"You sure?", She asks.
"Yea.. yeah, I think I'm starting to like you now."
"You don't have to lie you know.", She tries to smile.
"No, it's not like..."
"Please just stop. I Know you can't love me. It's fine. You agreed to be with me. That already means a lot to me.", She smiles.
I got caught lying huh. Ain't this a embarrassing situation. It's rather sad more than embarrassment with hesitation and guilt as toppings. Is she really willing to love me? Can she make me feel like she did? What if she is just faking it?! Why do I even care? Not like I'm doing it for real anyway.
Of course I didn't tell all of it to Densetsu. I told him what he needed to know, how I ended up losing Aiko and stuffs. I told them I fell in love with her generosity and proposed to her. Of course that is a lie. Atleast I want to think it is. Densetsu and Tachibana looked sad but Tachibana had a tone of doubt on her face. Why wouldn't she, she knows me better than anyone does.
"Your secret is safe with us.", Tachibana says.
"Yeah, you are still Yashiro to us. I believe you have a strong enough reason for this certain acts. And I respect that.", Densetsu says.
Isn't this strange. Just a few years ago, I was listening to Frank Sinatra just realize now that 'Flying To The Moon' isn't so soothing all the time. Some moons just walk far away from you, i.e. Earth. Family can go far away from your heart and then you realize how important they were to you. Then you start running towards them just to realize that they are not 'familiar' anymore.
"Let's go open up the gym, shall we?", I smile.
"I'd rather take a walk. This burden is too heavy to run with."
Densetsu and I are taking a walk through the mountain narrow roads. All the clouds are below us, keeping a lid on the memories from 3 years ago. I wonder how are things doing down there. Our house, Densetsu's house, school, probably got turned into a military base. If only.. if only I had another chance, I'd make it all right, from the start. I wouldn't get fat, nor I'll let Densetsu get fat. And father? Maybe I won't change that far back. I did the right thing back then. Didn't I?
"Will we.. will we ever get a chance to go back to normal?", Densetsu asks.
"Why? Isn't this normal?"
"Dunno, feels more like an anime or manga. Come to think of it, when did we stop being a weeblet?"
"Dunno, somewhere along the way I guess."
"Atleast dad won't scream at me for watching so much anime.", Densetsu stops.
I look back at him. He's crying.
"Things really have changed, huh?", He says slowly while looking down.
"Most of it did."
"You know.."
"What?"
"I wanna.. I wanna go home, I wanna see dad, just once."
"Why? Don't you hate him?"
"You can't hate someone unless you love them."
"I guess you can put it that way."
"Hey Kai... Uh Yashiro, I never got to meet your wife, what was her name again?"
"You can't."
"Why?"
"Looks like I have a curse, people who care for me seems to leave me easily."