The week had been worse than awful, that much was obvious. With his student of sorts leaving him after he had royally screwed up, he was left with the depressing realization, that he truly had no friends. His only life was his work. Only emails came from his own mother and clients. Arataka Reigan was alone.

Sitting in his apartment room, he turned on his monitor out of pure boredom and slight desperation for a sign that one person truly cared for him, one sign he had friends. What an awful birthday this was.

Opening friendbook, he clicked the notifications tab.

Reigan leaned back slightly in his chair with a sigh, rubbing his eyes as he glanced back at the screen another time. Only notification had been the system sending him a 'happy birthday'.

..No...there was one he didn't recognize a few scrolls down. Marked as 'unread'.

A friend request, sent six days ago. He really needed to get on more.