Re: Life In The Original World From Zero [A Re:Zero Fiction]

Chapter 91: Modern Day Life Graduation Part Five

A/N: Part five of the graduation!!!! Let's keep going!!! Please enjoy!!!

"Too many people came, waaayyy too many people came! Way too many people that I don't know came!!" Haruka said, breathing quickly and holding onto the wall to support herself. "Yeah who the hell were those people?! I know our parents of course, and there're Ossan and our senseis, Kurenai-san, but who're the rest of them?!" Aki shouted. "You two should go ask Emilia-san for tips in holding it together under the spotlight." Hinata said jokingly. The two rolled their eyes at him and turned back to Subaru.

"Uh, I guess you're talking about the girls' managers and coworkers from their working places?" Subaru said, trying to remember who were there exactly. "And Natsuki! Who's the blond lady that you were talking with???" Aki asked. "Oh yeah you guys don't know her either. Her name's Antonella Merlo. She's the owner of the restaurant called Signor Presidente. It's located in the ally way next to the Gourmet Street. I went there with the girls before, and, um, certain incidents happened there so we got on speaking terms. That's all. Emilia-tan, Rem, Nee-sama, and Bea-ko all know her." Subaru explained. The three gave him the bombastic side eyes. "We're telling Rem-san this later." They said in unison. "Seriously what the hell guys?!?!!!" Subaru shouted in protest.

The four were back on the roof, finally catching their breaths a bit after rushing away from their parents and friends. "But honestly you two, if you really can't take talking with a group of strangers, I'd suggest you go consult with Emilia-san. She's really got the hang of making speeches in front of people. I think it's a great idea, haha." Hinata said, laughing. "Now come to think of it, you two really should work on that. What if someday in the future you won a tournament and got interviewed by the press and you just ran away? It's gonna look real bad." He continued, and Aki and Haruka shrugged. "I'll worry about that when that really happens." Aki muttered, sitting down by the wall under the shades beside Haruka. She said down too, and Subaru and Hinata took their spots next to Aki.

The four of them looked up at the sky decorated with clouds as white as it could ever be. It was exceptionally sunny, as if the sky itself was bidding them a pleasant farewell. "What a beautiful Duwang, chew." Hinata said suddenly. "That came outta nowhere, but I get that reference." Subaru replied with a snicker. Feeling that they shouldn't be under the shadow when the sunlight was this nice, Hinata got up and went under the sun, stretching. "C'mon, the weather today is this nice! Get under the sun and let your bodies have some vitamin D!!" Hinata said with a grin, and Subaru smiled and got up, and so did the other two. They went to the edge of the roof, looking down at the people on the exercise yard from the fences. Most of them were in groups, just chatting, taking pictures, hugging one another, feeling the warmth of the people around them. "Thanks to you guys, and the girls of course, school now is an abbreviation with a different meaning. It used to be seven crappy hours of our lives, but now it's more like seven cool hours of our lives." Subaru said, remembering the first joke about the school he told the girls when they first started learning everything about this world.

"That's a great change, and to be honest with you I don't deny I'm feeling that way too. It's a happier place now." Aki said, nodding solemnly. "Yeah, let's keep it that way when we go to uni." Haruka said, giving him a pat on the arm. "That's the spirit!! I just love it when we get all optimistic and cheerful like this!! The world needs more of this optimism!!" Hinata said. A few white pigeons flew up to the sky from the rows of buildings not far away from the school. The four's eyes followed them until they turned into indistinguishable dots, and as they looked away from them, a strong surge of wind blew by, bringing up swirls after swirls of dancing cherry blossom petals, and from below them came what sounded like a whole class of people singing. Subaru heard it first and circled his hands around his ears, trying to distinguish what the voices were singing.