Dear Friend (ACT 3)

• ACT 3: Dear Friend

"Dear friend chika. You are the first person that I believed in while this journey. In this long way, I met hundreds of people, but none of them were honest as you are. You're able to smile, even when things were very hard. And above all, you have ability to change people around you. You changed me. I never told you about my mother, but I'll tell you one thing. You both are a lot alike. Just like you, she always had big a smile on her face. She was the person I can be with, or I should say, the place where I belong. But after her death, I was just a person with no home, a person with no acceptance, a person with no soul. Then I met you. Thanks to you, I was able to change. I was accepted. Because of you, I started to put trust into others, and able to meet wonderful people. We may not see each other, but you will always stays in my heart forever. And there is one other thing I wanted to say. You… Should hang out with Kyosuke more often. He's a nice guy, I'm sure he will make you happy. Well… Don't know what should I say or write anymore, but I'll say this one last time. Thank—"

While writing. While reading. Drop of tears fall. Tears of moving forward. Tears of being behind. Those unworthy things fall, fall and keep falling. Then a voice comes

"There still time! We can catch up to him!"

The hope that being torn apart, comes to live again. Haruka spoke with confidence as she continue…