I knock on the door to Sakashi's house, though he always tells me not to, and go in. I insist on announcing my presence first. Who knows what may be happening behind closed doors?

I walk into the kitchen, a small cramped area, and see Sakashi brewing tea. I hope he gives me some. "Ah, Helen! I was worried you'd gotten kidnapped." He said, coming to greet me. He doesn't ask me to take my hat off, he knows I never will.

"I got cornered by Jake Breck." I say somewhat nervously. Sakashi doesn't like Jake Breck. His eyes narrow and he turns back to the tea. "And what did he want?" He asks. I come up next to him and shrug. "To tease me." He looks at me angrily. "No, to bully you, Helen. Don't let him." He says before pouring me a cup of tea and ushering me into his equally cramped living room. He has a small bamboo table that I sit my tea on.

I kneel on the floor in front of the table, since Sakashi doesn't have chairs or couches or normal things. We sit on finely decorated pillows. My tea is billowing steam into the air and I sigh, scratching my head through my hat. My hat, the destroyer of my hair. It's matted and crinkly now.

I like Sakashi's tea, he brought it directly from Asia! He has a large stash, ensuring he never runs out. He can't return to Asia now, something is happening over there that he won't tell me about. I don't really want to know. I sip my tea, which burns my tongue. But that's the way tea is, at least Sakashi's. He makes me drink it hot. He says if it isn't hot it tastes like water. I think it's more flavorful when it's cold.

A few minutes pass and he doesn't join me. I suppose he's gone up to his rooms to sulk and mutter about Jake Breck. I don't mind him, I don't like him, but at the same time he doesn't bother me very much. I simply ignore hm when I can.

After I have drunk all my tea I make my way up to the rooms, the smallest of which is mine. It's right next to Sakashi's and I can hear his heavy snoring. It doesn't keep me up.