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The rain fell down on the curb as the blood trickled into the street. Hikaru Yume laid broken and battered on the street...
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"Graduation's around the corner" Natsumi said.
The morning sun came up through the window reflecting onto the group of students in the room.
"So many options..." said Sato while stroking his hair.
Hikaru Yume and his friends were sitting in their morning homeroom waiting for the teacher as they talked about the future they were 9 months away from graduation and the feelings of anxiety that came with the future poured out onto the group. Hikaru sat in the corner with his head down and a tired expression on his face.
They have it all together... what do I have...
Hikaru sat in deep thought as he stared over at the group no one noticed his gaze except Natsumi. She got up and walked over.
"Don't worry, Idiot. You'll be fine!" she whispered to him it was as if she knew exactly what he was thinking. He looked up at her and she smiled the sun overtook her face and suddenly... rain.
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The rain fell on the street as Hikaru stood at the light waiting for it to turn. He looked up too the rainy sky and began to smile.
"this place... you made what is it really what am I really... I know I'm meant for more." Hikaru spoke up to the heavens wanting a response but there was no response from above only a small sneeze from his right. He turned and saw Natsumi in a small yellow hoodie standing next to him.
"Natsumi?!" Hikaru said confused.
"Yeah?" she responded as if she though he knew she was there.
"what are you doing here?" Hikaru questioned.
She smiled and looked up as the rain fell on the city where they had grown up.
Look at her... so beautiful.
Hikaru smiled. He looked at her and admired her beauty, her slightly dark blue colored hair, blue eyes, trusting personality... he loved her, and deep down she loved him.
"You're worried right?" she asked him.
"Yeah I am..." he went from his admiring gaze back to slumping down over the bridges edge. Natsumi saw this and jumped down the edge back onto the small bridge and walked over to him he stood up straight.
"Let me tell you my method to figuring things out." she smiled and even in the rain had a happy and hopeful expression on her face
"Find something..." She said.
"Find something?" He responded.
"Find something, it could be one thing or several but start with one, chose something you want in this world and go after it reach out for it. do that and you'll never regret a thing and life will figure itself out." her odd words of wisdom encouraged Hikaru.
Natsumi, if I could have one thing in this world it would be you. though there are some flaws in this ideology.
He barely reached out his hand towards her then stopped dropping it. He sighed then the light turned.
"come on let's go I think I'm catching cold." she smiled and started to walk so did he right behind her as she pranced across the street with her hands behind her back. then... lights...
Hikaru Immediately understood the situation he leaped for Natsumi calling out to her she turned, but it was too late he stretched his hand out trying to hold her to protect her or to push her away to safety he wanted her, to be safe. As soon as he called she turned to look and she had a look of happiness on her face hearing him call her name her hand raised a little as if she was going to reach out for him as he was for her but... it was too late.
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Hikaru regained consciousness and was lying on the curbside of the street.
what... what happened...
He looked around for answers.
"Natsumi?" he looked for her with his eyes his body couldn't move. The rain fell down on the curb as the blood trickled into the street. Hikaru Yume laid broken and battered on the street. Paramedic siren's got closer as the paramedic lights flashed on Hikaru's body.
My head, what happened?
The paramedics got out of their vehicle and pursued a corpse on the opposite side of the street where Hikaru had been. he could just barely move his eyes. He diverted them to the scene across the street. When he did he saw the paramedics gathered around the body of a girl with long dark blue hair. Hikaru's eyes widened he immediately recognized the corpse to be the girl who was with him... to be Natsumi. Suddenly he remembered seeing the car and leaping to save her but falling short.
She can't be... It's my fault.
Hikaru had blamed himself for her death as he had failed to watch out for her. His mind ran wild as despair overtook him in those few seconds of realization.
Natsumi, Forgive me... It's all my fault.
Tears fell from his face he was still dazed from the truck and could not fully grasp reality anymore in short, he was dying.
I'm sorry... I deserve this you don't you had a life I didn't!
"Sir, there's another body over here!" called out one of the Paramedics. He ran over to Hikaru.
Sorry friend, there's no use I'm so dead.
Tears continued to flow as the pain came in waves. Hikaru looked as the men covered her face which was already unrecognizable to anyone who did not know her well. Her hair stained with the blood of Hikaru's failure. Hikaru lost all will of living and was ready to accept his fate but then, in the rain he heard a voice.
"It's not your fault! I forgive you... Now get up, Idiot."
His eyes filled with life again there was breath in his lungs for a second, yet that breath was Hikaru Yume's last.
Natsumi.