn't have problems finding some friends despite the cultural differences."

"Are all of your friends medicine students?"

"Yeah most of them are. But I'm also friends with some of the persons living in this building."

Sherry nodded and drank some water.

"So how about you? How is it to be the chef of your fathers company?", I asked her.

"Well, at first I had no idea what I should do. I wasn't used to all of this at all, but after some time I eventually knew how to do things."

"That's good to hear," I said smiling. "So, since you're expanding your company, are you going to have subsidiaries in other countries as well?"

"I'm not sure yet. I'll wait and see how things are going here and in France. If everything works fine, maybe I'm going to expand the company further. Also I'll have to drive from France to Germany a lot, which is pretty exhausting as I have to drive at least five hours. So, if I'd expand my company in other countries as well, it probably would be too stressful."

"That's true," I said as she finished her glass of water.

"Yep. Well I bet get going. It's already late and I have a meeting tomorrow. Also you should go to sleep as well, since you have to work tomorrow."

"You're right." I sighed thinking about tomorrow. I didn't really like neurology and I'll have to work in this field this whole week.

"You don't seem to like your work," Sherry said as we both went to the door.

"Well, I don't really like neurology. I actually enjoy FM the most," I replied leaning on the door frame.

"I'm sure it won't be that bad, in the end."

"Hopefully," I said sighing again.

"Don't think to much about it Aki. And sleep well, after all you need to be concentrated tomorrow!", Sherry said as she went out.

"Yeah, sleep well too, Sherry," I said to her before closing the door.

Looking at the clock I realized that it was already 11pm. Sherry is right, I really should go to bed. After taking a shower and brushing my teeth, I put on my pyjama and lied down in my bed exhausted from the day. I drifted off to sleep wondering how the next day will be.