Even though I invited Kazuya to the festival, he wouldn"t come.
The plan was for three girls to go to the festival together, but if Kazuya came along, I was going to sneak out and have a secret date with Kazuya.
I"ve known Kazuya ever since we were in elementary school up until now.
I used to play with him a lot when I was in elementary school, but recently I haven"t played with him as much. I just wanted things to be like how it used to be.
To be honest I"ve always liked him, but I never had the courage to confess to him.
well since he refused to come it couldn"t be helped , so my friends and I wore our yukatas and went to see the fireworks. It would have been more fun if Kazuya would come along though.
The Three of us took a picture of our yukatas and sent it to Kazuya.
“my cute yukata? its a shame you can"t see it!" I hope he thinks that it"s cute
I hope I can go with you next year!
After the fireworks were over, I decided to leave my friend and go home.
a police car stopped in front of my house for some reason.
did something happen!?
Although I was in a yukata, I hurriedly entered the house.
At the entrance, there is Aimi crying in a yukata and a police officer explaining things to our parents.
"Aimi! What happened?"
Aimi notices and turns here.
“– Kazuya Nii-chan is “
she cried again.
Instead, a police officer explained.
"Actually, there was a serial stabber on a rampage near the convenience store when the stabber was going to attack your sister here a man showed up and protected her. I was told that the man was an acquaintance."
“Who is that acquaintance? Perhaps …”
Mom tried to answer instead. Even when I look at my mother"s face, she is tattered by tears.
"Saori, KazuyKun. he faced the criminal instead of Aimi and his friends."
"So, is Kazuya? Is Shiina Kazuya safe ?!"
As he took a breath, the police officer started talking with a face that seemed difficult to say.
"Unfortunately, when he got to the hospital, he was already in cardiopulmonary arrest."
The world turned white.
I was exchanging messages with him until a while ago.
"sister … I "m sorry. Kazuya told me to Run away!,but.. But I was scared and couldn"t move. and Then the criminal came our way and then … “
Aimi apologizes while crying.
Saori embraces Aimi.
“it"s okay. Aimi, I"m glad you"re safe.”
I can"t remember what happened after the police officer returned.
It seems that I cried too much in bed and fell asleep.
The school was on summer vacation, but there were a special meeting and details were reported.
Mr. Kazuya Shiina faced the criminal himself in order to protect his junior high school students from a serial stabber.
On the platform, the princ.i.p.al explained while wiping tears.
When I returned to the cla.s.sroom, Kazuya"s desk was filled with flowers.
I cried with my friend in the cla.s.sroom.
Several days later, I went to Kazuya"s funeral.
Kazuya"s face looked peaceful.
I wanted to hug my knees and cried, but I borrowed my mother"s shoulder and came back.
Aimi was crying all the time.
I laid down on the bed and looked at the ceiling.
“Kazuya, thank you for saving Aimi. If you came to the festival, Aimi might have been in danger. I couldn"t say it before but I"ve always loved you.”
I murmured while looking at a photo of Kazuya inside my phone.
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