Tatsuki My daze was disturbed by the blinding flash of the lightning. A few moments after that deafening sound, the atmosphere then filled with a faint sound of the rain. As I gazed through the window—staring at the trickling water down the glass mirror of the sliding door—my thoughts again fell into a deep wonder. “Kida?” Sakamaki-san’s voice broke my daze again. Though this time, rather than returning to my thinking, my shoulders immediately tensed. “Wh-” I slipped my tongue. Averting my gaze away from his walking sillhouette, I cleared my throat before again replying to him. My bent legs which I brought up to my chest shuffled down to touch the soft, furry carpet on the floor. “What is it, Sakamaki-san?” Sakamaki-san chuckled, then strutted to the seat of the sofa beside me. “You lo

