After applying to several other publishing sites of just about every genre of magazine out there, I head back to the tab with Shiki on it.

Shiki Publishing personnel seemed to be just about everywhere. First, my brother, then there's Kido....and more recently, the cute photographer.

This is a sign, destiny is practically begging me to work at Shiki. I thought to myself sarcastically.

I laugh out loud, uploading my resume on the Shiki site under the 'Apply For An Intern Position!' page, not really thinking much of it. I probably won't get hired, I'm old with no experience, and Shiki seems like an important publisher that won't take just anyone.

I stretch my arms out, stand from my chair, and open back up the drawer I had thrown my phone in earlier. Upon sensing the light from the room the screen comes alive, revealing several ridiculously long texts. Paragraphs, all from Yori.

Yori: well, I've been seeing here and there after work, he invites me out for drinks and then...things escalate from there. I definitely like him, and I think he's intriguing, but if I'm being completely honest, I don't think this is a relationship.

Yori: he tells me nice things...they're all superficial though, like 'I think you're cute' but... I don't know how he feels about me other than thinking that I'm hot? And it's like I know I'm cute bitch.

Yori: So, yeah i've been getting some...you know what...but i don't think we're in a relationship per say. and I think that's fine! I'm okay with it...I'm an adult!!!

My eyes squint at the last sentence. Sure, Yori was an adult alright, but her heart was too big for something like this. There was no shame in liking sex, or maybe...not having an emotional connection for it, but Yori was not that type of girl. Yori Hieda is the type of girl who falls in love too easily. She meets a guy, starts to picture a future with him, and starts to like him.

She saw a future with this guy, even though her relationship seemed flimsier than painting with watercolors on regular printer paper.

Me: i don't think you should do this...what if you get attached?

Yori: I won't!!!

Me: okay....but be careful okay?

I put my phone down with a sigh. As much as I wanted to tell Yori to get the hell away from that guy, I knew that I she was a stubborn person.

Which is ironic, considering she's the one always taking care of us...

Yori: i'll be fine

I spent my day calling places that I had already applied to, asking if they had received my application. It was something that Yori and Kaede did that I picked up. It helped with scoring interviews.

Though in my case I wasn't very fortunate.

Before I know it, the light diminishes from my windows, and instead displays darkness. I hadn't realized that the whole day had ended.

Holy shit. I didn't even notice it got dark.

My focus hadn't been that intense since the last time that I worked on art, which had been a while. As much as I loved my art, my online commissions had been diminishing as time went on, I wasn't surprised, it had been weeks since I last made a post. You'd think I'd be doing better than ever because of that article.

I opened my blog, the message icon at the top of my page showed that I had gotten 100's of messages. Mostly about Seasonelle.

Of course! I had completely forgotten to tell my followers about how I came out on Seasonelle!

and took out my drawing tablet. Quickly sketching myself holding a copy of Seasonalle, and then uploading it with a caption reading, "I was interviewed by Seaonelle in one of the recent issues. If you haven't seen it yet, you should check it out!"

"Nice!" I whispered to myself proudly, standing from my seat.

"Yeah, nice." Akiyoshi said from my door, scaring the living shit out of me.

I jump out of my skin upon seeing his serious looking face just staring at me. He was still; in his suit. I guess I didn't hear him come in through the front door since I was upstairs.

"Damn- bro you scared me." I sighed with relief, heading towards my door to leave my room for the first time in hours. "Welcome home. I swear I did not hear the door."

"It's fine. How's the job hunting going? He asked opening the door wider for me to fit through. We made our way to the kitchen together, walking side by side in our narrow hallway.

"Well, it's going?" I shrugged, remembering Yori's favorite choice of words. "But I'm not really getting any interviews. I call them to check if they got my application. You know, for added effort."

"Right. That's good. It's going to be hard for you to land a job, given your....past experiences." Akiyoshi chuckles ruffling my hair playfully.

"Ack! I know I have no experience!" I pout, the truth stinging at my poor little ego. "But, hopefully someone decides to give me a chance...

"Well...where have you applied?"

I titled my head, wondering if I should include Seasonalle in the list of places I applies to. He knew that I was a baby journalist who had never set foot out in the field, but he didn't have to know I applied to his company. What would happen if he knew? Would he be surprised? Upset? Happy? What if I got hired. Oh god, what would I do if he was the editor of chief of my department?

My mind began to create scenarios and anxiety. Nah, I'm not gonna tell him.

"Well, different publishers..." I chuckled nervously as I watch him put on an apron to get ready to make dinner. I followed in suit, waiting for him to give me directions to help him.

"Did you apply to Seasonelle?"

Crap..

I tensed up while clumsily grabbing a cutting board and knife. "Uh, I thought about it? I dunno...do you think I should?"

"I don't see why not. It's a great company." He adds, handing me potatoes and carrots to chop.

"You think so? Well...maybe I'll give it shot...um...but...you don't mind working with me at the same company?"

"Hmm. Well...I don't suppose there would be. We're just step brothers that happen to be roomates."

"You right." I sighed with relief. Maybe it would be nice if I did get hired by Seasonelle.

"Oh that reminds me!" He bursts out of nowhere, almost making me cut my pinky off whilst cutting potatoes into squares. "I have a couple of passes to a modern art exhibit next week, you wanna tag along on my next day off?"

I look up to him, excitedly."Really? You don't mind me tagging along?"

"Of course not. Who else would I go with?"

"You don't have a girlfriend...or something?"

"No. I'm really all about my work these days." He confesses.

The rest of the night went on without a hitch, and we ate and watched the news together. Everything was great.

Everything was great. 

A/N: y'all ain't ready for this

thanks for reading! I have a couple weeks off before summer school starts so i'm trying to get as much writing in as i can!! next chapter is coming out real soon, possibly featuring Boosational's character Reika Sasaki ;D

i'll see ya'll soon c: