Game Gyaru

Chapter 26: Our Last Time

"This is probably a good time to say the two of you are free of us for the rest of the day." Kankichi said as Hakuta was still processing the news he received. "You know, so you can say goodbye to your friends."

"Right..." He replied. "I guess we can all hang out later."

"Don't worry." Shiuka seemed to be in an unusually upbeat mood at the moment. "I'm pretty good at arranging get-togethers on short notice." It also helped they only had a grand total of four close friends between the two of them. So she didn't need to do much persuading to get the others to meet them somewhere.

"Great, then the two of us will handle everything else." Said Toukou, referring to the two adults handling all the packing and moving once the people tasked with removing the bugs were finished.

"Yeah, it's a plan all right." He said as the two pairs split off into their separate paths. As they walked to the agreed upon location, Hakuta couldn't help but wonder why she seemed so upbeat now. Just moments ago, Shiuka didn't want him to leave the town. But now that his fate was sealed, she seemed more than happy about things.

Was she truly happy for him to be leaving? It would make sense. After all, it was definitely a drag having a boy like him living over at her house. Their circumstances results in many limiting factors that surely a gyaru like her hated. Such as not being able to have friends, and probably being forced to hold back with boys she was interested in.

Though, shouldn't he be happy about this too? There's no reason for him to be feeling a bit down that he'd be leaving the Otari estate. Sure, there was also the issue of losing the two closest friends he ever had in Yuusen and Itsuku. But he did always complain about how unreliable they were for him. Maybe this new life could bring about a fresh start in relationships?

"This is going to be so much fun." She said as they neared their destination.

"Say, before we get there." He had one important things to say before their fun times were to begin. "Don't let any of them know about me moving away." Hakuta didn't want to ruin their last night together with friends. Even if they had to learn the hard way, it was better than being sappy for the rest of the day.

"Sure, if that's what you want." She accepted his reasoning and promised to keep it a secret. "But, it's kind of a special day, isn't it?" Now that they knew he was leaving tomorrow. The pair were now acutely aware that everything they were going to do together was also going to be the last time they do so in that manner.

"Yeah..." As they got there, it seemed their friends got here first.

"Hey you two." Yuusen greeted them first, taking note of the pair arriving at the same time. "Don't tell me you've been hanging out behind our backs."

"No, we just happened to run into each other." Hakuta said in response. This exchange was bittersweet for him, knowing that this was going to be the last time he'd greet his friends like this. "Anyway, why don't we all go enjoy ourselves today?"

Hearing her tell him how this was going to be the last time made him feel different on all the things they did. There was a feeling of melancholy upon considering that these handshakes were going to be the last greetings. That their teasing would come to an end. That the girls wouldn't yet again lead his friends to things just because they were cute.

Somehow, despite most of that being things he didn't care for during the everyday life here. They became things he would miss upon leaving to another town. Sure, they could try to see each other again sparsely. And of course, with Yuusen and Itsuku he'd keep in touch on the phone. But that was different than just living their lives with little care of the world around them.