It's 6 am in the morning, which was the exact moment when Mai's alarm was scheduled to trigger her awakening. Of course she woke up; who wouldn't get up with the annoyingly loud beeps of her alarm.
Part 4, scene 1: Ryu's guest room, 6:15 in the morning.
SFX: *loud beeps*
Mai: alright-alright! I'm up! (Turns off the alarm) time to impress Ryu with my awesome cooking skills. (Changes from pajamas to normal day clothes)
Mai immediately runs toward the kitchen (since the apartment is not that big she didn't have any hard time finding her way). Upon checking the contents of the fridge she noticed a piece of paper posted on the refrigerator door. She sat on one of the chairs within the dining table and read what was on the paper. The paper note says:
Note: "Off to the library. I have printed the "house rules" placed on the study table in the living room. Please follow below steps in chronological manner:
1. Read and study "house rules" first before proceeding to do anything within the house. This means anything except breathing.
Checkpoint: Are you done reading the house rules? If yes proceed to step 2, otherwise go back to previous step.
2. Proceed with your daily human necessity, for cooking/preparing food please refer to the "house rules" document section 4.0
Checkpoint: have you read section 4.0 of the "house rules"? If yes, confirm if there are supplies available within the household kitchen. If there are no food available please proceed with the step 4. Otherwise proceed with next step.
3. With the supplies available proceed with preparing food and eating at your own convenience. However, take into consideration the cleaning rules doing on "house rules" document section 5.0.
4. With no food and supplies available you can go shopping with the prepared directions and map found underneath the "house rules". Go back to step 3 of this note once you have done the necessary supply shopping.
Checkpoint: have you finished eating yet? If yes, proceed with step 5.
5. Proceed with normal daily activities With consideration of the rules stated within the "house rules" document. Also, always consider rule no. 1 on all actions should you proceed with.
Checkpoint: have you read and understood the "house rules" document? If yes, you may now live freely with those rules in mind otherwise, proceed with step 6 below.
6. Do not follow me around the house or elsewhere, do not ask me any personal questions, do not touch my stuff, prepare your own food, clean your own mess, always knock if doors are closed including especially the bathroom, always lock the main door when you leave, and lastly crying is NOT ALLOWED.
Upon reading a few statements (up to item no.2) on the note Mai's brain already failed to process the remaining contents since she was extremely famished.
Mai: *Stomach grumbles* I'm so hungry.. Maybe there's food on the fridge (opens the fridge door) *SIGH* looks like Ryu has no food on his fridge.. (Also checks the freezer) Ooooh!! Looks like he has ice cream!! *big grin* (eats what's left on the ice cream container) *burp* teehee!! But I'm still hungry.. :( I'll just buy some food. There should be convenience stores around here somewhere.
Mai took her bag and immediately went outside Ryu's apartment. Upon approaching the exit of the apartment complex she almost bumped into a short and very ancient looking old lady.
Old lady: oh hello there young lady!
Mai: oh! Good morning madam!
Old lady: (curiously asks) which apartment do you live? I don't think I have ever seen you before despite being a landlady for this complex for a long time.
Mai: i live in apartment 8-B.
Old lady: are you Kageyama's girlfriend? It's been a while since I've seen him bring another girl (laughs)
Mai: oh no-no! I'm Mai Shizuoka, I used to live in apartment 8-A with my parents for 1 year but I has already been 15 years since I last came back. Ryu and I were childhood friends.
Old lady: in any case, it's good to see that he has already moved on after that other girl left. We should talk again soon. See you (enters the complex)
Mai: (Smiles awry) so he had a girlfriend huh..
With the landlady's word in mind; Mai then walks straight ahead without any consideration as to where she was going..
