Do You Remember? Hao Asakura x OC

Chapter 10

ʲᵘˢᵗ ᵃ ʳᵉᵐⁱⁿᵈᵉʳ ʷʰᵉⁿ ᵉᵐⁱᵏᵒ ⁱˢ ˢᵖᵉᵃᵏⁱⁿᵍ ˡⁱᵏᵉ ᵗʰⁱˢ, "        ", ⁱᵗ'ˢ ᵖᵃˢᵗ ᵉᵐⁱᵏᵒ ᵃⁿᵈ ʷʰᵉⁿ ˢʰᵉ'ˢ ᵗʰⁱⁿᵏⁱⁿᵍ ˡⁱᵏᵉ ᵗʰⁱˢ, '        ', ⁱᵗ'ˢ ᵖʳᵉˢᵉⁿᵗ ᵉᵐⁱᵏᵒ. ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ ᵃʳᵉ ᵐᵉⁿᵗⁱᵒⁿˢ ᵈᵉᵃᵗʰ ⁱⁿ ᵗʰⁱˢ ᶜʰᵃᵖᵗᵉʳ ᵃˢ ʷᵉˡˡ. ᵒᵏ ᵗʰᵃᵗ'ˢ ᵃˡˡ ᵗʰˣ ᶠᵒʳ ʳᵉᵃᵈⁱⁿᵍ!
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"Goodmorning," a familiar voice greeted.

"Hao. How was your trip?"

"It went well. I really missed you though," Hao said genuinely.

'Ah, another memory. Hopefully this will be the last one,' Emiko thought in her subconscious.

"I missed you too," she heard herself say. Emiko tried not to feel sad as she felt her past self pull Hao into a sweet kiss.

Emiko slowly started to remember this day. This was the day that Hao started to act differently. This is the day where everything went downhill.

"You seem a bit sad," past Emiko inquired.

"Hm? Do I?" Hao asked.

"Yes... Is something wrong?"

Hao paused. He sighed, "I really can't hide anything from you can I?"

Emiko felt her past self smile as they hugged. "Nope! Now will you tell me what's bothering you?" she asked looking up at the brunette.

"The world is a cruel place Emiko. There were a lot of saddening things on my last trip. It'd be nice if the world could just restart. Then maybe people wouldn't suffer so much. Or maybe it's the human race who are in the wrong." Hao let out a sigh and leaned into their hug.

Emiko stood, hugging Hao tighter. 'I should've said something, or done something. It's all my fault. I could've stopped this,' Emiko said in her subconscious. The regret was starting to form in her gut. She knew she could've stopped Hao.

Emiko felt herself look up to meets Hao's gaze. The two stared at each other for a while before Hao kissed her again. Emiko kissed back happily. They pulled apart slowly, not wanting to let go of each other. "I really love you Emiko Asakura," Hao said with small tears in his eyes.

'Why is this so painful to watch?' Emiko asked as she felt herself tear up. 'Did I really love him that much?'

As if to answer her question, past Emiko responded, "I also love you, from the bottom of my heart, Hao Asakura." She sounded so sincere.

'It hurts. Why does it hurt so much?'

More and more memories began to flood her mind. Everything was becoming clearer. They were happy. They had a kid. Hao became distant. Something was wrong. Hao died. Their promise. She died...

Everything. She remembered everything.

It was dark.

Then there was light.

'Where am I?' Emiko thought as she slowly opened her eyes.

"Are you awake now?" a familiar voice asked.

Emiko slowly sat up. She was laying on a white futon with her umbrella beside her. She looked up and saw that it was only her and Ren in the small room. "I'm awake," she answered slowly.

Ren stared at her with an unreadable look on his face.

"Is there something wrong?" she asked becoming confused.

"Emiko," Ren said, "What is your relation to Hao?"

Emiko stared at him for a moment. She wasn't ready to tell anyone about her past life yet. "What are you talking about Ren? I've only met him once or twice."