Vol 2 Chapter 7 (2/2)
The wallpaper shows a certain ill.u.s.tration attached to it.
That’s probably a digital ill.u.s.tration drawn using the pen tablet I bought for her some time back, even though I forgot it existed. The most important thing’s the content though; there’s a savage looking delinquent blus.h.i.+ng as he embraced a black haired girl tightly with one hand, the other hand patting the girl’s head.
In other words, what exactly does this mean?
It means the ident.i.ty of the girl I like’s revealed…
…………….
“AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! DAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMIIIIITTTT”
Ah! Misaki you idiot! You idiot!
No, it’s not actually Misaki’s fault here! But, don’t say what I said to the ‘me yesterday’!
“No no, that’s not it! That’s not how it is!”
My face’s blus.h.i.+ng red more than ever, and nothing can be changed now.
On a closer look at the screen, I notice the words Hikari Yumesaki left behind.
“I never thought you would think that way! Ohoho, now I’m really happy! Also, the tissue box’s empty here, so don’t tell me…kyuu kyuu♥.”
“That’s not it! It’s because you used them to make Teru Teru Bozus!”
The severe misunderstanding caused me to growl with a completely beetroot face.
Ahh…I blew it. I wanted to keep it a secret for my entire life…
“…I guess I should continue looking then?”
I pick up the one thing I’ve been curious with ever since I woke up.
There’s a Teru Teru Bozu in the corner of the room, stuffed between the bed and the wall. Its face is exactly the same as the ill.u.s.tration of the pretty girl chibi that often appear in the diary. I stare at this little thing, imagine why Hikari Yumesaki would hide such a thing here, and can’t help but feel a little blissful.
The strip of paper hanging on it has the pretty words written on it,
“One day, the two of us will go see mama, right?”
Right, those were the written words,
“…Of course, Hikari Yumesaki.”
I mutter as I stare at my left hand.
On it is the ring that can summon happiness, the one Hikari Yumesaki bought.
After putting that ring on the ring finger, I can’t help but blush, and again, I look at the desktop ill.u.s.tration.
The me who’s shyly looking away, and the cheerful, grinning girl who’s being embraced from behind.
So gentle, so determined, and so cute.
The hand that’s patting her head looks bigger by the moment.
One day, surely, one day,
We wished for such a future–
It’s a dark rainy morning.
The same kind of sticky annoying rain that happened on the day of her death.
Woken up by the rain, I divert my attention to the cellphone message ringtone that sounded immediately.
It’s an anonymous number. 4.59am, the sun has yet to rise.
What’s this situation about? Before I can understand, I pressed the b.u.t.ton on the cellphone.
“h.e.l.lo…?”
I let out a voice of one who just woke up.
After a slight delay, what replies me is a clear, nostalgic voice.
“Are you willing to use your entire lifespan…”
“!!”
I immediately understood whose voice that was.
That day.
That time.
That black shadow who forced me to make a choice.
Again, he,
“To let her revive?”
Forces me to make a cruel choice.
“What do you mean…?”
“It’s just as what I implied. To use your death to revive her, or…”
There’s a slight pause, possibly a snicker, and he seems to be enjoying himself as he said that.
“To let her vanish just like that. It’s your choice.”
“What!?”
The phone line’s cut off, and the annoying sweat appears on me.
The large raindrops pelt upon the window along with the strong gusts.
“My entire lifespan…”
I bite my lips as the ominous words vanishes in the midst of the autumn rain.
In the near future,
I would learn of the true meaning behind those words.
Along with the fact that Hikari Yumesaki would disappear.
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