He just thinks it’s kind of mean that Brandon’s relationship is going so well. Until now, he could always comfort himself that Brandon was just as emotionally stumped as him. And now? Soon he will be all alone. It’s not like he didn’t have the opportunity to settle down. It’s just that he blew it. Twice. He feels like such a tool…

This Winter’s Eve, Andrea and Jan invited the whole town to spend the evening together. They booked a ballroom in the city and went all out decorating.

The dinner is already a huge success…

(Yes, the teen is Timothy. I’m one round behind on posting Middleground pictures, so tiny spoiler. ^^)

“Hi. You’ve reached Komei’s answering machine. I’m not home right now, so please try calling again later. Thank you.”

“Hey, Komei… um… I realised that I… I never apologised, sooo… I don’t want anything from you, you don’t have to call back if you don’t want to… um, I just wanted to say ‘Sorry.’ … yeah, that’s it, I guess. I’ll see you around- or not if you don’t want to. That’s fine, too…” *click*