"We'll always be friends right? Yuuta?" "Yes! Always!"
'Always... A word so deep, yet forgotten so easily'
"I love you Yuuta!" "I love you too Rika!"
'Jealousy, an emotion so fair and square, yet so cunning.'
"RIKAA!!!" I and Yuta ran after her, she died in a car accident. I realized how bad of me it was to actually think ill of her, 'She was me beloved friend...' I cried for days, didn't sleep for nights... I cursed myself. Somehow, I wanted to die. "You're my best friend, Ellasia! I'm always gonna be by your side! I've got your back! Always!" Rika said that to me.
'Always...'
'Always... Will you?' I wonder if... this could be the truth. She said that and yet, she died, leaving me all alone. My parents moved away and, I lost touch with Yuuta too. Nevertheless, I never forgot him. He was, my first love.
"You liar...."
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"Ellasia? Hey, Ellasia..." I heard a familiar voice. I slowly opened my eyes to see a familiar female with green hair and round specs. "Maki..." I murmured, straightening my back. "Are we there yet?" I asked. "Yes." She said picking up her bag and standing up from the metro train's seat. I stood up too.
I and Maki were out on a mission to exorcise a cursed spirit near a hospital that had witnessed many unexplained deaths recently. We had finished the job in six hours, and now we were heading back. It was already 10 at night, the train was almost empty too, as it passed from an over-bridge. The light from inside the train stopped us from looking outside. "The train bound to Tokyo is now arriving at platform number 3. For your safety, please stay behind the yellow line." The announcement came in as I picked up my bag pack. I and Maki stepped down the train door and made our way back to the Jujutsu student's dorm rooms. "Hey Ellasia, how's your wound doing, it did not start bleeding again did it?" Maki asked me. "No, it's alright. And besides, I don't think it'll bleed anymore." I said and checked the wound on my arm that Maki wrapped with her handkerchief.
We reached the dorm rooms only to see Gojo sensei moving about in circles, his hands locked on his back and he, all worried. "Ah, Ellasia and Maki!" He ran towards us once he saw us. "It took you a while to get here! You guys are alright, right!?" He said bending down to our level and looking for wounds. "It's fine Gojo sir, we're alright." I said. "Ellasia! your arm! How'd you get that!?" He asked holding my arm up to take a closer look. "It's alright sir, it's just a scratch-" I felt as if the world turned upside-down. I collapsed, but Gojo-sensei held me. "Ellasia!" Maki shouted in worry. "I knew it! That curse's claws were poisoned right!? Who told you to shield me!?" Maki shouted at me as Gojo-sensei picked me up in alarm and ran to the infirmary. "Shoko! Ellasia's poisoned!" Gojo shouted as I looked at Shoko sensei's troubled face. I blacked out.
