Mizu waited a minute after hanging up the phone. She walked to her room in silence, and started to cry a little. "Keiichi-kun…I don't want to hide anything from you…..what if you won't like me anymore if you figure out what I'm hiding? What would you do? I'm sorry…" She closed her teary eyes and sang a song her mom would sing to her…. "Smile, Smile, Don't drown yourself. Cry, Cry, Don't be afraid, all in good time my eternal summer…There is a hope, within all this sin…am I right? A dream of a better home, that I'll protect you in, a dream, of the untouched forest, what was that place? Who was holding me as I cried?" She stopped singing and closed her eyes and went to sleep.
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Mizu was shaken awake by little hands, pushing at her arm. "Miiiizu-samaaa! there's someone at the door!" Mizu rubbed her eyes, and sat up to walk to the door. She was tiered and her eyes could barely open because of the tears last night. She opened the door. It was Keiichi. "K…Keiichi-kun!" He turned to her (he was looking the other way.) "Ah. Mizu-chan. Are you coming to school? You were running a little late, so I thought I'd come get you." Mizu smiled. "Yeah. Karen…do you want to go to school today? are you feeling better?" Karen smiled. "Yep! I wanna go! I wanna go!" Mizu smiled. "Okay." she turned to Keiichi. "We'll be right down. Sorry…" Keiichi smiled. "'Kay." Mizu ran upstairs with Karen and to the bathroom. They swished some Listerine in their mouths, and brushed their hair. Karen trotted down the stairs faster than Mizu could. Karen hugged Keiichi. "Keiichi-sama! Do you love my sister?" Keiichi blushed and smiled. "She's really nice. And yea, I like her." Mizu ran up to them. "Karen, you need to wait for me!" She laughed. She walked next to Keiichi and Karen noticed. "Mizu-sama! Keiichi-sama says he loves you! Are you going to get married!?" Mizu smiled and looked at Keiichi, It's okay, she says things like that a lot. Keiichi stopped walking. Mizu and Karen looked back at him. He lowered his head. "Mizu…." He looked up. "Aren't we?" Mizu blushed. "K….Keiiichi-kun!" She spun around. "Hauu…hau-au au…..!!!" Mizu lowered her head so he couldn't see her blushing. She felt a pat on her back. "I'm kidding…." Mizu's blushing stopped a little. Karen smiled. "Mizu-sama's happy now, Keiichi-sama!" Keiichi looked at her and smiled. "Me too." Mizu looked up at Keiichi. "Keiichi-kun…don't you walk with Rena in the mornings?" Keiichi looked down at her. "Usually, yes. we waited for you for a little, but then she told me to go on and pick you up. She was going to head out on her own." Mizu smiled. "Okay." Keiichi smiled and held Mizu's hand. Mizu looked up at him in the corner of her eye. Keiichi looked back, and Mizu quickly looked away and blushed.
When they got to school, Rika was already there. Mizu saw her and she felt cold all of a sudden. The only words she could think of were, "Dismemberment Murder." But for some reason she felt like she knew about it already. She walked over to Rika. "Rika-chan..." Rika looked up at her. "Can I talk to you?" Rika looked conused for a second, but then agreed to come with her in the hallway to talk."
"I see…" Said Mizu quietly after listening to Rika's story. "So…the dismemberment murder…you told me because I'm the shrine maiden and….I needed to know?" Mizu asked. Rika shook her head. "No, Mizu. I told you because like all of my friends, you are very special to me, but the future is still waiting, so you aren't more special than the others yet." Mizu blanked out for a moment. "Eh?" Rika looked down. "Mizu." Her voice turned to ice. "I've found myself trying to change fate, but I've realized now, that I truly have no way out this time….I need you Mizu…help me escape this once and for all. Mizu, you being the shrine maiden of what used to be my shrine, is for a reason….but it might have to be explained another time…..or in another world…" Mizu looked down. "Rika-chan……What is your fate…?" Rika looked down. "Mizu….I--" Keiichi opened the class door to the hallway. "Ah. Mizu, Rika. Class is about to start. Come in." Mizu watched as Rika smiled. "Mii! Keiichi-san, okay!" Mizu followed the two into the room slowly. She sat in her seat and started the day.
-7 hours later-
Mizu was about to get up and go, but someone jolted her, "Yo-hooo! Mizu-chan! Ya ready for club?!" Mizu tried to break free from Mion's tight grasp. "S…sure" She said, with her voice muffled from being squeezed. She looked at everyone after Mion let go. "What game is it?" Everyone looked at her and said. "Punishment game."