Operation Two: Haru

"Sorry!"

"Hahi!"

"Hm?" Gokudera cocked his head to the side as he examined the young woman who sat on the ground in front of him. She was really natural, no makeup or anything on her face. She had brown hair which was held in a high ponytail and she had warm brown eyes. She really looked nice and friendly.

I really hope that she won't kill me like the other one… Gokudera thought with a soft sigh. He reached up and scratched the back of his head with his hand.

"You really surprised me, you know," he said and he stood up. With a little help of him, the girl stood too.

"Sorry!" she said quickly,"It's just that in this world where everyone's dead and-"she cut herself quickly of and she turned her slightly widened eyes at him. Though, he quickly gave her a nod shoving that he knew about the situation. She visibly relaxed.

"So, I was just wandering around trying to find someone to talk to or something, then I saw you and somehow you felt familiar. Oh, you looked like you needed a hug, so I wanted to give you one!" she explained with a grin. Gokudera could barely surpass a face-palm…

"Erm… Woman! How exactly did you die?" because if you just go and hug everyone on the street I wouldn't be surprised if you were killed by a coldblooded psychopath!

She grinned up at him. "Sorry! I can't remember a thing!"

"Don't be so cheerful about it!" Hayato muttered. "By the way I'm in the same boat."

"Really?" she asked and despite the situation her face was shining.

Maybe she is just happy that she is not the only one… Gokudera thought.

"So you don't know your name either?" she asked.

"Oh, that…" Gokudera reached into his shirt and pulled out his identity tag and showed it to the girl, "At least I know…"

The girl examined the tag and she touched the name which was carved into it with the tip of her finger. "Hayato… you are so lucky! It's a nice name!"

Gokudera blushed slightly and when he noticed it, he quickly turned away hiding under his light locks.

"And it's familiar!"

He turned towards her with a frown. "Familiar? You mentioned something like that few minutes ago too!"

She nodded. "Yeah, I approached you, because you seemed so familiar to me, just like your name. Maybe I knew you when we were alive?"

Hayato shrugged. "Maybe."

"So…" he cleared his throat after few minutes of silence which followed his last word,"Your name… nothing comes to your mind? I mean no name is familiar?"

The girl seemed to fall into thoughts for seconds then she shook her head slightly sadly. "No… Not a thing."

Then she suddenly spun towards him with a grin. "Maybe you should list me names and if one of them is familiar, then it should be mine!"

"But you just said that-" Hayato started confusedly, but soon he was cut off.

"Maybe it would be different if someone else calls the names! Please!"

Hayato ran a hand through his silver locks and considered her request for a few seconds. After all he had nothing else to do…

"Okay!" he sighed in the end, "Let's see…"

He closed his eyes for a second and with a nod he started listing the names which came to his mind.

"Erm… Masami?"

The girl immediately shook her head and the name was dismissed.

"Ran?"

Head shaking.

"Rei?"

"Nope!"

"Sachiko?"

Not the right one either…

"Aika?"

"Amaterasu?"

"Yuko?"

"Sakura?"

"Keiko?"

When the brunette girl shook her head again, Hayato threw up his hands in frustration.

"It's hopeless! We'll get nowhere like this!"

The girl look kind of saddened, which made the boy regret his out burst. It could be really hard not to even know your own name… He was just lucky that he had this thing around his neck for help.

"Sorry…" he mumbled.

"It's not your fault!" the girl waved her hand dismissively. Then her face lit up again. It seemed like that she couldn't stand not to smile all the time. It was kinda nice. "I have an idea!"

Hayato cocked his head to the side with a raised eyesbrow. "Aaaaand?"

"I told you that you were familiar to me, right?" she said with a calculating tone. Hayato just nodded.

"So, maybe we knew each other, right?"

Another nod.

"Okay! Than you will name me!"

Hayato felt his eyes grew wide. "WHAT?"

"Give me a name!" said the girl and she stretched her arms out in front of him. "Maybe your body remembers my name. Come on! Give me a name! Whatever you say, it will be okay!"

"But… That's a really…" Hayato couldn't even say what exactly wasn't okay with this whole thing. "I can't! Why don't you just choose one for yourself? Lot's of people would really like to do that!"

The girl rolled her eyes then she turned her gaze at him again. "Just look at me and say the first name which comes to your mind! Come on!"

Hayato let out a frustrated sigh, but he did what the girl asked. He looked at her and tried to see. Tried to really see her, her whole being which was revealed in front of him. She was smiling again. A smile which reminded him of something. What was it?

…

Sun! And warmness, and… Spring! That's the right word, spring!

"Haru!" he said softly. Her smile grew even wider.

"It's a nice name!" she replied. "And you know what?"

"Hm?"

"It sounds really familiar!"

Hayato couldn't help it! He returned her smile with his own.

It turned out to be really short... :/ Feed back wouldn't hurt you know :)