Replies: kazutoryu: obviously, its gonna be some ending waiting for us~
kcard: LOL refreshing every hour?
that's so sweet of you. River scene is nice eh?
gek geki: Mayu is not in college, just an ordinary person on the island.
Kirozoro: glad you love the scenes
affiber: Too bad it will end.
Konoe: Yes I'm still alive~ Been busy with so many things that I don't rlly have time to write stuffs right now. They're both making progresses through time~ I love your long comments~ so you don't have to stop it. dayum, your comment made my day~ ^^
We'll definitely see more between the two of them!
Hope you look forward to it~
Rinca: LOL, glad you love the river scene! it's quite sweet between the two of them.
Jyahh....it's the 5th day
A World to Believe In
~Pairing: Mayuki~
~5th DAY~
~XXX~
“I’m going to sleep on the floor, you sleep on the bed.”
“No, you’re not sleeping on the floor!”
They argued with each other again as they entered the cottage. It was about time both of them would want to head to bed after their long journey out from the forest. Watanabe volunteered to sleep on the floor but Yuki wouldn’t let her. As they took their time, Mayu mused silently to herself before she came up with a brilliant idea.
“Then…Let’s sleep together~”
“E-Ehh!?”
“We can’t come to an agreement, so let’s just sleep on the bed together.”
“…Right. Fine!”
Yuki didn’t know what suggestions she could give. If she proposed she would sleep on the floor, Mayu wouldn’t allow that either. So it seemed that they came to a solution that they would agree with, which was that they shared the bed together. Watanabe closed the lights and get onto the bed while Yuki was facing towards the wall. She moved in closer and placed her arm on top of the younger raven-haired’s waist to held her gently. That just made her heart raced, and she was preventing herself from shoving the exhausted shorter girl away. She could hear her breathing from behind her head and it echoed in her ears. Amazingly, it was calming her down…and she felt rather relaxed. Mayu’s body always warmed her up, and it wasn’t too hot, it was just at the perfect warmth for comfort and sleeping. Slowly…Yuki drifted off to sleep in Mayu’s arms.-
“N-Nngh…”
Yuki slowly opened her eyes after she had a good sleep on bed and in Mayu’s warm arms. However she saw herself alone on bed and covered with the blanket properly as if someone placed it. She scanned around the room and saw no signs of Mayu at all. She got out from bed and hoped that the short Watanabe would be around here. At least before she left the cottage she saw the note on the table and it was written to her from Mayu.
“I went out to clean the dishes and clothes at the river…I’ll be back…Hmm…Oh well, I guess I’ll prepare some breakfast then?”
Yuki decided to use some leftover ingredients in the cupboard while another one was busy cleaning the kitchen appliances outside. By the time the door opened was when she just finished preparing all the ingredients together. Mayu came with a basket of wet clothes as well as the kitchen appliances.
“Give me the pot, I’m going to make breakfast.”
“Ah! Yukirin’s cooking again~ yay!”
“Stop fangirling and pass me the damn pot!”
“Okay~”
Then again, Kashiwagi was responsible for the cooking once again and she prepared a simple meal breakfast by making miso soup noodles instead. It never failed to amaze Mayu and she happily ate the food out of hunger. Yuki just sighed with a smile while watching the naïve Mayu gobbling the noodles down her throat and drank all the soup.
“Wha~ it’s amazing!”
“Its just noodles.”
“Still, Yukirin you’re amazing!”
“Jeez girl…. ”
They spend their time together while hoping for any villagers to find them here. Before they went out from the cottage, Yuki had treated Mayu’s wound on the side of the head with proper medications and bandaged it up neatly. At least it wasn’t infected and the wounds were healing much more than yesterday. Afterwards, they stayed outside of the cottage to make sure that they wouldn’t miss anything in their sight. They hoped that the villagers would find them here. However, it seemed Mayu was enjoying herself at the beach looking for beautiful shells on the shore.
“Yukirin~ over here!”
“What?”
“Doesn’t this shell look pretty?”
It was actually a pink small intact shell. It was the first time she ever saw something like this and it then Mayu told her an interesting theory regarding about shells to her. It’s one of the love tales on the island that was told through generations and she shared it with Yuki.
“You know in this whole world, there will only be one shell that’s an exact match of one another?”
“Really?”
“Similar to people aren’t they? Maybe just one right person is out there…for you.”
“…”
Yuki remained in silence while having a deep thought about it. Who would be that one person in this whole world that would perfectly be the right one? That instant within her heart…she actually hoped that it was Mayu. She felt completed when she was around her. Yuki never understood why she felt that way and shook it off immediately…because it would never happen. Only pain would be given to her after these 2 days here, as she would be leaving this place and who knows will she ever meet with Mayu again?
“Huh…?”
Mayu suddenly turned towards the ocean and it made Yuki curious. She called her but no response back. Then suddenly, Watanabe ran back into the cottage to get this long red stick. She pulled the strings and it shot up a firework into the sky, creating a loud noise echoing clearly. Yuki freaked out as she closed her ears tightly.
“W-What are you doing??”
“…I heard it, the sound of the boat, from the ocean.”
“Eh? Really??”
Yuki turned to stare out at the ocean for quite a short while before she spotted this shape-liked boat from a distance away. Her eyes grew wide with utmost relief as the villagers finally found them. She turned to the shorter girl behind her to report the good news.
“I saw the boat! They’re heading over here!”
“Wow…you really do have good eyes. Thank goodness~”
Mayu sighed with relief and they had waited at the beach for the boat to arrive towards the shore. That was when they met with the villagers that were searching for them all over the island. Everything went smoothly and both of them got up on the boat, heading back to the village where everyone was waiting for them. The adults reported back through their walkie-talkie that they were founded. While the two of them were sitting on the boat together… one of the adult came up to them and ruffled Mayu’s head gently.
“Great that you’re safe…you did well protecting this young girl.”
“Hehe~”
He smiled at her before leaving the two kids alone by themselves. How surprisingly two days ago, Yuki would always push Mayu away from her but now they were close as if they were inseparable. By the time they arrived back at the dock, the chief was waiting for them including Rena’s group of friends. The moment they saw Yuki and Mayu coming out from the boat…there were smiles of relief everywhere. Then Watanabe gave the girl beside her a nudge on the shoulder to go towards her group of new friends, as they came gathering around her immediately.
“Kashiwagi-san! Are you alright!?” Akane questioned with utmost panic and worries and it made Jurina tried to calm her down.
“Churi calm down! Glad you came back Kashiwagi-san~” Jurina smiled to her while hiding her worries in her chest.
“Kashiwagi-san…welcome back.” Rena smiled back to her and everyone was gathering around Yuki.
“Everyone…thank you.”
Yuki finally revealed her smile after seeing her friends worried about her for the entire time. She really did meet a real friend she never had a chance to have after that traumatized betrayal. That beautiful smile from Yuki made Mayu had a huge relief inside her chest. Only she smiled to herself before walking towards her father whom was waiting for her patiently.
“I’m back home. I’m sorry to make you worry.”
“You did well. Kashiwagi-san won’t be here if it wasn’t for you.”
She only smiled as she received the utmost praise from the chief. That was when she decided to leave before Yuki would even realize. For some reason, she didn’t seem keen to nag on the raven-haired girl as she should spend her time with her friends. Also, Mayu had someplace she needed to go. She told her dad she would be at the shrine with the head priest for the whole day today and left without further ado…and didn’t say a word to Yuki or others.
-
As Yuki was talking to everyone, they told her she should go back to the hotel to take a shower and change her clothes. She agreed with it since she had such a rough time back in the forest together with Mayu. Since Rena had the key to their room, she would be heading back to the hotel with Yuki and come out to join with Jurina later.
“Thanks Rena-chan. Hey Mayu I will—eh?”
The moment she turned, she didn’t see anyone there anymore. Mayu just disappeared into thin air and she diverted her attention to the chief immediately to ask about the shorter one’s whereabouts. She had no clue since when did the shorter girl disappeared off.
“Where did Mayu go?”
“She needed to do something. Please don’t worry, do have enough rest from the long journey in the forest. We’re sorry that this happen to you.”
“I-It’s okay, I’ll be leaving now…thank you.”
-
The students returned back to the hotel, but Yuki couldn’t shake off these feelings inside her chest. It was utterly disturbing her so much that she couldn’t stop thinking about that short Watanabe. She told Rena to go ahead first since she wanted to take her time showering; she would contact them if she’s joining in. By the time she realized again, she was already done taking a long shower and worn her clean clothes. She looked at the schedule and realized how it was a free afternoon for students to do anything they wanted. However, she didn’t have anything in particular she wanted to do…aside from talking with Mayu. She couldn’t stop thinking about her at all and it just made her plainly curious about her whereabouts. That girl just disappeared without saying a word to her and it’s making her slightly annoyed.
“…Sitting here won’t help anything. Ugh, stupid me.”
She got out from her room and took her key with her this time, she wouldn’t want to bother Rena for coming back to the hotel again for the sake of forgetting her key. As she headed down to the lobby room she met with the owner, Takamina, whom was talking to one of her staffs about the dinner tonight. She had a feeling that she might know about Mayu’s whereabouts and so she decided to make an approach to the older woman.
“Uh…Takahashi-san? Do you mind I ask something?”
“Oh yes! Please do.”
“Do you know…well…where Mayu could be?”
“Mayu-chan? She will usually be with the head priest at the shrine, do you know where that is?”
“Ah, I can figure out a way. Thank you!”
“Not at all sweetie. Have a nice day.”
She went out from the hotel and if she recalled the shrine was located to the right-handed side. She went along the path and met with several villagers on her way. Also, one of the rare moments she actually spoke up to strangers and asked them for directions. They were more than glad to help her and she finally arrived at the shrine in no time. It didn’t take that long as she thought to be. Standing right in front of the elegant shrine, she marched up the stairs and met straight for the shrine located at the end of this straight footpath. Glad that Mayu once took her there before and she could vaguely remember where it was…if she recalled it correctly, it would be this direction.
“A-Ah! I found it!”
She finally found that familiar looking shrine in front of her. She approached it immediately and slowly slid the door to peek in. That was when she saw that familiar back sitting on the floor talking to the head priest on the floor. Her eyes grew wide with relief and she just slid the door to allow herself to go in.
“…So you’re here.”
The young figure flinched before she turned around to see Yuki standing there. She was completely surprised to see the young raven-haired girl here…she had no clue how she knew she was here. However, what surprised her even more was that Yuki came over here during her free hours that she could’ve spend with her friends.
“Y-Yukirin? What are you doing here?”
“God’s sake…I was looking for you!”
“…What’s a matter?”
“W-Well…”
She was rather too shy to say her own selfish request out, asking Mayu to spend time with her today and tomorrow until she had to leave back to Tokyo. However, she didn’t know whether it would be a good solution to say so or not…she didn’t want to be a burden to Watanabe. Also, she was certain that Mayu would be teasing her nonstop with this as well.
“…?”
She was still waiting for the reply but Yuki was starting to get some blush on her cheeks. As the head priest stared at her, he couldn’t help but to smile and decided to break the silence with his suggestion.
“Why don’t you take Kashiwagi-san to visit Miyuki? Since she came this far already…don’t let her effort go in vain.”
“Ah…okay.”
Mayu slowly got up from the floor and approached towards Yuki with a subtle smile across her face. The moment their eyes met, Yuki’s heart began to race and she could feel each of her heartbeat clearly. That sweet smile from the shorter girl just made her day and felt happy.
“You rather look pink recently…”
“S-Shut up.”
“Well~ Do you mind coming with me?”
“…Sure.”
“Thank you~”
They headed out from the shrine together and headed up the stairs on the left side that leaded up to the cemetery. As they slowly went up the stairs together, Yuki didn’t really know what she should say to Mayu. This topic regarding her mother and her sister was rather depressing to be mentioned or discussed. However by the time they arrived at the top, they met with adult whom seem to come to pray for the deceased ones as well. But that was the moment Mayu froze in her spot and Yuki could obviously realized it. The adult’s eye turned to the two girls as she heard people coming to the cemetery, however she froze as well…and her eyes were filled with anger and hatred.
“You…why are you here?”
“…It’s been a while, aunt Tamaki.”
“I don’t consider you a part of the family.”
She replied bluntly to Mayu and Yuki was even surprised to hear such a harsh tone like this especially towards another family member. So this person was actually Mayu’s biological aunt, whom was Mayu’s mother’s older sister. Both of them were blood-related, yet she seemed to have a strong grudge and hatred towards the young short Watanabe. She turned to look at Mayu and that was when she saw that poker face on her…but she could tell that she was wounded and remained in silence.
“Why does Miho have to die…you cursed child…!”
“…”
Mayu didn’t respond to the slightest and her aunt continued to curse at Watanabe’s existence for bringing doom to her own mother’s life. Yuki was shocked and she was hurt by those words as well despite she wasn’t the one directed onto, how much pain did it inflicted onto Mayu? Just thinking about it made Yuki truly worried about the shorter girl beside her.
“Miho had went through such harsh discrimination because of you… You killed your very own mother, and even your sister was a victim for it—”
“Please stop that! Isn’t it too harsh!?”
Yuki roared up out loud despite she wasn’t involved with this. However she wouldn’t allow this to be tolerated either. Calling Mayu a cursed child despite she didn’t do anything wrong at all. She was just living her best with a smile, despite all the past she had. The more Yuki heard from the aunt the more she realized heavier burdens Mayu carried. This adult was just throwing all the blame and anger to the poor child who went through many harsh things just as much as the aunt did. What was the most was that she was deadly irritated with how this mature woman was insulting Mayu. For some reason, she was bloody pissed. As for Mayu, she was shocked how Yuki stood up to protect her from her aunt’s curse and insult. It just made her heart twitched slightly from this feeling warm feeling growing inside her heart. She felt the kindness through Yuki’s actions.
“…Y-Yukirin.”
“Who are you? I suggest you stay away from THAT cursed child if you still want to be alive.”
“Why do you have to say something like that!? Mayu did nothing wrong at all, she’s just normal like anyone else. She doesn’t deserve such a treatment like this!”
Mayu was shocked with how Yuki was arguing back with this woman who was a stranger to her. The more she watched Kashiwagi fighting to help her…the more she felt this heavy weight on her heart. It was making her happy, just as much as it’s making her devastated that she wanted to cry right here.
“Yukirin…”
“I assume you knew nothing, that’s why you bravely speak up like this. She being an ordinary child? Don’t make me laugh…”
Mayu did not say a word and only clenched her fist tighter while staring down onto the floor without fighting for herself at the slightest. Only she had been doing was just remaining in deep silence. That was when she was ready to embrace the cruel truth that Yuki would learn her darkest secret… there was no turning back from here.
“That cursed child brings doom to the family…pathetically, acting as if she can see everything.”
“…What?”
Yuki got slightly lost with what the aunt was saying but Mayu wasn’t saying anything to even protect herself or arguing back. The young raven-haired girl turned to look at her and saw that Mayu was actually trembling, in fear. She looked so defenseless and helpless when confronting with her own aunt and seeing her vulnerable like this pained Yuki’s heart. She wondered why Watanabe wasn’t trying to fight to protect herself, and allowed this witch to keep insulting her like she’s not even a living being. It felt as if she could feel Mayu’s pain…and it killed her heart so badly. She felt like wanting to break down into tears, wanting to run away, and cried alone without anyone comforting her. She felt that loneliness coming from Mayu… the more Yuki felt and understood it, the more she felt the invisible knifes plunged through her heart countless times. She never felt this way before…she wondered why she felt so emotionally connected to Mayu.
“Despite born without any birth defects…yet mysteriously born with both eyes blind. Bringing doom to the whole family and everyone involved with her.”
“…!”
Yuki gasped slightly before she slowly diverted her eyes to the shorter one beside her. She was not saying anything to say that the aunt was lying about her story. Aunt Tamaki slowly glared her eyes towards Mayu and it made the young girl trembled even more. She could feel the killing intent coming from her…so much hatred she had for her nephew. Mayu slowly gazed up with more fear and looked as if she wanted to run away right now.
“How much are you planning to lie to this poor girl? Don’t you have enough with bringing misery and death to others around?”
“…!”
She tightened up her fist and it just made Yuki’s heart collapsed just to see poor Mayu being so vulnerable…and lonely. The aunt decided to take the leave as if she had enough with confronting with the young Watanabe; it just ruined her whole day. That left the two girls alone in the cemetery and it was terribly awkward between them. After the darkest secret that Mayu hid had been revealed…Yuki didn’t know how to respond to that. She didn’t know what to say in order to not hurt Mayu’s feeling any further. She was scared…She was terrified of what to do from now.
“M-Mayu—”
“You should leave.”
“Huh??”
“Its just as what my aunt said. I always lie to everyone around me, and including myself… I’m pathetic as she said aren’t I?”
Yuki froze at that spot with lost of words. She wasn’t able to process all the truth that quickly enough to catch up with what Mayu was saying. The fact that the girl beside her was actually blind didn’t make sense to her at the slightest, Mayu acted so normal as if she could see. The more Kashiwagi thought about it the more she slowly understood what aunt Tamaki meant…that she acted as if she could see everything, but the truth was that she couldn’t see at all.
“I only want people to see the side that I wanted them to see in me, and hide the truth…forever.”
“Mayu I—”
“Please leave Yuki.”
The very first time she called her by her first name. It made her froze that instant and she decided to leave the short Watanabe alone at the cemetery…because there was nothing she could do. Despite she stayed, she won’t be able to help Mayu’s poor heart. That was when she realized how far and isolated the short Watanabe was…how much pain and pressure she had went through with the fact she was blind. What could she possibly say when she didn’t truly understand her pain, she would just be a hypocrite if she said something. As she went down the stairs she wasn’t expecting to meet someone waiting for her to come down. The look in head priest’s eyes seemed to show that he was actually waiting for Kashiwagi to come down, alone by herself.
“…Please come to the shrine, there’s some thing I want to discuss with you.”
“Y-Yes.”
She simply followed the priest into the shrine without utter a single word, however she felt like she knew what he wanted to talk to her. It was as if he knew this was going to happen…and knew that Yuki would learn about Mayu’s secret. Both of them sat down on the wooden floor to have an ease conversation. However, it wasn’t possible for Yuki to be at ease when her mind was complete messed at the moment.
“I believe you have many questions in your head…I know what happened up there. I met Sanae-san as she was coming down from the cemetery.”
“Sanae-san?”
“Sanae Tamaki, I presumed you’ve met her up in the cemetery, and she is Mayu’s aunt.”
“O-Oh.”
That clarified her confusion. However, that made the priest led on to the next topic regarding Watanabe Mayu, the unfortunate blind child. Obviously Yuki wouldn’t know what to say or react to this fact. He only sighed softly before he continued from his main point while hoping that this wouldn’t change how Yuki felt towards young Watanabe. But if things between the two of them would proceed on…she needed to learn the truth about Mayu, everything about her darkest past.
“Do you ever hear about aura visions?”
“Is it about seeing people’s aura?”
“Yes, including objects as well…that’s the world Mayu could see, but obviously it couldn’t replace the ability to see like anyone of us could do.”
He slowly explained how he was the one that taught Mayu to see aura at the age of 2. She was apparently a smart child that was able to realize and understand that something was wrong with her. She understood what the adults around her were saying. She knew how much her mother went through after she was born… she was very sensitive to people’s emotions. However, that just drove her insane…she rejected everyone and the only person that could approach her was her mother and the head priest. She would only be sitting here in this shrine for hours, for days, for weeks, without doing anything and stared outside into the sky. The sound of the wind and birds were her friend. She wouldn’t say a word despite she was taught, or she didn’t want to say anything. She was like a living corpse losing all her hope to be alive. However, things just suddenly came into her and she started talking once again when she was about two years old. She seemed to have hope once again, out of blue… no one knew why she suddenly became cheerful and hopeful. However, the priest could pretty guess out why…and decided to teach everything that Mayu needed to learn in order to live with people around her. That’s when she could see again by seeing aura instead.
“She could tell people’s emotions from their aura’s color, it allows her to basically read people’s mind based on colors they emitted but there’s a big downfall to it. ”
“…?”
“Mayu is a smart kid, apparently too cunning. She would always manage to hide her vision weaknesses but it will always slip through the cracks if you pay attention to it.”
Yuki mused for a while but she didn’t seem to figure anything that well. She couldn’t even tell that Mayu had a problem with her eye since she seemed to see everything perfectly fine to her. The priest could tell from Yuki’s face that she was having a tough time figuring it out and decided to just tell the poor clueless girl about it.
“Physical appearance is something she can’t see. How people look…and little tiny things such as what accessories you wear, how your clothes look like, how they look like. Furthermore…her vision is a completely black out at times of frustration.”
“…Ah!”
Something seemed to be running inside Yuki’s head. She started to realize the possible hints regarding it. She had a flashback of those hints that seemed to make sense if she accounted the fact that Mayu couldn’t see appearance of objects…
-///-
The young energetic girl kept talking for the entire time while she was escorting Kashiwagi towards the market of this island; it was a very well known place for tourism and the center of all goodies on the island. Mayu didn’t seem to be bored at all despite Yuki was remaining in silence and listened to her did all the talking. After the entire long one-sided talk, Yuki had a feeling she should be saying something to her before things would be too awkward.
“Oh right~ I’ll take you to aunty Tamura’s shop! Should be lots of good souvenirs for you to buy!”
“…Such as?”
“Hmm, I don’t know too!”
“Huh?? How didn’t you know about it?”
“We’ll see~ Isn’t it more fun to take it as a surprise?”
-///-
Mayu did avoid answering her question…it was not because she wanted to surprise Yuki or anything; it's the fact that she couldn’t see how it looked like. She didn’t know how it looked like to begin with. By judging from Kashiwagi’s face it seemed she had figured it out the truth and how everything seemed to make sense after putting some thought to it.
“I believe you realized it a little now…Kashiwagi-san.”
“I…”
“Why are you telling this to her?”
A loud angry voice echoed in the shrine and it was from the young short Watanabe. She had already finished her business at the cemetery but seemed to overhear the conversation between the head priest and Yuki. She seemed rather unsatisfied with his actions for telling every secret she hid out without asking for her permission.
“Too bad my hearings are just too excelled to replace for my blindness. Gossips wouldn’t escape my ears.”
“…Mayu.”
The priest seemed to accept the fact that he would made the young Watanabe pissed with the fact he told everything that Mayu tried to hid and ran away from. All those dark secrets were exposed to this one person she didn’t want to let her know the most. Out of all people, she didn’t want Yuki to learn about this…only fear could be felt from her heart and she wanted to just leave here immediately before she would lose control of herself.
“She doesn’t have to know anything, and nothing about this.”
Without further ado, Mayu left the shrine immediately and instinctively Yuki actually ran after her. There was no second thought and she finally managed to catch up with the shorter one before she walked down the stairs of the shrine. She literally sprinted with all she’d got to catch up with her. However, the young Watanabe knew she was being pursued and stopped right in front of the stairs before she left the shrine. She needed to do something, to make Yuki stop following her…instead of being lefted, she rather be the one who left first.
“W-Wait Mayu—”
“I hate being a burden to people. That’s why I decide to ignore the fact I’m blind. Plus, who would want to rely a blind person when they’re stuck in the forest?”
Yuki immediately realized that Mayu was actually referring to her. This young Watanabe did all her hardest to hide all her weaknesses to see. The fact of her being blind just classified herself as a disabled child. Technically, many would see her as useless person in society nowadays.
“Heh, blind without a cause? Maybe I’m cursed after all.”
That seemed to step on Yuki’s nerves and she suddenly raised her voice out loud against Mayu. This fire burning inside her heart after hearing those cruel words from the shorter one was just killing her. Hearing that witch aunt insulted Mayu was already painful than enough, but hearing her believed that she was cursed was just too devastating for Yuki to handle.
“Mayu—!!”
“Please, leave me alone. You have better things to do than to stay with a blind person…someone like me.”
She ran away this time and it’s impossible for Yuki to catch up with such an athletic girl like her. She only sighed and clutched her hands on top of her heart in pain. The more she saw Mayu agonized with pain…the more she felt a spear struck right into her heart. She just felt so helpless to help her, after Mayu had did so many things for her…and saved her life.
“Mayu…!”
The priest had caught up with Yuki and realized how things were proceeding. However, he seemed to have so much faith on Kashiwagi. He believed that if someone were to save Mayu from the curse she placed on herself…it would be Yuki. But to do so, she needed to know everything about Watanabe. He continued where he left off after Mayu had interrupted him.
“Normally people’s soul are born as a whole…but not Mayu. Talking in a spiritual way…and the only explanation that could be given was that she’s the one half of the original soul.”
“…Eh?”
Yuki turned around and saw the priest talking about this spiritual thing but she seemed to realize what he was trying to tell her. This topic was rather similar to the one she had in the forest with Mayu…regarding twin souls. How one single soul divided into two counterparts, and formed two different individuals.
“The ability of one whole were shared between two souls, and Mayu was one of the unfortunate cases that her light was stripped off from her.”
“…”
“In this world, no one has the same aura, even when you’re biological-related. But twin souls are exceptions…they have the same exact aura because they’re a part of the single soul. Most common phenomenon is that they feel perfectly complete with one another as if two puzzles were meant to fit together.”
Yuki’s eyes slowly grew wide with shock with that explanation from the priest. She remained in silence while he only smiled to her. It seemed her had triggered something within Kashiwagi and he realize that his mission was complete. It was about time he should step out and let things flow in a way it should be happening. The faith and future could only be decided by both of them.
“…I hope you will find your answer. You do have a dexterous vision since your born, you’ll find her.”
“W-Wait how did you—”
“ One will have one thing…while their counterpart doesn’t. Just like twins, they always have to share things between the two of them after all. When that person is sad…you’re sad too. The closer the twins become the more feelings they shared between the two.”
“…!”
“…Mayu always go to her usual spot at the beach down the street towards the forest whenever she needs to be alone, and felt lonely.”
The priest gave her a hint where she could find Watanabe; she took a deep breath and seemed to make up her mind on something. However, before she left she turned back to the priest to make some firm declaration. After all, she’s not raised to be a spiritual person.
“Technically I’m not such a spiritual person. I don’t believe in wishing upon the stars and many things…I don’t pray for things to happen. I rather choose to make that miracle happen myself.”
The priest chuckled and smiled with relief. Yuki didn’t understand why but it seemed her answer truly impressed him more than enough. He smiled to send Kashiwagi off from the shrine to let her create the miracle with her own hands. As he watched Yuki disappeared from a distance away…he watched closely of her aura once again. It was such a pure white radiating snowflakes emitting out as she ran. Such a beautiful aura and very unique, just like the child he had been taken care of for the last 20 years on this island.
-
Yuki kept walking own the streets and scanned around the area looking for this short girl in white long sleeve shirt. She had been asking villagers that she met regarding whether they saw Watanabe or not. Sadly, most of them didn’t see her at all. She checked her cellphone and it was late 4pm already…it had been 3 hours ever since she came out from the hotel to look for Mayu. But she won’t give up yet…not at this place, not at this time.
“Mayu…where are you?”
For some reason, as she kept thinking about Mayu, she had recalled moments that they were together. The moments that she was actually happy to be with her…it was the happiness she received ever since she stepped onto this island.
-///-
“…What are you doing?”
Her voice caught Mayu’s attention and she turned around to look up at Kashiwagi. She beamed her smile with such innocence while the puppy was barking energetically at her.
“Yukirin~ want to play with Hachi?”
“Hachi?”
“This little girl’s name! She’s so energetic and lively.”
Yuki slowly crouched down and Mayu passed her the puppy. She barked at her and cuddling into Kashiwagi’s arms happily. It had been a long while she had a pet and had hold onto one. She left a smile of relief and ruffled the little puppy’s head with content. Before she realized it again, Yuki could see Mayu staring at her with that huge smile across her face and it made her blushed awkwardly.
“…W-What?”
“I’m glad you’re happy now. Have anyone told you before that you’re so pretty?”
She blushed instantly as she never received such a compliment like this from anymore before. Also, when those words uttered from Mayu’s lips, she completely believed in it and didn’t had a second thought that it would be just a lie or lip service. Mayu tilted her head in an angle slightly with curiosity while her eyes were set upon Yuki.
“Eh~ Now you’re pink…”
“S-Shush!!”
“Ah! It’s getting red now.”
“Shut up Mayu!”
“Haha~ Yukirin you’re so funny!”-///-
Mayu could only see colors…she couldn’t see how Yuki looked like and she never could see her blushed at the first place. Her aura color changes as her emotion changed. That was the reason why Mayu always said things as colors instead of its appearance. At first Yuki were to believe that she had mental disability, but Mayu was never one in the first place…it just made her felt so guilty she thought of that.
“Ugh…Where could you be!? That idiot…!”
The time was running out for Yuki and she didn’t want things to end like this. She actually ran this time and ignored the pain on her foot from the blisters. She threw her glances around and hoped that each time she would see Mayu. Ever second that ticked by, she prayed that she would find her before sunset.
-///-
“It really did exist? Those kind of super powers…”
“It is your choice to believe in it or not. It can be the truth in my world, but not in your world.”
“Huh?”
“…Aside from the head priest of this temple, no one can see the world I see. So the truth of my world will never be the same as your world. You can say like we live in two different worlds as well.”-///-
The world that Mayu could see…what she said back then made sense even more right now. Those words just made her felt that she was just so far apart from Mayu no matter what. She didn’t want to live in two different worlds from her. It just sounded so lonely when she said that, and she didn’t want that to become the truth between the two of them.
“…She can really be an idiot. Acting so naïve and hopeful, but deep down just so hopeless to deal with her issues.”
Yuki sighed and kept on searching for Mayu non-stop. She glanced at her cellphone again and it was 5pm. Time was elapsing and it showed no mercy on her at all. She started to get frustrated and felt hopeless with finding Mayu at this stage. However, whenever she thought of her…it somewhat gave her a push to go on. It gave her the strength to pursue on.
“I still need to give her a slap…that idiot…!”
-///-
She looked out from the cave and the sky was purely red from the sun setting. Memories before the blackout started to return back to her. She was falling down the steep hill and the second thing she realized was that she was in Mayu’s arms…in the cave…in the forest. However there was something missing from the puzzle.
“How did you…?”
“I came here to take you back. That’s quite reckless to jump off from the hill.”
“W-Wait what!? You jumped down!?”
“If not then how am I suppose to find you?”
“Are you nuts!? You can die!!”
“You can DIE too!!! Do you know how much I—!!”
That was the first time Yuki heard Mayu raised her voice up like this. The youngster flinched as she realized that she was losing her control. She looked away and leaned back against the wall of the cave.-///-
The night Mayu selflessly acted to save her. This time, it was her turn to save the idiot Watanabe as well. She didn’t have a second thought and kept running. She didn’t hesitate to stop and return back to her hotel as if nothing happened, Yuki kept on moving forward and bet on that dimmed light called hope.
“Mayu…please…where are you…?”
Despite Mayu was injured, she still found Yuki in the end. This time, even her blister popped and it would bleed, she couldn’t care less until she found Mayu. She knew if she stopped her she would be regretting for the rest of her life. Each step was just so painful, but she kept on going…with each hope in every step she made.
-///-
“Jeez…you’re so childish.”
“Being too serious is not my style.”
She chuckled back and splashed water right into Yuki’s face without any notice. That caused Yuki to stumble slightly from the water splashed against her face. After that she heard the laugh from Watanabe, she took her revenge this time and tried to tickle her on the hips. Surprisingly she landed on the bull’s eye, it worked effectively that she thought.
“W-Whaaahahahahahahahaha!!!! S-Stop!!”
It worked more than enough and Yuki found it very addictive. Mayu had been bullying her for the whole day already and it was her time to enjoy the taste of revenge. She smirked and kept tickling the shorter girl’s waist, while she was struggling so bad to move away.
“Waaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh~!!!! Oh no p-p-please stop! I can’t breath—!”
“You deserve this after you threw me into the water without saying anything!”
“Bwahahahah!! Y-Yukirin! Sorry! Please stop—AHAHAHAHAHHA!!!”
As Mayu tried to push away, Yuki followed her immediately but she wasn’t stepping on the floor properly. She stepped on a slippery rock and accidently fell forwards towards Mayu, crashing against her roughly and drowning both of them together despite it was such a shallow river. Mayu pushed herself up from the river so to take a gasp of fresh air.
“#$%^&--Bwaaaaaah—!! Yukirin are you alright??”
“Ugh!! Dammit that stupid rock I stepped on—!”
The moment Yuki pushed her head out from the water and looked up, the first thing she saw was Mayu’s closed up face, just only few inches apart. The water dripping down the older one’s jawline and the tip of her hair, those innocent brown orbs staring towards her…Yuki couldn’t help for her face to heat up instantly. Her body had a full-blown contact with Mayu’s underneath the water as she was literally on top of the older Watanabe. She was stunned and no words could come out.
“Y-Yukirin…?”-///-
She clutched her hand right on top of her heart as she felt the throbbing pain. As she remembered that moment yesterday, she couldn’t help for her face to redden and heating up. Then suddenly, she came down to this familiar path…it was the same path she had came to first day while dazing off alone until she had met with Watanabe for the first time.
“W-Wait a minute don’t tell me—”
That was when she remembered what the priest told her. The path along the beach towards the forest…She remembered the path she used was also heading towards the forest. At that beach, at that place, was the place she met with her for the first time. That second, she sprinted towards that beach she had gone to on that very first day she stepped on this island.
“Mayu…!”
She was about to arrive at that same spot but the sky was getting darker as well. The sky turned scarlet as the sun was about to set…it would be much harder to find Mayu if the sun had set down. But thankfully, she had arrived and witnessed that same scene she saw on the very first day here. Scanning around, she saw that familiar figure sitting alone at the beach…that messy hair and white long sleeve shirt…her mind just went blank and she yelled from the top of her lungs.
“MAYU!!!!”
“…!?”
That figure was stunned and turned to look at her. Their eyes met once again and Yuki was more than grateful that she finally found her…she finally had found Mayu once again. She really did bet on that dimmed hope and she won it. She grasped for it and she couldn’t explain this relief on her chest. However, the anger she had towards Mayu just came out as well.
“You IDIOT!”
“Y-Yukirin??”
“God dammit I’ve been looking for you for the whole village!!”
“Why are you—”
“I need to talk to you! You big idiot…!”
“W-Wait! Don’t step there—!”
It was too late for the warning. Yuki was just too thrilled to find Mayu once again; she stepped on the soft spot and slid down the hill. Watanabe was shocked, and she literally sprinted with all the strength she got to catch Yuki before she crash the ground.
“Y-Yuki!!!!”
~THUD~
Both of them landed on the sand below them and Mayu successfully caught Yuki right on time. She sighed with relief and returned back to her usual self…the selfless Mayu that deeply cared for Yuki. She could see those lively brown eyes and just so close to her face. She held tightly onto Mayu’s shirt while she was sitting in those strong warm arms.
“Oh god Yuki… Are you alright??”
“…Doesn't this bring back the time we first met?”
Yuki threw a question instead and it just made Mayu stunned. This was how they first met each other. Yuki landed into Mayu’s arms as she fell from the hill. However, another second later Kashiwagi gave Mayu a big slap in the face and literally paralyzed her cheek.
~SLAP~
“…O-Owww!”
“You IDIOT…do you know how much worry you’ve giving me?”
“…Y-Yukirin?”
“What color am I right now? …I’m sure you could tell.”
Mayu stared at Yuki and what she saw was this white snowflake aura texture tinged in blue…she realized the meaning of that color. The sign Yuki said something about seeing color showed that she knew about Mayu’s aura vision. It seemed there was nothing for Watanabe to hold back anymore.
“It’s…Blue.”
“So, what does it mean?”
“It’s a color that appears when one is…upset…or sad.”
“Glad that answers the question.”
“T-Then why are you—”
“It’s all your fault.”
“Huh?”
The second thing when Mayu realized was deep blue emitting from Yuki’s aura. That was one of the colors she hated to see the most…it deeply corresponds with the fact that one was crying. The proof that she could hear Yuki sniffed was more than enough to tell her. The second thing that happened was that Yuki was hugging her around the neck…tightly.
“Y-Yukirin…?”
“I hate it you’re messing up with me like this. Coming into my life when I don’t want you…and leave me when I wanted you here the most…”
“Ah…”
“What’s with this wanting to make me happy and smile!? Is that all a lie…?”
“NO!! It’s not—!”
Mayu yelled back and finally raised her voice out loud. She wrapped her arms around Yuki and hugged her back with this overwhelming feeling inside her chest…with her trembling body. It’s not only Yuki that was scared with this, Mayu shared the same pain as her…or maybe even worse.
“Yukirin I…I just…I’m scared. I’m really scared you’ll be disgusted about—”
“That you’re blind? I don’t give a crap of that!! You’re Mayu…it’s just simple as that. It doesn’t change the persistent naïve girl that kept nagging me all day.”
“Ouch…Haha…”
Yuki buried her face onto Mayu’s shoulder and held her tightly to feel the warmth from her body. She had to admit that she missed this warmth that comforted her heart and soul for the past two days together. She hadn’t stop crying and Mayu could feel her shoulders getting wet.
“Yukirin…please don’t cry. Seeing you sad just makes me sad too…”
“…Then you should understand my feelings too.”
“Huh?”
“I felt like shattering into pieces when I see you sad. It hurts…more than anything else to see you being insulted and pushing me away from you.”
“I…”
“Mayu, please tell me one thing.”
“Y-Yes…?”
“What do you think of me? What am I to you…?”
Mayu froze and had put a lot of thoughts into it. Ever since she met Yuki, her life changed from the living in the shadows of the world to living in the light filled with hope. She never have these feelings blooming inside her chest before. Every time she was with Yuki, she couldn’t explain this happiness at all. However, she also felt this tremendous pain when she thought about Yuki disappearing from her life…it’s just too terrifying.
“You’re…my life. I felt like you’re the missing part of me…just being with you makes me felt complete. I don’t know why…but you meant a lot to me.”
“…Then why did you leave me?”
“I-I…I’m scared. To imagine that you’ll be gone from here, from my life, by tomorrow just…t-terrified me so much…”
That moment, Yuki could feel a droplet of water against her shoulder. She pushed herself off and her eyes grew wide with misbelief. There were tears streaming down Mayu’s eyes…she was crying. She could feel Watanabe trembling even more while still holding onto her.
“Mayu you’re…”
“I-I’m scared of losing you…Just by being with you is just making me more attached to you…I rather die if you’ll be gone forever—”
“Don’t say like that!! I’ll hate you forever if you dare end your own life!!”
“A-Ahh…b-but…”
“…What?”
“…”
Mayu remained in silence and looked down onto the floor. It made Yuki very annoyed as well as upset with how she wasn’t telling her feelings to her. She grabbed onto Mayu tighter to have her attention. She needed to do something to make a break through between her and the short Watanabe.
“Say it…don’t hide it.”
“But…”
“Mayu, please.”
Watanabe held tightly onto Yuki, but still avoided making an eye contact with her due to this accumulating depression inside her void heart. She never experienced such a thing that could grant both utmost happiness and anxiety at the same time. It was just too much for her to handle.
“I’ve always wondered…life is always unfair to mom, neechan…and me…what would my life be worth…if I feel this empty as I’m a living corpse?”
Yuki remained in silence before she bit her lips. She gripped onto Mayu tightly before she continued where she left off. She could feel that heavy pain that Watanabe was carrying all alone without sharing with anyone. Hiding with her usual naïve smile and hoped to cheer herself up from the sad truth. She understood it very well…the pain of being alone for this entire time.
“I would want to die…if you die as well.”
“H-Huh!?”
Yuki bit her lips lightly before she stroked Mayu’s face gently with her hands. She finally revealed her smile after she had been crying out everything she had. How long had it been since she cried out and spoke out her feelings like this…that was when she reached the point of admitting herself to what her heart had been trying to persuade her. She needed to admit it before it would be too late.
“You don’t want that to happen too…right?”
“O-Of course! I…!”
“I felt the same…so please don’t say something scary like that…. When you’re happy, I’m happy too…when you’re sad, I’m sad too…when you want to cry, I feel like breaking into pieces.”
Yuki shifted her position and pulled Mayu in closely for a hug before she gently stroked her head with her heart beating loudly and clearly against her ribs. Despite such a serious talk they were having…Yuki couldn’t help but to throw such a question out to clear her clarification.
“…Do you hate me?”
“N-No way! Never ever I will—!”
She smiled to herself and finally sighed once again. She didn’t say anything back and slowly let go of Mayu. She looked into those beautiful eyes that were staring at her. Watanabe must’ve tried very hard to learn how to look into people’s eyes while talking despite she couldn’t see a thing.
“…Then why did you push me away? And ran away from me?”
Mayu bit her lips as if she was about to reach her limits. She was having a hard time controlling her breath while she tried her best to reply to Yuki…she wanted to control the words coming out from her lips, but it seemed her feelings were too overwhelming to be stopped.
“… Being with you just made me felt like I’m blessed to be alive. I can only feel this complete happiness…just by being with you. However, the fact you’ll be gone just killed me.”
“Mayu…”
“To be honest, I want to hold you back and tell you not to leave me…I want you to with you forever, b-because I lo—”
“Stop.”
Yuki stopped her and shook her head why she felt more tears streaming down her cheeks. Just as much she wanted to hear, she didn’t wish to do so. It would be unbearable for her…It would be too painful for her right now.
“Just not now, please…”
“Yukirin…”
“If I know your feelings…then I-I won’t be able to leave here.”
The sad truth had returned that Yuki would be departing tomorrow back to Tokyo. How knew when would be the 2nd time she would come here again. No one knew… it seemed this truth had scarred both Mayu and Yuki’s heart. However, it didn’t make the naïve Watanabe gave up. She stood up on her ground, carried Yuki up in her arms and walked towards the beach.
“M-Mayu what are you—”
“Yukirin.”
“…?”
“Didn’t you want to come to the beach?”
That statement was the same exact statement that Mayu said to her on the very first day here. That smile from her told Yuki many things. It seemed she realized what the shorter girl wanted to do and she went with the flow. She leaned against Mayu’s shoulder and nodded softly before replying back.
“…Yes.”
As Yuki hugged her back, her heart just felt like shooting out from her chest. Mayu was completely blushing and held the one she cherished tightly as if there was no tomorrow anymore. They sky was getting darker and both of them just spent their day together…down at the beach.
-
The 4th day of the festival…the sky was completely covered with stars and tomorrow would be the day that students from Tokyo would return back home. Both of them were sitting by each other’s side at the beach while staring out at the ocean as well as the sea of stars above its horizon. Holding each other’s hand tightly, Yuki was leaning onto Mayu’s chest while sitting in between her legs. She had complete full contact with the older one’s warm body.
“…How does the sky look like to you?”
Yuki asked out of blue while Mayu stared up into the sky and gazed upon the beautiful scenery via the world she could only see. Specks of lights scattered across the darkness and the dimmed radiated sea green aura from the ocean floor. How sadly Mayu didn’t know what kind of scenery Yuki was seeing…however, she wished she could watch the same thing together with her.
“…Lights everywhere across the dark sky…it was like a black oceans filled with stars above us.”
“Heh, that sounds like what I see too.”
Yuki rested her head against Mayu’s neck and she could feel the older one’s hand clutched tighter to grab her attention. She placed her chin down onto Yuki’s head and felt her warmth coming from her body despite Watanabe was like a heater.
“I really wish…I could see how you look like.”
“…”
“I wish I could see your eyes…it must be beautiful and so pure.”
Slowly, Yuki backed away and rotated so she was facing Mayu directly and closely. She knew what seemed to be bothering the older one and it was the same old issue regarding her disability and her differences with everyone.
“Mayu.”
“I wish I could see what you’re seeing right now.”
“Idiot, I’m seeing you right now.”
Looking at each other while holding hands tightly. The young raven-haired gently brought another hand up and stroked her cheeks gently with tender. That permanent scar on Mayu’s heart due to her traumatized past, at last Yuki was able to feel it and reach down to her.
“But I don’t even know how I look like—”
“Shh, does it matter?”
“B-But—”
“What really matters…is that you found me…and gave me hope.”
“Yukirin I-I want to tell you—”
She covered Mayu’s lips with her hands immediately. She shook her head with denial for what Watanabe wanted to do. She slowly let go and it seemed her thoughts were passed on to her. It’s the forbidden word between the two, and Yuki doubt she would be able to leave after Mayu told her feelings.
“No matter what…please…don’t say it.”
“Yukirin…”
“It will just make it too hard for me to leave here.”
Both of them remained in silence and Mayu just cupped Yuki’s cheeks before pulling her in closer…but she hesitated to make a move. That startled the young raven-haired with how things were about to happen but it didn’t. She knew what Mayu tried to do…she actually wanted the same thing, and it made her slightly sad when Watanabe retracted away.
“Mayu?”
“I-I…I’m sorry. I can’t do this right…?”
“…No. I know we both wanted this.”
Yuki snaked her hand to the back on Mayu’s neck and pulled herself in and closed the gap. Softly, slowly, and gently, Mayu seemed to know that this was coming and gradually closed her eyes to embrace that sweetness. She wrapped her arms around Yuki’s hip while the younger raven-haired clutched her hands on Mayu’s shirt. Both of them felt each other’s lip and tongue against each other and it sent up sparks of pleasure all over their bodies. Slowly parted their lips away…their faces were just blushing so madly as it could become visible in such darkness.
“T-That was my first kiss…”
“…Me too.”
Mayu stumbled slightly as she was still trying to gather pieces of her mind back together after it shattered into thousands of bits from her kiss with Yuki. It was just too amazing it made her mind went blank. She wouldn’t be able to use her aura vision if she wasn’t completely mind blown…that was the first time that the complete darkness was just utterly sweet. Madly in love would be counted to have a similar effect as frustration…it did gave her multiple heart attacks.
“Truth is just horrible…isn’t?”
“…Yeah.”
Yuki replied as she rested her head onto Mayu’s shoulder while being embraced tightly. Even though Watanabe wanted to tell her feelings to Yuki no matter what…she knew that it would only bring more pain to her. The young raven-haired were afraid that she wouldn’t have the guts to leave here if Mayu said her feelings to her. The older one had become a part of Yuki’s life and heart.
“We can’t avoid it…can’t we?”
“…Yeah.”
Yuki understood Mayu’s main concern regarding her returning back to the mainland, but that wouldn’t let her give up with everything. However, before she could say anything, Mayu turned to her and held her hand closely to her chest. She decided to make a move and make the change; she didn’t want to wait any longer. If she wanted something, she needed to grasp for it.
“Will you wait for me?”
“Huh?”
“I want this to be my first…and last love.”
“M-Mayu…”
“By the way, can I just call you by your first name?”
“…You already insisted calling me Yukirin despite I didn’t want you to. Like I can stop you if you want to do so.”
Watanabe turned slightly redder and she gulped before calling her lover’s name on her first name instead. She loved the sound of that sweet name and it just made her heart race every time. She repeated that name within her heart as well as uttering out through her lips. She realized every time she called her name, Yuki’s color would turn pink and red, it meant that she loved it.
“…Yuki.”
The moment she heard her name uttered through those lips. She blushed madly and Mayu could obviously tell from her reaction from the aura emitted from her. She stared at Yuki’s color and she couldn’t help but to laugh out with how adorable she was, but it seemed to make her little princess mad.
“W-What are you laughing at!?”
“Because Yuki is just so adorable when she’s blushing…”
“You sneaky bastard.”
“Hehe~”
Both of them seemed to act the way were when they’re stuck in the forest together, just only the two of them in their world. Then again, looking up into the sky, Mayu seemed to have some thoughts running in her mind as if she was making a wish. While Yuki was watching her silently and hoped to not interrupt Mayu until she opened her eyes once again.
“You’re making a wish?”
“Actually, not this time.”
“Huh? No?”
“…Yeah. I think I want to do something more than that.”
Mayu cupped Yuki’s cheek and kissed her forehead tenderly with utmost love. Leaving the poor helpless raven-haired girl blushing like a tomato, she whispered against Yuki’s forehead with sincere. There was something she needed to ask her no matter what before Mayu could make any decisions. Even somehow she knew Yuki’s feelings from her aura, and from the kiss…she still needed to hear it with both of her ears. She wanted to know how Kashiwagi felt for her.
“Yuki…what am I to you?”
“…”
“I-I want to know how you felt…about me.”
It seemed it was Mayu’s turn to ask. However, Yuki was hesitated to say her feelings. She was afraid she would say too much and it would just make things much harder for both of them tomorrow. She bit her lips and controlled her feelings as much as she could. She only could hope that she would control herself until the very end.
“…Everything.”
“Huh?”
“I ran with my blistered foot for two hours to find that idiot. I cried when I found her. I’m happy to see her again. I’m petrified to think I’ll lose her forever…I felt complete being with her. I hate to admit that she meant everything to me…and that…I-I—”
“Yuki.”
Mayu bluntly interrupted her as she gripped her fingers tightly on her chest. Her heart was aching after hearing everything that the young rave-haired said. She knew that Yuki was referring to her…and it made her so happy, but at the same time…she understood why Yuki didn’t want her to tell her feelings. Yuki stopped as she realized she was going too far. She was about to reveal her feelings to Mayu and the older one shook her head softly with that painful smile on her face. She was actually happy to learn how their feelings reciprocate with one another…but they can’t.
“I guess I understood how what you meant…I wouldn’t allow myself to let you go tomorrow if you say it too. I would cry so badly.”
“…”
“That’s why, please wait for me. When I’m ready…when we’re ready…then we’ll be able to say it without a problem like this, right?”
“M-Mayu—”
“But still…I’ll be scared. If you find someone that could take care of you better than me, then I’ll—”
“Stop being pessimistic, could you?? At times like this…”
“S-Sorry.”
“…But that’s my worry too. That you will meet someone better.”
Both of them remained in silence and felt this fear of losing each other once again. However, Watanabe held her hand and felt each other’s warmth. She slowly traced her fingers on top of Yuki’s lips before she dove her head in to close the gap. Yuki accepted the kiss and it gradually went along with the flow. Holding onto each other tightly while their lips were intact on one another and felt blessed every second they felt each other’s feelings. Until they were about to lose their breath…both slowly parted away while breath against each other’s lips.
“When we’re ready…I’ll confess my feelings for you. I’ll make that miracle happen so…please trust me.”
“You idiot. You always make a miracle happen ever since you just barged straight into my life like a boar.”
“Pftt—Hahaha~ Do I look like a boar?”
“It’s a metaphor! Jeez Mayu!?”
“Hahahaha~ Teasing you is just so fun.”
“I’ll tickle you to death.”
“W-Wait I’m sorry! Please mercy me~!”
“Pft! You idiot…”
“Hehe~”
Mayu was let loose and laughed out, and seeing her expression just made Yuki smiled out as well. It seemed their kiss told each other many things instead of words. In the end, they didn’t tell how they felt for each other and wished for the day that they were ready to come. The day they could tell their feelings for one another without having to carry this fear on their shoulders. They still stayed down at the beach for almost half of the night together without anyone interrupting them. Yuki lied down in Mayu’s arms while intertwined their fingers. Enjoying ever second accompanying each other before they wouldn’t have the time to do so…time was sure merciless on them…it never wait for anyone.
…Just 1 more day left…-
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~XXX~