From the novel, Kagerou Days III -the children reason- chapter: Children Record 2 (the final bit of it) "U, AAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!" "UWAAAAAAAAAHHH???!!!" . "y-y-y-y-you scared me to death! What’s wrong?!" My vision suddenly became bright, the basement view I saw back then, showed out without any changes. As I turned my head, I saw Momo looking at me with a worried face, with her hand on the dartboard-shaped switch. "Ahh, it’s you. N-nothing. Just had a nightmare" "w-what kind of dream…… you don’t look well you know?" Momo worriedly ran towards me, and stared at my face. "I told you it’s nothing. Anyway what about you, what’s wrong? I thought you slept" "Eh? Nothing, just kinda woke up…….. so I thought maybe I can check out that kid’s condition or whatever~ like that" Momo laughed in such a manner like she was sorry for waking me up. "……. I see. But I didn’t wake up because of you so don’t worry" "uu~mm. But we had a lot of activities yesterday and today, so Brother is pretty tired right. Take a good rest okay?" "I will…… ahh, anyway" . As I said I stood up from the sofa, and looked down and directly into Momo, who was blushing. "w-what……? What’s the matter Brother……." "Why, are you doing this?" Facing my question, Momo gave an anxious and scared look. "e-eehhh………. i don’t know what do you mean………" Forming a clear difference with me who didn’t move my sight, Momo couldn’t resist to move her sight towards the floor. "Once Momo sleeps even if you use an iron to pry her she’ll not wake up. So it’s pretty tiresome. Also, Momo had an argument with Hibiya. I don’t think she’ll be worried about him that she’ll check out on him. Plus….." When I said till here, Momo was completely speechless. Perhaps because she was staring at the floor, I couldn’t look at her expression. . . "Momo calls me ‘onii-chan’, KANO" . (((((6010: the “Brother” that fake Momo calls here is Nii-chan, but real Momo calls Shintaro Onii-chan))))) . . Just a moment the air wobbled, and the next moment Kano stood there, with his silly smile that was always same as day, looked at me. . "………iyaa~, you’re really interesting, Shintaro-kun. Fantastic" "Thank you. Now, let’s hear from you. Why did you purposely disguised as Momo during such midnight" With such attitude that he wouldn’t take a step back even facing me, Kano’s expression didn’t change at all, and he still had his sly grin on his face. "Haha, I’m kinda being hated huh. But there’s no way you won’t, after all it was your very important little sister being disguised……… right?" Kano blinked his eyes, with such a manner as if he thinks I’m stupid. It wasn’t just a prank that Ene will usually do to me, but it was like, molesting the most sensitive part of a person that no one will ever want to touch it, filled with such ugly attitude. "Not really because of that. Why did you disguised as someone else when you are at YOUR home. I want you to clearly explain that reason" "Mm~ hmm. Of course I was doing something that benefits me. However, what will happen if I say out the reason? After knowing the reason, what will Shintaro-kun do huh" Kano suddenly swiftly turned his body, facing his back to me, with his hands wide opened. "Because isn’t this strange. I’ll only become energetic at this kind of time. Am I forgetting some, IMPORTANT THINGS~ as I was thinking about that" As Kano remained his pose I couldn’t read his expression. However, the difference is, those words were like looking deeply through my heart, tightly reined my chest. . "…….. what do you wanna say" . "Mmm~? oh nope nope, I mean it literally. Shintaro-kun you arr~ee, showing a face that you almost forgot about something important you know" . . Suddenly the bulb above Kano started to flicker. And every time it flickered it was like a flash, as it flickered at Kano’s back. "WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT……!" "Ah~ bingo? How frustrating, this is getting exciting. Seems that you really forgot about that, Shintaro-kun" Facing Kano’s manner, my anger reached the boiling point. . "I SAID I DIDN’T FORGET ABOUT ANYTHING!!!!!!" As I said that I grabbed Kano, forcing him to turn towards me, just at that moment the bulb fiercely flashed a while. . . The next moment, my loud-thumping heart, was crushed into dust. . . . . . "THEN, WHY, DIDN’T YOU SAVE ME?" . . . . Shoulder-length black hair, with red scarf like it was burning. With a smile that I will never mistaken it, Ayano appeared right there. . . "a- AAHH…………." My legs started to tremble, as if I was going to fall. My mind gave up comprehending the situation, and my mouth spilled out sounds that couldn’t form a sentence. "Hey. Answer me Shintaro. Or is it that, you forgot about me?" Ayano’s face suddenly approached with a lifeless smile, her eyes staring at me like artifacts without gloss, I couldn’t even breathe at all. . . . "n-NO…….. I……………" . . Till now, those thoughts that I was thinking for years were trying to spill out, but I couldn’t turn them into words, in the end I couldn’t say anything. . Ayano, didn’t wait for me. Just like that day, I couldn’t tell her anything. . . "Fine. Goodbye, Shintaro. Be happy" . The next moment all the bulbs in the room went off, after a moment of darkness, when it became bright again Ayano disappeared in front of me. . . My legs suddenly became unstable, and I kneel on the ground. Supporting my body with my trembling hands on the floor, as if something had burst out, big teardrops spilled out and fell. . As if induced, my refrained feeling one by one spilled out, my body couldn’t move at all. . . ………… is this a punishment. Is this a punishment for me, who didn’t listen to that person and couldn’t lend a hand. . . "I’m sorry…………. i’m sorry………………………" . . That word that I finally spoke out, quietly echoed in the room, and unknowingly, quietly disappeared.
Posted on: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 02:29:35 +0000