CH 1 Yakusoku
Neo 2013 AD
"Tres bien!"
Hiromu dropped the coffee that he was drinking. He looked around at the open area in the plaza, only to find out that it was a puppet talking in French. He sighed in relief. Enter was eliminated, so was Messiah, he thought. Ryuji, Youko and himself are pursuing different things now. Ryuji designing mechas, Youko in Highschool and him in college.
The school bell rang. Youko hurried off to catch the bus. She missed it by a second. I was a better runner when I was in training and fighting off megazoids, she thought. She heard someone chuckled at the background. When she looked around, she saw Hiromu.
"Cut the sweets Youko!" Hiromu said
"Hmp!" Youko turned her back and walked swiftly away from him.
"Chotto chotto! Gomen!" Hiromu hurried to catch her. Youko was walking faster this time. Only to bump at her classmate who was waiting by the traffic light.
"Gomen Usami-san!" the boy said, his cheeks in crimson red.
Youko slightly bowed her head. She tried to walk again but the boy cornered him.
"Chotto matte kudasai! Ano—Usami-san!" handed him a beautifully wrapped box in yellow.
It was a box of sweets, with chocos, marshmallows and sweet bread—all Youko's favorites. The boy smiled again and ran away. Youko was sure that her suitor was strangely becoming a stalker. She pitied him, but was pretty sure she had nothing to reciprocate for him. She put the box in her bag and then continued walking at a different direction.
Hiromu saw the whole thing. He bit his lower lip while his face formed a scowl.
Youko reached the gate of her home, thanks to Ryuji who happened to see her walking to the next bus stop. Her morphin brace rang. Although they're not in mission anymore, she kept hers for old time sake. Plus Ryuji and Hiromu communicated her with the brace.
"Daijobou Youko-chan, I'll look for him if you want" Ryuji said through the brace
"Ryu-san!" she said, pissed, "It's not of my concern if that's what you think!"
She dismissed the call and studied her environment carefully. After a minute, she just sighed and went inside.
Youko didn't hear from Hiromu for the past few weeks. She feared (the thought) that Hiromu might have believed that she was really pissed at him for (objectively) criticizing her. Youko brushed away these thoughts. It's not of my concern, she said to herself.
Youko and her buddyroid Usada went to the amusement park for the weekend routine. She gives Usada plenty of trips to the amusement park for thanking the buddyroid for his help all these years.
They tried the ferris wheel and the merry go round. Usada was really enjoying himself that Youko let him ride both the attractions once more. She sat on a bench watching her buddyroid take another ride on the ferris wheel. Usada's so high already! she exclaimed, looking at the sky. Her smile was interrupted by a small plane with a message on its tail:
IT'S A PROMISE.
She knew that phrase by heart. Her thoughts whirred of the memory last year, when Hiromu reiterated the same phrase.
"Youko!" Usada yelled from the background. Youko jumped back to reality. The message on the plane was actually for a young lady who works at the amusement park. It was a proposal by a co-worker who asked a friend pilot the chartered plane for him. Youko congratulated them though they were strangers.
When Usada came back, he and Youko went inside a café to eat.
Meanwhile, the engaged couple were walking hand-in-hand with smiles painted on their faces. The lady was armed with most chatter, because she couldn't believe that her co-worker would do it for her.
"How in the world did you get a plane?" she asked.
The co-worker smiled. "That's easy. The question is, who did it"
"Who did it then?"
The couple neared themselves at the plane that was resting in its own hangar. They asked the pilot to take their picture. When it was done, the pilot gave the camera back, bowed low and walked away.
The co-worker waved a goodbye, "arigatou Hiromu!"