Part 57-61

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Part 57: Neighbor? 

Without declining his offer. 

I just followed him. 

Once we got on the car,
He asked my address. 

"So, where do you live?"
"Hiyoshi apartment. Its near Inchigaya station. You can drop-"

He gasped. 
Then looked at me.
With a shocked expression. 

"Is there any problem?"

"No, it's just that I am shocked we live in the same apartment."

What?

Neighbors?

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Part 58: Concidence

In the car, 

It was filled with silence. 

I looked out the window. 

In the speeding car.
Leaving behind. 
The street lights. 

Aoki-san broke the frozen mood.

"Which unit do you live in?"
"Ah... I live in 705."
"What a coincidence, I live in 605."

Wow,

Such a bad coincidence.

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Part 59: On The Way 

On the way, 

He asked various questions.
Questions anyone could ask. 

But,

Something strange was.
Every questions I answered.

Seemed like  he knew about it.

Somethings like.

My.
Hometown.

Middle school.
Hobby. 

With an unsettling feeling.

About Aoki-san. 

We headed home.

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Part 60: The Flow

By the flow. 

Of the conversation. 

The topic ended up on. 
My relation with the director. 

"I Heard the director is your step father."

I hesitated to talk about it. 

But I just told everything to him.

"My parents divorced when I was is in middle school. She remarried with the director when I was in high school." 

It turned silent. 
Then Aoki-san slowly asked.

"I'm sorry, but what was your surname before?"

"Yukimura."

Aoki-san did not say anything.

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Part 61: Used to. 

Out of blue.

He asked a question.

One question.
I never thought to be asked. 

"Don't you remember me?"
"What do you... mean?"

The lights turned red.
The car stopped. 
The he turned to me. 
Signed and said. 

"You used to call me Takeru-senpai."

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