𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙃𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝘿𝙤 (𝙏𝙤𝙠𝙮𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙁𝙁)

•𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒆

THE PRICE

I wake up in my apartment and bed as usual.

Was it a dream...? I wondered as I looked around and see that my surroundings are the same like any other day. I pull out my phone and check the date.

January 20... isn't this the day where I met Mikey and the day he died in my arms. I asked myself. {so I don't know the actual date and just wrote the date I saw in Mikey's letter}

As usual I went to where I worked which is at the CD shop and walking there, I saw Chifuyu and Baji laughing with each other, I was going to say hi and approach them and but they walked past me.

Eh-? They walked past me...?

Of course I was speechless, we knew each other, especially Chifuyu. He was my partner or at the very least he said so himself. I looked back to them and ran after Chifuyu tugging his clothes.

He stopped and turned around with Baji and looked at me.

"Huh? Who are you?" he questioned me. I was surprised it seems like it showed in my eyes since he was confused why I was surprised. But then the lady's words echoed in my head.

"The people you wanted to save, will be saved but they will forget about you"

So it wasn't a dream huh... I looked down and up to Chifuyu's face and smiled, sadness was present in my eyes but at that moment I didn't care.

"I'm sorry it seems like I have mistaken you for someone, sorry for interrupting you guys" I bowed to them and ran to the opposite direction.

-third pov-

"Well, that was weird, right Chifuyu?" Baji said to the man next to him only to receive no answer.

"Chifuyu?" Baji questioned.

"Huh?? Oh sorry Baji-san, it's just that I felt a sense of familiarity from that guy, I don't know who he is though. And his eyes, when he looked at me, he it was sad, I mean his eyes, but who was he?" He said looking a bit lost, as if he's trying to find who the guy is from memory.

Baji looks at the running figure and thinks the same there was something about the guy that seems off not in a bad way but a déjà vu kind of feeling. Since it was a pain the ass to even think about it, he just shrugs it off as someone who he probably saw in his pet shop or someone he passed by at some point in his life.

Who is he...? Chifuyu questioned himself trying to rack his brain for answers only to be knocked out of his trance by a black-haired man pulling him along to go back to the pet shop.

"Come now, we have pets to take care of and we'll meet again someday so rack your brain for some answers later." Baji said as he pulled Chifuyu.

Chifuyu had no choice but to just let it go and think about it later because just as Baji had said, they also have things to do than worry about an unfamiliar feeling.

I'm sure we'll meet again... familiar stranger... Chifuyu thought to himself as he was being dragged Baji.

-end of third pov-

-takemichi pov-

I ran and ran and ran from them not bothering about work as I was hurt don't get me wrong, I'm happy he was alive and with Baji. But what hurts the most is the fact that the one person who I told my ability about, the one who believed me, the one who helped me in the past, forgot about me. It was for the best but nevertheless it hurts.

I stopped running and saw a playground, it was familiar.... Ah it's this playground, where I met Naoto 12 years ago and shook hands with him only to be back at the future. The same playground where everything started.