The Reporter

Five in the afternoon arrives, and Kotone wakes up from a 10-hour long sleep.

Having stayed up the night before, and struggling to fall asleep after what she witnessed in Nikko earlier in the morning, made her very tired.

"Ugh… Thank goodness. No nightmares." She gladly notices and gets up from her futon.

As she descends the stairs to the first floor, she notices Fumio on the kitchen area, sitting on the floor by the dining table, staring intently at his laptop screen, his hands busy with the mouse and keyboard.

Kotone raises her brows.

"You look awfully aggressive for someone playing a video game." She assumes.

"I'm not so serious about video games anymore..." Fumio responds without thought.

"You're just waking up?" His hands stop and looks at Kotone.

"Yeah. I'm not like you and Kichirou-san." Kotone shrugs.

"But Gin-san's still passed-out, huh?" She then looks at the unconscious man on the living room floor.