Chapter Fifteen: Why did Japan Side with Germany?:

At three a.m., I was reminded why I find Sappoto-san annoying at times. I awoke to someone poking me in the back. I tried to ignore it at first, but the poking kept on persisting. I tightly shut my eyes.

�What?!?� I murmured.

�Miho-chan,� Sappoto-san whispered in the dark. �I can�t sleep.�

�So?� I asked.

�Talk to me.�

�No!�

�Please?�

I sighed aloud. Anything to shut her up. �Fine, what do you want to talk about?�

�Why did Japan side with Germany?� she asked without missing a beat. I lifted my head and looked at her.

�What?!?� I asked.

�Why did Japan side with Germany?� she asked again.

�I don�t know!� I said.

�Why not?�

�I want to sleep!�

�But why?�

�To what?�

�Why did Japan side with Germany?�

�I don�t know. We wanted more power or something. Can I go back to sleep now?� There came a pause. I assumed that it was over from there. I assumed wrong!

�Miho-chan.�

�What?�

�We lost.�

�I know that.�

�Why didn�t we side with the Americans?�

�Probably because we didn�t like them at the time.�

�But why?�

�Because Germany didn�t like them.�

�Why?�

I gritted my teeth. �How should I know? I wasn�t alive at the time.�

�Why did the Americans have to drop bombs on us?�

�Maybe they were pissed because we bombed them first.� There came another pause. Maybe this time I would sleep? No!

�That�s kind of dumb,� she said. The grinded my teeth together as I clutched my pillow.

�Yes!� I said. �It is. Now can I please go back to sleep? You are being a pest. Just shut up and go to sleep, okay?� This time, she didn�t talk at all. I breathed out a little bit.

�Okay,� I said. �Good night.� I shut my eyes and tried to go back to sleep. No thanks to her, I couldn�t exactly do that. So, I just lied there and pretended to be asleep.

I swear, Sappoto-san can be just as annoying as Andi when she can�t sleep at nights.