your name ‖ haku

vii.

"comet tiamat, with an orbital period of 1,200 years, made a close approach to earth three years ago in october."

"nobody predicted that its nucleus would split at it perigee."

the three stopped at a library after haku's discovery of the itomori massacre.

itomori, the town that vanished.

"a fragment of the comet became a meteor that struck japan." howl commented seriously, watching his friend do his research.

san leaned on a metal wall, far from the two, her face dipped down as the shadows casted on her face. "it was the day of the autumn festival."

"the point of the impact was here." howl pointed at a spot illustrated on a book. he flipped a page next after, "at 8:42 pm, it struck where people were gathered for the festival."

san pulled a huge, black book off a book shelf and showed it to the others.

list of the names of victims

"over five hundred people died, a third of the town's population, and now nobody lives in itomori anymore."

haku read every names written on the book single-handedly, until he came across two familiar names. "giyū and shinobu..."

his eyes widened in horror as he found the name that he was hoping not to find.

ogino [name]

"that's her?" san asked, "it has to be some kind of mistake. this person died three years ago!"

haku furrowed his eyebrows. "just two three weeks ago, she said to me that the comet would be visible. so..."

the sound of the voice of [name]'s grandmother rang through his head.

"you're dreaming now..."

haku stared at his reflection on the mirror in front of him. his face stared back, distraught written all over it. "i..."

"... aren't you?"

"i..."

"what did i...?"