6 months later…
“Furukawa-san~”
“Mai?”
“Hisashiburi!” The otaku girl hugged me as she walked into my hospital room.
“Ah, it still hurts...”
“Oh, I’m sorry.”
“What are you doing here, Mai?”
“I wanted to see my kouhai after so long~ How have you been? Still drawing?”
“Whenever I get the chance.”
“The company said they were blessed to have such a talented manga artist like yourself. So, I’m really happy you’re okay.”
I’m glad you think that, Mai… But, the one person I haven’t seen is…
“So, anything special happen? Find your certain someone~”
“M-Mai!”
“Haha, c’mon. I know it’s true!”
“Okay, okay. You caught me. Take me away officer.”
“I thought so~ So, who is she? Hm?”
“Her name’s Akane. She and I first met after I got in an accident. It was about two or three years ago, before I joined the company.”
“Eh~”
“She’s really nice. But, she hasn’t come to see me yet. I wonder what happened...”
“She’s probably just trying to work things out in her life. Don’t worry, I’m sure it’ll all turn out.”
Even if she says that… why do I feel like something’s terribly wrong?
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Meanwhile with Akane…
“Churi, I’m back~”
“Jurina!” I walked out and hugged the younger girl as she walked into the shop. “How was school?”
“Same ol’, same ol’.”
“Sure.” I said sarcastically. She grinned at me.
“The casting list came up.”
“Oh! And?”
“I did it! I got the lead!”
“Oh my God! Congrats, Jurina!” I hugged her once more, this time spinning her around. “I just know you’re gonna do great.”
“I’ll make sure of it! I can’t wait for you to see it.”
“Un.”
“Oh, hey, speaking of, I was walking by the comic store on the way home, and I saw this...” She handed me a small manga. “The artist who drew this is really good.”
“Yuuna will become a magical girl! Story by Takeuchi Mai. Art by… Furukawa Airi?”
Airi… who is that? Her name sounds familiar, but…
“I thought maybe you’d wanna take a look at it.”
“Jurina, I don’t have time to read. I have to run the shop, remember?”
“C’mon, will you at least take a look at it? During break?”
“Alright.”
“Yossha!”
As she walked away, I concentrated more on the work I had to do. Though I remember working as a surgeon, I resigned to make way for my love for birds.
“Papitan~”
I called my bird as he flew onto my finger.
“Lunch time for you~”
I fed him his regular lunch and walked back to the counter, taking a look at the manga Jurina handed me.
“Furukawa Airi...” I opened the book up and flipped through the pages. “She is good.”
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“Ah~ Finally, I’m out of that place.” I sighed as I left the hospital.
Now, I can go see Churi.
I got out my cell phone and called her, but she wasn’t picking up. Maybe her phone is turned off.
“Where is she?” I was wandering through the streets at this point, wondering what had happened to Churi.
Then I passed by a small shop and saw her there at the counter.
“Churi!”
I ran in and hugged her, burying my nose in her neck. I felt my tears fighting.
“Thank God… you’re okay.”
“Eh… who are you?”
“Wha...” I separated from her and saw a confused look. “Churi, don’t you recognize me?”
“What are you talking about?”
“It’s me. Airin.”
“Uh...”
“Are you sure you don’t remember me?”
“No, I’m sorry.”
What? How can this be? She forgot me…
“Amnesia due to the trauma.” That’s right. I heard the doctor talking about that while I was in the hospital.
Does that mean…?
“So, who are you? How do you know who I am?”
If it means, I have to start over, to make her fall in love with me again…
Then I’ll do it.
“My name is Furukawa Airi.”
Topic: Manazashi, Sayonara (FuruYanagi Fanfic Chapter 9 8/11/14) (Read 22179 times)