A Sorrowful Song of the Heart

A Sorrowful Song of the Heart

She stared at the book with empty eyes.

Everything is a constant blur to her...She couldn't hear anything, couldn't see anything and couldn't feel anything. It's as if she is a dead person except she is breathing and awake.

Those memories of HIS death haunts her. It doesn't matter if she's in dreamland or not...All that matters is that what happened that one snowy day would always remain in her mind and would continue to plague her with nightmares of harsh reality.

A blonde girl with cold blue eyes comes to visit her that afternoon. The woman looks at her unknowingly and sighs in slight disappointment...

She's still as a lifeless doll.

It's a contrast to her attitude as the ex-captain of Scepter 4. Munakata Reisi has been a lively woman despite her calm and ordered nature. Even though many thought of her as an insensitive woman due to her position, the blonde girl knew better than to believe those rumors.

After all, she is Awashima Seri. Munakata Reisi's ex-vice- captain. She's been around the bluenette for so long that she could have sworn she have already memorized her superior's entire routine, from attitude to appearance.

Yet again, there's only one part she couldn't read nor decipher. It's THAT part THAT man brought with him to his own grave.

Munakata Reisi's heart.

Yes. No matter how hard she reaches for it, there's that barrier barricading it from being entered. That was before. Now, as she tries again, she couldn't reach anything at all. It's as if there's a hollow part that when she tries, it goes through like thin air. It hurts to know that she couldn't even help her with what Reisi's going through right now.

Seri placed the paper bag on the table and started unpacking its contents. It's rare for her to bring food when she's visiting but after finding out that Reisi won't eat anything unless it's sweet, she found herself obliged to bring.

She placed one slice of strawberry shortcake on a plate and grabbed the bottle of juice on her way to Reisi's place. With gentle movements, she sat down across her and waited to be noticed.

As per usual, the woman slowly lifted her gaze and held it there for a few minutes as if she's processing the identity of the visitor. A few minutes passed and her eyes widened a bit but noticeably dull and...dead.

It scared Seri to no end but she couldn't do anything to change it and the fact frustrates her just like how she can't reach her heart.

"Awashima-kun...?" Came the soft whisper.

Even her voice...It's as if eveything that made her who she was before disappeared as well on that snowy day. That slight tang of bitterness for THAT man doubles. It's HIM who messed up everything. It's HIM who took away the only family she had. It's HIM who destroyed eveything and Seri couldn't do anything about it.

She feels useless and wanted to end up the same just like her superior. However, she realized she couldn't. She realized the mistake Munakata committed even before she could even follow.

Munakata Reisi failed to see the people who cared for herー

That's the mistake she couldn't afford to commit because she knew...She knew that she will leave many people behind...People who loved and cared for her. People who would bother to remember her just like what she's doing right now.

Munakata Reisi needed her and she won't leave her just like what HE did.

"Yes, it's me, Taichou."