Back in her room, Chizuko was lying on her side. In the dark, pensive.
- * I was afraid of abandonment and hearing these few words "I don't love you anymore" is enough to hurt. But I can't stay indefinitely in this illusion that I wanted to make my reality*.
She took a deep breath and said
- I'm making a new start without you
It's over
She ends up falling asleep. The next day when she woke up, she came out of her room and was surprised to see Murata making breakfast. He was almost finished and placed those already ready on the table.
- You're here...
Yesterday she told him he could leave but he did what he wanted and stayed
- I wanted to stay, I would have been agitated if I had left you alone like that
She muttered, "You're so worried about me."
- You can go sit down, I'm almost finished
Once everything was ready, they ate together. Murata had always taken care of her and she had only just become truly aware of it. The breakfast he had just made for her pleased her and warmed her heart. She smiled for a moment before wearing a sad expression, she apologized to him.
- I was painful throughout but you were always there, I said mean things to you but you didn't leave me.. you stayed I....I'm really sorry really sorry I know it's not ...
He interrupted her and said, "It's already forgotten, don't worry, and I know you didn't really mean it."
- Anyway...
- Let's forget all that, eat.
As soon as they were finished, he cleared and did the dishes despite Chizuko asking him not to. He was so stubborn, he didn't want to hear anything. She suggested that they do it together and he accepted. Al work, they looked like a couple
Right after Murata was ready to leave since he was at her house. She had difficulty accepting her breakup but resigned herself thanks to his words. Before leaving, he said to her with a smile full of sweetness "the worst is behind you chizu, you have gone through the most difficult part. Take your time, live your life, smile at life. Become who you always were again
She began to shed tears touched by his kindness. Murata touched her cheeks to wipe away her tears and said "I didn't say it to make you cry, I much prefer it when you smile."She couldn't stop her tears from flowing but brought a touch of sweetness, a smile.
- Thank you Murata
He left that way afterwards. Chizuko remained against her door, she thanked Murata for everything, his caring and kind words which could make her melt.
Murata returned home and got ready for work. Being at Chizuko's house, he didn't have the right clothes and had to take a detour. It took a few minutes to arrive. Once at his office, he got straight to work.
At break time, he went to get a coffee when Nagi appeared out of nowhere, grabbing onto his neck.
- What are you doing there?
Nagi distanced herself, arms in the air as if asking him to take pity, "hey don't get angry for so little... Are you going to settle for that?
Murata ignored him
- Could you answer me quickly?
By the way yesterday...I went to the restaurant where you were supposed to be and I saw you leaving. I just intended to give you the key but I witnessed the whole scene, full of twists and turns in all cases
Murata let out a long sigh, "everything is going well."
- happy to hear it
- And the key?
- Ah...uh I put it away on my desk once home but
- stop telling me your stories
He was sipping his coffee ☕️ at the same time
- if you have lost it, get to work as quickly as possible. You should have done it like the others and returned it to me on paper "AT WORK". He placed particular emphasis on it. Although the two of them were very close, Murata did not do him any favors. Nagi was disappointed. He had looked for this USB key without success, no longer knowing where it could be, he had only one thing left to do: start everything from scratch. He could count on Murata not to give up on him for a second, ensuring that the work was done as it should be.