a shared illusion

⚠️ FULL MAMIYA SPOILERS ⚠️ Tokyo, during the year in which the world was prophesied to end... // posts every 3 hours // @gimmickbots

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「Well, it's more like... Natsume was kinda just there. It felt natural to have him around, y'know?」

「...」

「But there was a feeling in the back of my mind telling me there was something off about him.」

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「You were crying in your sleep. What kinda dream did you have?」

「...I dunno. I don't remember.」
「I forgot.」

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...Natsume died.

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「If... If only I... Was born purely as Mina...! In that case, nothing... nothing would've been broken!」

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This man, Suou Keito, was innocent, polite, & sometimes cheeky.
...
I learned that he was 15 years old, that his family was wealthy, and he had a good relationship with his parents...
But most importantly, Suou didn't seem to fear me at all.

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「I don't wanna see a tragedy like that ever again. I gotta find a way to prevent it.」

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Death was now both distant and close.
The red-hot flames were approaching us from behind, taking concrete shape.

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「...Haha. I wonder how you'd feel if you were here...? Natsume... How would you have looked at me... or Mina?」

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Cinderella——a person who magically transformed into someone beautiful.

But in the end, it was a story about just Cinderella.

When the clock hit midnight, the magic was undone.

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...Natsume died.

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And just like that, a girl below my age ended up drawing me into the unknown world of adults.

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His mouth was sour. His head was sour. His ears were sour. His fingers were sour.

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「What are you saying?! We live for eighty years! You can still change course!」

「...You're telling me to give you my whole life?」

「Yes!」

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Was there love out in the desert?
Could you dig through burning sands?
To let water spring above?

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「We're both drowning in different kinds of loneliness.」

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「Hrmm... I need a mental break!」

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My right hand was still shaking from the lingering sensation of breaking a person's bone.
I held it up to the sky as if to grab something invisible.

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「Don't worry about that. It's on me. Excuse me, could you please get her some lemonade?」

"Her."
Was that how he referred to me just now?

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「Did you know that babies cry because they miss their mother's womb?」
「They cry because they want to be one again—because being alone is sad.」

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「Hrmm... I need a mental break!」