Great Detective of Love (Wattpad Prize 2014)

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Today our class was having a physical education. We usually have games to play with when Ayako was around, but since Ayako’s gone, everyone just ran around the field a few times. I was sitting on the ground with my water bottle on my side.

“Hey everyone, let’s play!” shouted Irene, as she ran to the middle of the field with a yellow ribbon in her hand. She looked very energetic, reminds me of late Ayako. I looked up at the sky, and remembering the story from Irene about Ayako’s death a month ago.

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“It all started on a rainy night. I was standing against the bridge that crossed the Thames. I was crying, because I just broke up with someone,” said Irene, as she looked into the water fountain. Then she continued. “I was looking at my own reflection in the river. I closed my eyes, letting the raindrops to flow on my eyelids. Suddenly when I couldn’t felt any raindrops on my face, I opened my eyes and saw a black umbrella on me. I looked to the side, and there she was.”

Then both of us walked side by side around the park while Irene went on with her story.  

"So what did she say to you?" I asked, as Irene sat on a swing at the park. She started to swing forth and backwards, and stopped. She looked down at her feet, and started swinging again.

“’In life, something unexpected will always happen. Even though you knew that it will be a lucky one but the opposite might occur. Just like when we were on a swing, the moment when we’re going faster. As we are going faster, we know that we have high chances to fall. But sometimes-’ Ahh!!!”

Something unexpected did happen that time. I saved her, I saved her, I thought after I caught Irene when she fell down from the swing. I looked at her, and smiled. “You’re getting faster when you were carried away by the story.” Irene blushed, that was what I had noticed on her face. “Let me finishes what Ayako said to you. ‘You might not fall, that was lucky, but it will need effort to stop the swing. In case you fall, someone might be there to catch you. But if there’s no one, then you’re unlucky,’ isn’t it?”

Irene smirked, and nodded. “Well how did you know?” she asked, as she stood up and settled herself.

“Ayako said it once, when we were in elementary school. There was once when I was tricked by some of my classmates, and honestly, it was something that made me cried.” Then Irene suddenly laughed softly. “Yeah, I know, I’ve cried. It was funny for a boy who cried.”

“It’s okay, I understood you. We still kids that time isn’t it?” said Irene, as she smiled to me when she sat on the swing back. “Back to my story. After Ayako told me that, I wiped off my tears, and smiled to her, thanking her for made me felt great that night. We have a long chitchat on the bridge, we even exchanged our numbers. We were about to leave when Ayako said she would like to give me something as our friendship sign. I told her it’s okay, just before we crossed the road on the bridge.”

“Don’t tell me-“ I said, just before Irene stood up and held my hands. I looked at my hands, and waited for Irene’s story.

“It was my entire fault. If I didn’t leave my bag on the other side of the bridge, I wouldn’t have to leave her in the middle of the road!“ Irene said, putting her hands on her face. “Then we won’t involve in that accident and she won’t have to donate her heart to me!!” I put my arms around her tightly, and she put hers around my waist. She was crying on my shoulder while I patted her head.

“It’s okay, it’s not your fault. It was destined, there must be something behind this entire event,” I said, as I tried to calm her down.

“But it was me who should die! I’m the one who got the huge impact during the accident, I’m the one who got badly injured because I wanted to protect her, not her heart! I wanted to go back to Japan with her but… I’m back with her heart.”