Chapter 1( The Initial Encounter)

" Beep, beep, beep"... My alarm clock rings, 9 am. Dreadingly I get out of my bed. I then go, & open the curtains to reveal the beautiful, yet chaotic streets of Tokyo. Shower, brush my teeth, clean my face, get dressed. Same routine since high school, & college; the only difference is these days it's for work, not school. Grab my wallet, room card, down to the lobby of the hotel. " Ohayo", the attendant at the desk exclaims to me & waves as I pass the desk. I return the greeting back to the attendant and wave as I walk out the door on; my way to grab a coffee from the local cafe next door from the hotel. Now I don't know a lot of Japanese, only took a couple of classes back in school, but I did brush up on a few basics before making this trip to survive. By the way, my name's Alex Rineheart, & this is a business trip I'm on here in Japan. I work as an admin for a telehealth company by the name of " Geneladoc". We're a pretty big corporation so & a few coworkers from my division were sent to the location here in Tokyo to work for a month.

After grabbing my coffee I head to the local train that makes a stop right on the street my company is on; pay my fare, hop on the train. The ride is about fifteen minutes, so I put my AirPods on and turn on some music to enjoy the ride. I glance around the car, seeing who my fellow passengers are. Two older women, two teen schoolboys, a mother, and her baby. Then I see a girl. She looks like she's in her early twenties at max and I would have taken her as a schoolgirl, to be honest. She was absolutely gorgeous though, with beautiful long dark hair, pink lips, staring out the window. I honestly couldn't keep my eyes off her, it felt as though she had me entranced without even looking back at me. I think she could feel me watching her as she turned to give a glance back at me, I then hurried & looked away; staring back into my phone screen as I didn't want her thinking I was some kinda perv. Pretty much the most awkward last 5 minutes of my life as my ride finally came to a close, and it was my stop. Before I exit, my eyes connect with the girls and it felt as if we were staring at each other for eternity. I notice a lust-filled smile pop across her face, as the cart doors then shut and the train rails away. Mesmerized, I walk down the station to finish the rest of my journey to work.

" Good Morning Rinehart, my dearest friend!!!" my coworker and close friend Johnny obnoxiously exclaims as I enter the office.

" Good Morning to you man, but could you try not to be so loud" I repeat back.

" Aww come on, don't be so gloomy" my other coworker Dann states.

" Yeah man we are in Tokyo, Japan after all & tonight we are getting lit. Are you down?" My other coworker Pete questions me.

" I'm not sure, gotta see how I feel after eight to ten hours of hell you guys" I state back.

" Well I'm sure you'll like what we have in store for tonight, Mr. Rhine-broken-heart" Johnny claims, for a cliche joke that all three of them start to burst out laughing at. We are all still technically under thirty to be fair so that's why we can all be childish at times.

" Yea very funny asshole" I rebuttal back before I start laughing myself.

If you're wondering what Johnny was alluding to; he's talking about the early marriage I had with my college sweetheart, Ayesha, about five years ago. We had been together since we were nineteen years of age, got married at twenty-three years old, and got divorced after only three years of marriage, due to " infidelity" on her side of the fence. I was never a big dater back in my teenage years, so she was the first girl that I ever truly loved and felt committed to. Ever since then, these last two years I have been single again, just all alone, and I haven't opened myself up to anyone again.

After all the fun was done though, we then got to our respective spots, I then power on my computer and laptop, sort my workstation out and get to work for the day's shift.