T ea(t)ch and L(y)earn

Burning Passion

The world knows...everyone knows now.

And we soon started to accept the fact that the Yag band is now in ruins, slowly falling apart. We no longer could sell any albums, which wasn't surprising when we soon had no careers as singers anymore.

But it was fine, because it was fun while it lasted, right?

I'm not sure about how Soda or Taka feels...but I'm in peace with the fact everything has to come to an end, one way or another. We're finally free aren't we...

Even though everything is over...I wonder how the others are doing with their lives. We all got separated because of the commotion and stress..i wonder how he feels...what is he doing right now, I wonder...

This is when I decided to one day call one by one to come over to my place. I just wanted us to have as much fun as we could, remembering the past while we burn with passion. That would be amazing...at least I think.

And, of course, the first to come over was white man. Knocking on my door? More like banging on it.

I sigh as I open it, facing that guy again. He didn't change a bit.

"Hello there, Hajime." He formally said with a simple smile, walking past me.

"Yeah, hi..." I awkwardly welcomed him, letting him in.

"It has been a long time hasn't it?" he says as he sits down on my couch, sniffing the air. "ugh, it smells like gasoline here, have you been drinking?"

"Drinking? Haha...not exactly.." I nervously responded, looking outside to see if the others would arrive.

"Well, I have, to be honest, sometimes just to forget the past and sleep easily..." he mutters, and continues blabbing about how he missed the old times.

And before I could comment on what he was saying, the others all showed up together at my door.

"Perfect timing, guys!" Soda expressed, smiling widely.

"We came as fast as we could, Hajime!" Taka says, bowing down to me.

"I'm hungry, did you prepare something for us to eat?..." Leon barged inside my house.

Hehe...even though we haven't seen each other for months, they're still acting like close friends to me...interesting.

"W-well...I made sure to prepare myself for this moment." I say as I pull my pants up a little.

"What a nice gathering, I missed you all!" Taka says, sitting by white man's side and hugging him. "I was busy with family business...it's not worth talking about it right now!"

"And I was taking a vacancy from all the stress, after that I was chosen for another audition, I'm still thinking if I should accept it or not.." Leon sighs, opening my fridge and taking out a few beer bottles.

"Bro you totally should! Imagine how much money you'll make!" Soda shyly entered the place, smiling from ear to ear. "A-and..believe it or not, but I'm actually Gundham's special secretary now!!"

"W-wait, really?!" I approached them after locking the door, stupefied and still feeling nervous.

"YEAH!!! I basically take care of everything for him, even signing books and leading small events!" he timidly nodded his head, I could see how proud he was of himself...

The way how happy they are is making me difficult to announce the news...but it's now or never.

"It makes me happy you guys are having fun and all...but there's something...a reason I invited all of you."

"Yeah we know, it's to spend some time together, obviously." White man said, smiling at me.

"S-sort of...!" I excuse myself and grab a few matches from the kitchen table and return to the living room. "..."

"Hm, what's that?" Taka asked, curious as everyone else.

"Don't panic, everyone..." I say, slowly lighting the match.

White man's face suddenly went pale as he realized my plan. He immediately stood up.

"W-wait..Hajime what are you doing?!"

"W-what, what's going on?" Leon stopped drinking and observed us.

"I smelled gasoline earlier, can't you smell it?" he replied, desperate.

The others sniffed the room and soon came to the same conclusion. They then stared at me with a mix of fear and confusion.

"Hajime...this isn't funny..." Taka said, lifting up and shaking.

"Y-yeah man, knock it off!" Soda panicked as well.

I smile slightly, looking at the burning phosphor on my finger.

"The day is finally here..." I whispered.

White man was quickly approaching me, I knew he was going to take it away from me, so I quickly threw the phosphor at the floor and the carpet floor soon caught fire, spreading its flames across the room.

"AHH! GRAB SOMETHING!" Soda yelled, running far away from the fire.

"HAJIME WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?!?!" Leon screamed, throwing the beer against the flames, but he only made it worse.

I laugh hysterically as I watch them panic and yell at me, demanding answers that I couldn't find.

"Mom was right...the yag direction really is trash! AHAHAHAHAAHH!!" I hugged my own arms

White man grabbed my shoulders and stared at me in horror.

"ARE YOU CRAZY?!" he shook me. "WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!"

"Hopefully soon!" I answered, still laughing.

"W-what happened to you? Are you the same Hajime that stayed with us on the band...? I know you hated us but it wouldn't go this far...right?"

I couldn't answer, I don't want to answer his questions...he was starting to annoy me.

I noticed how the others were desperately trying to get away and extinguish the fire, but it was too late, gasoline was all over the place, and I still had more matches.

Soon, this house would be covered in deep burning flames. Surrounded with hot smoke that would suffocate us slowly...

Finally...we're free...

We could still escape if we broke the windows, or smashed the door open, but it was all to late anyway. And I feel like they wanted to be free too...so what is the point in struggling?

I continued laughing until I couldn't take it anymore, until the fire surrounded my entire body and burned me to death.

Finally free...!

"AHH...!" I wake up, and suddenly smelled gasoline inside my room.