Our Last Moments

1. The Youngest Recruit (Sugai Yuuka POV)

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The phone kept ringing but no one answered. Yuuka could feel the air getting thinner and thinner, she found it hard to breathe. Her tears were falling, hands were shaking. She was a mess.

"Please, pick up! Please! Tell me it's not true!!"

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"For God's sake! Techi! Pick up!"

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Then, finally, someone answered, "Yukka?"

"Eh, who is this?"  It was not the person she was trying to call.

"She's.. she's gone, Yukka," someone on the other line said.

Yuuka gasped. She couldn't believe her words. She couldn't be. They were just together a week ago, walking around the streets and eating mochi. She was smiling, laughing, and opening herself. Whoever this person was, she must be lying. Why? Why is this happening? How could this happen? 

"Yukka? Are you still there?" she asked after a long silence.

Yuuka took a deep breath, "Y-yes. I'm still here. Who is this?"

"Neru. It's Neru. We're at the hospital now. But.. it's too late," Neru cried. "Yukka, I'm sorry.."

Sugai Yuuka fell to her knees. She cut off the phone and held it tight. Her scream echoed throughout her big mansion. For once in her life, she felt so weak, she couldn't do anything. That day, she just lost her precious little friend. Someone she tried to protect for so long, chose to quit living, and there was nothing she could do.

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-flashback-

It was the day they were waiting for. Girls from all over the country fight their way to be in this prestigious dance company. Trained by famous world-class dancer, Takahiro, only a short list of names can join the elite group and hopefully made their names well-known by the enthusiasts of dance art. Today, the girls finally entered the class to meet each other for the first time.

Sugai Yuuka, who thought she arrived early at the building, took her time to walk around the place and admire the photos of various dancer/alumni of the academy. She smiled, couldn't believe she made it to be one of their successors. "I'm gonna do my best!" she told herself.

She followed the arrows on the walls that directed the new recruits to their class for the first meeting. Until she arrived at a tall white door, she took a deep breath. But when she was about to open it, someone with a wavy brunette hair opened it from inside. "Ah! There she is!" the girl shouted in front of Yuuka's face.

"Girls! I was right! Look, she's here!" The girl opened the door wider to reveal more girls who seemed to be the other new recruits. Yuuka could hear some gasps, screams, and a little bit of laughter. "Eh?" She thought, "What is this? I thought I was early."

"Sugai Yuuka, right? I'm Moriya Akane, I heard a rumour you were gonna be here," the brunette girl offered her hand. Yuuka accepted it and they shook hands, but Yuuka still looked confused. "From the net. I heard the romour from the –"

"No, it's not that. I, uh, I thought I was early," Yuuka said, wasn't surprised about the rumour about her. 

Moriya chuckled, "Sasugaaa, it's early for you, huh? For the mayor's daughter, 5 minutes early is early enough, right?"