“Yes, she is. No matter how much Natalie denies herself, I will always accept her.”
“Why do you think……? I…”
Natalie tightened her grip on his arm.
“Because you are important. Because I care for you.”
For the first time since I came to this world, I can call her my friend.
“When your friend looks like she’s about to cry, you want to do something for her. I want to tell her it’s okay. That’s natural. …… Hey, Natalie. Does the sky feel good?”
“…… feels good.”
“So, do you want to fly?”
“I want to fly.”
“Yes!”
Then I took my hands away.
Then I let go of my hands. “Eh, …… hey, …….”
Suddenly, her legs were free in the air, and Natalie strengthened her arms.
“You can take your hands off me.”
“I can’t …… do that. I’m going to fall!”
“It’s okay. —Trust me.”
Natalie was afraid to take her hand away.
Then…
” I’m floating! Hey, Owen! I’m floating!”
I flipped my body around to face Natalie, floating in the sky.
Natalie was beaming with a big smile on her face.
She was smiling and laughing, just like she did when she flew away from some party in the past.
“It feels good to fly, doesn’t it?”
“Yes! It feels so… so good!”
Natalie held out her arms and seemed to be feeling the wind.
“Natalie has a freedom feather.”
“Freedom feather ……?”
“You have the feather I just raised.”
I pointed to Natalie’s hairpiece.
“It’s a feather that can fly anywhere. Natalie can go anywhere in the sky.”
“This is the …… feather of freedom.”
Natalie touched the hair ornament on her head.
Natalie touched the hairpiece on her head as if she was slowly checking its shape.
Then she looked at me with her calm blue eyes.
Her expression made me nervous.
“Thank you, ……, for flying me out of the sky.”
Natalie said.
An angel appeared in the clear sky.
Natalie had such a beautiful expression on her face that I thought she was an angel.