Not this time

Space

" Your back, " was the first words i heard, I opened my eyes seeing Airi still in her seat from earlier the only differences were that her hair was a bit messy now and she looked tired, A cup of coffee was next to her " You were waiting for us weren't you? " Kasai asked her " No I'm just busy, " she respond. I glanced at the clock it was almost 1 Am, Just from checking i suddenly found myself tired, Ritoru looked tired as well, he was frowning. Kasai sighed " Akane, Ritoru come with me I'll show your room, " He said " Room? " Ritoru asked confused " Yes, since Herns are hard to find we stick together, which means we all live with our partners, " Kasai answered Ritoru as well as me " So where are the rooms? " I asked " On the fourth floor, we're on the third, " Kasai replied. He opened the door and lead us out of the room before starting to walk down the hall " you will live together, " Kasai said to us after a minute " So we can't go to our old homes? " I said " you'll get your stuff as you move in, " Kasai said leading us up the flight of stairs before he entered the fourth floor.

As we looked i noticed the doors had numbers on them " Your both door One, " Kasai said to us, I nodded " It use to be Oku and Yogan's room but the moved out, " Kasai added " Oku and Yogan? i heard they retired, how old were they? " Ritoru asked " They were about to 50, " Kasai answered " 50? but that doesn't sound old.... " I said, Kasai nodded " Yes but they gathered enough money to retire early, " He said. He stopped at a door, the number One was on it, Kasai took out a key with the number one on it " You'll both have a key with your room number on it, " Kasai said, he unlocked the door and slowly opened it. The first room i see is a kitchen, the walls were painted light blue the color i hated most but it seemed the paint was peeling off slowly like the last people didn't bother painting it again, the refrigerator looked fine as it sat near the oven and kitchen counters, a small sink was there too, the thing i saw was a small table with four chairs by it " It might need a little work but it'll work for you like it did for us when we moved here, " Kasai said leading us to the next door. He opened the door, it was the largest room i saw yet, it was a living room, There was a good sized tv against the left wall of the room which was painted pale green, a brown carpet on the floor, a bookshelf near the Tv and a old brown couch, what caught my attention was the large windows i walked up to them a opened the curtains that were blocking the view. I blinked amazed at what i saw, it was Maylin city i could see the large buildings around us the buildings seemed to get smaller and smaller as i looked father out, I heard the sound of a train " That's the train Ketaki! " I thought remembering the train that first brought me here to Maylin city " Akane, " Kasai said catching my attention, I looked at back at them. Kasai was looking at me but Ritoru was looking out one of the other windows " Come on i show you the bedroom, " Kasai said as he opened a new door, I walked after them into the next room. The bedroom there were two beds pressed against different walls, two dressers laid between them " This is where your sleeping, " Kasai said " I don't have to show you two the bathroom because its the last room in this apartment, I'll leave you be now but be sure to come out of your room before 7 am " he added before he closed the door behind us as he left. It was quiet " Apartment..... I never seen a big one like this, " I thought and it was true the last apartment i was in was small and cramped " I'm going to sleep, " Ritoru said quickly breaking the silents, i nodded in agreement. For the first time i felt like this was real, everthing that happened today was a dream but as i laid in the bed i realized it was all for real.