It was Friday afternoon, and school had just been let out for the day. This was often the time that students tended to get together to chat, but on this particular day, they appeared to be more excitable than usual.
The subjects of their conversations were nothing out of the ordinary—they chatted idly about how tedious cramming for tests had been, upcoming plans they had for the weekend, and so on. Others, however, were more fixated on a certain girl who had left school early because of a fever. Asahi was one such student.
After passing the time conversing with some friends of his, he decided to go home early. He took the direct train home. As the ride normally took around 20 minutes, he contemplated what he would be having for that night’s dinner. When the train arrived at his station,
