Another short chapter! I kinda enjoyed it when I was writing this chapter, though. I wanted to write a little about Kanade so there it is. Thank you for reading and reviewing, have a nice day!

The clock read 4.26. Kanade opened her eyes, couldn't see anything but the darkness of her own room. She lay still on her bed, waiting for her eyes to get used to the darkness. After a few seconds, she crawled out from her bed down to the floor and sat behind her small wood table in front of her TV. She lazily extended her hand to reach her flashing cell phone and scratched her head even though she doesn't feel any itchy feelings. Kanade silently opened the flap of her cell with her left hand and leaned her back against the bed's leg.

She noticed a few missed calls and texts. Her fingers slowly pushed the dial button and waiting for the line to be picked up. She grabbed the remote control and turned the TV on. It is a small TV with tolerable size for the small apartment unit Kanade is in. The TV was the only source of light in that room and Kanade decided to mute the sound and randomly changing the channel, looking for something interesting, but there isn't anything that caught her attention so she stopped at the news channel.

As she stopped her fingers, someone picked up her call. "Kanade, I called you countless times but you didn't pick up."

"Sorry mom," she said. "I was asleep."

Kanade's eyes were glued to the TV screen, watching the news announcer moving his lips. Kanade couldn't guess what he was talking about so instead of looking at the TV, she switched her view to the cream-colored carpet on the floor while she's listening to the woman's voice—her mother.

"It couldn't be helped then." Kanade could hear the sound of another telephone ringing on her mother's side. "At least you called me back. How is it going there?"

"Good." Kanade replied, scratching her hair again. "Are you doing well?"

"Pretty much but I've been overwhelmed by my current job for the past few weeks, sorry I couldn't return any of your e-mails or calls, it's been really crazy here." Kanade's mother said. This time, Kanade could hear her mother exhaled a breath, she guessed her mother was smoking her favorite brand at that time. "How's school?"

"Uhm," Kanade muttered then she smiled faintly. "It's been fun… I met someone really interesting."

"Let me guess, a boy?" Her mother asked, sounding like cops when they were interrogating someone for committing a crime.

"A boy and a cat." Kanade replied, almost couldn't help but to laugh. "Interesting pair, isn't it? Both of them resemble each other a lot, though." She suddenly remembered how Rukawa and Shiro can fall asleep anytime and anywhere under any conditions or weather.

"Yeah? It seems like it's a lot of fun to have such an interesting friend. But… Kanade…"

Kanade's eyes narrowed a little. Her smile fade away as soon as she thought that her mother was going to brought up a matter she doesn't want to discuss right now. "I know, mom. Don't worry." She said, trying her best to sound calm. "I already promised you, didn't I? … I told you it's only going to be until the end of the summer."

Kanade exchanged another few words with her mom, and then she cut the telephone connection between them. She stared at the cell phone's display while hugging her knees. Her thumb move slowly, carefully pushing the button on her cell as she muttered the words she is typing then sent it to the receiver.

To: Rukawa Kaede

From: Yaegaki Kanade

Heeeey! Wake up; it is four o'clock in the morning! Wake up, wake up! Anyway, today I don't have to go to work, so let's go out somewhere. Oh, I want to go to the see, so let's meet up at the train station! 11 A.M. straight, okay? I'm off to bed, then.

PS: If you don't show up, I will spread and sell your pictures while you're sleeping! How about 300 yen each?

Kanade smirked, closes the flap of her cell phone and crawled back to bed.