why not be friends?[2]

A Flashback to the past. It was when Shizue was living a normal life with her parents.

It was in the evening when Shizue came home from school.

She said, "Mom...Dad..I'm home!"Shizue said and saw the door, which was open.

The She put her shoes in the shoe box.

But when she went to the living room, the next thing she saw was her parents lying on the ground, covered in blood.

She said, "Mom...Dad..."and sat on the ground. Her face streamed with tears in terror...

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"Ah...This man. Where did he hide it?"

"Might be Somewhere..."

The voices from upstairs piqued her attention.Not to mention,the voice sounded a little familiar. After a few seconds, Shizue knew whose voice it was.

"Isn't that the voice of the old man and his friend?" She thought.

The "old man" was actually Shizue's father's business partner. In other words, he was her uncle. He often came to her house with his friends, but what he did today was unexpected.

So now Shizue is wondering what to do. If they found her,she would be in big trouble.

Panicking, she realized something and went near the gas cylinder and leaked gas.

For those who don't know, a leaking gas cylinder causes an explosion when oxygen, fuel, and fire is combined It can cause minor damage, but if the water doesn't get there in time, the whole house will burn.

So when That uncle who betrayed and killed Shizue's parents for money will come down he will 100% open the light switch and boom! The gas cylinder will bkast because...You know.

Shizue then rushed outside because she doesn't know when that guy will come. She would also act like she didn't know anything and just came home.

But if someone asked her why she was late, she would be in big trouble but If no one asked such question, then everything is good to go.

*sniff, sniff*.

"What is that smell?"

When our dear uncle came down with his friends to gather all his belongings, he smelled something. It's the smell of leaking gas. Luckily The uncle was a dumb one.

Then his other dumb friend holding the bag full of goods clicked the light switch in other to see But....

*boom!*

The kitchen exploded, and since the stairs to the second floor were near the kitchen, they were both caught in the blast and killed.

Then the whole house burned down. Many people came to check and later The police crop also came to see what was going on.

"Hellow. The house is on fire. I repeat. The house is on fire. Please send the firefighter s as quickly as possible."

One policeman called the firefighters, and other policemen blocked the way to the house to keep people away from danger.

Later the firefighters came and poured water on the fire to keep things from burning.

Shizue, who was just standing there watching all this, thought to herself.

"What have a done?...I could have just called The police."

Then the next day, at Shizue's parents' funeral, she was the only relatied to her parents. Though The neighbors had also came but...

"I wonder What happened?"

"Whatever happened....bad thing happened."

"I feel sorry for that girl..."

Neighbors were talking about an incident that happened yesterday. Some were there, some weren't.

But Shizue just sat there and did nothing but look down. Since that day, she no longer felt sad, angry, happy, sad, or any other emotion that humans exhibit.

Then inthe present Shizue was remembereing all this. And with a small sigh, she left the classroom.

Seeing this, Hiru thought,"I wonder what happened to you. This is just not you Shizue. I want to see that joyfull Shizue..."

Then, Hiru remembered something. It was a promise. A from use that he made to Shizue when she was little. When and where did we make that promise?

It was 4 o'clock in the evening, and the two of them were just sitting on a bench, aimlessly.

"Hey, Ru-chan."

"What's wrong? I'm listening."

(T/N "Ru-chan" is the nickname Shizue gave to Hiru.)

"My parents said that in a few days we'll be moving to Tokyo and stay there."

"Oh..."

"But. But, believe me. In the future We will meet Somewhere..."

"So you want me to promise you that I will never foget you after you move to Tokyo."

"Yes!"

"I see....."Hiru said and stood up. Then he looked Shizue and said," then promise me that You will also never forget me in the future."

"Of course I won't do that!" Shizue also stood up and said.

"Yeah,Right?"

Then in the present when she was in the gate She thougth,"'Why did I ever feel sorry for him...I wonder if we've met before ...But then the question is:.....When and where did we meet ...?"

Shizue seems to have completely forgotten about her appointment with Hiru. It must be because of the trauma she faced in the first year of junior high school.

After that, Miko and Hiru stopped approaching Shizue.

Weeks, or rather months passed, even summer vacation began.