catalyst

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⌠ 1 ⌡

We sit in comfortable silence.

Once again,

it's strange to me,
how quickly
relationships can change.

Maybe...

that's just how adolescence is.

It's why adults look back fondly

on their high school or college years.

But for loners like me,

if I hadn't met Yura

or Takeshi

or Ai

or... Sugawa.

It would have been an abyss

of loneliness,

likely swallowing me

even as an adult.

I look up.

Ai and Takeshi are talking quietly.

Her smile warms my heart.


Yet,


there's something.

One last thing I need to do.

To fix things.

To atone.

Yura. Rain girl.



⌠ 2 ⌡

The unceasing rain.

Whenever I think of her.

I imagine her,

alone.

In the rain.

Her hair dripping,

mixing with tears.

I had gained this room,

friends,

even finding someone to love.

She had lost everything.

I have to make it right.



⌠ 3 ⌡ 

But how?

Relationships change quickly,

but the catalyst needed for it

is so difficult to find.

How could one person

change the life of another?

Did I even deserve

to do this?

No.

I don't.

Because of me

Eri...


Because of us.


It doesn't matter if I deserve it,

I have to.

Even if she hates me forever.

Even if she doesn't forgive me.

Even if I'm hated

ignored



or become alone again.

For Sugawa.

For rain girl.

For myself.



⌠ 4 ⌡

I pull out my phone.

Her number is still saved.

Our last conversation—

deleted.



[2:47] K: Can we talk? I have so many things I want to say. I know you said you didn't want to see me again but I have to do this. I'm fine if we don't meet after this... but please. I'll be waiting there tomorrow.

in our hidden place.


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