Game Gyaru

Chapter 27: The End? (Vol. 1 End)

Sunlight shined into Hakuta's eyes as he groggily sat up in his bed. He sat there a bit rubbing his eyes realizing what today was. That fact alone made him want to lay back down and hope it was all just a dream. But reality was harsh and soon enough he got out and began getting dressed for the trip.

The boy peered outside his window and spotted his father and Shiuka's dad dragging out luggage. It seemed those two were more than raring to get the show on the road with their pace.

"Wow, you really want me out of this place." He said to himself. It made sense his dad would be excited on moving on with their lives. It was a great chance for the two of them to get a fresh start. Without financial problems, this was the freest either of them had been in a long while. "Guess with all my complaining, you're doing this all for me."

Once he got both arms through his sleeves, Hakuta was ready to head on downstairs. It was a melancholy feeling to be walking down these steps for the last time as well. His mind had been obsessed with those thoughts ever since she made a point of it. "Hey, where's Shiuka?" He asked, noting that he bedroom door was open to reveal it was empty. It didn't sound as though she was taking a shower, nor was she down here stuffing her face in the kitchen.

"She left to go do something important first." It made him disappointed that he was barely out of her life and she was already moving on. His dad and Kankichi were both about to finish up carrying out all the luggage, so he knew his time was about up.

"Oh, I can't believe you're about to forget this." He noticed his prized Toystation was still set up on the stand in the living room. "Oh, sorry I guess Mr. Otari owns it now." Technically, that man did purchase it with his own money for his daughter. The only reason Hakuta had been playing on it up to this point was due to living here.

"Yeah we don't need to take it." His dad responded. It seemed his new start was going to involve leaving that behind. Actually, there's something I wanted to show you." Toukou beckoned him to come outside. "I think you'll like it."

"Actually..." As much as he tried to keep a positive attitude on this whole matter. It was too much for him to keep up this charade as his father tried to brighten things up. "I'm happy that you're excited we're finally moving into a new home, but..."

"You'll miss your friends and Shiuka too much, right?"

"Yeah, look. I'm sorry but it's really bringing me down." He replied. "I promise, I'm sure I'll move on, but maybe-"

"Just step outside." Kankichi cut him off. "Like he said, you'll really like it."

"Huh?" Hakuta did as they asked, and what he saw shocked him. "W-where's my stuff?" These weren't the type of luggage he would've expected for people trying to move out. In fact, there was a lot less of their things here than what they actually owned.

"I'm surprised you didn't notice your closet was still full." His dad said, laughing about the surprise he had for his son. "I guess you just assumed we took care of everything."

"Well yeah." He replied. "When I looked at you from the window. It looked like you had everything taken care of." Either way, this still made little sense to Hakuta.

"That's what we wanted to surprise you with." Said Kankichi. "Well, I would've liked to have both of you, but the point is-" Just as he lamented the fact his daughter wasn't here at the moment, she finally showed up.

"Wait! Don't go anywhere yet!" They heard her yelling as Shiuka dashed on the road to their location. The girl was breathing heavily from being out-of-breath. It seemed she ran quite a long distance to get where they were.

"What's wrong?" Hakuta asked. He had assumed she went somewhere for fun and probably wasn't going to say goodbye to him. Maybe that was a disrespectful thought from him, considering what they had been through. "Where have you been?"