Sorahiko is acting strange. Yes, he has been acting weird for days but now…he is acting really strange, so strange that even Aunt Kiyo has noticed it. He doesn’t speak; he replies only when spoken to, and even then, his sentences consist of twenty words or fewer. Of course, I’m counting. My secretary is acting strange again. The only thing I can think of that would cause this is that Takahashi’s secretary, Saeko, was it?. Sorahiko entered the office yesterday smelling like a cocktail of negative emotions. The moment he stepped in, I wanted to fling him back out. His naturally fresh scent, clouded by negative emotions, was exceptionally hard on my nose yesterday. Like dipping your nose into pepper. He just sat there listlessly, waiting for my conversation with Takahashi to finish. L

