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Present time: 2017

Hanagaki Takemichi lays down on his mattress as he watches the news. His potato chip bag is next to him as the news report begins. "The escalating dispute between the Tokyo Manji gang and their rival has just claimed additional innocent lives." Wait, seriously? That's insane. Takemichi takes a chip to munch on. "Six were injured, one sent to the hospital. Those who died on the scene were confirmed to have been 25-year-old, Tachibana Naoto, from Shibuya. The other victim was Tachibana-san's sister Tachibana Hinata, 26." Hanagaki freezes upon hearing the name, "Tachibana...Hinata?" He whispers.

....

So apparently, My one and only girlfriend, whom I dated in middle school, Tachibana Hinata, is dead.

"Hey! I know that you're in there, you punk!" Takemichi's neighbor bangs on his door. He swings the door open, greeted by the big wart on her nose. "How many times do I have to tell you that your TV is too damn loud?" Takemichi tries to keep his composure, "Sorry about that, ma'am. " The woman throws her hands up in the air dramatically, "Damn, kids these days!" Takemichi deadpans as he closes his front door.

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"Seriously, Takemichi-kun, How many times do I have to repeat the instructions? The DVDs need to be back on the shelves as soon as they are returned." Takemichi's senior coworker scolds him. Takemichi nervously rubs the back of his neck, "I'm sorr-" "All you ever are is sorry." She says, walking away. He sighs, walking out of the shop. His life is a mess. He's a low-life who just works part-time and barely gets by.

He walks turns the corner towards the train station. Some kids wave at him. "Hey, old guy!" The kids are sitting on top a black car, that isn't theirs. Takemichi pauses "Huh?" The kids swing their feet off the car. "You got a problem?" Takemichi looks at them confused, "Oh no. Sorry, I... " Two of the boys surround him and one of them makes a big scratch on the car. They all laugh and run away leaving Takemichi dumbfounded. what in the world? "Hey! What do you think you're doing?" A man yells behind him. Takemichi sprints away, not wanting to be blamed for the damage.

He arrives at Shinjuku station, trying to catch the train home. He stands at the Yamanote line, waiting for the train. His mind starts to wander. I never thought my life would be so bland. living in a crappy apartment with damn paper-thin walls. Treated like a moron from my manager, who's in fact, younger than me. Then when those punks tried to fight me I apologized. I've only ever had one girlfriend in my life and that was in middle school. To top it off, I'm still a damn virgin. Where did I go wrong?

Suddenly Takemichi is pushed from behind. His body falls onto the train tracks. He looks up at the speeding train that is mere inches away from him. His eyes widen. You have to be kidding.

His life didn't flash before his eyes. His family didn't come into mind. No, the only thing he thought about was Tachibana Hinata.

Past: 2005

What the hell? This is twelve years ago? Why am I back here?

Takemichi runs to Hinata's apartment building. He scrambles inside, running past the front desk. He looks at the mailbox's trying to look for her family's apartment number. He finally spots the number and bolts for the stairs .

He runs to her door out of breath. He rings her doorbell. She answers on the other side of the door. "Yes? Wait, Hanagaki-kun?" He looks down. "Y-yeah it's me."  She opens the door. "Hanagaki-kun! Were you fighting again?" She looks at him concerned. "You can't keep getting into fights like this. You just got finished with a dumb fight last week!"  She looks at him closer getting more concerned. "Are you ok? You look like you got hurt pretty bad. Did you at least disinfect it? Want to get you some bandages?"

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