Megumi is not a normal child. This is a revelation to which he often contemplates, in the brief moments he has to himself— when he’s left unattended at school or home, when he can collect his thoughts and think of how troublesome life has become.

Lately, those moments had been few— ever since he became friends with his teenaged neighbor.

“… What do you want?” Megumi asks, not even bothering to spare you a glance; bottom lip jutted in a petulant pout as he paces every step he takes.