Amidst all the Sorrow

Prolouge

~~ Suzume ~~

Darkness.. why am I here?

I feel lightheaded, what did I do?

"..Hey"

Did I hit my head?

"Hey"

Hmm.. or am I still asleep?

"Hey!"

I slowly opened my eyes, vision was blurry. I slowly was able to focus, I heard a sigh of relief.

"Thank God, I thought you were a goner" I looked to my right. Eh? Who's this guy?

I sat up, I was in a beach chair? "Ah, can you sit up properly now?" He put his hand on my back and I felt his touch.

I flinched, "Oh, sorry" He said taking away his hand. I looked around. "Pool..." I murmured as I saw myself in front of a pool.

I looked at the guy from before, "What.. exactly happened to me?" I asked, holding my head. "Well, you.. Uhh.. drowned" He said, scratching the back of his head.

"Eh-" I fell into darkness once more. Eh?! I tried moving around, someone was behind me. "Guess who ~" A voice said teasingly. "Who are..-" I hit the person behind me using my elbow.

"Ah!" My vision came back, I was.. at school now? I looked behind me. "Geez, it was just a joke" The guy chuckled. He sighed and looked at you.

"Its been a while since I last saw you, you know?" He smiled.

I take a good look at the guy.. Isn't he- "Kao-" My eyes shut once more.

Am I passing out over and over again?

Now, I was able to open my own eyes. I was running? I looked in front of me and saw a guy holding my wrist.

"Don't you dare slow down!" He exclaimed at me. What? I unconsciously followed him.

"Come back here, you two!" An angry voice behind us said, "Tch.." The guy in front of me clicked his tongue. "Why are we running?!" I asked him.

"You have that bad of a memory?!" He asked looking at me, panting.

"Its because of-"

Beep. Beep. Beep.

I opened my eyes and looked to my left.

6:00 am flashed on my alarm clock.

I looked up at the ceiling, "Oh.. right" I said, I wasn't at home. I heard a door open. "You're awake, Suzume" I heard a familiar voice, my dad's voice.

I sat up from my bed and rubbed my eyes. "Are you going down later?" He asked me, I nodded.

"Make sure to be back before breakfast then" He closed the door. I stretched and stood up from my bed.

Brushed my teeth, wore my swimsuit and shorts, grabbed my towel, and walked out of the bedroom.

I slipped my feet onto my sandals, "I'm going!" I said, "Okay!" My dad waved at me.

I held the door knob. "Hmm.."

Did I dream about anything last night?

I shrugged and opened the door, "Oh well.."

It doesn't matter.

I shut the door behind me.