As Kazuya draws near towards the stage, he clenched his fists, filled with resolve and determination.
Kazuya used Presence Erasure so Yui can't see him while he's climbing stage. When he already reached the stage, he slightly tapped Yui's shoulder.
"Kazuya?! Why are you here?!"
Realizing that Kazuya just beside her, she immediately tried to run, but Kazuya held her hand before she do so.
"Yui, just please listen to me! Don't run away!"
After Kazuya said that, Yui just stood still but she's not looking back and her hand was still held by Kazuya.
"Yui, listen to me. You don't need to look back, just please listen. Although, you doesn't remember this, I'll still tell it to you."
This time, Kazuya is now going to reveal his investigation for these past 3 days. Just what did he discovered? All of the clues connected, Kazuya is now going to reveal Yui's past, based from his theories.
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"We're going to be friends forever! Remember that! Yui!"
The sound of farewell from a bunch of children can be heard outside the car Yui is in. She's sad that they will now part ways, but she knew that they'll be friends forever.
In her third year of elementary, her family is now going to change place for the first time. At this time, Yui is still excited because she'll meet new friends.
Indeed, her wish became true. She met many people and had many friends. But she will left them after a year. Her family is changing places almost every year. So her bonds with her friends are just a year.
But she knew that the bonds she made is a strong one. At least, that's what she thought. When she's already at her 3rd Year of middle-school, she saw a familiar girl from her elementary days.
"Sumi! Is that you?!"
"Huh? Yes, but Sumi is my nickname. A stranger calling me that is kinda rude."
Yui said as she saw her childhood friend, Sumi.
"What are you saying? Sumi, back in elementary, we're best pals!"
"No, I don't remember you! Who are you anyway!?"
At that time, Yui had let go Sumi's hand, then muttered to herself:
"Could it be... that you forgotten about me? But we're best pals, are we not?"
She just said to herself that maybe Sumi is just being forgetful. I mean, they were friends for a year, surely she won't forget that. But after that, she saw more and more of her childhood friends, but all of them have the same reaction.
Words like "Please, I don't know you" or "Have you mistaken me for something else" and even "Go away! Is it the It's Me! It's Me! Scam!"
The bonds that Yui thought that strong, is actually a brittle one. After she left, everyone had forgotten about her already. She despaired and felt lonely. At that time, only her parents is there for her.
But ever since then, she became afraid to make friends, and thoughts like "If they're just going to forget about me, I should not make friends anymore."
With that, Yui Kousaka in her 1st Year of High School have stopped making friends. But in return, she became very depressed. A cheerful and friendly girl trying hard just to become a loner. Even in her home, she's lonely too. She's now living alone from her parents because of independency.(In case you don't know, some parents In Japan are making their children live alone in their High School so they can live independent lives. Just "some", I didn't say "all.")
With that, she spent her days walking alone at the streets. At this time, she also got her claustrophobia because of her loneliness.
"Hey, your so cute and pretty! Wanna be an Idol?!"
All of a sudden, a girl on her 30's appeared in front of her. Her appearance is so sudden that Yui almost dropped her bag.
"Oh, how rude of me for my sudden appearance. I'm sorry for not introducing yourself."
The woman flashed a business card in front of Yui.
"Your a scout? Ms. Sugawara?"
"Yep! That's correct! I'm a scout! I search for girls that have the potential to be the next Top Star Idol!"
Yui saw the twinkling at this woman's eyes. Yui just thought at this time "Sure, why not? It's not like something will change."
But Yui doesn't know at that time, that her being an Idol is a great turning point at her life. After she joined the audition, she immediately passed.
She trained at dancing and singing until she was given the chance to perform on-stage. Yui is nervous at that time, but she still danced and sung at the stage.
After that, she slowly became famous until her 3rd Year Of High School. In her 3rd Year, she became the nationwide Idol. This time, she discovered the people that will never forget her... is her fans.
For the three years that she became an Idol, she never felt that she is forgotten. The banner where her name was written, the loud cheers of the crowd shouting her name, the monitor where her face was there.
When she became an Idol, she never felt that she was forgotten. That's why she treasured her fans so much. When she's at the brink of mental destruction because of her loneliness, she was saved by her fans and everyone who supported her.
That's why she wanted to do her best for her fans! But another anxiety grew inside her.
"What if my fans forget me too? If they forget about me, what will be left of me? I'm going to try my best just to make them happy, but if despite all that, they still forget me, what should I do?!"
This is the anxiety that grew inside Yui. Everyday, she's living in fear that her fans might forget her too. Although, she got motivation that she has to do her best, the anxiety is much stronger than her motivation.
At this time, A Soul Seal had possessed her. This is the Soul Seal of "Erased." Now, this is the story of Kousaka Yui. After some time, her depressing have grew so much that she have unconsciously used the Soul Seal and made everyone forget about her, including herself.
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"That's your story. It must be hard for you. Your so lonely back then"
Yui is still not looking back, but her hands are trembling and droplets of water are in the floor. Although, she have forgotten this, it was still intact to her so she can't help but to feel emotional.
Kazuya had let go of Yui's hands then said to her:
"Yui, I said earlier that you're an amazing person. It's really true no matter how you denied it. The only thing that pushes you forward when you're lonely are your fans. Your greatest fears had come true, they have forgotten you."
Kazuya looked at the spotlights at the stadium. It's not on, so there's no light coming from it. He's just staring at there, meaninglessly.
"Yui, please think about it more. Your fans have stayed with you, all this time. While I'm with you for only 2 days, It's clear who you should pick. Besides..."
Kazuya walked towards Yui, and looked at her face. He said with a smile on his face:
"Besides, I'm not going to forget you. You might forget about me, but I'm not going to forget about you."
After that words came from his mouth, tears are coming from her eyes. Yui is crying, and she immediately hugged Kazuya very tightly. Kazuya embraced her in return.
In this night, Yui's crying echoed through the whole stadium. Even for someone far away, you can hear her cries very clearly.
"Geez, making a girl cry like that is bad, you know. But on the other hand, I'm glad everything is all right now."
The one who was watching at the sidelines, Aki said that just now. She came here after resting for an hour.
After Yui cried, she took a step back from Kazuya, then closed her eyes. She asked to Kazuya:
"Kazuya, how many minutes do I have before I completely forget about you?"
"Since I've already told you your story and you have already faced reality, I think you will remember yourself after a couple of minutes."
Kazuya said as he smile slightly to Yui.
"Then, I want to say something before I forget about you."
"What is it?"
Yui took a deep breath, then she said with a wide smile on her face.
"You know, in the 2 days that we're together, I really had fun. You could say that I treasured those moments."
Yui walked towards Kazuya until they're already close to each other. They're standing in front of each other, and they're looking at each other's eyes.
"Kazuya, close your eyes."
"Why?"
"Just do it!"
Because of her yelling, he was forced to listen. He closed his eyes, and just hoped that something unexpected might not happen. Well, his wish didn't came true.
Kazuya felt a soft sponge-like thing at his cheeks. Reflexively, he opened his eyes and he saw Yui who gave her a kiss at his cheek.
After she did that, she took a few step back away from Kazuya, and said while tears are coming out from her eyes.
"Bye-Bye."
Although, she's crying, at the same time, she's smiling too. Kazuya is still standing there, staring at Yui with sad eyes. 5 seconds had passed, Yui became unconscious and her body is about to fall.
Good thing is, Kazuya caught her in time. While her body is on his arms, he whispered to her ears:
"Goodbye too, Yui."
With that, Kazuya felt the Soul Seal came back to him. The Soul Seal of Erased had came to him. At this time, Yui Kousaka's case have been solved.
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"Augh, my head hurts."
As soon as she woke up, this is words that she first said. She rose from her bed, then as usual, prepared her own coffee. While having her coffee, her eyes caught glimpse of the calendar.
"What? It's already August 5? How strange. The last day I remember is August 2. What did I do in these past two days? I don't remember anything."
She's bothered at first but shrugged it off since she remembered that today is the Cultural Festival. August 5, today is the Cultural Festival. It was 3 day event, by the way.
Yui took a bath, brushed her teeth, then wore her uniform. She looked at the mirror, then put a wide smile at her face.
"All right! Today is the Cultural Festival! For some reason, I'm in a good mood! So I'm going to make my fans more happier than usual!"
With that, she head out to school. Yui Kousaka have a performance at the Cultural Festival, I just want to share this information.
After riding a train, she finally reached her school. The moment she arrived, her fanclub is already waiting for her at the front gate. She greeted all of them actively. With her fans as an escort, she walked towards the school.
One of the students is handing out flyers for their play. Since Yui's performance is still at the 3rd Day, she decided to visit some plays, stalls and booths.
She accepted the flyer and took a good look at it.
"It seems It was a play. There's no harm at watching it."
So she said to her fans that she wanted to go to this play, and all of them should have fun on their own for the meantime.
"I bet It's going to be fun!"
"Or not?"
Yui is now staring at the BL play made by Class 1-C. Clearly from her eyes, you can see that she's definitely creeped out. Not all girls like BL after all.
"Do... you... really like... me? But, I'm a boy."
"Yes, I am. If you love someone, gender can't be a hurdle. We're both men, so what? The fact still remains that I still love you."
The two protagonists in the stage are Hajime and Kazuya. Kazuya is performing his role perfectly while Hajime was almost going to cry. I have my condolences, Hajime Sakurajima.
There are people who knew these two well, and their faces while watching this play is random.
Hideko, while watching at the corner of the room, her face was beet red and her hands was covering her face.
Haruka, she's going to explode any minute. The thought of Kazuya being gay can't left her mind.
Aki is watching this play too, along with Tadokoro. Both of them are wearing weird expression that can't be explained with words.
After some time, the play had finished. At the backstage, they're all thanking each other for the hard work. Especially, Hajime since he's the one who was traumatized.
With that, Kazuya's duty for Class C is now over. So he heads out to help his own class.
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After she left the room, she released a sigh because of the disappointment she felt at the play. She stretched out her limbs and knees, then heads out to her next destination.
"The top earlier, isn't he Kazuya Satoru? Isn't he popular? I wonder how they convinced him to act in a BL."
When Yui remembered that face and name, she remembered at the same time that she's investigating him because her fans suddenly disappeared that day.
"I guess, when the cultural festival is over I could ask him one more time. I was a bit harsh on him last time."
With that, she moved on, then accepted a certain flyer.
"Oh?! A horror booth! You can't enter a Cultural Festival without it!"
After reading it, she immediately walked and head towards that class. After some walking, she reached her destination.
"This is the horror booth, huh? Okay! Students of Class 1-B! You'd better send some chills to me!"
She took her first step, and she noticed that for some reason, the girl who are coming out of the booth are all grinning.
"What? Is this really a horror booth?"
She has some doubts but she continued her first step and walked through the floor. The designs of the horror booth are impressive, and the blood was nicely made.
"Wooh, Impressive. But It's not enough to scare me. Try harder my cute underclassmen."
The moment she uttered that to herself, a ghost suddenly appeared in front of her. I don't know if it's appropriate to call him a "ghost" though.
"Roar!"
"What kind of ghost who will say "Roar!"
The ghost is definitely Kazuya Satoru. The reason why the girls are grinning is because of the fact that they saw his face. In short, this booth didn't became popular for it's horror but because of Kazuya alone.
"Hello, Ms. Kousaka Yui! Thanks for your trip at our horror booth!"
Kazuya said as he wave his hand to Yui. While Yui on the other hand, is now going to left booth.
"What's with that?! First, the BL play! Now, a ghost who says Roar?! What's next!? He's going to play as a prince in Snow White?!"
"What the hell! I'm correct?"
For some reason, her guess was oddly correct. She's now staring at the Snow White play, dumbfounded.
END OF CHAPTER 14
Author's Note: Heyo! I am YoungOneStories, The author of this Webnovel! First, I want to say my thanks that you invested the time to read this. I appreciate that. Well, Yui's Soul Seal is now extracted, but the Cultural Festival Arc is still not over! Please, stay tuned, and leave a stone and a comment If you like the story.
By the way, before I forgot, this is the table of Arcs that happened so far.
Broken Finger Arc(Hideko's Arc)
My Rugged Voice Arc(Hajime's Arc)
Spring Side Stories
The Midterms Arc(Haruka's Arc)
War Of The Soul Seals Arc
Our Bloodline Arc(Hirokawa's Arc)
Summer Side Stories
The Cultural Festival Arc(Yui's Arc)
You can tell which Arc you think is the best in the comments section. Okay, that's all! Thank you!