Seeking BFF (The Quintessential Quintuplets Fan-fic)

Nino X Fuutaru

Chapter 3

Fuutaru went to the balcony for fresh air, letting every second passed by and appreciating the sound of light rain. He could barely remember the hand behind the writings from the letter in the bottle. What's the best thing to do? He walked to the living room and found Nino who's curled up in the corner and her pink bunny phone lied on the ground. "Hey Nino" He called as he walked closer to her. She glanced at him and immediately hid her phone to her tummy. He exhaled and asked "May I borrow your phone?"
With her eyes cast down, Nino lent it to him.

"No signal?" He sighed disappointedly but kept searching anyway "I know Ichika haven't mention to you yet but you 5 are familiar to me" he paused when he heard sniffs from the girl. Fuutaru asked curiously "Are you okay?"
Nino lifted her chin and replied sternly "I catch cold. Nothing to worry" she stood up and grabbed her phone and added "can't find signal on the corner either"

Fuutaru visited the shrine for divine guidance and he met Ichika who was there too. She smiled "Don't you think we're destined to be bff" He smiled back looking at her iris then bowed his head and started "Do I have to know why Nino is such a tenacious girl"
Ichika hesitated but explained anyway "It started when her bff Kenji Sakanya left without any trace... That's' all we know" she searched for Fuutaru's eyes. He blinked and decided to meet Nino.

Fuutaru knocked on Nino's room and went inside. "Itsuki made a mushroom soup for you" Fuutaru placed the tray on bedside table. Nino sneaked out from her blanket like a cat and tasted the soup. Yummy. Fuutaru muttered "Who's Kenji?" Nino glared at him and answered "an illusion so forget it" He remembered Nino's phone wallpaper. He said "So Kenji's hair is yellow?"
"Did you come here for the soup or interview?" Nino probed
"No. I came to see you" Fuu replied gaining confidence. The fear that has been paralyzing him is not the thunderstorm outside or his tragic past but the wild lion in front of him. Nino coughed and stated "Kenji's gone, the memories are gone but the pain carries on" she continued as Fuu sat on the bean bag "One day, we had amazing adventure, then one day, he just left the country... I can't contact him anymore. From then on I don't bother get too close with anyone any longer especially someone LIKE you. Coz' you look like him!"

"That's so miserable especially he looked like me. What's more depressing than that?" Fuu responded "Anyway, you don't have to be so mean. Don't you miss the feeling of being cared for?" Suddenly a wave of familiar feeling touches him. Something's telling him this happened before. Nino nodded slowly and stated "corresponding to what I said I might feel pain again. Once is enough" Fuutaru reads the invisible pages as he recall of what made him felt the familiar sense. "Ehem" Nino fake coughed and Fuu stood up and begun reportedly "I can't tell we have the same grief but I just want you to know. It's better to feel pain than to feel nothing"

"Just leave" she looked away then thought thanks for listening.... I miss it so much.