When I opened my eyes, the earthquake had stopped. I'm laying on the ground surrounded by building debris that falls off the roof. I've been out for hours I think, because it was dark, the sky was dark. My body aches so much that I can't stand up, I think this is the end for me……
I still have regrets, a lot of regrets, I want to redo all of it, god please help me. I closed my eyes, hoping for a miracle to happen, but before I knew it, I fell asleep. My sleep was distrubed by loud noise, “ even on my death, someone still bothers me huh”. The rocks above me start to move, lights go through and I hear someone calling “IS THERE ANY SURVIVOR?, PLEASE REPLY WITH ANY SIGN IF YOU CAN”. huh, it's not the end after all?.
“ h-h-here….” my faint voice try to reach theirs
“ HEY THERE'S SURVIVOR HERE, BRING THE TOOLS QUICK”
They grabbed my hand, and they rescued me, it feels like a dream…..wait.
Am I still dreaming? It hurts, I can feel the pain, there's no way that this is a dream...how do I get back to the present time, there must be a clue….
So long story short, I ended up in hospital, and became inpatient for at least a week. My school was partly destroyed, and strangely the only victim was me. My dad and my mom treat me for a whole week in the hospital, my friend Ryo and the class rep honoka come to visit me, and after a week the doctor does an examination on me just to make sure i can do essential things on my own, like walkin. First it's not easy, it's like my limbs are really fragile. I need crutches to walk, but after a rehabilitation programme for the whole week.
After a week, I started to go to school escorted by my parents, because I can't ride my bike. I can walk by myself but that's it, I am still unable to run fast or even jump because I feel something would go terribly wrong if I did that. When in class, ryo occasionally visits me to ask how am i doing, and i'm doing great, no major injuries that cause permanent disability, i'm really glad. Honoka the class rep also ask how am i doing and she seems nicer than before, before she was acting cold towards me, but glad she changed. And my classmates also ask how my injuries are. It's not as bad as they think, I'm just unable to run and jump for now...the doctor said that the full recovery would take up to six months or even faster depending on how my body heals.
Because of the disaster of the past weeks, our class had to be separated in shifts. And because of my injuries, I can't attend PE class for now, and when they go outside to the field, I just sit in class and watch them during PE. I get bored easily, there's nothing I can do besides read books and learn. I decided to go to buy some drink on vending machine, but stupid me, i forgot my wallet when i already in front of the vending machine. So I went back, but before I arrived, from the end of the hallway, I saw a girl entering my classroom, and as far as I remember, there's no other person who skipped PE class beside me. Without thinking thoroughly i decided to sneak on her, i see her standing right in front of my desk,
“What is she doing? Does she plan to prank me?” At least that's what I thought. I see her reaching up my bag, but before she gets to open my bag, i yelled at her,
“HEY! What are you doing?”, she stopped, and she seemed surprised because she's not saying a single word. I don't know why but i felt bad.... After a quiet pause, she said “haru wasn't it?”....
“Yes, and you are?”
“Shiira, im shiira i'm pretty sure we've met before.”
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And suddenly a flashback hits me, a flashback where there's a girl who gets raped and killed, the time where I dream and skipped 2 years of my life, the day where I met shiira san at the park and took her dairy home, that's right the dairy!. Shiira san really held that dairy dear, and I promised her to not open it up but I did, I broke her promise… I couldn't respond to her properly, but suddenly…
“It’s no problem haru, i know i should not believe in stranger after all, it's not entirely your fault”
What is she talking about? I don't understand, so i ask
“Shiira-san, am i dreaming”
“Why are you thinking like that?”
“Because it supposed to be 2019 this year, and i supposed to be a first year, and we just met like two weeks ago”
“Yeah, i don't know is it either our past or our future, but what i know is, i want to go back to the present time and live normally”
“Shiira-san, i'm sorry to ask this but there's a rumour that you've been kidnapped and raped, they even found a body under the bridge near school….is that really what happened?”
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Why is she not responding to my question? Why does she remain silent? Is she hiding something from me? I couldn't tell by looking at her back, so I grabbed her shoulder and pulled her toward me, but…
She's crying, so that's why she can't respond, she was holding her tears all this time, she's unable to talk with those tears all over her eyes… I don't know what to do, but to watch her cry like this makes me want to cry too, damnit. So unconsciously i hug her, and she starts to cry even louder, “shiira-san, if there's something you're hiding, maybe i can help with that i'm pretty sure we can solve this mystery together”
Her body is trembling with fear, i try to embrace her, but I don't know how.
“Im scared” she said it with her trembling voice,
“Of what?” i asked in hopes of getting an answer
“Time” she said
“Time?” i don't quite understand what she means by that….
“Don't worry shiira-san, we can go through this together, i also missed my ‘present’ time, i don't want to waste it in this place”
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Is it me or is the hug just a little longer than I expected??I'm okay though because her hair smells so good. Maybe just a little longer so that Shiira san can relax and we can figure this out together. After a while she let go of her hug, and as i see her face, she becomes red,
“What's going on?”i asked
“N-no, nothing!, anyway, we should act quick haru”
“Yes , I know, but do you have any plans?”
“The diary, do you know where it is?”
“Its, in my house, in my bedroom, it's safe, don't worry”
“Lets go to your house then”
“Now?”
“Yes”
Without any hesitation I agreed with her, so I packed my bag and went back to my house. When I arrived at my house, my parents were still at work so we were alone.
Wait, now that I think about it, Shiira is a really pretty girl, and now I'm alone in my house, and to think we are going to my bedroom, what is the right thing to do here? I have never brought a girl home before, this is my first time, I'm getting nervous for real.
“Shiira-san, would you like a drink? Tea or juice perhaps?”
“Just shiira is fine, and tea is ok”
“Alright i'll be right back”
When I prepared the drink, my thoughts went wild. Is my bedroom messy? Does it smell bad? Or is there anything strange with my bedroom? I don't want shiira-san to have a bad impression of me.
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