She noticed his unusual sadness.

He was like a flower that hasn't been watered for days.

He looked like he was withering.

The light in himself slowly fading.

He was not being himself.

"Nao?"
she asked, sincerely facing his direction while her wheelchair remained looking at the field before them.

He snapped awake, as if he was sleeping with his eyes fully open.

A daydream, or so they were called.

He glanced at her, having heard his name.

"Is there something wrong, Hana?"
he said, his head tilting to the side as a sign of curiosity.

"You...

don't feel like yourself lately."

she mentioned while combing the locks of her hair, which were being swept by the blowing of the wind, with her hands.

"...I know."

Nao faced the other direction, ashamed of himself. He couldn't tell her that he was afraid of calling another person a friend.

Not after what happened with them.

"Say, Hana..."

he paused.

"...Can I... tell you something?"

He knew that one way or another, he was going to have to explain why he wasn't feeling like himself lately.

He took a deep breath.

「the gentle whisper of the wind.」

END

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Author's notes!

Hello, everyone! Thanks for checking out my work, once again! Life has been busy for me lately, but I know that's not an excuse to post new updates daily
(*-*)

So, how was the first chapter? The pacing has been slow, but I had wished for the two to relax first, since things may get interesting in the next few updates!

The next chapters will be... pretty childish, I guess.

Also, there are some new characters that will appear! (but everyone probably knew that TwT lol)

ALSO WE JUST HIT 200 READS OMF THAT'S A BIG ACHIEVEMENT FOR ME AAAAAAAA

Anyway, thanks again for reading! I hope my work is at least worth skimming through xD

See you all soon!

-Zetsu