Mended Branch (DR3 x OC)

Chapter 11: Farewell, Hope's Peak?

Graduation day had arrived.

Everyone sat at their desks in the classroom with content looks. A glass vase of yellow chrysanthemums sat atop an empty desk in the back.

Chisa stood in the front of the room behind the lectern. "A lot has happened, hasn't it?" She teared up a little and she wiped her eyes with a handkerchief. "I'm honoured to have been your teacher."

"What's up, sensei?" Kazuichi grinned teasingly. "You crying?"

"Hold on, Soda!" Mahiru scolded. "Have some tact, will you?"

"We're at the very end," Chisa said. "I can't be acting like this." She pulled a small notebook from her pocket. "For today, I've written a letter to all of you."

"Huh?" Fuyuhiko raised an eyebrow while leaning against his chair. "A letter?"

"I mean, this is goodbye for us. I wanted to do something teacher-like at the end, at least." She smiled sweetly.

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"...𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙤𝙥𝙚'𝙨 𝙋𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝘼𝙘𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙮, 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙣𝙤 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮'𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡, 𝙣𝙤𝙬. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮'𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙧!"

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"𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙤𝙛 '𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚' 𝙖𝙣𝙙 '𝙛𝙪𝙣 𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚', 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩? 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙉𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙞-𝙨𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙛𝙪𝙣 𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨?"

𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙪𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙮.

"𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙮𝙢𝙗𝙤𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚, 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙..."𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜.

"𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙨, 𝙨𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚! 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙖 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙮𝙥𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨... 𝙉𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮'𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙!"