"Yusuri-kuuuuun! Yusuri
Miyuki-kun! wait!!"
He stand up and turned his gaze towards me.
"Haahh...Haaaa..Haahaah...
Y...you..you are Yusuri Miyuki, right? ri-right?" Panting heavily in front of him, I mustered up my courage to ask.
When I looked closely at Yusuri, I see his body and face, it was totally different from the Yusuri Miyuki-kun I know, Of course that's normal, it's been eight years since I saw him after all.
He looked at me and stood bulky, intimidating. I met his eyes, saw his chilling stare. His unseeing gaze trailed over, looking first at my shoulders, then at his chest, his arms, hands, hips, and legs. He looked away and toed the dirt beneath his feet. Silent, eyes vacant, He neither flinched nor smiled.
I was somewhat perplexed, cause his eyes, his eyes are still the eyes that captivated me before, there's no mistaking it, he's Miyuki-kun.
But there's something different, the atmosphere around seems dark. Did something happen to him to make him look like this?
"Do you n~ee~d som~ethin~g fro~m me?"
"So you are, Yusuri Miyuki?"
My mind is kinda fuzzy, I can't seem to hear him clearly and so I asked him again.
"Yeah, it's me, why? Do you need something from me?"
So it was really him, I'm right?..Eh...? What is this feeling, I'm getting nervous, my heart is thumping so loud, What should I do? What should I say? "It's been a long time?" "Long time no see?" Is my face alright? Do I look weird? Geez!...I should've checked my face before calling him. What should I say?
"Yu-yusuri-kun, i-it's really you? I-I uhm...I-I mi--" I was about to say it but then, I felt like my body have stiffen.
"like you! please go out with me!"
Huh?..
"Sorry, I didn't hear you, clearly, what did you say?"
"I said I-I li-like you, pl-please go out with me."
Huh? What did I just said? What?? Did I just said 'I like you please go out with me' Are you for real?..Why did I said that?!
Eh...My heart had skip a beat and I felt like my body is getting really hot. What's this?..
All I thought was maybe it's because of my overwhelming emotions that made me say it but it's not.
"Uhm-ano--uhm... S-so what is your answer." I can't seem to understand what my mouth is saying anymore, I didn't even think about asking him out, I like him but it's too soon to confess when we just met after such a long time.
Why did I say that? What am I saying! Calm down! Calm down Akari! This is not the rime for this, suppress your feelings for a bit!
"Do you really think I'll believe that. Tell me what do you want?" Miyuki glared at me and stepped back a little farther.
"You see.. uhm... Yusuri-kun, I-I like you and.. I know this is sudden b-but I can't help it, I finally able to see you again after such a long time, there's nothing I can do with this feeling." Ehh...? What am I saying? Really, what's happening? I'm even twirling my hair? This is not how..
"Uhm, I think y-you got the wrong person." Yusuri-kun didn't seem pleased to what I said.
what should I do now? I messed up! Really, what's wrong with me?
"No, there's no way I'll mistook you for someone else, you still have that eyes of yours. I'm sure you're the Miyuki Yusuri I know!"
My mouth just said it on its own, I am acting what I don't usually do and I felt like my body is suddenly moving on its own.
My body, did it just moved on its own?
"Are you not afraid of me?Are you oblivious about the rumors about me? You know, I assaulted a girl, You should be more careful around me." He held my right hand and pulled me close to him.
Ehh!! Y-yusuri-kun is..Is.. too close!.. This is kinda erotic!!
"Fufufu... Of course I already know that, but you didn't do it right? So you don't have to worry about it." Eh!! Again?! I'm saying something again that I usually don't do!
What's wrong with me?!
"I'm not gonna believe you, I don't know what do you want and why are you asking me out but I'll refuse your offer."
"Ehh!"
"And more importantly I don't even know you and your name, Why would I go out with someone I don't know?"
D-don't know me? Yusuri-kun have already forgotten me?..
"Ehh?....Y-you don't know me? It's me, Akari, Akari Mitsuha"
Feeling shocked and flustered at the same time, I managed to properly open my mouth and said what's really on my mind.
Sigh, its looks like I can properly talk now.
"Don't you remember me?"
Well.. Maybe it's because I changed the color of my hair and my face is really different from before, That's the reason, right? So if ever I told him my name he should be able to recognize me, right?..
"Sorry, I don't really know you. I don't remember meeting someone like you before."
...!
"I-is tha-that so, Ne-nevermind then."
It looks like Yusuri-kun have already forgotten me. The excitement feeling I have, had vanished on my face in an instant. I know that we've been apart for a long time, but to think he would forget me, am I really that unimportant to be remembered?
I feel like crying but I suppressed my feelings and keep my head up.
" So is that all? Sorry I can't really remember if we met before, maybe you really got the wrong person. Then if you'll excuse me, I'll be going now." He lowered his head a bit, apologetic said, and turned around.
"Wait! Please! Just wait...Pleaseeeee wat! Please just hear me out. I have something to tell you." I grabbed his hand and he stopped.
"Okay, I'll hear you out"..He turned and said.
I don't know what to do after I pulled his sleeves but I guess I'll tell Yusuri-kun everyting. He will surely remember me if I told him everything we've done before, right? It was crystal clear to me so I won't be having a hard time telling him it all..... Or so that was I am planning to do but something I wasn't expecting have happened.
***
I opened my eyes, seeing a familiar ceiling. I stared at it and felt the comfortable sensation on my back, Huh?.. This evocative soothing scent,
I looked around and see a familiar table with a laptop and notes. Isn't this my room? When did I got back?
Where is Miyuki-kun? Aren't I supposed to tell him everything we've done before, Then why am I here? Ugh!
"My head, it feels so heavy."
I rose up from the bed and went to
the bathroom to wash up my face.
After drinking some water from the faucet, I went back to my room, only to see an unexpected guest.
"Hi, Akari-chan." A woman's silhouette waved her hand while sitting on my bed.
"Eh!...G-ghost!" I screamed. I lost my balance and my body have started to tremble.
Feeling terrified, my body went cold with dread.
There a ghost in my house? What should I do?! "No! Don't come near me!"
"Hehehe.. Sorry, sorry."
She waved both of her hands as if she was trying to calm me.
Th-that shook me. Who is she?
"Wh-who are you?"
"You already forgot me? It's me, Iradia."
I-Iradia? Where did I heared that name before? I get up and opened the lights, only to see a familiar face. A stunningly beautiful woman, possessing uniquely wonderful clothes.
She has a cape and her clothes is kinda revealing.
Th-the girl at Ayala station, It's really her? I thought it was just an illusion of mine, so she's really real?
"How did you get in here!"
"Hmm.. I wonder."
"Are you the one who brought me home?"
"No, no, you went home by yourself, but I guess I shouldn't said "by yourself", rather you went home without knowing it, meaning someone had controlled you."
"What do you mean?"
"Didn't you noticed it when you were talking to Yusuri-kun, You said something you really didn't mean, right? Didn't your mouth speak on its own?"
S-she's right..
"H-how did you know?"
"Well, let's save that later. I need to tell you something, you and Yusuri-kun made an agreement. You two will have a fake relationship starting tomorrow."
"What do you mean fake relationship?"
"Well.. I guess, I still need to explain it to you."
...
I don't who she is or what is she doing in my house, but I listened to her.
According to Iradia, Someone had controlled my body. Something that is hard to comprehend and not easy to understand.
Im perplexed on what she said,
She said that someone had changed the way I speak and asked Yusuri-kun to have a fake relationship with me for the sake of protecting me from the guys, and apparently Yusuri-kun agreed.
"Wh-what do you mean? I don't get it?"
"Well, let's just say that someone had taken over your body and do that. She tells Yusuri-kun to have a fake relationship with you and so the two of you will now have a fake relationship starting Tomorrow. "
Wh-what the hell? I don't really understand but someone had controlled me?
"H-how did you know that? Who are you, exactly?! Suddenly appearing here, What exactly is happening? Tell me!"
"It's still not the right time for you to know."
"Huh?.. I don't get you!"
"Sorry, Akari-chan, next time I'll tell you everything." She lower her head and apologized.
"You said, you know me, but I still don't get it! How come you know me and you know what happened? How will I believe a stranger! if you don't have any evidence I won't believe you!
"For the time being, just act that you two are in a relationship, Didn't you want to get close to Yusuri-kun?"
"Get close?" He already forgotten about me though.
"There's a reason why I'm doing this, It's unfortunate, but I can't really tell you." She averted her eyes to me and her face have become gloomy. That doesn't explain anything.
" I already informed you, so I'll be going now, and also remember that you shouldn't tell him that you met him before, that is, if you want to continue to get close to him, Never told him that, No matter what."
Just like before, She turned into bubbles and vanished in an instant.
I don't really get it! Why shouldn't I tell? Feeling confused, I held my head and tried to calm my self.
"She disappeared again..
what exactly is happening? Who is she? A ghost?
Not knowing what's really on her mind and what's she's trying to do.
I sat on my bed and carefully think, but I suddenly feel like throwing up.
"Huh?"
My sight have become vague and I feel nauseous at the same time
I tried to get up but my consciousnes had disappeared and I fell on the bed
***
"MIYUKI-kun!!!!No! D-don't leave me!!"
Eyes snap open, covered in a cold sweat, shaking, and my heart is pounding, What was that? A dream? I saw Yusuri-kun falling bellow the ground and waving his hand as if he was trying to say goodbye and leaving me behind. What kind of dream is that?..
I looked around the room suspicious, I still haven't fully awaken, what am I seeing? A plain white place that seems to be endless with no corners to be found, and grey clouds that seems to be a fog is all over the place, it was strange obscured as if by fog, where am I? I rubs my head and eyes and tries to fully awaken.
"Akari-chan, are you okay?" I heard a woman's voice, a figure of a girl came running towards me, I can't see her clearly, my sight is still blurry.
"Akari-chan?" she gently hold my hands and eventually, I regain my sense of sight. I looked at the girl and see a familiar face, it's Iradia.
The girl who twice appeared and also disappeared in front of me before.
"Y-you again?"
"I didn't know that he would go this far."
She bit her lips and I felt her hands, holding me tightly.
"He? What do you mean he?"
"Hmm?.. Nothing."
She averted her eyes and shakes her head.
"Always appearing in front of me
What are you exactly Iradia-san?"
"Hmmm..I guess you won't trust someone who can't explain anything. You may call me as your Creator, I'm the one who created you after all, I know everything about you, I'm here to give you some information."
"Creator?"
"You've been controlled by someone for the past few days, After I left you on that night, he immediately take action and controlled you. For now I'll give this to you."
She pat my head and suddenly, a light shone above my head.
[ Mind Break Resistance],
[Paralysis Resistance],
[ Curse Resistance],
[Mind control Resistance] and
[Hypnosis Resistance] has been added to your Skills ]
"Huh?" suddenly a translucent board appeared in front of me with the text written on it.
"What is this?" feeling confused, I unintentionally let out.
"That will keep your consciousness and he won't be able to control you anymore."
Again? She's spouting something that I can't understand, controling me? Who would exactly believe that? Is that really possible?
"Akari-chan, I don't have much time, Just like what I've told you before, you're in a fake relationship with Yusuri-kun, You two went on the rooftop and got caught in the summoning spell, all of the students in that building was summoned into another world and that includes you and Yusuri-kun."
"Another world?"
"Akari-chan, I have a request for you."
"Request?---"
"---Wait, can't you explain to me to the extent where I can understand, what exactly is happening?"
"I want you to protect Yusuri-kun, When you woke up there, you'll be a healer, You're job is to heal and protect someone. That is a perfect class for you."
"Hey! I'm asking you! What the hell! Did you kidnapped me? This is not my room, and what is this place supposed to be?"
She looked down on the ground and look at me seriously, I guess I have to tell you.. I am Iradia the Aut..."
"Akari!!!"
"Akari!!"
"Akari!"
a male's voice echoed and interrupted what Iradia said.
"What? I didn't hear you! What did you said?"
"It looks like Yusuri-kun is waking you up, we don't have much time
"Please, Akari-chan, Protect Yusuri-kun at all cost."
Having a downhearted expression, she held my hand and smiled.
"Huh..? Protect Yusuri-kun?"
"Yes, please protect him"
Her face have started to deform.
"I'm counting on you, Akari-chan."
as soon as she finished saying it, she vanished again just like before. The place has also started to deform and then...
***
"Akari wake up!"
I feel like someone is tapping my face..I opened my eyes and see Yusuri-kun
"Hmm.. Miyuki kun, what is it?" Eh..H-he's holding me! C-close! Too close!
"Can you stand?" He held my shoulders and lifted me up to stand.
"Yea-ah, thanks, where are we Miyuki kun?"
"I still don't know, for now we have to know our situation."
"Now then, I am certain you all must be feeling very confused about the situation you've found yourselves in. I shall explain everything, starting from the beginning. All I ask is that you hear me out until the end"
An old man step forward.
"Welcome to Nyutoraru, brave heroes..."