When tears fall…
Shin liked Yankumi ever since. On the other hand, Yankumi doesn't feel the same way. Until this day came…
"Hey! Why are you incomplete? Is shin absent or is he just late again?", Yankumi asked after seeing Kuma, Uchi, Noda and Minami without Shin.
"He's absent and that's gonna be for good.", Kuma told her.
"What?! What do you mean?!"
"Shin's leaving for America. ( background music : Boston of Augustana ) Didn't you know that Yankumi?", Noda asked.
"No –- no. I – I – I don't know anything about it.", Yankumi seems really shocked.
"The hell you care.", Uchi told her.
"O – of course I care!", Yankumi shouted.
"You do?", Minami teased her.
"Of course. He's – he's my student.", Yankumi said.
"So what?", Minami asked. "Maybe you have other reason to care, eh, Yankumi?"
"The heck. What are you talking about?!"
"I'm talking about your feelings for him…", Minami smiles mischievously.
"Hah! Whatever!"
"Yeah, yeah whatever. But we know one thing –- you'll gonna miss him. So, we are telling you, it's an hour before his flight. Go. Leave. Talk to him.", they said.
"For one last time.", Kuma told her. ( background music : Leaving on a jet plane )
"What about our class? It's five minutes before the time.", Yankumi hesitates.
"Who wants to have a class anyway? Go Yankumi. Faster!", they all said.
And so, she ran.
Upon arriving at the airport, Yankumi didn't know where to find him then at last she did.
"Shin!", she called.
Shin turned and saw Yankumi.
"Hey. What are you doing here?", he asked.
She looked at him straight into the eyes holding her tears back.
"You idiot! How come you didn't tell me that you're leaving?!", after saying this, she began to look down to hide her tears.
"You're so… you're so mean…", she added. Then she started to cry.
Then, Shin reached for her and hugged her.
"Hey. Stop it now.", he said.
The plane's trip to Boston is going to leave any moment by now. The plane's trip to Boston is going to leave any moment by now.
"Hey. Have to go now.", Shin said.
Yankumi looked at him.
After going a few distance, Shin called on Yankumi.
"Yankumi?'
"Yes?", Yankumi asked him.
"I'll be back. I promise you that.", he said and left.
( background music : Far away of Nickelback )
Years have passed. Yankumi still go on with her life without Shin knowing that he's gonna come back for her. Until one day…
"All of you looks so sad. Is there a problem?", Yankumi asked Shin's friends.
"Yankumi…", Kuma started.
"You have to know this…", Minami added.
"What?"
"Shin…", says Noda.
"What about Shin?"
"Shin…", Uchi said until tears went out of his eyes, "Shin… Shin's gone."
Yankumi couldn't believe of what she's heard. Tears started rolling down her cheeks too.
"What do you mean about that?", she asked once more.
"He's gone! Shin's gone! He died of cancer, Yankumi. ( background music : Cancer of Mcr ) He already left us.", Kuma told her.
"No! This can't happen! He –- he promised me! He promised me he's gonna come back!"
Noda said, "but Yankumi, this is what's true. He's gone. He passed away yesterday night."
"Yesterday night? No. no. he promised me…", Yankumi said while recalling what Shin have said before he left few years ago...
I'll be back. I promise you that.
"How could he do this? He promised me…", Yankumi said while tears still continue to fall down.
( background music : "Would you know my name, if I saw you in heaven?" )