Iyo
Stories 8
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Reading 3 d, 17 h
December. The season had changed to winter. Suzuno insisted that we couldn’t risk catching a cold with the entrance exams coming around the corner, so we temporarily stopped our morning routine. In exchange, we studied together after school in the library. Save for the day when she had a club activity, Suzuno would stop by the library and skim over the textbooks and study for the exam, even though she didn’t need to. “If I don’t study, my grades won’t improve and I won’t get smarter. I…- 51.5 K • Ongoing
October. Momo-chan’s social media went ‘viral.’ “Look, look!” Momo-chan said as she proudly held up the screen of her phone. On it was a picture of Suzuno smiling shyly, with the autumn leaves visible in the background. The three of us (me, Suzuno, Motoyama) took a look at the picture. “Amazing, it looks like a pro’s work.” “Natsuhara-san is so pretty!” “Right?! Look at the other ones!” As she scrolled down the screen, more pictures of Suzuno appeared. Her…- 51.5 K • Ongoing
- July. My parents bought me a phone. They were worried that I might come home late from cram school, so they practically forced me to get one. I felt bad, but the phone gave me a breath of fresh air. Every night, before I fell asleep, I exchanged ‘Good night’ with Suzuno. And whenever we woke up in the morning, we exchanged ‘Good morning.’ Our new routine made me happy. * * * August, summer vacation. I devoted myself to studying for the high school entrance exam. Suzuno had already been…
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- With that, we returned to our old routine. Meeting in the morning, going to school after Suzuno had finished her breakfast, the usual. Except for one thing. “Oh! Finally you guys made up!” When we entered the classroom together, Motoyama was the first person who called out to us. He approached us without any hesitation in his steps. Yes. We decided to go to school together. I didn’t need to hide the fact that I was going out with Suzuno anymore. Also, I didn’t need to be afraid of death…
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- When I woke up the next morning, I laid half awake on my bed, looking around absent-mindedly. My study desk, bookshelves, closet, the dark blue curtain, and the coffee stain on the carpet. Realistically speaking, nothing should’ve changed from yesterday, but somehow everything looked more distinct. It felt like I was living in an entirely different world from yesterday. Even my breathing felt light. Just like what Suzuno told me yesterday. It felt like I was reborn. * * * After I left…
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- I had told Suzuno everything. The fate given to me by the shinigami. What waited for us in our future; either her death or mine. There was no third option. But Suzuno wasn’t afraid. “If you tell a girl, ‘You’re going to die soon,’ she’d just try to live as long as possible instead.” On our way home from Futako-Tamagawa Park, she said that to me with a triumphant expression. I held her hand tightly and swore to myself that I’d never let it go. “I know. But, still,…
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- Tears fell off Suzuno’s cheek, passing through the warm smile she showed me. “Jeez, when you said you have something important to tell me, I thought you were gonna dump me.” “Huh?” She wiped her tears before sipping her latte. “Ah, the ice melted already. It’s still tasty though… Maybe because all my anxieties are gone?” “...Why?” Why are you smiling like that? “If I can’t protect you, you’ll die, you know? Aren’t you scared after hearing that? …Or maybe…
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- It was the day after we returned from Kyoto. We were currently at Futako-Tamagawa Park. As the rainy season was about to end, the sky was clear without clouds. It was a gentle afternoon that heralded the end of the spring. “‘I’ve been looking for you even before I met you,’ I told you this when we first talked, right?” I took a slow, deep breath before I began to speak. “Back when I was a kid, my mom killed me. I came back to life just to save you.” Suzuno and I were at a coffee…
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- My thoughts turned into a mess as it failed to catch the meaning of Suzuno’s words. “Huh? Huhh??” Aren’t we already dating? I confessed my feelings to her back on the last day of the festival last year. She happily accepted it. “Are we…not…lovers already?” I was panicking, but Suzuno’s gaze was firm and unmoving. “It should be that way, but that only happened because I forced you to confess your feelings to me back on the day of the festival, Yamaoka-kun. You became my…
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- We both ran toward the shrine while soaking wet. Eventually, we reached one of the shrine buildings. There were many tourists here, already taking shelter from the rain. I couldn’t see any sign of Motoyama. Suzuno and I ducked into one of the corners of the building, where there were fewer people around. After brushing off some of the raindrops on our skin and wiping the water off our foreheads, we started checking on our belongings. “Ugh, it’s soaking wet. I hope my phone is…
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