“Y-yea . I’m fine.”
“ Sure?”
“Its just that I don’t know if I can trust my memories anymore.”
“it's ok. Let’s do one thing. Tomorrow we’ll meet Honaka as well as Riku.”
“Honaka… damn …I really don’t remember anything..”
“If you say that tomorrow in front of her, she would cry!”
“Im sorry”
“ no no. I’m kidding. I’m sure she’ll understand , if you explain everything to her”
“Yea I will.”
“ let’s meet again tomorrow.”
“Yep”.
Haruto was getting back home when he realised he needed to visit Dr. Ichiri’s clinic for the souvenir. He went inside and saw a man who was around his 30’s. He had a green dye on his hair. It was the receptionist.
“Ahh . You are that kid.. doctor’s relative friend I suppose?”
“Yea. Is he in?”
“Yes yes.”
“well aren’t you supposed to be closed today. Must be hard for you to work overtime”
“Yea man. It is. You got me . Haha.. well if you can just talk to the boss to ease up my schedule. By the way my name is Kodama.”
“ y-yea sure. I’m Haruto. Soraki Haruto. I’ll tell him”
“Cool” he laughed.
Haruto went inside. He saw Dr Ichiri there.
“are you alright. You didn’t come yesterday so I was a bit worried”
“Yea I’m fine. I was recollcting things”
“ Ohh. So do you remember you and your friend giving me some gifts?”
“ no. I don’t. I remember meeting my friend. But not you”
“ ohh.. so how do you remember.? Did you notice anything?”
“ Yea.. it’s this familiar scent which I get. There are times when it reminds me and times when it doesn’t. The smell is kind of nostalgic, so it helps me remember things”
“Smell huh.. well Haruto, do you know about Proust effect?”
“ I ain’t a doctor”
“ Haha. Well.. Human brain has some places where memories are kept and an area which helps us recognise some smells. And those two are closely linked to each other in such a way that we remember few things because of certain scents. This is the Proust effect.”
“Scents and memories huh..”
“Well.. yes. That’s the area of my expertise. But that was in the past… so you came here to know that?”
“ no. It was just , you told me that you had something to give to my parents too..”
“did I? When?”
Haruto realised that it was back in the first Monday.
“ Naah nevermind. I thought you had …”
“ well I’m a shut-in..haha .. anyways, so are you here in this town for a while?”
“ yes yes. this entire spring break.”
“ ohh okay. Feel free to pop in here.”
And so Haruto left
31 March, Wednesday
Haruto met saki the next day.
“hey! So are we seeing Riku today?” asked saki.
“Yes yes”
“Alright. Let’s go”
Saki took him to Kakeru’s room. There was a young boy with black hair. He was lying on the bed.
“ Hey saki!”
“ hi kakeru. Guess who is with me today?”.
Kakeru looked behind.
“ huh!!!! Haru bro!!”
“hey!! How are you!”
“ Daammnn. Where the hell were you?? And yea I’m better. I mean what do I look like? Bed rest all day man!”
“ Haha . Well I have been in Tokyo. Just came here for a while. By the way, where is your brother?”
“Riku would be just coming..”
Just then Riku entered.
“Yo Saki and.. wait what???”
“ hey Riku! I wanted to see you!”
“ HARUTO!!? Seee me? I mean yea same here but what happened?? I mean it’s so sudden.”
Haruto took him aside.
Saki and kakeru talked about how Saki met him. Meanwhile Haruto and Riku were talking on the corridor.
“ there is something I need to talk you about.”
To be continued.
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7 Years From Now
Ciencia FicciónHaruto returns to his hometown in his spring breaks just to recollect his memories that are long lost. A promise to a girl that said " I'll be waiting for u, seven years from now". Follow the story of Haruto as he recollects his lost memories and k...
