“Zyosei!” Faya squealed as she ran to me. “I missed you too!” I inhaled her scent as we embraced, her baby bump is between us. “It's been a long time.” How long was it? Four years? Five? Yes, five years since she left her life here for Zire and settled their life in Toronto. Now, they are happily married and are going to have a baby. Things were hard for them, though. They married five years ago and miraculously they now have a baby. It took them that long before having one. She pulled away and smiled at the sight of me. “You look great.” she tangled her arms on mine. We started walking out of the hospital— the NHO Ibaraki Higashi Hospital at the seaside of Hitatchi— yes, it's the same place I dreamed of working before with . . .someone. After my graduating my Biochemistry degree, it'

