I awoke to the sound of my alarm clock going off. I slammed my hand on the snooze button and lazily sat up.
I really didn’t feel like going to school today but I knew I had to…

I slid out of bed, got into my school uniform, sat in front of the mirror, and began to brush my long dark red hair.

“Suzuki? toi up?” my mother called from downstairs.

“Yeah,” I called back down to her.

“Well hurry up and get ready ou you’ll be late.”

I sighed.

Whatever…

I put on my makeup then went downstairs. My mother was in the kitchen, sitting at the table, and looked up at me with a sad smile when...