"I can't get that girl out of my head!" he said to himself, walking down the corridor. "It's like I know her outside of class..."
He shook his head.
"Maybe it was a dream."
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"Shintaro-kun!" she said to him, cheerfully. "I'm glad you're okay!"
"I was just caught by a cold. Nothing to get so excited about. Jeez. So annoying." he responded.
"Ehehehe...."
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He sat in the classroom, waiting for the teacher to get the class to settle down. Jeez, they were so loud. Wait, he thought Are they sobbing?
It finally got through to him that someone had died. He wasn't sure who.
She was absent.
No no no no! It's just a coincidence! he said, although he didn't believe in them.
The next day she was gone and there was a flower on her desk. He felt a wave of disappointment. She... left me... all alone...
