Sunday! Sunday is "training-day". As the name implies, it''s the day I spend training to keep myself from becoming being fat, like I was a while ago. I wake up in my bed at 6:45. Yes! The earlier I wake up, the more time I get. Full of excitement, I run to my wardrobe and pull out some training clothes. It''s so quiet right now. While I walk towards my bed to dress up I hurt my toe on my desk. I sit down on my bed and inhale and exhale heavily as a result of the pain. I quickly put on my clothes and stare at a drawer for a couple of seconds. I then grab a watch that was lying on top of the drawer. A treasured watch that I''d gotten years ago when I moved into this household. With swift movements, I navigate across the room and got out. Once again, I''m greeted by Mom''s door. To the right of Mom''s room is Elin''s room. Both of their doors are closed, which means that they''re still sleeping. Well, I expected no less from those two.


    I run down the stairs, through the living room and kitchen and then I run down another couple of stairs. When I''m in the basement I run up to a pillow lying on the floor in the room left to the staircase. I pull up a yellow folder containing a final draft of a chapter for my manga. I''ve been drawing a manga for a monthly magazine for a while now. I started the manga at the beginning of this year, I''ve been keeping it a secret from my family. Mostly because I don''t really see a reason to tell them. I always drop the chapter off on a Sunday, So I decided to do it today. The manga is usually at the top in the popularity polls. I also write a web-novel that''s pretty popular. Of course, I do all this as a hobby. It''s nice to get the extra money and it''s pretty fun. I run outside really quick so that no one wakes up and sees me. Once outside, I look around the neighborhood to check what''s going on. Like always Eleonora, a neighbor whose house is in front of ours, is up and gardening. If I recall correctly, she''s a third-year at my high school. Wow, to think that she''s 2 years older than me. She''s looking at me with a strange look on her face, I just smile and start to run. I''m running towards the forest west of our house, it''s unusually quiet today. The wind calmly blows at me as the sun is rising up in the horizon. At the corner of the street Akane, a classmate of mine, is standing and staring at me. Akane''s heart beats faster and faster the closer I get. Slightly flustered Akane says


    Like usual, I''m not doing too good in the social department. The office where I drop off my chapter is on the other side of the woods.


    On the other side of the forest, there is a road. On the other side of the road, there is a bunch of buildings, including the "manga office". Oh, yeah I have to put on my disguise. I put on a scarf and pull my hood up. The building is a pretty big one, it''s 5 stories tall. The editorial room is on the 3rd floor. I struggle to open the entrance door, I usually push but it says clearly on the side that you''re supposed to pull. As I walk in I feel the air conditioner blow in my face almost blowing the scarf off my head.


    "Mr. Kentarou if you''re here to leave this month''s chapter in, Ms. Maria is waiting for you in the editorial staff room."


    "Thanks" I replied with. I take a right to walk up the stairs. I run up the stairs as fast as I could. The editorial room is big but feels pretty cramped thanks to all the desks in the room. In the back of the room I notice a familiar smile, it''s Maria. Maria has long black hair and is a very mistress-type of lady. She has a sadistic side and a sweet side. She has brown eyes and a seductive smile. She''s also quite "well-developed" in her chest area. She waves her hand towards me and I do the same thing. I try to navigate the cramped room and finally make it to her desk.


    "Good day Maria, I have this month''s chapter here with me." I say to her. Her smile widens as I hand her the folder containing the final draft. She opens the folder up and reads through the chapter. After my legs get tired after 13 minutes of standing up, she finally finishes reading the chapter. Maria stares at the last page in awe. I get a bit worried that it might not be good so I say


    This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source.


    "Sorry about that." I said and chuckled a bit. After talking some more with Maria I leave the office to go work out in the forest.


    Kentarou Mizuya is the name I chose to use as my pen name. I don''t really have an inspiration for the name, but I chose the "Mizuya" part because it kind of sounds like "Miss yah" in a Japanese accent. I kind of regret it now, but when I started high school this year I thought it was genius. To think that Maria really liked my manga, I guess all those years I spent drawing and writing paid off in the end. I had decided to use that strange ability I got yesterday to stop time and then I have as much time as I want. I stand in the middle of the forest trying to figure out how you activate it, that strange time-stopping ability. I sit down on a branch after a couple of hours of trying to activate the damn thing, at least I got a lot of exercise trying.


    Why the hell isn''t it working? It happened twice yesterday, so why isn''t it working now? After struggling a bit more with activating it, I decide to just exercise like normal for today. I run around the forest for about 5 hours until I finally decide to go home. While running home, I felt a certain anger inside of me. The sky had turned dark, a big contrast to the welcoming sun I had seen this morning.


    Big clouds started surrounding me and not too long after it started raining like crazy. I felt my wet shirt rubbing against my body, an annoying feeling if I might add. After a solid 5 minutes, I reach my street while breathing like I''d just run a marathon. Generally, I had pretty good physique so I could handle running for a hot minute. Sweating like crazy, I reached our front door. It was kind of a strange feeling, both sweating and being covered in the cold rain at the same time.


    When I entered the house I got greeted by two staring eyes, namely Elin''s eyes.


    "No, it''s nothing. Elin is just freaking out about weird things, like my shirt being see-through thanks to the rain." I tiredly responded. After exercising the whole day I was pretty tired. Mom was staring at my stomach, pretty intensely. I scratch my head in confusion and say


    Water falls down to the floor creating a splash sound. I can feel her boobs sitting lightly on my back and her breathing down my neck. I say


    Katrin gets flustered and tries to say something before getting interrupted by Elin. As usual, she yells at me for a bit until she leaves in anger. After that, the night progresses like it usually does. I go to bed at 2 am with a grin on my face.