Act 0, Part I, Prologue: "To Lose Something."

Kuroki "Jesus Christ, it's freezing."

If Christ heard my complaint, I had no way of knowing.

Miko "Senpai! Sorry to keep you waiting!"

A girl runs up to me. She has short, black hair and hazel eyes, as well as a pair of oval eyeglasses. She is wearing a school uniform just like mine, and is roughly a head shorter than me.

Kuroki "Miko, would it kill you to be on time?"

If I had to pick a moment before everything went wrong, this would be it. My name is Makina Kuroki, and this is the story of how I lost something.

Miko "Jeez, At times like this, the guy is supposed to say 'I wasn't waiting long at all' even if it's a lie."

I have two medical conditions.

Kuroki "Miko, you are exactly one hour late. If I said that, I would be confessing to being late as well."

The first, and least serious of the two is Heterochromia of the eye. I was born with a dark brown right eye and a sky blue left eye. This condition is, apparently, genetic. My great grandmother had it. It's never affected my health. It's only ever had an effect on my social life.

Miko "Are you wearing that eyepatch again today, Senpai?"

Kuroki "Well, yeah. We're going to be in public today."

The second, and more serious of the two is Narcolepsy. It's a condition that causes chronic fatigue and headaches. In other words, I'll get a headache and pass out. This condition proved deadly once when I passed out during a bath. What terrifies me most is that it can hit at any time.

Miko "Senpai, you shouldn't cover it up. I think it's beautiful."

Kuroki "I know that. That's why you're the only one outside of my family that I've shown it to."

I'm a currently a second year high school student, soon to be a third year. I met Miko one day when I passed out on the school roof during lunch. Once she learned about my condition, she would not leave me be. I eventually fell in love with Miko, and we have been dating for two years now. Little did I know I would lose her today.

Miko "C'mon, Senpai, Would you take it off, just for today?"

Kuroki "Fine. There, it's off, let's go."

Miko "Ahh! Senpai! Wait for me!" She says, hooking her arm around mine.

This is par for the course. We had our fair share of fights, but we always patched things up in the end.

We were about halfway across the street, when I was hit by a sudden headache.

Kuroki "Iteh!"

Miko "Senpai? Are you alright? Are you about to pass out again?"

Using what strength I had, I nodded.

She leaned me on her shoulder. And started helping me across the street while the walking light was still green.

That's when-

"Look out!" An unfamiliar voice screamed.

A car had run the red light and was speeding far faster than was legal.

I barely felt the collision.

The snow slowly turning red, the streetlights above, the screaming.

All of them fade to black.

That day, I learned what it was to lose something.