If I were to be you (Hananene)

First wish

"Hanako-kun. I really wonder... what would my world be if I hadn't met you. All those times I told you to stop annoying me, all those times I was being... selfish ? You showed me who I truly was. You helped me grow. Now that I think about it, how much I have changed in only a year... Still, I can remember that time when I met you. I could never forget it. No, I wouldn't allow myself to do so... And even if I will soon die, I want you to know how thankful I am that I met you. Hanako-kun... the truth is, there is no one more important to me than you. Tell me... how can I make you happy ?"

The young girl was thinking, again and again, when she was supposed to sleep. She tortured herself with too much questions a 15 years old girl shouldn't have to deal with. She had always took life for granted, and knowing she might die soon broke her heart. She took a glance back at her past, only to focus on the childish behavior she used to have.

"Hanako-kun, I wanted a prince charming..." she said to herself, remembering her younger self.

"Hanako-kun, why won't anybody like me ?"

"Can't a hot guy fall from the sky, come and save me ?!"

"I wish for Minamoto-senpai to be in love with me !"

Those silly sentences kept on spinning inside her head, whatever she did, she couldn't do anything but thinking about her past. Only, one detail wasn't changing.

"Hanako-kun did grant my wishes... But, what does he wish for ?"

Among her foolish behaviors was the time she mindlessly knocked at Hanako-kun's door. Never did she imagine that this small action would change her life so much.

"Would I have just died staying a crybaby if I hadn't met him ?" she scolded herself, ashamed to realize the truth.

As hard as it was, she tried sleeping, although her heart wouldn't let her have some rest. So many nights had been that way... She stopped counting a while ago. Now that she knew she was meant to die this year, she thought about all those things she could never do. But then, once again, she found herself being selfish.

"Haven't I learnt anything ?!" She cried.

And here again, only one thing came to her mind.

"Haven't you taught me anything..?"

Yashiro couldn't help but feel guilty. Her ghost friend had always tried to cheer her up, and she knew that even in her last moment, he really tried to make her having a good time. She couldn't disappoint him. He had grown to be her most precious friend... Still, she couldn't believe how lucky she was to have met him. Why was she special ? Why did she heard that rumor that day ? Why her ? Did she really deserve to meet him ?

Giving up on her intense reflections, she only came up with one idea in mind.

"I want to make you happy, the way you made me happy, Hanako-kun."

It's true, he was a ghost, an apparition. But he made her feel more alive than anyone else. He wasn't her type at all. He was just some ghost, wearing a weird cap, along with the old school uniform.He always make dumb jokes... He's pervert, annoying, much of a trouble. Oh yeah, he was definitely troublesome. But somehow, she liked it. He was enslaving her to clean the toilets ! But didn't she like his company after all ? After all... she would spend the rest of her life cleaning his boundary if that meant she could stay with him longer.

Here at it again, she found herself thinking until late that night.

Don't get me wrong. Yashiro wasn't in love with Hanako-kun. How could a human and an apparition be together anyway ? This didn't make any sense... did it?

"Did it?"