the yanderumu files.

Three's a crowd.

Tonight was a dark night in tokyo, clouds filled the lonely sky. We then see second year ayumu uehara laying on her bed with a sad look in her eyes. It had been days since she talked to her best friend; and she could feel the loneliness taking over. "I want to call her, I want her to talk to me", she thought to herself. Now with teary eyes, she found herself staring at a picture the two had taken weeks prior. One they took before she came into the picture. She had desperately missed when it was just the two of them; before all these others came into their lives.

After more time of reminiscing on all this, she couldn't take it anymore...she had to call her. So she quickly pulled the number up, and hit the button. Then after only a few seconds of waiting, her old friend picked up. "Hello". "Hey, it's me...I just wanted to see how you've been doing lately", ayumu asked. "Oh fine, and how about you". "Fine I guess... it's just". "I haven't got to see you in a while", ayumu nearly sobbed. "Oh I'm sorry". "I've just been so busy with the festival planning that I haven't really had time for anyone", she sighed.

At this moment ayumu then saw an opportunity, and decided to use it. "Well I was thinking...I mean if you wanted". "We could go to the mall together...you know like old times", ayumu smiled. "Hey that sounds fun, I could probably use a break from all this planning anyway". Upon hearing this, ayumu's face lit up for the first time in days. "Really!!". "Yeah... it'll be fun", yuu smiled. "Heh, why don't we go right after school then... just the two of us", ayumu jumped. "Sounds good, I'll see you then", yuu said as their call ended.

After the call, ayumu felt like she could shout out in joy; she was actually getting to spend the whole day with yuu-chan. It was finally going to be just the two of them again. So the happy girl hurried and rushed herself to bed. After all, this one night was the only thing that was holding her back from seeing her love. Unfortunately though, the thoughts of the day before her flooded her head. She couldn't go to sleep for thinking about all the fun she and yuu were going to have. She thought about browsing through all the stores, trying things on, and even grabbing a bite to eat.

Before she knew it, a lot of time had passed. So much so that when she glanced at her phone it was almost 3:00 am. "Uh-oh, I better get to bed". The girl then turned to her side and forced her eyes closed at an attempt to get some sleep. After a few moments, this proved fruitful as she slowly started to drift off. Thankfully the next morning arrived quick; and as soon as it did ayumu flew from the bed. She then picked out one of the prettiest outfits she had; and even wore the necklace that her best friend had bought her. Then as she looked at herself in the mirror she smiled, and was more than ready to start her day.

After a few finishing touches she grabbed her purse and headed out the door. She happily rushed with a huge smile on her face to get to her destination. In fact, it didn't even matter if titans started walking the streets; nothing was going to stop her from getting to that mall. Once she finally made it however, her good mood would come crashing to a halt. She saw yuu-chan waiting for her out front, just like she said she'd be. But she wasn't alone; with her instead was a guest that definitely wasn't invited. "Hey ayumu, how's it going", a happy setsuna came to greet her. "I can't wait to go look around with you guys!".

At this moment ayumu felt her heart sink, she was filled with surprise and blind rage. She then walked straight past setsuna and grabbed yuu. "Ayumu what's wro...". "We need to go talk", the girl said walking with her friend. The two then walked far enough away where setsuna couldn't hear them; all the while leaving the girl standing alone in confusion. "What's going on", ayumu growled. "Nothing, what are you talking about!". "Don't play dumb...we talked about this!", the girl yelled. "We agreed it was only going to be the two of us didn't we?". "Yeah, I guess so", yuu replied. "Well then why is she here!!". "She called me this morning, and she said that her folks were gonna be gone all day". "She was all alone so i figured it would be nice if we invited her too".