In Every Universe. (Dandadan Fanfiction)

Chapter 4: How Can She Help

Momo Ayase ran as quickly as she possibly could down that street towards her home, with teary eyes she kept running, trying to keep herself upright as her shoelaces untied themselves due to the force of which she planted her feet. With each footstep was a different memory, a different reminiscent past memory with the occult boy she had grown to love. Yes, she really did come to accept the fact that she loved him, with all her heart she loved that boy. That's why she was so hurt when he decided to leave, that's why those words stung like a bee, and the fact he told her hed see her, and explain it all, building up her expectations, building her up just to let her down in an instant. All of it had her on strings for days, it had her thoughts running rampant, her cheeks permanently stained with tears, her hair unkept and everything she wanted to do was about him. Little did she know, the things he went through, it was all because of her, all of it. She didn't know, she felt so bad. As she ran down the pathway she entered the Ayase residence, with those teary eyes she came balling through the doorway so quickly it startled everyone in the premises.

"G-guys!! Help- Help please!" The girl screamed as she tumbled through the doorway so abruptly that she fell to her knees the moment she got inside. Everyone stared in pure disbelief, they all rushed towards to help her get up but by this point she already had rose to her feet again.
"Momo, what happened?" Seiko spoke out with complete concern in her voice as she stood leaning over the teary eyed girl with a cigarette in her mouth as per usual. The brown haired girl slowly fell to her knees once again with her face full of emotion, her eyebrows furrowed as she pulled the letter out of her pocket and dropped it on the floor infront of the three that looked over her in this instant. The three of them stared at the note in confusion before Granny picked it up and began to read it aloud..

Dear Miss Ayase.

I intend to clear up all issues that have been brewing with this one final note. I really did mean to come see you tonight, but I couldn't bring myself to let you see the state that I am in. I'm torn apart, I don't know what to do with myself. My parents got into a fight and decided they wanted to leave the country, my father insisted that I travel with him to some other place abroad but I refused. When I refused he lost it. I was beaten black and blue, and had nothing left. This happened a week ago now. My Mother had left me alone, went out into the country and decided to peruse a job of which I cant bring myself to describe, and my Father left with no notice. I wanted to tell you, so my intention was to tell you the honest truth, along with my feelings for you; until I heard a rumour at school that yourself an Jiji had gotten into a relationship. I didn't believe it at first until I saw it with my own eyes. Then, in my head, I was back to square one. I had nothing, that may be selfish knowing people like Miss Aria and Miss Sekiro care for me in some way. Honestly, my truth is that I only wanted you. Miss Ayase, I only wanted to be with you, to see you, to tell you how I feel about you. I then later found out the rumour was made up by Amado in my class, that is why you caught me in the scenario the other day. I am so embarrassed on the matter that I can't bring myself to face you, so I write this note with the intention of clearing it all up. I am sorry but I am an awkward fellow after all, I can't physically tell you this, I am sorry.

The note ended abruptly there with a small scribbled out few words that were presumably a goodbye with his name underneath. The issue at hand now being, why he never managed to give this letter to Momo, how he wrote all of that and somehow didn't get it to the girl in time. Why?
"Momo, I am so sorry.. that kiss sparked it all! i'm so sorry it's- it's all my fault" Jiji muttered under his breath clutching his stomach in annoyance at the events that occurred all because he merely lost his footing.
"No- no Jiji please, it's my fault i'm really sorry, Okarun has had a hard time, hasn't had the chance to explain himself a-and me falling on you only sent him down a- a spiral like scenario i-it's my fault." Momo cried.
"We'll find him Momo." Seiko spoke, grabbing her coat and heading for the door abruptly not allowing the others to even catch their breaths.
"We go now, If he isn't at his home, he can't be far.. That's aslong as he's still in this realm." Seiko murmured as she dragged the other three out of the door so quickly they almost got whiplash from the force itself.

The four of them made their way over to where Okarun resided, going through the already broken down door to advance their knowledge on the whereabouts of the occult boy. They raked through the remains of the home, looking through all cupboards, drawers, closets, rooms trying to distinguish how long the home had been in this sorrowed state. While three of the members looked through that, Momo Ayase simply looked through the boys room itself. It was completely as expected of him for the room to look the way it did, but Momo wasn't there to pry necessarily, she was there to look for some sort of inclination as to where he has gone. Momo spotted the small bin under his desk that was packed with paper, and she decided that unpacking said bin was the best idea she has. Pouring out the contents removing the genuine trash and only focusing on the contents that were written, and when she unfolded the scrumpled up pieces of paper, the handwritten notes were merely a mass amount of drafts of the letter she actually received and or not so received. There was one letter that stood out to her although..

Day 2:

The girl came back today, she walked me to school and then walked me home, with a kiss on the cheek I felt anxious to tell her no.

She didn't take it well, but she left abruptly, I haven't seen her since. I'm worried for Ayase. The girl didn't seem happy when I brought her up.

I need to see her, the girl again, I made her a gift. I hope she likes it, but I'm doubting things now that I have heard the rumours about her and him.

The note ended there, Momo's eyebrows furrowed as she turned the page expecting to see more but found nothing, she kept looking through these notes that he wrote trying to find more about his situation, she kept on looking and found a fair few more that may have related to events that have occurred over the past few weeks.

I don't know who she is, but she keeps showing up at my door, she reminds me of her, her smile brightens up my room, her laugh makes me feel the urge to stare at her and call her adorable. Just her face alone describes the word cute perfectly. I want to tell her how I feel, but I can't. I have to leave. Dad is taking me away, he hit me again today. It hurt more than usual, I have no energy left to fight back anymore. I want to be with her, but for her safety I can't. I have to leave, maybe i'll go with the new girl for a while, I think her name was Anri.

Anri. That name sounded familiar, but that's not enough of a clue for the girl to have any idea to his whereabouts.
"Guys! Come in here!!!" The girl shouted, to which she got no response but the sounds of footsteps approaching the room, the three of them barged through the doorway all at once, with a thud Jiji fell to the floor and the other two basically perched themselves ontop of him.
"W-what is it ow- Momo?" Jiji spoke from down below, in a place where the brunette couldn't even see him.
"Okarun has all these scrapped pieces of paper.. most are- well drafts of the notes i- i got earlier but.. all of these here are variations of.. diary like notes that describe and explain him meeting a girl called Anri?" She spoke with her eyebrows cocked slightly as to explain that she may or may not recognise the name.
"Anri sounds familiar, I think there's a girl in my class by that name.." Aira spoke out loud whilst tapping her forehead intently with the urge to figure out who this almost name stealing girl actually is.

"Ah! i've got it! Anri Shiro was a girl who moved classes a few weeks ago, from mine to.. Takakura's class. I don't remember what she looks like, but i do remember that she lives near by im certain!" Aira exclaimed rising to her feet after a few moments of pondering on Okarun's location. She stood up and hurried the group out of the room, out of the building completely, Momo gradually followed but not before she grabbed another note from the pile that caught her eye extremely, as there was a drawing on the back of it that she couldn't quite figure out what it was yet, but before she got the chance to look, she was pulled out by silky long hair. As the hair dragged her carefully but quickly through the building and out of the door, the collective group all stood together, carefully figuring out which direction to dash off into, to find the home in which Anri Shiro resided.