Ryu's POV

I awake to the sound of a high pitched beeping and cover my head with the thick blanket.

"Ryu-kun…" Kaa-chan enters the room. "Your're going to miss breakfast."

"mmnn….five more minutes…." I moan, not wanting to leave the security and warmth of the blankets that enveloped me.

"*sigh* What's this? Made our selves out home, have we?"

"….?" I quickly sit up, exposing my upper body. I have completely forgotten where I was and the situation I was in.

"Morning sleepy head" Kaa-chan gives me a grin.

"Ah! M-Mornning! Uh…I'm sorry! I'll get ready right away!" I fumble with the sheets and nearly trip on the rug below.

" *chuckles* It's no problem, Ryu-kun." Just get dressed and head down stairs for some breakfast." She says and closes the door behind her.

Changing back into my school uniform, I then head down stairs for breakfast…man, I miss Kaa-chan's cooking.

"Here you go, Ryu-kun." Handing me a bowl of rice and lays out some side dishes.

"Thank you very much. Itatakimasu."

As I ate, Kaa-chan sat across from me with her elbows on the table and hands supporting her head. This made me kinda nervous.

"Say, Ryu-kun…"

"H-hai." I stop eating to face my mother.

"Do you have any family members? I noticed that you didn't try to call anyone yesterday, to say that you were staying here for the night."

"Um…My parents passed away when I was young. Uh…So I live alone." I return to eating and scoop up a spoon full of rice.

"I see…Then you can stay with us whenever you'd like."

I freeze…the rice just centimeters from my mouth.

"That is if it's okay with you. We always have room for guests, and well…It's nice to have you around, Ryu-kun."

I couldn't help but feel overjoyed by the fact that I had a chance to live with my family again. I lowered my head so as not to show my teary eyes. I clench my fists in an attempt to cahnnel my emotions some place else.

"O-Okay…." Was all I could get out, without my voice cracking. "I-I'd love to…because, well…it's nice being here as well…."

Kaa-chan gives me her 'motherly smile' and nods her head.

I finish my breakfast , put on my jacket, and grab my school bag.

"See you soon, Ryu-kun!~" She waves to me.

"Hai~ Itekimasu!" I wave back.

"iterashai~!"

I turn to walk to school as it begins to snow.

HA~ I'm soooo happy right now! I can go back home!

Tears starts to build up in my eyes, but blinked them away.

So…happy….

Just then, I run into someone. I was so happy about being able to go home, that I wasn't watching where I was going.

"Ah! I-I'm sor….ry?"

This person….It was!

"Oh! 'Ryu-kun!' "

Normal POV

It was an old man with a white beard wearing a white trench coat. It was…the 'Angel'.

"What are you doing here old man!" Ryu staggers back in surprise.

"Oh, Ryu-kun, I've been waiting for you…You're running out of time."

"…What?"

"You're running out of time."

"I know what you said! What do you mean by-!"

"You're running out of time."

Ryu makes a quick cnow ball and throws it had the old angel's head.

"Don't give me this CRAP again,old man! What do you mean by 'You're running out of time'?"

The old man had his hand over his face, rubbing in the spot where the snow ball had hit. He lifts his other hand and points to Ryu.

"Look at your hand…"

Ryu looks at his right hand and notices that it has become a little translucent…then solid again.

"? Wh-What is this? My hand is!" Ryu grabs his right wrist with eyes wide in terror.

"Allow me to explain-"

"Please do!"

*ahem* "Right now, the 'you' right now is nothing but a physical form of your soul. IN other words, you don't have a 'real' body. And remember when I told you that you need to find 'someone to spend your life with' in order to stay in this world? Well, that's because they would become your link to this world. Since, as of now, you are still separate, therefore, this world naturally rejects you."

"What happened to 'as long as my will stays strong, I could stay', huh? 'Cause I sure as HELL would like to stay here!"

"Unfortunately, there's always a limit to how long you can last. Actually, it's amazing that you were able to last this long, because of your stamina…Actually, normal people would have disappeared if they were sleeping, like you were, last night."

"what? You're saying that I could have disappeared last night?"

The Angel nods and lifts five fingers in front of Ryu's face.

"Five days, Ryu…I'll give you enough strength to last you five more days. But after that…That's it. Your time has run out, and you'll go on into the afterlife."

Ryu didn't know what to say. He was so mortified and in shock that he only had five more days in this world.

"I'm sorry that I can't give you any more time…But I trust that you have already found someone in mind…" begins to walk away. "Also…I believe that THAT person will return those feelings that you share for her."

The Angel disappears right before, Ryu's eyes. Not even his foot prints were left behind.

"Does he know about Mio?..." Ryu clenches his hands into fists and cold sweat runs down his cheek.

"…five days…." *frowns*

BRIIIINNNNNGGG~

Ryu's head snaps up in surprise.

"OH no! I'm gonna be late!" Ryu begins to run as fast as he can to get to school.

….five days, Ryu….only five more days…

Thanks for reading! Sorry if this was kinda short, but…well…I didn't what else to add at this point. Please give me a little more time, and I promise more stuff happening in the next chapter! Thank you for everything and please R&R! *Bows*