It's been almost a year now since she left. Exactly 11 months, 25 days, 2 hours, and 13..14..15..16…Seconds. I know she told me to forget about her, but I can't. Yuuko was — no — is the love of my life. No matter how much Okanogi tries to get close to me, I just can't help pushing her farther and farther away. If I ended up giving into her, I feel like I would just take advantage of her, and I'm not that type of person. No, I would let others take advantage of me. Yuuko would, but I loved that about her. I loved how she would take action. She made my life interesting.

The bell rang. I awoke from my daydreaming and got out of my seat, grabbed my backpack, and headed towards the roof to eat.

"Did you hear? In the afternoon, the piano sometimes plays by itself!"

My eyes widened and I looked at the girls who were having the conversation. "How many times has that happened!?" I subconsciously shouted.

The girl jumped a little and looked at me. "For about two days, but they found out that a dog was stuck in the room."

I just looked down and kept going on my journey to the roof. As I climbed the stairs, I felt nostalgic. These were the very same stairs that Yuuko had pushed me down...I wasn't mad when she had done that. That was because I truly thought at that moment that I could have died. Then I could have been a ghost alongside Yuuko. I finally got to the roof, so I walked towards the fence and began climbing it until I got to the very top of it. I could see everyone going on about their day, laughing, and having fun, not caring at all about Yuuko's disappearance. They cared so much about her when she was here, but once she left, everyone forgot about her. I started going to the other side of the fence, until I got down, and into the roof's ledge. I took a deep breath. If I were to die right now, I would get a chance to be alongside Yuuko. All I need is one step off the ledge...That's all it would take.

"Niiya!"

I gasped and turned to see Okanogi.

"What am I doing here?" I said trying to act as if a supernatural being brought me there.

"Niiya, are you okay? Do you need me to call a teacher to bring you back to this side?" She asked with concern.

"It's fine Okanogi, I can get back on my own." I gave her a fake smile.

Once I got back to the other side of the fence, I had lunch with Okanogi. After, I went back to class, and later I finally went home.

I laid down in my bed and covered my eyes with my left arm. I was exhausted, and even though I never do much at school, I always come back home tired. I turned around and grabbed my grandma's bell from the top of my desk drawer. I was surprised that she had given it to me, but I was also glad she had done so. Yuuko's bell had disappeared along with her. I shook the bell, and out of nowhere, tears began to form in my eyes. I didn't bother wiping them off. I just allowed the sadness consume me until I eventually fell asleep.

[ The clouds were dancing in the sky as Yuuko and I were laying down in the grass. Yuuko poked my cheek, and when I turned to look at her, she surprised me with a kiss, and I gave in to her. Yuuko then laid her head on my chest and we fell asleep.

Once we had woken up, we were covered in fallen leaves, and Yuuko and I began laughing in perfect unison.

I looked at her perfect smile and she looked back at me. One look, and we both knew what we were saying. "I love you." We had got to the point where we had lover's telepathy, so we could just enjoy each other's presence. But then the clouds started to get darker and darker, and when I turned around to look at Yuuko, she had disappeared. ]

When I woke up, I discovered I wasn't in my bedroom. I was in what seemed to be a hospital. I tried getting up, but a sharp pain in my left leg and my back stopped me. I looked at my hands, which were all wrapped up in bandages. I looked around, and then looked out the window. Snow. I looked around the room again and saw the date. December 12, the day Yuuko had disappeared. I continued looking at the snow. I hate the snow. I pushed the button to call the nurse.

"Yes, sir?" A nurse asked in a rather rude tone.

"Where am I?" I asked.

"The hospital, sir," She said sounding like a smart-ass. "Dumbass," The nurse whispered to another nurse.

"Thank you," I said. I had given up on the nurse's help.

A couple minutes later, the door opened. The most beautiful girl in the world had come to visit me.

"Oh no, am I dying?" I said sarcastically.

"I'm not happy with you," Yuuko said pouting.

"Eh?"

"You jumped off the school's roof," Yuuko said.

"I did?"

Yuuko nodded.

"I thought…. I didn't…."

Yuuko walked towards me and hugged me. Her embrace was warm and comforting.

"Wait, how are you here?"

"Well..It's complicated..I guess that I'm like your guardian angel," She smiled sweetly.

I hugged her tightly. "Please, stay with me forever this time…"

Yuuko just stroked my head. "I will."

Then the door opened again, and Kirie entered the room. "What is wrong with you!?" She shouted. Then she saw Yuuko and took a step back. "She's back? I mean, Yuuko, you're back? Why?"

Yuuko just grabbed Kirie's hand and dragged her out of the room.

I laid back down on the bed. Yuuko was finally back…I guess my plan had worked. The truth was, I knew that if I had hurt myself, Yuuko would return to try and help me. However, I didn't realize that I had actually gone through with it. Now, all I had to do was make Yuuko human again. No matter what the consequences were.