hourly minatama

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🐟: Hashihime typical content warnings; suicide, violence etc, both implied as well as graphic. Please view upon your own discretion.
🐱: Consists of lines from the entirety of the novel rather than main route exclusively.
🐟: QRT's, replies etc OK

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[hourly minatama @polkadotsbot]

...I couldn't understand why Minakami was so "afraid" of this.

I had been with Minakami for almost my entire life. We were childhood friends, so to speak.

That was why I was prepared for anything he would do to me, for anything he'd force on me at this point.

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"You and all the barrels that arrived today have to get along with each other for the rest of your life, right?"

"Yes... but I don't really understand your wording here."

"It's frustrating that I wasn't part of your memories."

"..."

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Our eyes met when I looked to my side.
Tamamori always seemed to be looking at me.

We exchanged glances, but he looked up at the moon to escape my gaze.

So I also looked up at the moon
and told him what I thought back then.

"We live our lives for others."

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I pressed my head against his chest. I could hear the sound of his beating heart. I noticed it was calm.

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Minakami finally looked at me. I shrank back under that sincere gaze.

"You got it all wrong."

All wrong?

"You said I'd be killed by some murderer tomorrow. ...But... that's wrong."

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Do you have any idea how much I've suffered?
I want to wake up from this nightmare.

"..."

"Don't leave..."

...me alone anymore.
Don't run away from me.
I'm fine as long as you're here.

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I looked back down at Minakami's belongings and touched his notebook.

It's damp and swollen texture
felt like I was touching his guts.

Since this was in fact something like his heart,
I shouldn't have been so eager to touch it.

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In the end, I knew nothing about Minakami.

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"I...ruined everything for you. If I hadn't been around, none of this would have happened."

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Minakami finally looked at me. I shrank back under that sincere gaze.

"You got it all wrong."

All wrong?

"You said I'd be killed by some murderer tomorrow. ...But... that's wrong."

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"Oh, Mr. Bed-Head. You were able to meet up with Mr. Kappa-Head. Good for you!"

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He wasn't going to listen to me?

He didn't have to believe me anymore.

As long as he listened.
As long as he listened to my story and laughed, like he always did.

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I immediately grabbed his hands and was shocked by how completely different they were from mine.

"...But you're a bookworm."

"It's because I'm always walking around with heavy books. They got all rough at some point."

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"If I told you to kill someone, would you do it?"

"Who...would you want killed?"

"A man named Minakami."

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...I couldn't understand why Minakami was so "afraid" of this.

I had been with Minakami for almost my entire life. We were childhood friends, so to speak.

That was why I was prepared for anything he would do to me, for anything he'd force on me at this point.

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"Do you hate the idea of our relationship being noticed?"
"Isn't it obvious?! ...There might be people who would gossip excessively or get into our business..."

"Everyone is nice here."
"No, you can never tell such things!"

"..."

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Of all people The one I loved the most. The one I despised the most... Kyusaku Yumeno?

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"...Isn't the best way to mourn for Minakami to go after him yourself?"

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I felt awkward trying to make him feel better
and going out of my way to talk about my own flaws.

'...Y-You should feel honoured! You can keep all my stories to yourself!'
...I thought about saying.

I knew better than anyone else that Minakami wasn't that possessive.

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"I might go off somewhere."

"..."

"You don't want us to connect before then?"

He said he'd gone back twenty-three times to save me.

Wasn't Minakami, who was smart but lacked imagination, more afraid of what I might do tomorrow?

That's why my question was pretty mean.