Chapter 2: 1

Chapter 01: A Destined Reunion and the After

There is no such thing as a fateful reunion in this world.

Every time I think of her, such a feeling crosses my mind.

It was during a sunny April morning, warmer than usual.

It was the first day of the second year of high school, and I was in a hurry running all the way to school.

“It’d be bad if I happen to be late on the very first day…”

I went to a public high school just a few stops away by train from my house.

The familiar pathway aligned with cherry blossoms that had been in full bloom since a while ago had begun to fall.

Seeing such a scene, which I see at least once a year, I reminisced a certain someone in my mind.

I wondered if today would be the first day of school for her, too.

I thought of the image of a certain girl in some unknown school, as well as some unknown classmates. Yet, her appearance that lived in my imagination was indistinct.

It couldn’t be helped as I hadn’t seen her for seven years.

With this thought in mind, I passed through the gate of the high school I have attended for a year.

I checked the time on my phone. 

It was worth the haste of running since I made it right in time.

As I took a break and headed for the classroom, I casually looked towards the courtyard, and my eyes caught sight of someone.

In front of a huge cherry tree, I saw a female high school student.

Immediately afterwards, I had a strong sense of déjà vu, and my vision shook unsteadily.

(That person…)

I didn’t know the reason why, but my feet were drawn to the girl and started moving on their own.

With each step, the excitement in my heart grew stronger.

No, it can’t be.

There’s no way I would find her here.

As she was looking at the cherry petals that were slowly falling down, she noticed the sound of my footsteps and looked back at me.

“Isshin!?”

Her voice, warm as the spring sun, called out my name.

I didn’t need to wonder how she knew my name because I also knew hers.

“Mahiru…”

She was Mahiru Mitsuba. 

A girl who existed only in my unfading memories.

The girl I’d known since childhood, whom I hadn’t seen since we parted seven years ago, was there.

Why was she here?

Mahiru slowly walked towards me while I stared at her, dumbfounded.

Just as I was about to ask the question, I felt a light shock on my body.

Mahiru leaned against me, resting her head on my chest.

“Isshin… It’s good to see you again…”

“Wait, M-Mahiru…?”

As my brain finally caught up with reality, I felt a surge of shame.

“Calm down. Well, let’s start with distance.”

“Eh? Wha…? I-I’m sorry!”

Mahiru hurriedly pulled away from me, and her face flushed bright red.

I didn’t know what was going on, but this little ditzy girl really was the same as she was back then, seven years ago.

However, her appearance was definitely different.

Her body grew well. Her glossy black hair reached about shoulder length. And a cute face that 10 out of 10 people would probably describe as beautiful.

My childhood friend, who I reunited with after seven years, had become much more beautiful than I had imagined.

She had also grown up more than I had ever imagined; her height was taller than I thought she’d be… and many more things.

But,

Until just a few minutes ago,

I didn’t believe that I was destined to meet her.

*

“I didn’t know we were in the same class…”

“I was really, really surprised too.”

After school ended, and because it was the day of the opening ceremony, Mahiru and I returned together along the same route we had come to school.

There were no classes today, so it was still early afternoon.

When Mahiru introduced herself in her new classroom, she explained fluently that she had transferred from abroad and that she used to live in Japan. As a returnee, Mahiru immediately became the talk of the class with her great looks and cheerfulness.

By the way, does Mahiru live around here too?

We were somehow going back in the same direction, but I hadn’t managed to ask her yet.

There were a lot of other things I didn’t know.

“You’ve grown taller, Isshin.”

“Yeah, I guess so. Well, I’m still growing up.”

“I used to be taller than you back then.”

“Oh… Is that so? I don’t remember much about it.”

It was a lie.

In fact, I remembered it clearly. 

At that time, Mahiru was still taller than me. I was just honestly embarrassed to say that I remembered it.

It was because I had been thinking of her all along.

“But you were surprised, right?”

“… Of course.”

I never thought that the day when I would be able to see Mahiru again would come so suddenly.

It had been seven years since we had been together.

When our parents were still living in Japan, we lived next door.

*

For as long as I can remember, Mahiru was always by my side.

I think I was playing with her almost every day back then.

The place where we used to live at the time was rather rural, and there were few children around my age. I was an only child, so it was only natural that I became friends with Mahiru, who also happened to be the only one my age.

We explored the city, ran around the fields and mountains, and went to many places.

We were together until we got home late and our parents got angry with us.

At that time, I thought I would be with Mahiru forever, and I was probably serious about it.

But that all came to an abrupt end when Mahiru and I turned nine years old.

Mahiru’s parents decided to move abroad for reasons of their own, and that was the end of our relationship. After that, I moved several times due to my parents’ work, and now I’m living at my current place.

“I honestly didn’t expect to see you again.”

“I did.”

Mahiru’s words immediately made me stop in my tracks.

Mahiru, who was one step ahead of me, looked back at me.

The gentle breeze was blowing her hair, which had grown longer than it was back then.

“Because Isshin and I have always been together.”

—So, I’m sure I’ll see you again.

I felt that Mahiru’s words would continue like that.

Just then, I could see the appearance of the nearest station from the school.

“Oh, Isshin takes the train to school too, right?”

“Yes, I do. Oh, Mahiru too? Maybe you live closer than I thought.”

“Well, I guess it’s true…”

“Eh?”

Mahiru suddenly averted her gaze and scratched her cheek awkwardly.

I soon learned the reason for this strange attitude.

*

“Come in. This is where I live!”

Mahiru and I stood in front of an ordinary two-story house.

Mahiru, smiling too brightly, is introducing me to her place.

“Hey, what’s wrong? Isshin, your face is kind of… scary.”

…

“No, this is my house!”

There was no hesitation in my comment.

There was no mistaking it. It was the exact same house I had left this morning.

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Mahiru awkwardly turned her head away from me.

“Oh, that? Haven’t you heard yet…?”

“Huh? What do you mean ‘yet’?”

Just then, my phone shuddered.

The incoming call was from… Dad? My father’s name was on the screen.

My father, like Mahiru’s, worked overseas. He comes home once in a while, but the occasions were rare. That’s why I’m practically living alone in this house.

Incidentally, my parents divorced when I was very young, so apart from my grandparents, he is the only family I have. However, my father is busy with his work, and I don’t want to interfere with him too much, so we don’t keep in touch often.

“Hello?”

“Hey, Isshin, have you met Mahiru-chan?”

His unexpected remark made me exclaim.

How did my father know that Mahiru had transferred to the same school?

“What? How did you know that?”

“Why? Because I introduced Mahiru-chan, that’s why. To our home.”

“… Eh?”

“Those guys—ah, Mahiru’s parents? They’re still overseas, and those kids came back there first so that they could go to school. Hahaha, you already heard that, right? And since they said they were looking for a temporary place to live until their parents came back, I thought they should stay at a place nearby. Since you’re living there by yourself anyway, and you go to the same school, I thought that’d be a good idea to let them stay at our house.”

I had known that my father and Mahiru’s parents had been best friends since their college days.

They are still in touch with each other, and they are also close because they are both working abroad.

I knew that.

“No, but why did you decide that on your own?”

“What’s wrong with me making decisions about our home?”

“No! If she’s staying with us, that means that Mahiru and I are…”

Then my eyes met with Mahiru’s next to me.

She had her hands together as if praying and one eye closed.

It’s a pose of request. It was Mahiru’s habit when she used to ask for something when she was little.

I felt defeated and appalled by the situation.

“I’m sorry! At first, I was going to look for a place to live on my own, but when I was talking to my parents, they ended up talking to Isshin’s father.”

“I mean, come on. He’s such a sketchy old man.”

I am appalled at how forceful he is.

Why doesn’t he think of his son’s privacy and basic human rights?

Sure, there’s an extra room or two, but that’s not the point here!

“Isshin, if you don’t mind, please…”

I was at a loss for words.

What would Mahiru do if I refused now?

She had been living abroad for a while, and she might be confused by the new environment in Japan. I can only imagine the trouble she would be in if she were suddenly thrown out.

I let out a big, long sigh.

“… Let’s go inside for now.”

“Eh… Are you sure?”

“What’s the point of standing outside like this?”

Scratching my head, I opened the front door and invited Mahiru in.

*

“If you’re going to use it, you can use this room…”

I took Mahiru up to an empty room on the second floor.

Originally, this room was my father’s study, but it was mostly emptied out now. It hadn’t been cleaned for a long time, so there was a lot of dust in the room.

I opened the curtains, which had been closed, and stepped out onto the balcony of the room.

“Where is Isshin’s room?”

“Next to this one. It’s almost the same as this one, though.”

“So we can chat whenever we step out on the balcony.”

“Ah, yeah, I guess so.”

“Fufu. It’s kind of nostalgic.”

“What?”

“We used to talk like this from the windows of our rooms.”

“Oh, that’s right, that’s right.”

In the past, Mahiru and I lived next door, and our rooms were right across from each other.

We would talk about trivial things until late at night through our windows. Looking back on it now, I can’t help but wonder how we had so much to talk about after playing together all day.

“And just because you’re here doesn’t mean you should peek.”

“As if I will! You idiot.”

“Oh, Isshin, you’re embarrassed now!”

As usual, Mahiru was the one who couldn’t stop talking.

It was a beautiful day, and the wind was calm.

It was a strange feeling being so close to Mahiru, looking up at the same sky.

It was as if time had quickly flown since then.

“Hey, Isshin.”

Mahiru put her arm on the railing and rested her head on it.

The way she relaxed and looked up at me had an odd air of sexiness to it.

“Do you remember that promise?”

My heart skipped a beat.

In an instant, the words swept through my body, and my memory went back to when Mahiru and I had last met seven years ago.

There, Mahiru and I made a ‘promise’ to each other.

“I have been thinking about Isshin… ever since.”

“Yeah…”

“Whenever the seasons change like this, I wondered where you were, what you were doing, and if you still remembered… About all those things…”

It was exactly the same as me.

Mahiru stepped away from the railing and turned to face me in surprise.

The real Mahiru was there, so close that I could reach out and touch her.

“Mahiru…”

As I muttered, Mahiru’s fingertip touched the back of my hand. It was as if she was confirming my existence.

I stared back into her eyes, which were shaking with anxiety, and realized.

Perhaps Mahiru felt the same way I did.

I have never forgotten.

Not once ever since that day.

And that ‘promise’ too.

That was something very important for Mahiru’s and my future.

The fact that I met Mahiru again is something that I can believe was fate.

“About that promise, I too…”

Just as I was about to speak, the doorbell rang.

“Oh, I think she’s here.”

“Huh? Who’s here?”

Mahiru went downstairs without a care in the world, and I followed her, puzzled.

Mahiru approached the entrance and opened the door.

“—Excuse me for interrupting.”

A strange girl was standing there alone.

She was wearing the same school uniform as Mahiru and me, and from the colour of her ribbon, I could tell that she was one year younger than me.

I was even more fascinated by her eyes than when I met Mahiru again.

Her eyes were as dark as the night sky, her hair longer than Mahiru’s, and she had a doll-like face.

And the girl looked like Mahiru in some way.

“Isshin, do you remember her? This is my sister, Saya.”

Mahiru’s words pass from my right ear to my left.

“I’m Saya Mitsuha, and I’ll be in your care from today.”

She was Mahiru’s—my childhood friend’s little sister.

 

 

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