Prologue

"Leave me alone." Those were the words that came out of my mouth.

Mamimi looked at me with sad eyes. I didn't feel like talking. Haruko had left me for Atomsk. Just like Amarao said.

"I know this isn't a good time to talk." she said. "But I just wanted…I…can we ever be friends again?"

I knew that Mamimi didn't like me, but she didn't hate me either. But I was angry at her, even though she did nothing to hurt me. I feel so…stupid.

"I'm going to America to find your brother. I want to get back together with him. I'm also looking for a job as a photographer." She hesitated and then said "So long, Naota."

As she walked past the buildings, still in repair, I didn't have anything to say to her except "We can still be friends." I said it.

Chapter 1

*Beginning of Episode 7*

*cue music: Ride on Shooting Star (The Pillows)*

Nothing good ever happens here. Only the ordinary. You take it as extraordinary. I live it every day. That's why it's ordinary to me.

It's been 6 months since Haruko left. I still have her 4001 AzureGlo Rickenbacker bass guitar. I wonder where she is now.

Mamimi got back together with my brother, who happened to had dumped his American girlfriend a week before. She & Tasuku miss me. I miss them too. She & Tasuku visit between baseball seasons on Christmas, which is next week.

I've been practicing guitar lately. I can play songs like Shiver (Coldplay), The Kill (30 Seconds to Mars), Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns 'n' Roses), Hysteria (Muse), & Love Gun (KISS). I own a Les Paul with my own custom design. I named it after Mamimi. I also got a guitar similar to my Flying V. I named that after me & and the 4001 after Haruko. I know. It's weird.

My father & Canti are watching The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya on TV. Between commercials, they talk about FLCL. My grandfather's working the bakery. He gets more customers because of me & what happened.

I still don't know what the hell FLCL is. But I'm experimenting on what N.O. is. It turns out that N.O. has special powers. I'm trying to learn how to make my guitar fly. That way, I can fly with Haruko. Part of me still deeply cares for Haruko as if she were my spouse. I wonder if I'll ever find love in somebody else other than Mamimi & Haruko. Mamimi found love. Maybe I can too.

Ninamori & I became close friends. I considered a relationship with her. But Ninamori's a bit of a jerk. I don't know what happened to Amarao & Kitsurambi. Tell the truth, I don't know what happened between when Haruko came to when Haruko left. It sounded like a big load of crap. But I have the guitars to prove it. It was real. And it's over now.

I read some manga. Some comedy, some action, & some horror. But they all have love involved in them. And when I think of love, I think of Haruko. And I think about all that's happened & say "What the hell hit me?" The answer: a bass guitar owned by the woman I love.