Tokyo, Japan

Beep. Beep. Beep. The sounds of the alarm clock that Yuzuru put on the drawer just beside his bed started to ring as loud as it could, as if it has never rang so loud. Grumbling, he lazily extended his arm over the clock and turn it off. He sat up and yawned, then stretched his arms. Turning his gazeover the clock, he saw that it was already 2:37 in the afternoon. He stayed up last night to play through the FF series so he didn't sleep until 5:30AM. But it's not like that he has any strict schedule that he would follow. Not in a million year. There are days that he wouldn't even sleep or eat, just to sit in front of his beloved PC to play games or watching anime, and days when he would just sleep away.

A life of a NEET is simple, just as that. And for Yuzuru, this is heaven. There's no way that he would change.

He intended to just sleep away for today too, but Suzuri - his 'gamemate' who is 2 years younger than him and studying at the same school as his cousin, Kogane, is coming over for a game night. There are not many people who would interest him as much as her, so she is always welcomed at his humble place, as long as she doesn't mind how similar it is a to a trash heap. Since half a year ago, Suzuri and Kogane are pretty much the only people whom he stayed in direct contact with. But Yuzuru wouldn't mind. The least people care about his existence, the better. Life is full of deceit and backstabbers so you won't know when you will be betrayed. That's one of many reasons he decided to become a NEET, after all.

The first thing he stepped on wasn't the floor of his apartment, but rather an emptied convenient bento box that he ate last night. As usual, his house was a complete mess. Occasionally, Kogane would stop by to help him clean up, but it wasn't long before it returned to its' primitive state, anyway. Though since Suzuri is staying over, he figures that Yuzuru should clean the apartment and himself up a bit. Despite what the rest of the world might think, a NEET is very capable of being a gentlemen, but it depends on whether he wants it or not.

He shoved whatever trashes on the ground into a big plastic bag and throw it over the pile of trashes in the corner of his house, then made his way into the bathroom to brush his teeth and shave the hair on his chin. Yuzuru heard someone was knocking on the door, and knew right away who that was. He fixed his unkempt hair a bit before tiptoeing to his door. But the buzzing sound of his phone which was lying on the computer table caught his attention instead. He sighed and went to pick it up, thinking it to be Kogane checking up if he could help him go on campaigns tonight.

But no, it was the message that he had been waiting for so long now. Smirking, Yuzuru put his phone into his pocket and picked up his jacket and cap from the clothes racket nearby. Putting them on, he went to open the door. "Sorry, Suzu-chan. But it seems we won't be-" He said but looking around the hall, there wasn't a soul to be seen, but a bag of junk foods was lying next to the door. That girl sure is quick. He thought with a grin as he picked the bag up and throw it inside, before locking the door and leave his complex, for the first time since he was taken in for the Project. Back then, much to his amazement, Suzuri was also a participant. Though, they have agreed that they would pretend that they do not know each other for now, just so that the executives will not do anything annoying.

The outside air is as obnoxious as he could remember, but Yuzuru wouldn't mind it, for the game that he had been anticipating has just begun.