Change of Heart

"HOW WAS the date?" Seri asked when they rode his car going to school.

          Yesterday, Sora had been quiet. He did not leave his room nor the house unlike he usually does. And he doubts that maeko would do, too. The girl might be confused about what happened to her. And as for his son, he assumes that it did not go well.

          "You have locked up yourself in your room that I did not get the chance to ask you. Where did you go?"

          Sora just kept his quiet. When he saw his earphones, he knew that he wasn't listening to him. So, pulled it out and asked him, "Are you okay with it?"

          "Huh?"

          "Just say yes, Sora. Come on," he said in his annoyingly chirpy voice. He knew his son doesn't like it. Truth be told, his crankiness is times two of him and his wife—Sara.

          Seri laughed and started his car. "It's settled then. We're going back to Tokyo."

          "What?!"