Chapter 43: Realization (Remade)

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(AN: Hello. Yeah, I decided to completely remake this chapter the best I could since last night I was extremely sleep deprived and ended up completely destroying the storyline I wanted to follow. As such, I tried to remake the chapter the best I could. Finally, do please do forgive me for delivering such a shameful chapter to you all. Hope you can find this remake much more satisfactory.

Anyways, here's the chapter.)

"I'll be seeing you soon Reiki..."

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'Did I just catch that properly?'

 I literally felt as if an arrow had struck my brain as all sense of time, place and self, went numb...  

Those words left her mouth softly as my entire being was filled with anxiety...

I had seen her in a detrimental state as tears rolled down her eyes... Frankly, I would've even accepted her to pray to god or Seiichi at this point, yet what she said was completely different to every single one of my expectations...

She had quite literally uttered my name as her last breaths!!!

That really shakes the heart of someone who used to love that person...

And just hearing her utter my name, my heart immediately began racing as my thoughts began exploding with the following interaction I'd try to commit...

I couldn't help it... I needed to confirm what I had just heard...

'Did she just mention... me?'

'I think I heard her say my name...'

'No, there's absolutely no way...'

I just didn't know what to think quite honestly... I was angered by her mentioning Seiichi, frustrated because of her actions, saddened because of us having to leave afterward... yet I could feel a sliver of happiness within my soul pondering over the possibility of Sakura finally getting to know my true identity...

And as I clumsily stood back on my feet and looked at her with a confused expression, I blurted out my surprise-filled words...

"Sakura... did you just mention me...?"

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Yeah, I just voiced out my thoughts without much thinking involved...

And that just confirmed how oblivious I really am to common sense. I really should've seen this coming yet I didn't. I kinda may or may not have missed the small and minuscule detail that I'm in a girl's body now... Yeah... That must've been awkward... But surprisingly enough, rather than disregarding it as a joke or as stupidity, Sakura took what I said quite seriously... because the instant I said those words... Sakura looked at me frustrated and said annoyed:

"No, you brute, sadistic, cold-hearted b**ch... I did not say Reika, I said Reiki. The one correct hero who didn't even get a chance to display his power to the world. But, you shouldn't even utter his name as you have no right to speak the name of the single most benevolent, kindest and worthiest of heroes..."

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 *Ba-Dump* *Ba-Dump* *Ba-Dump*  

Yep, all of my thoughts just went to the back of my head as those words echoed throughout my mind leaving no space for anything else.

I'm really stupid when it comes to love, becoming friends and socializing... I guess you can blame the PTSD from the heavy bullying for that... But, even if I blamed whatever I wanted, it didn't change the fact that I still did what I did... Even though Sakura had just insulted me, I simply let it go as I tried to analyze some of the... passionate... things she had just said.

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