Nagai Koto Chapter 000
The Long Journey Until I Reunite With You
Prologue: Dying Regret
(Author’s Note: Although the theme has been extensively used, I intentionally wanted to write with it.)
Despite being a delinquent, I had gone on a field trip and died. No, I shouldn"t have been the only one that died. I was beyond saving. I was often a.s.sociated with bad people from middle school to high school. Whatever fights or injuries they gave me, I smiled and overcame them, but now it seemed that they were going to die with vacant eyes. But I could do nothing as I lay motionless.
The bus we were riding on was forced to go around a car to overtake it, but as the bus came to a sudden turn, it fell to the bottom of a ravine in the mountain pa.s.s. What they felt had gone beyond pain, to the point where they were paralyzed and unconscious. How disappointing.
From the time I was in middle school I survived the carnage of large scale fights. I was the strongest, I was arrogant, and a delinquent teenager. A bunch of us from different schools hung out and indulged ourselves, it was fun but empty. But I became a high school student and went on a school field trip because that girl was there.
『Uooooooh, Asakura-kun’s bike makes a pretty nice sound.』 (????)
Whenever I did happen to go to school, only the bad people stuck around while everyone else avoided me. However, a single girl talked to me without feeling intimidated. She was annoying.
『Wait, Asakura-kun, can run really fast? I’d be happy if you did the relay for the athletic festival.』 (????)
She was the type who was at the center of events and school life with her youth. She was the type who was outspoken and motivated and became the center of attention.
『Ehehehe～ Well～ I’m also taking the supplemental exams. Even though we’re j.a.panese, why do we have to study English anyways? Math also makes no sense!』 (????)
Moreover, she was a bit dumb. I was forced to take supplementary exams so I wouldn"t repeat a year. I always ended up seeing her because of that. She didn’t have the face of a top cla.s.s beauty. Nor were physical activities her specialty. However, she was eager about everything, and never got discouraged. She always showed her true self and made a lot of friends, and before I knew it I was caught up in her pace.
『Asakura-kun, you can’t leave. It’s because you"ve got an important role in the play. Yeah, with the tanuki costume.』 (????)
(TN: A tanuki is a j.a.panese Racc.o.o.n.)
Before I realized it, the delinquent that I was began going to school, and came to be on good terms with the people who were previously afraid of me.
『Asakura-kun, what do you mean you can’t go on the school trip?! Hey stop it! Listen, everyone’s going to have fun.』 (????)
She was noisy but easy to approach, so it wasn"t all that bad.
「Kamino......」 (Asakura)
I, who was given that sort of life by 『Kamino Mina』, fell in love with her. However, she wouldn’t wake up. That idiot"s stupid grin is gone, and my other cla.s.smates will never open their eyes again.
I really wanted to keep talking to you. There were so many things I didn"t get to tell you because I was too embarra.s.sed. A short thank you, and, 「I love you. Go out with me.」 I always wanted to tell you that.