73 Time Capsule 1 (2/2)

But Stevan didn't get sweaty. Was this because he used to his job in the military? Military man surprisingly really cool when he was working. Except, his job right now digging like a gravedigger. I chuckled.

Hm?

Surprisingly, his built almost the same as Han, but Stevan was much skinnier now. His skin became light brown since I last saw him and those abs...

Shoot, what was I thinking?! Forget it, forget it...

Ah right, was he having a hard time with his mission?

I heard he became Han's substitute. I wonder why he didn't refuse his request?

Eh?

Why did I suddenly concern my self to him? How weird.

”Found it!” he exclaimed.

I stopped my random thoughts and tried to grab the wooden chest below. Then, I carried it out above. It's quite heavy. How could a child carry this thing?

”You're okay?” I said to him concernedly. Stevan was surprised by my sudden question. His eyes were open wide. But then he showed his usual charming smile.

”I'm good.”

I tried to open it but it was locked.

”Silly, you should open it with a key,” Stevan said.

I rolled my eyes from him. I was just testing to open it, okay?

I said, ”Well, Mr.Smartypants. Do 'you' have the key then?”

He chuckled and took a golden key inside his pocket. He said smugly, ”Well, in fact, I have, Miss~”

I grabbed his key and open the chest. Click! It was open.

There, I could see three letters and a few toys inside. I didn't remember which toys the old Laura puts. Because a lot of recent memories try to cover the old one and so, I didn't remember her things.

I think she treats this moment unimportant to her, huh.

Stevan took a letter which has Han's name on it. ”What are you doing? Are you really going to open it?” I asked him wonderingly.

”I will. If you don't want to see it, don't.”

”What? Who said I didn't want to see it? I want too!”

”My, what a shameless lady, who was a moment ago said that it's not good to peek, other people, privacy?”

Who is shameless? You are! I acted like this, so you couldn't notice my guilty behavior! I'm sorry Han. Because I need to pretend to be Laura so that Stevan didn't notice anything different about me. It's enough once or twice.

But lately, he became more curious--suspicious about me. He asked me a lot of weird question, and...that time...

She sighed since she came to this world. Her mind and conduct noble lady demeanor became less and less. She was wondering if she became more like the old Laura.

”I was telling the truth though, but it doesn't mean I'm not bad,” I explained to him with a smug face, acting like I was the right one.

He chuckled, ”Oh, you are bad alright~”

We quickly open it and I nervously looked at what was Han written in the letter.

...

The 8 years old Han. From the old host memories perspective, she saw him as a person who's best at everything. But he had fewer friends because of his scary expression. So there's a lot of people avoiding him. Only to get to know him that he started to open up.

He was surprisingly a nice and normal kid who just wanted to make a friend but failed.

The old Laura knew that she started friends with Han because of their military family were friends at each other. Laura didn't mind it at all, because she's a social butterfly, she became his playing buddy with Stevan.

It looks like since their friendship started, the way Han looked at Laura was only reaching a friend zone. But Laura's not. She started to realized that she was in love with Han.

When she entered fourth grade, she moved to Shizuoka and stay with her grandparent. She cried for not wanting to go. She wanted Han to go with her.

Yet, Han never even took a glance to her. He just simply treat her like the other girl around him. Even though she was the first female friend that he made, he never makes any deep special relationship. In around those gap years, Han forgets about her and it was the same as Laura.

When he entered high school, he reunited with Laura again. He just nodded and his face is like 'Okay'. He didn't care.

Laura met Stevan as well in the same high school. They hang out each other quite often. In those time Stevan confessed his feeling to her a lot. She rejected him, she wanted him to be her friend only. Laura realized in her heart, that her first love never leaves.

For not wanting to lose her chance, she determined herself, this time she'll make Han like her!

Thus, she began her more or less ten years mission to pursue and attract him. From simple stuff like giving chocolates to tried to gain his attention, until the extreme one, like to tried to drug him!

But it never works no matter how she tried. He was just too smart for her. She realized she'll never enter his heart.

At the beginning of university, she started acting weird and wild. In short, no manner and a bit*h.

'If I kept pestering and forcing my love to him still didn't work, why should I care then?' the old Laura thoughts.

Even though she's like that she wanted to continue her study because her parent told her to, and could you expect that this shameless woman was actually finished her doctoral studies?

Well, it was I who finished it.

...

Back to the present, we open his letter and there are a single sentence and a drawing?

It said, 'I wish I don't have to see 'him' anymore in the future.'

Him? Who?

I looked at the downside of the letter who has two stickman holding hands together. One with a frown face and one with a smiling face. Before I take another closer look. Stevan was folding back the letter and put inside his pants pocket.

[1] Chibi Maruko-chan: Shoujo manga adapted to anime TV series who was written by Momoko Sakura in 1974. It tells about the everyday life of a young girl name Maruko.

[2] Ultraman: Live action TV series about a hero name Ultraman fighting monsters saving the world.

[3] Powers Ranger: TV series. A group of heroes in rainbow color fighting evildoer.