Natsuki x (Y/N): Shadows of the Past {Remastered}

Chapter 8: You're not alone...

Your POV
A lot happened over the past few days after Sayori passed away, the day after her death, somehow, I gathered my courage and went to school, when the club gathered after school, I decided to tell them everything that happened on that day, as I expected, they didn't take it very well, at first they thought I was making a sick joke but I showed them the note she left behind, they were utterly shocked, it was Sayori's handwriting so I wasn't accused of faking it, I wasn't sure how I could face them about this but I knew they weren't going to handle it well and one way or another I was going to end up telling them so, better sooner than later, immediately they asked me to take them to Sayori's home to see what happened, so I did and I showed them the ashes of Sayori, the moment I saw those ashes I was close to breaking down yet again, no matter how much time passed, I just couldn't bear seeing her this way, Natsuki, Yuri and Monika all held me close to them in an attempt to keep me calm and steady, once I regained my former state of mind, we payed our respects but none of us couldn't believe it, I still didn't want to believe it myself but, I couldn't stay depressed myself, I made a promise to her, that I'd stay happy no matter what happened, I told them that promise and we all agreed to keep that promise as her friends as I on behalf of Sayori asked them to keep that promise as well, time went by a little and everything began to look like normal, one thing I realized is that I'm not entirely cut out to be as cheerful as Sayori was, for some reason I apparently look more like an baseless idiot, and that came from Natsuki so I understood it better.

With the events of the past mostly behind us, we go back to our daily lives yet again and the world was still unaware of it, every time someone asked me or the club members about Sayori, we all agreed it was best if we kept this to ourselves so we told no soul about the incident, we lied if we had to, and even worse, everyone bought said lie, it tasted foul but the world can't always be trusted with the truth, and despite everything returning to normal, I'd have a fair share of trouble following me around every now and often, I kept faith that today though would be the day where I'll have nothing to worry about, I finished getting ready and I dashed off to school where upon arriving, I was greeted by the one guy I'd hoped I never see again.

"Yo, you seem to be in surprising good spirits, considering how I happened to see you dead-like at some point, I gotta tell you right there, that was the best expression I think I've ever seen out of you" He said, Hagakure Akuma is a school troublemaker,  Problematic, and one of my former friends, he'd always mess with me every now and then but as a joke since he was always a jester but he was a good guy, and since we had known each other since our 3rd year of junior high, we had a history together but things changed between us when he got himself a girlfriend, we kinda just drifted apart after that, time went by and it had been months, by then he had actually broken up with his girlfriend and from there he just had a complete fallout, he became inconsiderate and quite insensitive, trouble started to follow him more often and once I got dragged along, we outright just stopped being friends.

"If you're standing in front of me, I can only assume you want something from me right?" I told him without much care in my tone, I've learned not to give a fuck about most things and it's the reason why I can't be provoked easily, but it's probably also the reason why I don't have a lot of friends,
"As sharp as always, but this time you're wrong, I found myself rather curious about your mood swings," he said, I don't have time for this shit.

"Say, recently I haven't seen you with miss ever-so-cheery so much these days, in fact, I haven't seen her at all, I hear she might've even left school permanently, did she decide to leave you behind now?" He kept speaking, but of all the things to mention, I really want to punch him for that but, I don't think it'll end up very well, I took a breath and turned to face him.

"I'd rather not talk about it, and much less with you, also please grow up already, your attitude is not the one a normal person would tolerate, in fact they shouldn't tolerate it"