The Classmate Who Never Existed Is Back
Chapter 7: The Classmate Who Never Existed Is Back
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🪦 1 — The Attendance List Changed
Monday morning.
The class sat in silence as the teacher wrote something unusual on the board.
A new name.
> "Please welcome our returning student: Tsuki Mizuhara."
Everyone murmured.
But Ren froze.
Tsuki Mizuhara was dead.
She died in an accident two years ago.
He remembered the memorial.
He remembered how the class cried.
He remembered her seat… which had remained empty since.
But now—
There she was.
Smiling like she had always been there.
And the worst part?
> Everyone else seemed to think she had.
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🧠 2 — The New Normal Glitch
At lunch, Ren approached Kenta, panicking.
"Do you remember Tsuki Mizuhara?"
"Of course. Why wouldn't I?"
"She—she died. Years ago."
Kenta blinked. "What are you talking about?"
"She was hit by a car. Outside the station. We lit candles for her!"
Kenta laughed nervously.
"You good, bro? You're kinda scaring me."
Ren walked away.
Then turned on his phone.
The article was gone.
The obituary—vanished.
In its place?
A class blog post titled:
> "Happy to Have You Back, Tsuki!"
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🩸 3 — Tsuki's Eyes Aren't Right
After school, Tsuki approached Ren at the vending machine.
"I heard you're… different," she said quietly.
Ren swallowed. "Do you… remember dying?"
She smiled softly. "I remember forgetting."
Then she looked at him. Her eyes—
Wrong.
Too reflective.
Too empty.
"Who brought you back?" he asked.
Her voice darkened. "You did."
"I didn't—"
"Not you now. You then."
She handed him a photo.
It showed him. Young again.
And her.
Together.
With Aika behind them—blurry. Faded.
Almost afraid.
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🧊 4 — Glitch Warning: Multiple Erased Detected
That night, Ren's mirror cracked again.
But this time—it didn't reflect anything.
Just black.
And then, one line appeared in silver text:
> [ WARNING: TOO MANY ERASURE POINTS DETECTED ]
[ SYSTEM MEMORY UNSTABLE ]
[ OBJECT: AIKA RENDERING CORRUPTED ]
[ OBJECT: REN CLASSIFIED AS "REMEMBERER" ]
[ CONSEQUENCES: WORLD MEMORY DESYNC IMMINENT ]
He backed away.
And behind him, in the reflection—Tsuki was watching.
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📓 5 — Aika Returns (But Not Alone)
At midnight, Ren found a note on his window again.
> "Tsuki isn't just a memory.
She's a crack."
> "Be careful. The more you pull, the more they come through."
Signed:
– Aika
He turned.
And Aika stood outside in the rain.
But beside her—
Another girl.
Unknown. Pale. Half-erased. Crying.
Ren opened the door.
And from the shadows, seven more shapes began to walk toward his house.
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🕯️ End of Chapter 7
Next: Chapter 8 — "We Are the Ones the World Gave Up On"