Chapter 8

[Iuri Stevens' Vision]

I'll be damned! I feel as if time has frozen; Aya is standing right in front of me. She is wearing a sky-blue bare-shoulder dress, black sneakers, and for the first time in her life, she is wearing makeup. She looks stunning. After a long time, again I see her round glasses. I think she is so cute when she has them on, along with her earpiece with the kitty ears.

"Son," I hear my mother's voice snapping me out of my reverie.

"Y-yes," I answer, blinking my eyes several times until my vision focuses on my mother.

She walks quickly towards me, and I focus my vision on her as she speaks softly just so I can hear.

"Close your mouth; you're almost drooling."

I feel my eyes widen slightly; I gasp and compose myself. I stretch my shirt a little and turn my attention back to what is going on in the room.

"Shall we go to the game room?" I hear my father calling Aya's father.

"Come on, dear, I'll show you the new flowers," my mother says, dragging Mrs. Millenis into