Ok, I got permission from damn unique to continue 'One Day'. Here is one version of it. The other versions will be out soon and I'll update 'Atarashi' and 'Natsuki's Reality' as soon as soon as I can.
Natsuki stood at the cliffs right at where her mother and Duran died. The sun is already setting and there's still no sign of the person she wanted to see. Shizuru, do you not want to see me so badly? Or do you hate me so much?
"Do you hate me that much?" Shizuru's voice echoed in her head.
Natsuki looked up at the setting sun. Mother, Duran, please wait for me. I promise, it won't be long before I see you again.
It's been an hour since the sun set. Natsuki continued to wait at the cliff, unknown to her, Shizuru was having fun with her daughter and Masashi. She thought back to the carnival. Akane lost Kazuya, Akira lost Takumi, Mai lost Mikoto, Takumi and Tate, Shiho lost Tate, Yukariko lost Ishigami, Yukino lost Haruka, Midori lost Sasaki, but if there is another carnival now she'd lost Yohko, Nao lost her mother, Fumi was controlled, Shizuru lost me and I lost her. I won't lose you again, Shizuru, but if you really don't want to see me, I'm fine with that too.
Natsuki glanced at her watch. It read 11.59. The seconds are slowly ticking away. It's almost time. If she doesn't appear, I guess I really have to give up. She looked at her watch again and did a mental countdown. 10…9…8…7…6… She placed her leg on the railing and leaned forward. 5…4…3…2…1… and right as she reached 0, Natsuki jumped. I'm sorry, Shizuru. She thought just as she was falling. With just that one leap off the cliff, Kuga Natsuki was no more.
Shizuru gripped the newspaper tightly, her eyes wide. She dropped the tea cup she was holding and instantly worried her daughter and Masashi, who immediately asked her if she was alright. She quickly told them she was alright and excused herself from the table and carrying the newspaper, she went into her room where she immediately locked the door and sat down on her bed, still not believing what she had just read. On the newspaper beside her, the picture of a girl with midnight blue hair and emerald green eyes stared at her and the short article read:
Girl's dead body found in the sea.
At about 3 am this morning, a passerby found a girl's body in the sea and he immediately called the police. After the police retrieved the body, she was confirmed to be dead for three hours and identified as Kuga Natsuki. After searching the body, a letter in a zipped tight Ziploc bag was found and it is addressed strictly to Fujino Shizuru. What is Kuga-san's relationship with Fujino-san? We have no idea. The letter will be given personally to Fujino-san and as for Kuga-san, she has no family or relatives and as usual for people who have no family or relatives, there will be a funeral for her and of course, anybody is free to come.
Tears streamed down Shizuru's cheeks. Natsuki, why didn't you tell me? Was this what you've been doing since the last time I met you? Planning your death? You're so mean, Natsuki! Suddenly, there was a knock on her door.
"Honey, there's a mailman at the door who says he has a letter that he wants to give to you personally." Masashi's voice rang out.
"I'm coming, Masashi-darling. Wait for a moment." Shizuru answered back and rubbed away her tears before going out. After she got the letter, she thanked the mailman and immediately returned to her room and locked the door again. As she scanned through the letter, tears fell once again.
Shizuru, I know, you're mad at me because you never came but please, hear me out. I had rejected your love when I still had the chance to return it. But now, I had lost that chance. So I've decided to ask you for one more chance. I waited at the cliffs but you never came, so I suppose, you probably hate me now. I'm going to join my mother and Duran now, so I thought that maybe I should tell you this. I know that it's probably too late to say this but, Shizuru, I love you and always will love you. I realized my love for you too late but I'm not going to ask you to forgive me 'cause I don't deserved to be forgiven. I had hurt you so badly and it's too late to make amends now. I just wish for you to be happy with your current life and live your life to its fullest.
Love,
Natsuki
PS: I'll always be watching over you with Duran and my mom.
Shizuru folded the letter carefully and kept it in her drawer. Then, she wiped away her tears. I'll come, Natsuki, to see you off. But I didn't hear anything about meeting her at the cliffs. I'll go ask Masashi.
"Masashi-darling, have you seen a letter addressed to me before?" Shizuru asked.
"I-I don't know anything about a letter!" Masashi stuttered.
"I don't believe you. You're panicking. You've seen it, right?"
"N-no! I haven't!"
"Stop lying! Tell me the truth!" Masashi lowered his head in defeat.
"Fine, I did."
"Where is it?"
"I ripped it up."
"You what!"
"I just didn't want you to leave me for that slut who wrote you the letter trying to take you away from us."
"Stop it! I will not tolerate any insults to Natsuki! I could've save her life if I had met her at the cliffs last night!"
"You can only save her life if you agree! If you had rejected her, she would still kill herself! What would you do then? Leave me and your daughter for that woman?"
"I'm going to divorce you. I have no intention on living my life with a man who is not honest, caused a life to be lost and not regret it! I'm taking our daughter with me."
With that, Shizuru went into her room and packed her things. Then she packed her daughter's things.
"Darling, come with me." Shizuru said to her daughter.
"Where are we going, mommy?"
"We're leaving this place."
"Why?"
"Just come, Chikane. From now on, you will live with mommy, ok?"
"What about daddy?"
"We won't be seeing him again. Let's go." Chikane slowly nodded and looked back at the house before entering the cab with Shizuru, leaving a stunned Masashi in the house.
This story probably sucked but yeah, I'm writing this because damn unique said that in the original ending, Natsuki killed herself. There will be another few more chapters and other different versions of 'One Day' which I am working on.
