I dozed off. "Nanako? I'll go shopping for a minute, do you need anything?" Asked my mom, waking me up. "No, no mom, I don't need anything," I said quietly. I lay in bed and rolled over to the side. I didn't really care what Aiko was always up to, but yesterday she said it as if this farewell was forever. And that she wasn't at school that same day but still met Youko afterwards was strange too. I couldn't believe it myself, but I was actually worried. Going out now would seem a bit suspicious as I wasn't exactly the type of guy who wandered around outside. But I still wanted to search. Maybe she was in school, or with Youmiko, or even in the forest house that belonged to Youmiko's parents. My parents went to bed early. So I decided to just go at night, even though I was terrified of sneaking out of the house. First, it was a world full of driving out there..okay I always wanted to experience something special, but by special I didn't mean to be killed somehow or anything like that. It was much safer at home. Oh well, I just had to push the effeminate thoughts aside for a moment. After dinner and sitting there for a while, my heart was pounding faster because I knew it was going to start any moment. It was now 10:43 p.m. and I was ready. I padded slowly down the stairs. She hated me today because every step of the stairs she squeaked crazy and it seemed mega loud to me. I always winced in shock. It nibbled on my nerves like crazy until I gathered my courage, rushed down the last few steps quickly, and then stopped quietly and listened if my mom had woken up. Everything quiet ... luckily. Then I opened the door and stormed out. So far everything has been going very well. I walked the empty streets. The lanterns on the sidewalk lit my way. It was windy and cold. The moon shone brightly and it was not cloudy, so you could see the bright stars. Now and then the bushes and trees rustled because of the wind. I knew that it was due to the wind, but I was still a little scared. Every minute I made more and more decisions to go home, but I kept telling myself that I just had to do it. I was at school, my hair was too scared. During the day it was bad enough to come here but in the evening the horror !. Past the playground and past the chapel where a couple of Goths were holding some satanic rituals, I went straight to the forest, to the house that Youmiko belonged to. But it was locked and there was no light on either. The moon, however, gave me a little light so that I could see something through the window. But everything was empty and untouched. After looking at almost every conspicuous building here, I went around 4.12 o'clock in the morning home. It went on for about two weeks. Even during school days. "Well, this trip takes a really long time. Is that something like an exchange program. I talked to the mother of Aiko's friend Natsuki. She doesn't know anything about it." Mom asked me. Now things were getting tight. Especially because I was somehow totally involved. "Um, yes, that's right, but without a student coming here for you, something like an individual exchange or something." I tried to lie to her. "Oh, and the supervisor Tadashiko Youko has also changed.?" Asked Mom. I was slowly running out of answers. "Yes, but she went somewhere else," I said. "Well if that's the case then it calms me that she told you, I trust you my darling.", She said and gave me a kiss on the forehead. With this word she gave me a mega guilty conscience. As always, I went to my room and watched my cell phone non-stop. Why didn't she call me or something. Something, soon I really didn't know what to say anymore. My cell phone rang and I literally pulled it to my ear. "Hello?", I shouted in. "Nanako? Is it you?" I was asked. I expected it to be Aiko, but it wasn't. "Um, who is it?" I asked. "Youko, this is Youko.", She said, "YOUKOOOOO! Where is Aiko, what the hell are you doing, I'm running out of words, Mom is suspicious, Jeff left me yesterday in my dream, and Mom had mine today Favorite food totally oversalted! "I shouted. "Nanako kleine calm down," she laughed. "Everything is ok trust me, but I want to talk to you ..", she said. "Talk ?? Why? So I can't just leave the way you do it!" I said hysterically. "Nana ... come to my forest house at 11:55 pm, we will wait for you ..", she said. "We? .. is Aiko coming too? .. Youko? Halloo? Youko !?" I shouted ... just hung up. Natoll what will be waiting for me .............. 23. 30 o'clock. My parents slept a long time ago. I went out like I did every evening and walked around outside for a while. I was getting really curious about what was going on. I would say something to Aiko like that I think it's really bad or that she trusted me to do something like that, or that she left me alone and hadn't reported for days. I would tear them up! ZERUUUPFEEEEN !! "Nanako?" I heard a voice speak softly. I turned around with a jerk. "Youko .." I said quietly. "Oh Nanako !! I'm so glad that you are okay. Is everything okay? Are you okay?", she said and shook me. "Yes, why not? What is it anyway. Where is Aiko?" I asked. "Um, that's exactly what I wanted to talk to you about. Come on, let's go into the house." she said, took my hand and led me into the little house in the dark. It was furnished in a lumberjack style. We sat up for very comfortable wooden chairs, and on the table was a kind of glowing gas lantern. I was a little nervous. Sitting here alone with Youko."Why are you so tense, I haven't even started yet?" She asked me. "Well I don't know .." I said easily. "Okay. So it's this ...", she said. "Is there something going on between you and my sister !?" I yelled out. I couldn't hold it back. The whole time they were away there was gossip in school that they had run away together ... "What? Of course not. No reason to be jealous.", She laughed. I felt myself blush again and looked at the floor. "I'm not at all," I tried to talk myself out of it. "So what I actually wanted to tell you ... your sister is far away at the moment ... very far away ... so not in this dimension anymore.", She said. I looked at her motionless. Personally, I was the kind of person where something easily believed and wanted to believe. It has always been my wish to be something special. "What do you mean?" I asked her quietly. She looked at me and started to tell. "Next to this world there is a kind of parallel world. It lives at the same time as ours. The time, the years, seconds, days .. everything runs down the same. Except that there is a special school in this world that trains girls for a specific purpose, But this training can only take place together between a human being from this world and a human being from the other world. Without a person from here, the power of the person from there cannot exist. That is why girls from here are invited to the school from To visit there, to make a pact with a girl from there and to do an apprenticeship together. But among the many girls not many will reach the top rank. There are different ranks that can be recognized by the school uniform. Three levels to be precise It's a hard way so some couples have to repeat a stage twice or even three times, and if it still doesn't work, they will couples separated and all thoughts are taken from the human girl from this world so that she can continue her normal earth life. ", she said. Well ... to be honest, I found it super awesome and totally exciting, but I was also a bit scared." And what does that have to do with Aiko? ", I asked." Well, it is like that, the girls from the other world are smuggling in and living in this world here. Then they look for the girl who should make a couple with her. That has nothing to do with feelings of love or beauty ... but rather with the connection that can be established between the two. Which means that you have no choice. This strap has been part of the body from the very beginning and cannot be turned off or exchanged. They travel to your world and make friends with their intended girl, and then when the time comes, ask her whether she wants to go to school or not. ", she said." So was Aiko asked by a girl from the other world?"I asked." Yes it is, "she replied quickly. Like a well-oiled machine or something like that." Yes, and by whom, and what about you? were you also asked? "I asked quickly." Me? no, I was not asked. I'm the one she asked And to be honest, your sister is not doing really well, but she will get used to it .. ", she said calmly. Now everything made sense. For a moment I was thoughtless ... my sister .. just great Aiko. ..I felt anger .. great anger that just came up without end. And this time I didn't want to hold back .. "You are not well? SHE IS NOT FEELING WELL? And I wonder why I can't share my dream with my sweet Jeff at night ... ou Jeff ... Jefffff ", I said. Damn it !! that had totally ruined my perfect performance .." um well you can actually imagine what i had to go through .. what i have to go through? what do you think I should say? ", I asked her angrily." Nanako calm down. "she said." No, I'm not calming down! I will probably never see them again, and my parents, they will be devastated! "I screamed and felt my tears running down my cheeks. She got up and came up to me and tried to hug me, probably to calm me down, but I pushed her away." you go? "she asked worried." Why her? Why did you take her with you? ", I asked aloud with watery eyes." I don't quite understand? ", she said innocently. With every word she said she only made me angrier. If I were a volcano, I would have erupted long ago." Why was she chosen and not me ... you know how long I waited and hoped for it would have?? I'm almost an adult and I always had to struggle with myself that I still believe in something special, to be something special, to be chosen ... It is my biggest dream that I have ever had and will always be. He had inhibited me from so many ... to really open myself up, to do