// Nume Will Find Peace //
A faintness beside my resting cushion appears.
Examining the room, I figure that the nurse heard the thud of my weight from next door.
"WAKE UP ALREADY!" Karota shouts.
"Can't you see, Nume? Are you too blinded by pleasure to see? YOU NEED TO LIVE! LIVE AND GO ON!"
She's blabbering about living on, and I agree! My inner senses began to wake, as I get off the bed.
"Gwahh.. that fall took 3 years off my life." I mutter.
Karo-tan is packing her books. She read through my short coma.
"Let's go home! You were out cold for like, FIVE whole days! A bother!"
I tell her, "Stop overreacting! It was a mere 30 minutes."
"THEN WAKE UP FASTER!" she growls.
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"Hahn.. at least, at least you're alive."
I guess I am alive.
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"For the length I've known you, Karo-tan."
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"I don't show it, but.."
"Mhmmmm."
"I'm glad our fates connected. I can't imagine going back to junior high and spending time pulling out wooden blocks after school, alone."
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Karota and I are leaving the room.
"Hah, where'd that come from?"
"I'm saying that you-"
"I appreciate meeting you as well, Nume. I know you do too."
"..You're weird, but brave. The bravest person I know. You ran as fast as you could!" Karota adds.
"And I admire that about you!"
I reach for the door, and..
*thud*
"Eh?" we react in unison.
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*2 hours later*
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I recite, "Yes I know.. it's too late.."
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"But I want it.. that.. way. *sob*" Karo-tan replies, in the same anguish as I.
/ We've been stuck in the nurse's office the past few hours or so. It's because the door knob fell off. If anyone reads this diary.. please remember the names.. Numeru Wakari.. Karo Takumatsu. Alert our families of our passing. / I also wrote this, just in case.
"Nume.. this might be it.. I haven't even eaten lunch today.." followed by a sniffle, Our backs against the walls, huddled next to each other on the bed sitting as we sing our last songs.
Her sorrow glooms over this small room. Just, that, I don't think we're close to having our last meals yet.
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"Nume."
"Y-yes?" I respond.
"Can.. I.."
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Out of the blue, a tight grasp broke the silence. The slithering engulfing my fingers. I begin to wonder, "is this normalcy the same with people you put on pedestals?" A couple of eyes meeting another, whom they could call home. One heart settling, the other slowing its pace.
She stabilizes her breathing, as I am at an absolute loss. Maybe, this might be it? Maybe, what I've been waiting for, was showing up right in my face, this whole time? My thoughts wallowed in nostalgia. Who'd have thought that, such trivial, chance encounters, could bloom a rose pile?
Karo's face is closing the gap between mine, and we're shutting our minds off for this graceful embrace of sprits.
"Numeru.. I.."
"Karo.."
My lids are shut, and I can hear her panting. I don't want to think of anything else this day.
"I.. I can't take it.. anymore. I'm.." She continues.
"Me too, Karota. We're the same."
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"You're going to shit yourself TOO? Oh my.. oh no no.."
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"THIS IS.. Nume.. get me some plastic, right around.. now.. please.."
"You'll regret not grabbing me a bag after I.. I absolutely DEMOLISH the lemon fragrance coming.. from the AC.."
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*haaa-hnggggggh..* I inhale, at intense length.
Release, "EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH?"
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"NUMERU!!"
*BAAAANG*
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"Oh, my."
The door slams open. Behind it, a starry-bright maiden. Hair as if they were low-hanging grape vines of grandeur, a deep matte-blue.. The one and only classy, top-of-the-line, test acer, and student council secretary, Haruko Tosagi. I like journaling, and I'd just praise her writing ability all day, had she gone out on a date with me already! Master of many tongues, this person is someone who has, as well, indirectly mastered the skill of charm and seduction; although, I can't stress enough the mystery surrounding this girl. Aside from Tosagi-san's stark and cozy appearance, she has under her uniform a turtle neck which I think is.. hot.
She has a nice pair of tidying tools in her hands.
"Out of the way, Nume.. I think that really WAS it." Tears pouring down her sockets, for whatever cause. Karo-tan whom I'd recently almost lipped-to-lip, sprints in urgence to the toilets.
Which leaves me, and.. um..
"Good afternoon.. Wakari-san, was it..? We're just making rounds, cleaning up the classrooms for tomorrow. Did I bother something, though? I hope I didn't."
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"PSHH, Give me a break. THAT BE NOTHING. Don't worry.. partner." words struggle to come out.
I attempt to follow up, "Now go away!"
"Hah, what's with that funny accent? Hah. Okay, then! I'll see you 'round town, part-ner!"
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Walking back to me is a Karota who'd just gone explosive in the school bathroom.
"That feels muuuuuch better! I'm happy that someone managed to get us out, after those two grueling hours inside."
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
"Hmph? I could've sworn that was Tosagi-san too." she adds.
"HOO! YOU FINALLY SPOKE WITH HER?"
"A-and.. s-s-she called you.. PART-NER? REALLY?"
"She did, I guess." I reply in a simple manner. It was no big deal. I swear it isn't.
"Anyways.. it's getting late. We should head back now, before weird folk appear on the streets."
Karo nods and goes back home with me.
On our way back, she asks "Want to grab something to eat?"
"No, it'll suck. But, if you wanted, I'll wait for you outside."
Karota bought some cheese pan before we split paths. We're on two roads separated by a row of houses in between.
Re-enacting the small talk my crush and I just had in my mind, I'm hoping Tosagi doesn't think I'm weird or anything.
I bet SHE DOES!! JASDIFJDZOLNFODLNFOALNFONAW
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