Monday, December 14th.
The last of the Autumn arrived, and with it, the decrease in the temperature.
It seemed as though yesterday's sunset marked the last moments of warmth in Elffire City before the start of Winter.
It's the last day of Autumn,
leaves, the color of fire,
It's the last day of Autumn, leaves plucked from their branches, by the hands of time.
It's the last day of Autumn, leaves spiraling down, to their forever resting place.
It's the last day of Autumn, leaves no longer color the trees, they're bare.
It's the last day of Autumn, leaves being forced to shrivel, by the incoming cold.
It's the last day of Autumn, and leaves preparing to be covered by a freezing white blanket.
It's the first day of Winter and everything is white.
The sky was covered in dark clouds as the citizens of Elffire City woke up on that Monday.
Among these citizens, there were a group of people who had just moved into the city.
They had come from Sakura City, and they came to Elffire City to work in an animation studio that opened in the city.
Kido Emina was sleeping peacefully on her comfy bed when she heard the alarm's sound.
Without thinking, she extended her arm and grabbed her phone.
She shut down the alarm and looked at the time.
For a moment, Emina was confused about where she was and why she had to wake up early.
After all, the last few months she couldn't work and because of that, she could sleep late.
As the sleepiness left her mind, she remembered everything.
She and her friends received an invitation from the Tkyo Studios to do a test for positions in its sound studio.
They accepted and went toward Elffire City after this mysterious studio.
When they saw the studio, they were amazed by everything they saw.
They wanted to work in that studio!
Emina and the others worked really hard to pass the test, and their effort was worth it, everyone passed the test.
Plus, Oichi, Kanai, and Emina's performances were off the charts which made their boss offer them better positions and the payment of their debt.
After they signed the employment contract on Saturday, they started arranging their move to Elffire City from Sakura City.
Because everything was all so sudden, most of them decided to leave their families in Sakura City and come alone.
After the school year ended and the New Year's celebration, they would bring their families to Elffire City.
After all, most of them were older and had wives, husbands, and children to take care of.
Therefore, in December, they would be by themselves at Elffire City.
After they arranged everything for the move, they faced a dilemma.
They didn't know where to stay in Elffire City.
There was no way that they would continue living in a hotel.
Their families would come in January, and they needed to find the best place for their families.
But that could be searched slowly throughout the month, at the moment, they didn't know where to stay until their families arrived.
It was then that they remembered what Amber, Miss Riverdale's assistant said to them.
The studio had a Dorm Section made for its employees!
Emina called Amber to ask her about it, and she said to Emina to go directly toward the Dorm Supervisors.
They would be able to start the procedures and assign the dorms for Emina and the others.
They immediately looked for them, and on that same day, Emina and the others paid a full month's rent for the dorms.
Most of them chose to share a room.
But Emina, Oichi, and Kanai chose the single rooms.
And that was where Emina woke up that Monday morning.
Women's Tkyo Dorms, Apartment 325, Single Room.
Yesterday when Emina saw how comfortable the room was, she was very satisfied with it.
It was even better than the hotel room she stayed in when she arrived in Elffire City!
Then she understood why everyone loved the dorms.
After the memories of the last days surfaced, Emina understood where she was and why she was waking up early.
When she realized that, she could not help but feel the excitement for the day ahead of her.
Emina took off the blankets she used to warm herself during the night and sat at the border of the bed.
She needed to get ready for her first day at work!
Emina walked to her room's bathroom.
She wanted to take a hot shower and brush her teeth.
A while later, Emina left her room with a fresh look on her face as she wore casual clothes.
After she saw that everyone wore casual clothes for work, she decided to be like that too.
It was much more comfortable to work in these types of clothes.
She walked down the hall and knocked on the door next to her room.
"Kana-chan! Wake up! Let's have breakfast together!" Emina called.
Emina and Kanai chose rooms next to each other.
They were best friends since they were kids, so they wanted to be near each other.
5 seconds after Emina knocked on the door, Kanai opened it with an annoyed look on her face.
Kanai had a mature and beautiful face.
"Emi-chan! I already woke up!" She pouted.
This was a face that only Emina could make Kanai do it.
Decades of friendship between the two of them made them feel like they were real sisters, so they treated each other like sisters.
"Come on! Get ready already, I'm hungry!" Emina exclaimed as she entered the room and threw herself on Kanai's bed.
Kanai could only smile wryly and shake her head when she saw her sister's antics.
"Just let me put some lipstick on." Kanai replied as she walked to the desk at the side.
"Don't you feel like we are back in college?" Emina asked suddenly when she saw Kanai applying lipstick.
"Oh my god! You're so right!" Kanai exclaimed loudly.
The two girls frequented the same college and graduated from the same class.
And when they were in college, they lived in the same room in the university dorms.
They had great memories of that time.
"Remember when we were out later past the curfew, and we had to climb a tree to be able to enter our room?" Emina giggled.
"How could I forget! We almost died when we almost fell from the tree!" Kanai commented giggling.
"I don't think we will have a problem with curfew this time." Kanai added.
That was because Tkyo Dorms did not curfew.
The residents were free to come and go whenever they liked.
The two girls remembered some other stories about their time in the college dorms as they left Kanai's room.
They walked down the hall when suddenly Emina stopped.
"Wait. Do you know where the food court is?" She asked Kanai.
"No, I have no idea." Kanai replied.
"Well, me neither. How are we going to find it?" Emina asked as she looked around to see if there were any maps near them.
"Hmm, let's ask someone." Kanai suggested as she started walking and looking for other people.
After a while, they found four girls walking together.
"Hey, excuse me! Can you please tell us where the food court is?" Emina asked politely.
The four girls turned their heads and looked at Emina and Kanai.
"Sure, come with us." Brianna replied with a smile.