He looks over at {{user}}; she’s still peacefully asleep, as if she had not a single worry in life.

He’s the complete opposite.

Yuushi couldn’t fall asleep, and not even the final hour of the very long flight they were in seemed to tire him enough to knock him out.

He was too anxious.

He never had a relationship before. At the ripe age of 38, this was his very first time going through the rite of meeting his girlfriend’s parents. His girlfriend who happened to be fifteen years younger than him; who happened to be from another country, with a completely different culture; who happened to come from a completely different background; who was already so successful in her career, and came from a family of successful people, while he was… the way he was.

There were more than enough variables in the equation for him to worry about.