A few days pass just like that. Riku glomp himself in his room. The colour of red that blends well with his hair making the redhead invisible in the room.

Riku still has that blank look even after few days pass. He can't decipher what is happening when he at the shop.

A sound knocking heard by Riku at the door. He immediately cleans everything in the room.

"Riku, mom is busy again today with dad. So, both of us will be sent to the soba shop you go to before." Riku figure out it was like that. Their parents are overprotective even if their age is ten in actuality.

Riku can't figure out how he suppose to prevent the future even from happening like it supposed to. The day Tenn will be adopted is when they're thirteen years old. The key of that event is Ogami Banri.

"Riku?" Tenn opens the door and saw how Riku's room is not tidy but full of unwanted trash.

Riku smiled awkwardly when he sees his brother. How can he blackout just like that when he supposes to clean his room from his brother?!

This is all because of how he supposes to think of the future event and how to prevent it from happening. Even if the current even has changed like he wanted it to but it's not supposed to be like this.

"Riku, are you okay?" Tenn asks when he sees Riku blank moment. Riku, smile and hug his brother.

Trying to tell him that he is okay so there's no need for Tenn to be so overprotective. Tenn flinches when he's in this awkward moment.

"A..." Again, Riku voice is nowhere to be found. It's not like it was nothing, to begin with. It means everything to him so he can't just let it go.

Tenn saw this coming and pull Riku out of his bed. He brings Riku towards his own room and glomp over Riku warm body. He has this sudden urge to not let his brother go at any cost.

"Tenn-nii!!"

Tenn wide his eyes. He wonders around his room until he saw Riku's worried face. "No need to worry," Tenn calms his twin younger brother down.

Tenn looks at Riku's red hair. It reminds him so much of the past. Eh, the past? Tenn tilts his head in wonder. What does he suppose to mean by the past when now is the present? Even if it was the past there's nothing to be worried off.

"Tenn-nii, are you okay?"

Tenn blinks when he saw the note his brother shove in front of his visions. That voice of his brother calling him "Tenn-nii" sound so wrong. It likes shouting.

But now his brother is in front of him. He needs to act like it was nothing or his brother will surely angry and babbling at him for an hour. Sometimes, being babbling at is not that bad. He can see his brother cute look when he angry.

"Tenn-nii, I have this urge to call you a pervert you know?"

Tenn blinks again and laugh. "Riku, you're so mean!" Tenn mimics the voice of an actor in one of Riku's favourite shows.

Riku gives Tenn and annoyed face and goes out of the room. Somehow, the change of event a few days ago bring a doom towards his privacy now.

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"Riku!"

Turn his head, Tenn sees someone around his age with silver hair. He didn't know why but he has this urge to never let his brother go with this boy. A promise is a promise, he can't go back now.

Riku's face light up when he saw Gaku walking towards him. He runs and hugs the boy. It just a simple make sure for Gaku to not see his brother. Riku needs to save the destiny of his brother meet Gaku when they're older.

Riku turns his head towards Tenn and gives a glare. His brother just receives a call from their parents that he will be needed there. Riku just needs to be at the shop so he can make a lot of friends since he doesn't have any.

That gives Riku the advantage of not allowed his brother to meet with Gaku yet. He turns towards his brother and nodding. Sure his brother is okay, Tenn leaves with a hollow heart.

"Who's that?" Gaku asks with an unusual voice.

Riku takes out his usual pen and notebook and writes on it. Explain everything from A to Z. He does not have any bad intention towards Gaku after all.

"My brother, surely I've talked about him before, right?"

Gaku nodded and leaves with Riku in hand. How he doe that is still a wonder in Riku's mind. Not that he hates it, he just feels weird with this sudden development.

"Let's talk about yesterday. How..."

Gaku trail off. He can't just ask the question as if it was his business. He needs a good reason to ask the question without any bad purpose.

Riku knows what Gaku wanted to ask. It's surely have been in his mind for about two days now. The first question may be about how am he able to sing even if he cannot talk. The second question may be about how that woman able to find him yesterday.

All this problem have been lingering in his mind for two days too! Don't think only Gaku have the problem inside his mind like it was his! Well, having someone to share the problem is not that big of misfortune.

Sitting on the same table as yesterday, they talk to each other about food and when Gaku's mother come, Riku fidgeting.

"Well, maybe about yesterday problem is the cases why you're this shy. Why not we talk about something less... Problematic."

Riku knows what Gaku's mother thinks about. She just wants this conversation to smooth out his problem. She's not bad at all in this type of thing.

"Nee-san, you're good at controlling this conversation, I see."

Shock all over her face. Gaku just continues to watch without realizing what Riku means by his word. Surely, when he a bit older he will understand the meaning of this word.

Why does Riku call this Gaku's mother as an older sister? Maybe about her age or maybe because of her name. He didn't know. Even in all the past attempt to change the future, there is no single moment when people talk about her name. Even Gaku's grandfather is unknown.

The woman had said her name a few times back but Riku just can't hear it clearly. It buzzes like bees and sounds like a broken television.

"I'm surprised you know what that means Riku-kun."

Riku smiles and just continue to eat the sweets on the table. This maybe is a soba shop but it's not wrong for a child his age to bring sweets inside. The advantage of a child body. He should treasure this moment more.

"Then, since this conversation has sorted off, how about we talk about yesterday?"

Just as she said it, a woman, more precisely, Musubi Takahashi came in. She glances around and lights up when she saw Riku sitting at the usual place.

"Riku-kun!" She hugs him. This time her daughter came in too after a few seconds of panting. Looks like they ran all the way to here.

Riku wanted to laugh but this type on this will trouble him. Surely his brother may come in anytime and that means disaster.

"Riku-kun, how about my husband yesterday invitation? You will accept it, right?"

Her eyes shine with those glimmering thing. But before she can hug him like yesterday, Gaku's mother stands in the way. Glare at his manager's mother.

"I think you're troubling him, miss. Should you give him a bit more time before making a big decision such as this."

Just as Riku predicted. Gaku's mother is a controlling person just like her husband. Now Riku knows where Gaku gets his gene from. This type of parents is dangerous for the future use of change.

"I'm sure that I didn't trouble him by making this decision. I'm asking him what he thinks about. I can give his answer as a clue to what we will be discussing later, " she retorts back with a bit of disgust in her voice. It so thick even Riku can see it.

This two women are making trouble inside a shop and now the other customer will think badly. This shop will be ruined because of this little incident.

Riku walk to another customer and give a smile. Thinking back on his first attempt to change the future, he always smiles like this so he can at least gives a little courage so they can move on from their problem.

Now, that little exercise of a smile can be his own courage. He opens his mouth and started to sing. He just feels like, he needs to sing.

"That's right. Sing, sing so you can change the future." The same voice resonance in his mind.

"Welcome to special nu world~ A special new dream that's speeding up~ Oh yeah, it's changing colour~"

The lyrics and sudden music in the background take away every customer attention. Even Gaku and Tsumugi's mother glance towards Riku.

"This feeling... That's right... The feeling I've forgotten a long time ago."

Riku opens his eyes that he didn't realize he has been close before. He glances towards every customer reaction. They are just speechless as what Riku think they are.

Riku didn't think his voice can be this powerful after that incident from the original future. He really indeed a monster as Kujou-san said.

"But this feeling is good isn't it? You can feel their overwhelming emotion flowing inside of you, " the voice said in a calm yet sinister tone.

Right... Riku just needs to focus on singing. If his voice can bring this much power to other people than it means a lot to him who can't do anything to help his parents.

"The area beyond the cheers is gradually becoming bigger~ A world that isn't filled with a daily that makes your heart beat fast~ The boring day-to-day is gradually twinkling and changing~"

Gaku opens his mouth but unable to say anything. It as if he was enchanted by mysterious magic that makes him confused. Is this feeling is what that woman felt when she heard him sing?

If yes, then Gaku now knows why she feels wanted to be close with this person. Riku, have the nostalgic feeling of knowing everything. It as if he can read everything and anything. By having that feeling, of course, people wanted to be close to him so they can keep their secret close and never be open again.

"What are you... Riku?"

"Hihihihi..." Someone laughing at him with that sinister laugh. Glancing around the shop he can't understand why did that voice suddenly come.

Gaku didn't know where that voice is coming from but he sure didn't want to be close to it. It just the feeling of control. Like a puppet that the voice can control him.

"Riku... Is special after all." Glaring behind him, he saw nothing except the window. But he surely heard that voice from behind him.

He glances around again but stops at the nearest window beside Riku. Riku reflection at the window is showing... Another person hugging Riku from the back.

And that person is... Smiling.

"Found you..." That reflection said with a sinister smile.

When Gaku closes his eyes and opens it again, the reflection is nowhere to be seen. Maybe it just his mind playing a game. But he can't just ignore this. He watches too many movies with people ignore this clue and the bad thing happens to them.

When Gaku heard clapping sound, he turns his head towards Riku. Seems like he was done with his short singing. Smiling, Gaku hugs Riku and not allow another person to pat Riku.

"How were the feels?" Gaku ask.

Riku smiles and nod. He can't let another person be worried and overprotective to him. It will be a huge disaster towards the future and troublesome. His brother alone is enough.

Riku close his eyes and sit back at his previous sit. The other customer still clapping and shout with a happy smile. That's right... Riku remember now.

「For you to able to change the future, something precious to you will be taken」

His precious thing is... His Tenn-nii happiness. But, he able to change that rule to... His happiness.

"Take my happiness as the token. In return, that happiness will be given to other people."

His words from the previous attempt to change the future. He kept remembering it no matter how many time he keep repeating he didn't want to remember.

"This is the last time, Riku-kun. Don't waste it like the other attempt. We have taken six of your precious memory and other thing after all. This last attempt... And other no. You don't have any other precious thing to be taken anymore. Sad."

This nightmare... Will forever be in his mind.

"I don't care anymore. Just give them the happiness they deserve."

Crying... He let out a soft voice in the darkness of his nightmare. He can never change the future after this. So, this time, he need to give everything he have.