The War I Loved

Day Four

"Black, we are having a group study over at Itsuki's place, wanna join?" Ayu asked.
"Yeah, what time?"
"Seven probably."
"Sure, count me in."
"You know the place right?"
"Nope." Tanaki replied.
"What? And you were planning to come by yourself? Meet me at the local departmental store." Ayu said.
"Oh, alright. We can buy some snacks for the night."
"Can I join in too?" Reika popped in to the conversation.
"No. You can't." Tanaki instantly replied.
"Why can't I ?"
"Yeah, why can't she?" Ayu asked.
"Because she already admitted that she is a genius besides she'd only get in the way." Tanaki replied.
"Well, I can be of help to you guys and it'll be easier to study and learn faster with me around." Reika responded in her defence.
"Yeah, that's a good idea, Reika-Chan." Ayu liked her opinion.
"No, she can't." Tanaki protested.
"Why can't I?"
"You can come. You can help the others but count me out if you're coming." Tanaki replied.
"But-" Ayu's eyes began to tear up.
(Yep, she was the sensitive kid who'd cry over anything. Bear with it.)

"Oh my! He is making her cry." Keith exclaimed.
"Yeah, he was never a man to begin with." Pan replied to Keith.
"Stop it guys! Why do you guys have so much against poor Tanaki?" Cosmo was pissed.
"Poor Tanaki? Oh come on Cosmo, I never trusted that kid to begin with. He is too dumb and suspicious." Pan replied.
"Suspicious?"
"Yeah, haven't you noticed he doesn't even have a fragment to begin with which is so strange given the position of all the escapades. He also knows too much of what doesn't make sense to us, not to forget how only he got a visitation from a God in the real world." Pan explained.
"Well, if he was, why would he save me back then? Maybe he is a special child in this realm, think on the positive aspects too sometimes, Pan." Cosmo responded.
"Soecial? Positive? Tell me something Cosmo. Are you in love with that kid? You defend him too much, trust him too much and want to believe in him too much! What about me Cosmo? Your Pan? Your most loved imagination? Can you not believe in me like you believe in him?" Pan asked Cosmo, almost shouting every word desperately.
Everyone was silent. Everyone was shock. What had gotten into Pan? What happened to Cosmo? Cosmo was almost in tears. She was sad but more than sad, she was angry.
She began to walk away from the screen, from them.
"Hey, where are you going?" Dania asked.
But Cosmo kept on walking not looking back.
Pan didn't stop her either. He just watched her go away. Keith was confused and lost, still trying to recollect exactly what had happened.
(Yeah, this was about Tanaki and his fourth day at battle. Don't worry, I haven't forgotten it. We will come back to it later.)

Cosmo stopped, looked above at the sky the realm portrayed. She lifted her left arm as if she was trying to reach out for something out there. She closed her eyes, then put her hand down. She didn't look back but she made her left hand face towards the back and from it flew a piece of paper that landed straight into Pan's face.
When Pan took the paper that was on his face, Cosmo had already disappeared into thin air.