Secondhand Memories (Pioneer English Cell Phone Novel)

A Story

Chapter 249

A Story

His eyes pierced through me,
as if he could see everything that was going on in my mind.

I knew what he meant. But I couldn't bring my own gaze to meet his.

Truthfully, I haven't been doing well lately.

I fluttered back and forth in confusion
from being hopeful and faithful to despair and depression.
One second could bring me to high spirits in hoping Aoi would wake up,
the next could have me in tears swimming in lost memories.
The next moment I was eagerly distracted by something else.
And the next, I would be so tired I could walk away from my life and never return.

I remember the lyrics from the songs of that YUI album.
I remember Airu's words. I remember what my friends say.

I had to move on and be stronger. For my sake. For our sake.
But I had lost my path. I knew it.
Without Aoi, I didn't know where I was going.
I didn't know who I was.

There are so many things. I just didn't know where to begin to tell him.

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But Yuya didn't need my reply to know what I felt.

"Let me tell you of my own experience."

"Your experience?" I raised an eyebrow.

His eyes began to speak of a past memory.

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"In the last year of high school, I had a girlfriend."
He paused, recalling memories from somewhere that seemed so far away.
I somehow knew how he was feeling.

"She was the quietest girl ever. She cried at every little thing, like a delicate flower."

His eyes suddenly seemed to be watery.
I had never seen him like this before.
High school had to be at least nearly ten years ago.
She must have been so important to him.

I've never heard him talking about his past before.
He had always remained mysterious.

His past seemed so far off and so distant.

Yet it could bring him to tears.

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"My last year was blessed because I met her."
Yuya continued. "Just like you have been."
He stopped to look at Aoi before continuing.

"I used to be a deliquent, slacking off in school,
skipping classes and wandering aimlessly with friends.
I thought I would pick up chicks if I played guitar, so I learned it."

I could see years of memories swimming through his eyes,
playing back scene by scene. I could sense it.
Because that would happen with me too.
Somehow his words spoke directly into me.

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"She changed me though." He gave me a small smile.
"When I first met her, she was just another girl of my fan club.
But I felt the need to protect her.
Day by day, I got to know her, and she became irreplacable in my life."

"Then she would wake me up in the morning,
and get me to go to school on time.
We weren't even dating yet.
But somehow she saw that light in me.
My potential. She was unknowingly attracted to me, and I to her.
Of all the girls who dressed with the latest trends in fashion,
or hung out with all the guys, partying and clubbing till the night, she stood out.
A 'wild kid' like me should have never liked such a girl."

"She was the type of person who loved to help others, no matter how weak she was herself."