The Purple Hyacinth

Chapter XII The Purple Hyacinth

"Aren't you Mr Noriyama?" Noriyama lost his balance and fall straight back to the ground where Lily, the rude witty kid was staring down at him. "Stu....pid" she said while grinning at him evilly. Noriyama was stunned by the familiar phrase and stare at her for a minute. He was quite nervous.

"Aren't you a little rude Ms Collins?" He said

"And aren't you a little polite Ken?" Noriyama was surprised by hearing Lily saying his name. It wasn't the first time hearing it from her but it feels different, though Lily never says his name when they were kids, she just call him names.

He slowly gets up and fixed himself. Lily stared at him from head to foot.

"Navy blue v neck shirt and ripped jeans. It was you"

"W-what is it?"

"That guy back then at the convenience store and the person Elli was talking about" Lily personally came in the white mansion in hope to see him and she did.

"Elli? Who's that?" Lily left out a chuckle and started walking away

"Hey!"

"See you tomorrow, Sissy" Noriyama was left dumbfounded. He was nervous and the beating of his heart raises as he realize something

"Does she remember me now?"

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When Noriyama got back home using the front door of their house he saw his mother in the living room staring at him as he enters the house. He was shocked.

"I thought you're still in Japan, Oka-san" Mae-san smiled gently and Ken sits beside her and hug her.

"You look different now Ken-chan"

"Chan!? Oka-san, you know I'm 22 now" Noriyama said while pouting

"Kawaii na.... watashi no musuko" (My son is so cute) Noriyama wasn't glad hearing it from his mom "I heard from Sia that Lily was here too and you have the same school, how was it?" Ken took a long time to answer and Mae-san noticed his sad face and hug him.

"Actually Oka-san I met her just now before I got in here" Mae-san was surprised and stared at her son

"What happened?" she asked

"Well, I think she remembers me now"

"Really!?" Mae-san sound so happy and Ken smiled at her awkwardly

The night was so long for Noriyama he can't sleep at all and just stare at his glass window where the moon shines so bright. He stands up and opened it and breathes in the fresh cold air of the small town he used to live in. His thoughts run back before his childhood and so do the scary past. He felt the chill of the night and decided to close his window and lay back to his bed. Finally he fell asleep.

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Noriyama Ken was sleeping soundly at his bed even it was already past 7:30 am. He heard some ruckus outside but he just ignored it he still lack some sleep so he continued sleeping. A sudden clack was made at his window then it opened, it seems like he forgot to lock it last night. The sun ray hit him directly and it disturbs his sleep.

"Oka-san, let me sleep more" he said groggily

He felt someone just step on his bed and started jumping on it. Irritated, he takes off his cover and shouted "What the h*ll are you doing?" he still hasn't opened his eyes because he was blinded by the sunlight

"Ohayoo Ken-chan asagohan dekimasu yo" (Good morning Ken-chan, breakfast is ready) Finally his eyes adjusted to the light and he look at the woman who's sitting beside him. "What the---" Noriyama falls to the floor in surprised when he finally saw Lily in his room.