"You ungrateful... Little... SHIT!" The sound of a slap echoed as Michi Shinomori lifted his head from his desk. Michi Shinomori was a 17 year old boy, attending high school. Wearing only partial of the school uniform. Substituting the rest with an unzipped zip up hoodie. His appearance is one of a delinquents as his black wavy hair, at ear length, draped over his face, hiding his pierced ears with the earrings missing.

"Mister Shinomori! Now that you're done napping, are you ready to share your English Poem with the class?!"

Michi sat up, knocking his desk forward, before correcting it, he grabbed a piece of paper from his desk "Shit.. that's right." He thought as he looked around the class, people were staring, and snickering, Michi glared around the room, avoiding looking at other's faces as he looked at his paper...

"... My Cabin in the Woods. Standing in the clearing.

trees so tall, you couldn't go sight seeing...

moss covered tales, on the cabin walls...

with nothing but echoes of silence in these forest walls."

Michi sat back down, looking nervously at his desk as his teacher hesitated, the teacher cleared his throat.

"Mister Shinomori, what was the inspiration behind your poem? You even used words we haven't learned yet in class."

Michi looked down at the blank paper, then back up at the teacher as he continued to bull shit his teacher.

"My future. It's where I want to be... or move to more like it... one day."

Michi sat there in silence as the teacher nodded, moving onto the next student, Michi's head fell onto his arms as he turned his head out the window. As he looked out towards the world, Michi closed his eyes, covering his ears as he listened to the silence of the room... Michi felt his heart flutter at the silence, before he was stirred awake once more by the bell.

"REMEMBER, HOMEWORK IS DUE ON MONDAY, CHAPTERS 13, AND 14'S VOCABULARY WILL BE ON THE TEST- HAVE A GOOD LONG WEEKEND!!"

Michi stood up, as he slid the loose paper into his bag as he slugged it onto his back, he began walking out of the classroom when he was suddenly stopped by his teacher.

"Mister Shinomori...?"

Michi stopped as he looked at his teachers shoes, avoiding eye contact.

"Yes sir?"

"LOOK AT SOMEONE IN THE FUCKING EYES WHEN THEY TALK TO YOU!"

Michi was shaken as he straightened his posture, looking his teacher in the eyes, as the color left from his eyes.

"W-what was that... sir?"

the teacher had a kind expression on his face as he grabbed a test, handing it to Michi.

"I said here's your graded exam. Please try to apply yourself more next time. You know the work, but I want you to write more about yourself in English. It makes things easier for you and I to get to know each other."

Michi nodded as his eyes drifted from his teacher. He took the graded test from his teacher as he walked toward the exit.

"Yes sir."

Michi walked through the halls of his high school, he wasn't in any clubs, or extra curriculum activities, but instead had a full time job after school. As Michi tossed his school shoes into his locker, he put on his regular pair as he walked out of his school.. as he passed the gate, Michi lifted his regular piercings from his pocket, as he put each one in to his ears as he crossed the cross walk, avoiding other students as he made it to his work.

"Ahhh! Michi! Thirty minutes early like always! Grab that box for me and take it to the back, will ya?!"

Michi grabbed the box as he nodded, avoiding his boss and co workers as he made it toward the back.

"I know I'm still new to this store, now that I transferred, but why do we still have him sir? He only works afternoons, plus he's still a minor."

the owner laughed as he patted his manager on the shoulder.

"Michi ain't picky, you'll figure that out real soon. You tell him to jump, he doesn't ask how high. He just goes and does it. He's as dumb as a bag of rocks."

Michi walked into the back of the store as he put the box into its rightful place, Michi walked to the employee lockers as he opened his locker, momentarily, finding the temporary tag that fell off the door, and sticking it back onto the locker. He pulled out his uniform from his back pack, and tossed his bag inside, as he put on the uniform, he walked out of the back as he got to work.

Michi went up to a kiosk as he set himself onto the kiosk, he began cleaning, until a customer came up to scan his groceries, Michi bowed before starting work, then gave change, and repeat. Michi did this for hours when suddenly, he saw a flash in his peripheral vision. Michi looked over and found a group of high schoolers with his school's uniform. Michi let out a sigh as he heard the classmates laughing and giggling, as one girl looked at the hard working Michi Shinomori. As the rest of the group walked to the self check-out, the girl dropped a water melon milk on the conveyor. Michi grabbed it as he scanned it

"150 yen. Please."

the girl opened her purse as she pulled out a 500 yen coin.

"How long have you worked here...?" She asked as she looked at Michi with curiosity. Michi bagged her item and pulled out her change

"I don't know, a few months?" Michi commented as he looked up to find her hand to hand her the change, as he did so, his hand touched hers as he made eye contact with the girl. Her piercing brown eyes and short black hair were hard to look away from, as he dropped the change in her hand.

"Thank you for your patronage... I hope you have a great night."

As she walked away, some how, Michi felt like he recognized her, before shrugging as he went back to work.

11:00

Michi checked out of his drawer as he turned in his money, he walked out of the store as he walked toward home, with a bag of a few items. Michi opened the apartment complex's front door as he wandered inside, as he climbed the stairs, Michi got to his room.

302

Michi turned the key as he entered his studio apartment, letting out a relieved sigh as his back his the door. He held his head as he tried to calm the head ache that pestered within his head.

"Dammit..."

Michi walked over to the "kitchen" sink as he turned the water on. He cupped some water before swallowing a few sips, then filled his cup ramen with the same water, as he popped it in the microwave... Michi watched as the food slowly rotated until the beep. Michi ate his meal, before pulling out his bed, removing his shirt, and pants, before passing out.. ready to continue where he left off tomorrow.