A/N: I know I should be updating the SouHaru fic I already have up on here... But uh... I suck. I thought of this just now and it had to happen. I'll hopefully have the first few chapters, as well as an update to my other story up tonight.
Why won't this silly anime leave me alone? Why am I obsessed with it still?! Oh yeah, because I'm in love with every single character, and the new ova revived my loveeeeeee! whyyyyyyyy?
Anyway...
WARNINGS THIS CHAPTER: None yet, but some obvious spoilers for Free! Eternal Summer and the OVA!
Onward and I hope you enjoy! :)
PREFACE
I can feel the stares like tentacles wrapping around me. They're twined around my torso, sliding in between my now-protruding ribs, making it hard to breathe. It's like my nightmares all over again. Everyone's eyes are on me, scrutinizing, anxious, expectant.
Only I completely deserve it this time. It has been nearly two months.
Two months since the festival, since graduation. Two months since Makoto told me he was going to Tokyo. Two months since any of the people sitting in front of me now have seen or heard from me, aside from an occasional text message to let them know I'm still alive.
Sometimes though, I wonder if I even am.
The way my three friends—if I even deserve to call them that anymore—look at me with so much concern in this moment makes this harder. I concentrate on not wringing my hands, on keeping my emotions in check.
"I…" I try to begin, but start coughing; my voice is so hoarse from disuse. The only people I've spoken to in the past months have been Makoto's family and my parents, but I haven't spoken to either for at least two weeks now. I swallow hard, and it feels like razors sliding down my throat.
"Do you want someone to make some tea first, Haru-chan?" Nagisa pipes up, faking a smile. Nagisa is faking a smile.
"N-no, no," I clear my throat and come back strong. "It's fine. I just want to get this over with."
"What is it, Haru-chan?" His eyes are pleading. They all are. I can't blame them considering I took them by such surprise with urgent text messages to come over, after two months of silence.
"Nagisa, Rei, Rin…" I look at each of them one by one, pausing for a moment and almost becoming confused when emerald eyes are missing for me to turn to last, and lock with... "I…"
I have to fight to defeat the lump in my throat, because I really can't lose it now. They already won't take me seriously enough as it is. "I'm going to Tokyo."
More to come real quick!