Hiroki - 21

"You've been looking for her. You've been looking for Hiroki."

The person who addresses me...

The woman who addresses me...

I've never met her before.

I've never heard her voice.

Yet, she seems familiar.

"You've been looking for Nanako too, haven't you?"

She pauses before saying more.

It's as though she's waiting for me to do something or to say something.

Or, at the very least, think something.

"How do you know such things?" My voice trembles as I speak. "Who are you?"

At my words, she flashes me a smile.

It is a small, sad smile.