pink(er) sunrise, an OMORI fanfic by kingkilobyte.

CHAPTER 1: to a Faraway place.

Two years.
It has been two years since Sunny told everyone the truth.
What happened to Mari before the recital, and his, and Basil's involvement.
Hero...did not react well to it.
He didn't talk to Sunny for almost one full year.
Aubrey didn't hate Sunny, but she needed some time away from him.
Kel, being Kel, quickly forgave his friend, and he and Basil called Sunny literally the day after he moved.
And now, he's moving back to Faraway.
Not thanks to gleeful conditions though.
His grandparents passed away, and their house in Faraway was left to Sunny's mother.
She decided to give the house to Sunny, in case he wanted to go back to Faraway, and he decided to move back there some months after his 18th birthday.

"Sunny, are you ready?" Sunny's mother asked, knocking at his door.

".....almost" he said, contemplating the photo album.
So many memories rushed through his mind at that moment, but he could think about that later.
He had to go now.

He put his eyepatch on, put the photo album in his luggage, and went to his mother's car.

As his mother's car drove by the streets, he was saying goodbye to the city of Closeby, and going back into Faraway.

His mind went to all his memories of when he was there.
Of how he and Mari and the others played together, of the time they went to the beach, of when they met Aubrey for the first time, and much more.
And now he was going back, to his dear friends.

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Aubrey was working at Gino's.
She was rushing to deliver the pizzas, and couldn't wait to spend some time with Sunny when he arrived from Closeby.
She didn't like the job of finding out the pizza man's atrocious handwriting, but it did have some perks.
25% discount to employees was a godsend on her eyes.
What wasn't though, was trying to translate the jumble of symbols the Pizza man wrote on those papers.

"The quicker i finish this, the quicker i can get out of that hellhole..." Aubrey said to herself, in an attempt to hype herself up.

She finished delivering the pizzas, got her payment, and bought a pepperoni and cheese pizza.
Cliche, but nice.

The pizza was for Sunny's welcome back party, and with pizza on hand, Aubrey went to Kel's house...

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Sunny was remembering his only friend in Closeby.
She was a nice person sure, but she attracted too much attention, probably due to her fortune.
He doesn't remember telling her that he was moving.
Oh well, he could call her later, or send her a letter.

The city of Closeby in general wasn't so incredible as the pamphlets his mother gave him when they moved said.

"Incredible amusement park!" That amusement park got closed in speed record, after multiple violations of so many rules of the hygiene, and security issues.
He doesn't even remember the amusement park's name.

"Awesome restaurants!" That part wasn't as much of a lie, but Sunny disliked going to popular places.
More people = more sound which means a headache.
He just went to a pizza joint near his apartment called "checkers".
He thought that was a horrible name, but the pizza was good.

"A beautiful central park!" Yep no, that was definitely a lie to Sunny's eyes, and everyone else's too.
That park was littered with trash, and trouble.

However, he knew a place with all that stuff (except for the amusement park).
Faraway.
Not only that, it had his friends.

Oh, his friends...
Sunny couldn't wait to see them.
Exceptionally Aubrey.
Apparently he just couldn't let go from that 6 year crush.
"I've should have already grown out of this crush" Sunny thought to himself.
But there was something in him (gladly without the uppercase S) clinging to that love for Aubrey.