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Shopping District | Afternoon | Year 2012

"Everyday's great at your JUNES!"Nanako sings the commercial melody of the department store she just visited with Yu. She holds his left hand while his right is carrying a JUNES plastic bag, and on his shoulder rests his black bag. Yu smiles hearing her sings the melody over and over.

"Oh, Big Bro, why don't we make some salad?"Nanako stops singing, and looks up to Yu.

"Salad? For dinner?"

"Uh huh. Big Bro's salad is delicious, I want you to make it. And I'll cook the croquette."

"Alright."Yu answers with a smile. "When's Uncle going home?"

"Um, he left a few days ago, maybe tomorrow? He said he'll give a call.". Yu nods.

"It was fun with everyone! I wanna do that 'King's Game' again!"

"Ahaha..."Yu laughs nervously. The recent 'King's Game' played at the Amagi Inn a few hours ago was fairly...decent. It is probably because of Nanako was joining in that they JUST couldn't give OFF orders. And in surprise, the orders were all benefiting Nanako. Yu is thankful to them for that.

"Can I really come with you again tomorrow?"

"Of course. And it's in JUNES. We can make Yosuke-nii treat us all."Yu says laughing.

"Yeah! And then Yosuke-nii will complain 'that's not fair'! Hahaha!"Nanako laughs cutely. Both continue talking and laughing over light conversations. They just walked past Rise's tofu shop before seeing somewhat of a crowd near in front of Aiya.

"Is something happening?"asks Nanako noticing the crowd. Yu shakes his head. "Let's go see, Big Bro.". Yu nods and they start walking toward the not-so-crowded crowd. Getting closer, they can hear a crying sound from the middle of them.

"Excuse me, what's going on?"Yu asks one of the woman closest to him. The crying seems to be of a child, but Yu still can't see the child. The woman turns to Yu.

"Oh, I don't really know. But, it seems that a child got lost."she answers.

"A child?"

"Yeah, what a terrible parents he has, leaving their child alone at this tme, and in the middle of the road!"the woman starts getting hysterical. Yu decides not to ask any further, and tries to walk through to the middle.

"Big Bro, I feel sorry for him."Nanako says while gripping Yu's hand tighter.

"Waaaaahhh!"heard the child cries. There is a woman right beside him. She seems trying to calm the child by hugging him, but the child keeps pushes her away.

"It's alright okay? Did you got separated from mom and dad?"the woman asks softly. Upon hearing the woman say that, the child cries louder.

"Maybe we need to tell the police?"says other woman.

"Yeah, might as well."answers someone near the one asking.

"Mommyyyy! Daddyyyy!"the child shouts in between his cry.

"Shhh, okay? Why don't we go find them?"the woman pats his head. The child lowers his cry and turns to the woman.

"...Huh...?"the child mumbles.

"Where were you going with mom and dad?". The child looks down the asphalt. His crying calming down a bit.

"Do you know him, Nanako?"Yu asks in a low tone.

"...No."Nanako shakes her head. "I haven't seen him."

"...M-mom and...Dad were..."the child tries his best to say something. He lifts his head and meets gaze with Yu. He doesn't move for a few seconds. Noticing the child's gaze, Yu is like asking the child 'what's wrong' through facial gesture and looks confused. The child's eye widen, and mouth opens to say something. The woman beside him follows the direction he's gazing and finds Yu. The child suddenly runs toward Yu.

"Daddyyyy!"he hugs Yu's leg tightly. Yu is beyond surprised. Seeing hte child screams 'Dad' and run hugging Yu, the crowd grows in conversing. Don't want to let the group of mostly woman start gossiping, he kneels down to face the child. The child pulls his head from burrying it to the fabric of Yu's clothes. And Yu's clothes are now officially wet by tears, and, a certain liquid.

"D-daddy,"the child tries to say. "I-I'm scared...". Yu didn't notice until he was face to face with the child. The child has a grey hair, almost in a similar style to Yu's, only they're a bit darker and the bangs do not reach the eyebrows. His eyes are black and round, reminds him of Yukiko's eyes. He touches the child shoulders.

"H-hey, I'm not your dad."says Yu, trying to sound as soft as possible. The child looks ready to burst into crying again.

"...What do you mean, Dad?". Yu is getting stares from the women.

"Big Bro, do you know him?"Nanako asks, staring at the child with surprise.

"Nanako... No, I don't-". The child suddenly holds his arms over his stomach, as if suffering from a pain.

"Uggghh..."the child mutters while closing his eyes, definitely in pain. Every person standing looking at the two gets worried after realizing that the child looks like to be having a stomachache. The woman previously kneeled beside the child walks forward to the child.

"What's wrong?"the woman asks worried. The child almost fall to his side, so Yu grabs him by the shoulders to keep him in place.

"M-my stomach...hurts..."the child answers shakily, trying to hold back the pain coming from his stomach.

"Where? Where does it-". Due to the increasing amount of pain, the child lets himself fall limply towards Yu. There are a few gasps coming out of the other people seeing the child faints.

"Hey, kid, you alright?"Yu balances his and the child's body so that he doesn't fall to the ground.

"We need to take him to the hospital!"the woman says picking out her cell from her bag. Yu shakes his head, gesturing the woman not to make any call. He picks up the child on his arms easily since the child is practically very light to Yu.

"The hospital is just acroos the road. It'll take more time if were to call an ambulance."Yu stands up steadying himself. "Nanako, can you take the grocery home by yourself?"the plastic bag he was holding earlier is left on the ground.

"Eh? B-but, what about Big Bro?"Nanako responds, worry and nervousness is seen on her face.

"I'll be right back. Be careful."with that said, Yu steps forward walking fast. He can't afford running, other than he is currently holding the child bridal-style, his bag resting on his shoulder is giving him additional weight. The woman follows behind Yu. Seeing Yu has veered left the road, Nanako grabs the JUNES bag from the ground and sighs. With no more to do, she starts walking towards the road on her right. As if Nanako's steps were cue, the other people standing temporarily-dumbfounded seeing Yu went away with the child starts walking away as well, going back to whatever things they should have been doing. Nanako is walking the road practically alone. The silence seems to force Nanako to feel worry more.

"Why was he calling Big Bro 'dad'?"Nanako mumbles. "Maybe he misses his dad so much."she lifts her head looking straight. "Hmm... I miss Dad too. I hope he'll be home soon.".

"I haven't seen you around, how do you know that the hospital is near?"the woman who's following Yu asks in between her panting because walking fast to reach Yu's pace on her heels. "You're not a local, right?"

Yu slows his pace a bit. "I was around last year and there were...occasions that made me know this place quite well."

"Last year? During the murder incident?"

"...Yes.". The woman still has more questions to ask, but she decides not to aks him yet, and walks forward to reach the child's head.

"His face looks pale."she says worried. Yu looks at the child. Then a suddenly a thought appears in his head. "I hope he's okay. I'm sure he's still breathing."he thinks. He suddenly feels something tingles from somewhere inside him as he thought that. He finds it a strange feeling, as if a desperate and quick act must be done, and a slight feeling of...fear. "What's this...sensation?"he then lifts his head and focus on road ahead. "Feels like...something is going to take place."Yu paces up his speed, as the hospital building is already a few metres away. Certain two figures comes up to his mind. A long-nosed weird man dressed in black tux, and an elegant woman dressed all in blue. "Maybe a visit to them would be necessary, since this may be not a very good feeling. But,"his face shows a realization. His mind wanders to when he and Nanako walked past the shopping district, right from the gas station to the liquor store at the end of the district. He then notices, a one small particular aspect was not seen. A blue glowing door was no longer where Yu last remembered it to be. Yu is very absorbed in his own mind, he doesn't get to pay attention someone's studying his thoughtful face very carefully.


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