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A Ghost to Remember
Chapter 10 – Sweet Bitter Memories
Part 2
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Flashback#3[“I… I LIKE YOU” Minami was screaming with her loudest voice]
The orphanage where Minami lives is sure big. There were many empty rooms which still haven’t been used. Atsuko and Minami are hiding in one of the room.
“This is exciting~!” I throw my fist on the air as a sign of victory. We just escape from the maids like playing hide and seek with them. Minami holds my hand and runs all the way.
“This is exhausted, I never run crazy like this” she leaned her back on the wall, still holding my hand. Her long ponytail reminded me of the fairy tales I read yesterday. I touched her ponytail gently. She looked at me confusedly.
“Your ponytail resembles the fairy tale princess I read yesterday, beautiful” I explain.
“Pr…princess…?!” she seems surprised by my words. “No way I can be a princess!”
“Not princess? You want to be a prince?” I saw she is blushing and try to hide it, but I’m gonna tease her now. “But your hair is long, a prince is someone with short hair”
“I can’t cut my hair. My mother told me once that my ancestor has a rule said that every single child in generations is forbid to cut their hair until they were 18.” She explained seriously to me, looks like she really want to have short hair.
“Ne, Minami. my hair is short” I grinned at her, “I be the prince and you are princess~”
“Eh?!” she shakes her head several times. I cupped her face with both hands to stop her. Seeing her face redden again, I can’t stop myself from teasing her.
“Minami-chan~ I like you~” I place a peck on her cheek.
“……………….” She flustered and freeze.
“Say you like me” I commanded.
“…………” Minami turn her back and run away from me.
“Minami-chan~ say you like me” I chased her and grabbed her sleeve, hugging her tightly.
“I… I LIKE YOU” Minami was screaming with her loudest voice makes Atsuko jumped out of surprise. She let go her hands to cover her ears. “Minami, that’s too loud”
The pony-tailed Minami blushing hard and runs away again. I want to chase her but my chest felt tight, I can’t catch my breath, my asthma is attacking me again. I search my medicine in pockets but can’t find it. I fell down on the floor and grabs my chest, I feel terrible… “Minami…”
“Oi!” Minami came back to get me. She is crying right now, is it because of me? She picked me up and carrying me in piggyback, running along the corridors to get me into the nurse room.
“Minami, just put me in front of the door. Don’t bring me inside, they will blame you.” She shakes her head and crying. I don’t want Minami get scold again by adults. I know she will always get scold whenever she near me. The nurse room is now a feet from us.
“Minami, if they saw you, we can’t play together again. Just leave me in front the door and hide before they see you” I begged.
She put me in front of the door and knocked the door. Before she go, she said something that makes my heart hurts more than I am now, “Let’s not meet again. You always get hurt when you near me and I always get scold when I near you.”
Since this day, she doesn’t want to see me again…
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Flashback#4(This flashback is the same as the flashback explained in Chapter Seven… I just add and reduce some words)
[“Minami… don’t go…”I watches the little pony-tailed Minami leave with tears]
It’s been days Minami hiding from me. I can’t find her anywhere. I am going back to my home tomorrow at least why can’t you let me say a farewell to you. I decide to take a walk at the small hill behind the orphanage territory. Once I got there, I saw Minami is being bullied by others children. They took off her shoes and threw it, punching and kicking her.
“Go away!” I throw the stones against those kids who are bullying my Minami.
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Cih.. The rich kid is here, let’s play in other place” said the leader and they left.
Bruises over her face and her ponytail become messy. Her cloth is dusty and full of sand. I run immediately to her, “Are you okay?”
She gets up and picks her shoes, runs away from me again. “Why are you running from me again? Stop right there, I want to tell you something! Wait for m–
WAAAHHHH” I slipped and fell.
Minami stopped running and turn back to look at me. I also watching at her and waiting her to approach. We are like having a glaring contest now. Unable to hold my eyes from blinking, I winked at her making her blinking several times and turn down her head to hide her blushing face.
“Mou~ come here and help me up” I said playfully. But she still stayed in her spot. I gave up and decided to get up by myself. When I about to walk, the bracelet on my hand hook on a branch caused the crystal dropped one by one.
“Ah… my bracelet!” I hurriedly pick the crystal from the ground. To see the broken crystal rolling one by one far from me, I don’t know what to do but cry, “I’m sorry… I broke the bracelet you gave me…”
“It’s okay” she came to help me picking up those crystal.
After done collecting the pieces of crystal, we sat under the cherry blossom to fix the bracelet. Atsuko tried over and over again but the crystal won’t stick together. “I’m really sorry… I ruin the bracelet you gave me”
She simply smiles and takes the bracelet from me, “Only me who can fix it”
Minutes passed and I can see her smiling proudly on her face. She fixed the bracelet perfectly and put it on my hand. “You can call me to fix this bracelet if you ruin it again”
I hold her hand and walk back to the orphanage together. As we walk down from the hill, a strong wind blows hard caused the branch at the cherry blossom tree fall down. That huge branch is falling right on top of me, she covers me with her own body to prevent me being hit by the branch. I knew it and pushed her away.
“Acchan!” the girl cried.
My head got hit by the branch and my body is rolling down from the hill. She rushes onto me and embrace me safely in her arms to prevent my body to get wounded while falling down from the hill.
“Acchan! Are you alright?” she is crying. Her face is wet and her tears falling to my forehead.
I wiped her tears and smile, “I’m happy. This is the first time you call my name. I like it…” my vision went to all black.
When I opened my eyes again, I am being carried by Minami. She keeps calling my name and crying. Her head is bleeding, her neck is scratched. I want to call her name but my body feels so weak. She head to the nurse room and put me down on the bed. All the adults there pushed her away again. I can hear a loud thud.
“’Please save her! She got hit by branch on her head!” Minami is shouting at them.
One of the adults there slapped her and hit her. They didn’t care for her wounds and hit her without hold back. I want to call her name, I want to tell her to run away. Don’t stay here, she will only get scold and hit.
“Mi…na…mi”
She heard my voice, she struggled and dashed through those adults and came to me, holding my hands and calling my name. Those adults pulled her away and throw her out of this room. My parents come in to see me, I don’t want them mistake at Minami.
“Minami… save me…” I try to tell my parents, “She…save…me…”
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Flashbacks EndI am crying again alone in this library. Memories being with you are full of sweet and bitter. Being with you is exciting yet my heart gets painful, so sweet yet slightly bitter. My memories lost because of that hit but I am thankful, because of this I can meet you again. Thanks for bringing back my precious memories. But I hate you too! You are gone too soon! Blame to that shinigami too, for taking away my Minami too soon.
“Ah~ I miss you, Minami~”
♪~♪~♫~♫~♪~♫~♪~~ (Piano playing)
“This tune… Minami??!” I immediately run out from the library toward the music room.
Minami, is that you? Is that you playing the piano? You’re not gone? I miss you, I really want to see you, Minami…Drap drap drapDrap drap drapSRETTAs I opened the door, there’s a figure playing the piano…
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Who is playing the piano?
Is that Minami?
Next chapter will be the last I think...
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