Chapter 2: The Dark Memory… (B)
"Wake up, NOW!" I yelled. Things are getting so out of hand…
'I now for a fact that she's dreaming of Gene's death, but… why can't she just get out of harm's way for at least five minutes!'
I grabbed her wrist…
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"Wake up, NOW!"
'Naru…' I asked myself , then something, or someone grabbed my wrist and pulled me upward to the dark sky. I saw I left something on the ground. Someone else was in my place… Black hair, white skin, dark blue clothes… Sapphire blue eyes…
"Naru!" I yelled as the car ran over him.
Then I woke up.
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She woke up crying… Instantly she hugged me… she actually hugged me…
'Is she hurt that much? Haven't I got there in time, again?'
I hugged her back… it is my fault … she shouldn't have been inside someone else's memory…
MEMORY!
'Gene!' I yelled inside my head. 'Damn you!'
I pulled away from her… cold wind instantly replaced her in my arms… I asked her…
"Are you alright now?"
"Naru…" she answered.
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The instant I saw him… I don't know what went over me… I hugged him… I don't want to let go… I thought he died… I thought it was him… I don't know what I would do if it was him… I don't want him to die…
He pushed me away and cold wind replaced his warm body…
"Are you alright now?" he asked
I wanted to yell, 'You idiot! Of course I'm not alright! I almost thought you died! No, I thought you did die!'
"Naru" I contented myself with just saying his name. 'I thought you died! Thank the gods…'
And I cried harder.
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'Did I make her cry again?' I asked myself as she cried in front of me…
'Would she have done the same if I was the one who died…?'
'NO!' I said to myself as I nearly shock my head, 'better not greet those events a warm welcome in my head.'
"Was it really Gene?" she asked.
I suddenly had to suppress the urge to clutch my breaking heart…
'Amazing, my heart can't break… it's is not even fragile… she could make me think things like this…'
I felt like something took my heart away and smashed it into small pieces with a hammer.
'So I have been right all along…'
Interlude chapter (it contains my superstition on how they separated during Gene's burial.)
End (pls. Read it in the next chappy titled Interlude chpter) (o)
'She really loves Gene…'
The more I think about it the more I'm getting hurt
'I can't stand this!'
I wanted to grab her shoulders and shake her up while yelling, 'I'm here! Am I not enough for you!? Look, my brother's dead and I'm alive… can't you just love me instead!? Why don't you just love me!?'
'Darn, not to mention what I saw earlier…'
However I contented myself with just saying, "Yes… It is Gene…"
'I hate this…'
"Yasuhara-san, please escort Mai to her house. Matsuzaki-san, please make sure to get a barier around her apartment. A strong one. Hara-san, could you please sleep over at Mai's just for the following two to three nights?" I said.