Convergence

Part 2 : chapter 12

Hello everyone,

I've changed my mind, I plan to make a part 3, which will take place after 2008 (and before 2017, Jjk 0).

For this last chapter of part 2, I recommend listening to Cardigan (Slowed + Reverb) by Taylor Swift.

I hope you will enjoy this chapter :))

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Early March 2006, Tokyo Train Station:

Utahime: "Satoru, I think we should stop."

Satoru: "Stop?"

Utahime: "Yes, I think we should just go back to being friends... like before...?"

Satoru: "Did I do something wrong?"

Utahime: "No! No, not at all... It's just that..."

Satoru: "It's just that...?"

It's just that I don't see a future for us. No matter how much I think about it every night, I can't see a single world where we could be together. I am nothing, and you are everything. My death would be insignificant, but yours, yours will male humanity collapse. I can die at any moment, while you can't die for even a second. I don't want you to be sad for me, not for a single moment. I want you to be happy, even if I'm not part of your life.

Utahime: "It's just that I'm going to be super busy since I got accepted to the Kyoto Teachers' School. I won't have time for a relationship."

Her voice trembled. Her face was downcast. She couldn't look Satoru in the eyes. She didn't want him to see her eyes moist with the tears she was struggling to hold back. Every word she spoke drove into her heart like a knife. But she had to do it. It was the reasonable thing to do.

Satoru: "I can wait...!"

Utahime: "No, Satoru. Don't wait for me. I won't be here much."

Satoru: "But I want to, Utahime! I don't want to break up with you. I want us to stay together! I don't want to be apart from you!"

Utahime lifted her head, but she felt her heart breaking even more. Before her stood Satoru, fists clenched and eyes filled with anger. At that moment, she hated herself. How could she do this to him? How could she make him suffer? Why did he have to be Gojo Satoru? And she, almost no one?

Utahime: "Satoru... I don't think it's a good idea..."

Satoru: "But why??! What happened?? Tell me, I need to understand Utahime!!"

"The Tokaido-Sanyo Nozomi 280 train to Kyoto will depart soon. Ladies and gentlemen, please board the train if you are traveling and disembark if you are accompanying someone. Departure is imminent."

Utahime: "I have to go, Satoru. I'm sorry..."

Satoru: "Wait, Utahime! Answer me!! Can I wait for you!?"

Utahime wanted to burst into tears. Her heart hurt so much. She didn't know how to respond. She didn't know what to do. She was just nineteen and he was seventeen. If she had been reasonable, she would have said no. If she had been reasonable, she wouldn't have turned around. If she had been reasonable, she wouldn't have kissed Satoru before boarding the train. Only if she had been reasonable...

For the first time in her life, Utahime cried all the way to Kyoto.

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September 2006, Hamamatsu: