・・・ vii ・・・
There were snowflakes falling outside the window.
Gentle.
Quiet.
Harmless.
They descended towards the ground,
basking it in a fragile white.
Throughout the entire afternoon, all he did was stare outside.
He did not even pretend to take notes of the lecture.
Either way, it was useless.
He couldn't hear anything.
The world today sounded too faint.
So instead, he thought about a lot of things.
About himself and what he was doing.
About Rie who seemed so different and unreachable.
About the boy who suddenly appeared after he had decided that Ao didn't exist.
He closed his eyes.
Then, he thought of nothing at all.
Somehow there was a horrible feeling rising from his chest.
・・・ viii ・・・
When classes ended, he remained in the classroom until he was the only one left.
He stared outside.
He wondered if Rie was still waiting for him.
Knowing her, she probably was.
For a moment, he was tempted to stay. To let her leave thinking he had left her behind.
"That's the better choice."
Yet, somehow, he hesitated.
Before, it wasn't like this.
Before, he would have never have any second thoughts.
Why?
Why?
Why?
Why?
Why?
・・・ ix ・・・
He knew why.
Only, he couldn't admit it to himself.
"..."
Ever since Rie had started to talk him,
ever since Rie had started to approach him,
ever since Rie had decided to help him,
somehow,
surely,
she had changed him into a different person.
This was a truth that he refused to say aloud.
"But still, it's an undeniable truth."
It was.
He knew this deeply.
But whether or not it was something good or bad, I still don't know.
Ah...
Maybe I don't want to.
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re:Happiness | Cell Phone Novel
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