⌠ 1 ⌡
"Never thought you'd come back."
"I told you to wait for me, didn't I?"
"Thought... that was about our relationship."
"I meant literally too, you dummy!"
"Okay, okay! Sorry, ohime-sama."
Rain lets us forgive.
We talk like normal friends.
Yura is the same as always,
bright and cheerful.
Even when we run out of words,
her smile carries everything along.
Even then,
something is different.
Takeshi. Eri.
We steer clear of them.
Before,
she had always talked about her antics
with Eri.
Now,
it slips out every once in a while.
And a painful expression
surfaces.
When will rain let us forget...?
⌠ 2 ⌡
Yura slides her chair backwards.
It's soft, the sound,
but rings in my ears for some reason.
Like being jolted awake from a dream.
"I'll see you tomorrow Keichi."
I must have waved and smiled and said goodbye,
but I don't remember it.
I am left in the silence
in my own thoughts
a bubble of my own selfishness.
Why is it different?
Why does it all feel
forced
...
⌠ 3 ⌡
The library is still as ever.
An afterimage,
a reflection of Yura.
Walking in the rain.
An umbrella.
Hazy, mist, was it even real?
A creation of my own imagination.
To save myself from that despair
of loneliness.
Had she really appeared in front of me
when I needed it most?
I stand up,
give a slight nod to the girl at the counter
as I pass the front desk.
"Ah... Sakai-san?"
Her timid voice pierces the silence.
"... Yeah?"
The girl adjusts her glasses.
"I... I know it's not my business.
But, Akiyama-san..."
"Sorry, she already left a few minutes ago."
She fiddles with her fingers.
"I know. But as she left..."
She was crying.
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Wingman ⌠Cell Phone Novel⌡
Romance⌠#15 ranked Cell Phone Novel ⌡ Keichi has no place at school. Except for when he is dragged along on "dates" by Takeshi, his only friend in class. Spending time with different girls, Keichi forgets he is alone, if even for a short while. But when he...
