Kaito's POV

The office life was never for me… I personally always wanted to be a performer, but was strongly discouraged by everyone from my family to my friends. They said I would never be able to make a living being a singer or a dancer. So that's how I ended up here, I guess… It's not the worst by any means. My associates are generally nice to me and I'm paid a decent amount for the fairly simple work that I do. To be honest, I still don't really fully know what this company does, but it sure does keep a roof over my head. Sometimes everyone gathers around the water cooler and gossips about the latest happenings around the office. I think the craziest thing people have discussed was Haku's drunken behavior at one of the office parties where she used the photo copier for some rather obscene things. That's about as crazy as my life gets though, unfortunately. My life isn't really anything like I imagined it to be when I was growing up, and even still, I imagine what potential my life still could have. Every day during office hours I stare outside at the city and imagine what exciting events are taking place right outside my window. It all looks more fun than what I'm doing, to be honest. It just reminds me how large this world actually is compared to my small world. Oh well, I'm still young, right?

"Kaito, are you even paying attention to me?" a muffled young woman's voice knocked him out of his trance.

"Yes, sorry Lola. Just been a little out of it lately, I guess" He chuckled a bit, but there was a sense of tiredness.

Lola was one of his coworkers, to put it simply. She was an attractive, slender, woman whom men often gawked at around the office. Kaito was the only one who always seemed to view her as a respectable adult, and she admired that about him, so she tried to spend time doing her work around him as much as possible.

"Everything okay, Kaito?" she asked with deep concern. "You seem a little worn out… or something. I can't quite understand what you're thinking sometimes," she let out a small sigh.

"Kaito just put on his usual cheerful, innocent, smile, and reassured her that everything was perfect; "Fine and Dandy" as he put it.

She still didn't believe him at all, but to avoid any conflict, she just said "okay" and told him if he needs anyone to talk to that she's always there. She smiled and left to go back to her office to fill out some paperwork.

Kaito sighed in relief of being alone once again and continued drifting off into his thoughts. He knew that all he wanted was just a taste of adventure, even if it would just be for a small moment. He had always feared being one of those people who grow bitter in old age, hoping they could've done more when they were younger. He always dreamed of a life with no regrets. This obviously wasn't the way to do it, but he just felt… stuck. He realized how late it was getting and decided to get back to work. He'll figure these things out later.

After many hours had passed, Lola entered into his room and noticed Kaito was still there when normally he would have gone home by then.

"Hey Kaito… It's getting pretty late. Aren't you going to head home?" She asked worriedly.

"Yeah, I plan to soon. Hey Lola?" He asked so nonchalantly, but Lola's head bolted in his direction.

"…What is it?" She asked.

"What do you think of this place?"

"It's pretty nice. It's got free coffee, good pay, and an endless supply of whiteout. What more could a girl ask for?" She let out a small chuckle, "Why do you ask?"

"Oh it's nothing. Just thinking, is all."

"Okay" She honestly wasn't really exactly sure how to respond to what he was saying, nor did she really know what he was thinking to make him ask such a question. "Well, I have to go. Just make sure to lock up whenever you decide to leave."

"Will do! Have a good night!" He said with such a cheerful smile that made her heart melt.

"You too" she laughed.

Kaito left extremely late that night; both much later than he had felt like, and intended. Though, even after leaving, he still didn't really feel like going home. Whenever he goes home that's a sure sign to him that his day is over. He didn't want his day to be over. A small side of him searched the large city for any little ounce of excitement that it could offer.

After searching around for God knows how long, he approached what seemed to be a small shabby bar. He had passed several bars, among other places, on his way there, but something about this one just caught his attention. He had this burning curiosity wondering if it looked any nicer on the inside than it had on the outside. He made the bold decision to walk in not exactly caring what lied ahead.

As he entered the bar, he was relieved to know that he was in fact right. It looked much nicer on the inside. He felt a little uncomfortable feeling all of the harsh stares from who appeared to be the regulars, but that was to be expected, so he just continued walking.

There was one stare he was getting though that didn't seem so expected. At a small table, there seemed to be a beautiful, slender, short-haired brunette, sitting all by her lonesome. She was quite possibly the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. She wasn't wearing a lot of makeup, she didn't need to. She definitely had that natural beauty that men died for. Her hair wasn't especially done up or anything, but the color was such a deep brown, it complemented her beautiful chocolate brown eyes and he could see every individual group of strands that somehow brought out her incredibly built facial structure and sharp jaw-line. She stared at him with such curiosity, as if she were trying to figure out his entire life just from one look. And to some extent, he felt like she actually did understand everything about his just by staring at him. He looked in her direction and noticed she shyly turned away.

"Okay Kaito, just be cool. A totally hot chick is staring at you, you just gotta be cool and not act like it bothers you" He thought to himself nervously as he walked further until he reached the bar. He sighed in relief then proceeded to sit down.

"Whoo, okay I made it. Now I just have to be slick and find a way for her to talk to me. If she wants to talk to me, that is"

The bartender approached him and asked what he'd like to drink.

"Oh I'll just have a scotch on the rocks, please." The bartender started to turn his attention to making the drink when Kaito interrupted "-Oh, and one for that gorgeous lady over there, as well."

"Will do" The bartender complied as he prepared both drinks.

"Looks like I'm finding exactly what I came searching for…" Kaito thought to himself as he gave a small smile, looked at the woman, and sighed at her beauty.

Sorry, I don't really know how to put stuff at the bottom, like under that line, yet because I'm still a total noob xD I just wanted to let whoever is reading this know that I plan to update this at least once a week. Might be more if I'm in a total fangirly mood tbh (Like I am right now). Also you probably noticed I dropped the usage of honorifics. There's no specific reason to it, it's just that I'm lazy and American and I think it's cuter without them. ALSO, I added Lola as a character in this chapter. I have to put out there, she is meant to be an OC and NOT the vocaloid. I just simply like the name Lola for some reason xD I think it's a sexy name. I really hope you all enjoy this story. I have a lot of ideas for it and I hope you can rate and review~ I just got one review, and it was my first review ever and it made me the happiest person on Earth, seriously. I forget your name at the moment, but you will forever live on as my first review.