"A Town Where You Live", characters within the story, and the rights to them all belong to Seo Kouji. When reading this story, make sure you have at least read up to Chapter 101 and have also watched the Kimi No Iru Machi 2014 OVA 1 to understand where the story starts from. Enjoy!
A Town Where You Live - Akari Route
Chapter 1
Haruto is no longer able to see her anymore. Alongside that, someone who could very much be his closest friend died recently. It's summer, and he is returning to Hiroshima to clear his mind a bit.
About the same time, Nanami had taken Akari to a place where they are currently talking without intrusion.
"Akari, how long have you felt this way?" Asks Nanami. She is slightly shaking as she waited for an answer.
"For the longest time," Akari replies. She didn't look at Nanami directly but Nanami knew that she is serious about her answer.
"Okay…" Nanami replies back. "I guess I won't have to worry then, since there will be someone who he can spend the visit with after all."
Nanami gives Akari a sincere smile and quick "Best wishes" before they parted for the night.
Haruto has just arrived in Hiroshima and now stands at the front of his house. He knocks on the door to see if his family home. No one answers, so Haruto decides to just walk in. He is about to take his stuff to his bedroom when he sees Akari sitting at the table eating watermelons.
"Welcome back, Haruto!" Akari greets him between bites.
"Don't talk with your mouth full! Wait, why are you even here?!" exclaims Haruto.
"I heard from your parents that you would be coming for a visit," Akari replies after putting down the watermelon.
"I was going to surprise you guys with a visit but I guess my parents forgot to keep it a secret," Haruto mutters. "Anyways, where's Takagi?"
"He has baseball practice today so he won't be back until later this afternoon."
"Ah, that makes sense," says Haruto. He then goes to his bedroom and puts away luggage bag. He then walks back down stairs to take a sit at the table across Akari. "So, what have you been up to while you were waiting?"
"I've just been eating these water melons," Akari replies.
"Really? So there isn't anything for us to do except sit here and talk, huh?"
"Well there is one thing that I've thought about us doing,"Akari mumbles. Haruto at first couldn't here what she said.
"Can you speak up? I couldn't hear you."
"There's something that we can do that I've thought about us doing," Akari replies. She tugs at the neck of her T-shirt as she lets out a light moan.
"Like we could…" Akari then begins to lean over the table as she inches towards Haruto. He begins to become nervous as he attempts to keep his attention from setting on the wrong thing. Just before Akari became close enough to be face to face with him, Haruto blurts out the best response he could as he averts his eyes away from her.
"Hey, uh, maybe we can talk about what we've been doing since after I moved?"
"What? Are afraid to hear my idea?"
"N-No! It's nothing like that!" Haruto cries out as he continues to avert his eyes away from her. Akari then falls back into the spot where she was sitting and bursts out laughing.
"Hahaha! Oh, Haruto, not only are you the worst at lying but you're dirty minded to boot!"
Haruto's face turns even more red in embarrassment as he jumps to his feet in anger.
"Akari! I'm gonna get you for that!" yells Haruto. He is about to rush around the table and pounce on her until she interrupts him.
"Come on. Can't you take a joke?" asks Akari. "I was only gonna suggest that we play a short game."
"Oh, really now?" Haruto replies back with another question as he begins to calm down.
"Yeah," Akari answers as a huge grin formed from her lips. "All I was going to say was that we could play a game of wrestling like that time when we were kids and like back then, the winner can make the loser do one thing for them."
"Oh, so you meant that kind of game?" Haruto mutters as he begins to smile himself while imagining all the ways he could make Akari embarrass herself.
"Man, Haruto, you suck!" Akari blurts out while in a fit of laughter. "You lost three times in a row!"
"You don't have to rub it in you know."
"Okay, okay, but you still have to pretend to be my genie. Three wins means three wishes!" Akari then moves her face so that it is now only inches from Haruto's. "And for my first wish, I want you to take me shopping tomorrow."
"O-Okay." Haruto says nervously.
"Remember to be outside my house early tomorrow morning, okay?" Akari says with a smile, her face still inches away from Haruto's face.