Although the numbers on her wrist made no sound as they continuously decreased, she could still hear a clock’s ticking somewhere – probably in her head – as she watched the numbers go down. 00:01:47… 00:01:46… 00:01:45… She couldn’t help but mumble to herself as she waited, counted along as she tried to pent-up the building excitement within her, biting on her bottom lip to keep a grin from forming on her face.
She had been waiting for this moment to come ever since she found out what the countdown on her wrist meant, believing into it no matter how ridiculous it sounded to the point where, twenty three hours earlier, she had difficulties to sleep, the dark circles beneath her eyes a sign of proof.
Only fourty seconds left, her head turning from one direction to the other as she searched through the crowd of Shibuya for her so called soulmate, giving the numbers on her wrist a glance in each step forward she took. Her heart was beginning to beat rapidly in her chest, mixing in with the sound of ticking until —
Sayaka held her breath in and halted on her tracks.
Amidst the bustling crowds of Shibuya, Tokyo, her eyes landed only on the female that stood at the other side of the populous crossroad, wide-eyed, jaw-dropped and speechless as she stared at the long-haired beauty.
And then, at the same time, the two of them moved forward.