Cage held the door for his sister to go in first when they got home from school. He usually just left it open on days she slow walked, but she seemed distracted today. He was concerned.

"Are you okay, Kota?" he asked when he stopped to put his backpack on the kitchen table but she continued toward the bedrooms.

"Yeah...yeah, just thinking," she replied nonchalantly.

"About what?"

"Um...graduation in a couple of months, then summer, then we'll start college and we'll never see each other again, ever," Kota moaned.

It was true, all except the never see each other again part. Kota knew that, but she wasn't ready yet to...