"𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢?" Kunimi was sitting on his couch, sprawled out and staring at the ceiling.

The weather was pleasant that lazy Sunday afternoon, and he felt completely satisfied with his life. There wasn't a sound to be heard save for their relaxed breathing and the television playing in the background.

"𝐼'𝑚 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑤," her voice always put him at ease.

At ease? What was he even worried about in the first place? It was probably related to the upcoming Spring Interhigh...eh, whatever it was could wait. It was the weekend after all.

"𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔?" he was bored but it was a nice kind of bored.

"𝐼'𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔," he looked up at her just in time to see her shoot him a faint smile.

"𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑚𝑒," he patted the space beside him, feeling strangely clingy today.

He considered asking her to get him some salted caramel candies, but decided that he was too sleepy to eat at the moment, even if it was his favorite candy that she bought especially for him. He had just suddenly been overcome with the urge to see her blushing face as he cuddled her and took a nap.

"𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡 𝑎 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒," she replied, her voice strangely gentle, as she closed the window carefully.

"She must be thinking about the future again," he thought as she walked lightly over to him.

He opened his arms lazily and she smiled softly at him. She sat between his legs as he wrapped his arms comfortably around her small shoulders, humming the tune of their favorite song.

"𝐿𝑒𝑡'𝑠 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘..." he said, his eyes still closed, after a few minutes spent in comfortable silence.

"𝑂𝑘, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡," came the cheerful voice he realized he had been waiting for.

He opened one eye to stare at her, for some reason feeling the urge to memorize every single one of her features.

...

"𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑜𝑤?" Kunimi groaned as he lost sight of his girlfriend of many years once more.

Ever since he met her in middle school, she'd always gotten lost so easily...especially in amusement parks. Usually because she was too excited to try all the rides...or eat something like cotton candy. He kind of expected her to push herself to become mature once they entered University, but he should have known better. He found it kind of cute though. Of course, he'd never tell her that. That would just encourage her.

"𝐼'𝑚 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢," she popped up from behind him, with a lopsided smile.

"You mean behind me, dummy," he muttered, but his mouth almost curled up into a smile.

"Heh, sorry! I got excited because I saw a stall selling salted caramel taffy! Here!" she handed him one package as she excitedly opened her own, oblivious to the fact that his gaze was still focused on her.

They decided to stand in line for the Ferris Wheel while eating their candy. Luckily, they finished eating right on time for their turn. They got onto a passenger car that was painted in a regal blue and white, and he heard her girlfriend chuckle.

"Hm?"

"The colors reminded me of Kitagawa Daiichi," she replied, and even though he was busy closing the door then, he knew she was smiling.

The ride started and they slowly rose into the air, the wind blowing their hair lightly. It felt quite refreshing since it was a rather hot summer. As they neared the top, he decided to actually look at the view instead of dozing off on her shoulder, no matter how tempting it was. The sun was setting, the buildings looked regal in the almost surreal lighting, the people looked like ants, and the world felt so far away from them at that moment.

As he continued to stare straight out, he wondered which part of the view caught her eye the most and asked, "𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡?"

"𝐼'𝑚 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢," her words sounded far too cheesy for the both of them, but when he turned his face to look at her, all thoughts of teasing her disappeared.

In that moment, as his dull brown eyes locked with her own, all he could think of was how much he really did...love her. He'd never known he could feel so much before meeting her, and every time she did something like this...he realized he could surprise himself by falling in love with her even more.

He reached out to tuck her hair behind her ear, thankful that she no longer flinched away when he did things like this. Just as they reached the top of the ferris wheel, he took her face into both hands and planted a soft kiss on her forehead, too focused on the moment to notice how much she blushed.

...

"𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔?" his voice sounded weak, but he didn't know why.

"𝐼'𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒...𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑏𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢," she smiled the same smile she always did, but it was strange...she was right there...right there on the hospital bed...but she didn't feel real.

He shook the thought away.

...

"𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛, 𝐼 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎 𝑔𝑎𝑧𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢," he didn't know why but he found himself singing to a song that had come on the radio.

"𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦..." he didn't know why but he thought he heard her familiar voice blending with his, and he almost turned around to see if she had walked into the room to comfort him.

...

"𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢?" he asked the empty room.

He knew that it was just his imagination, but he could have sworn he heard her voice call out, "𝐼'𝑚 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚."

"𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔?" he asked, feeling a bit lightheaded as he headed to his room.

"𝐼'𝑚 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟," she said, as he arrived to see the closed door.

"𝐴𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒?" he asked softly, as he slid down the door, not quite ready to open it yet.

"...𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛."

"𝐿𝑒𝑡'𝑠 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘..." his voice broke as the tears suddenly streamed down his face, enough tears to make up for all the ones he wasn't able to cry during her funeral.

...

𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛, 𝐼 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎 𝑔𝑎𝑧𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

Clutching the letter she had left for him in his room, Kunimi laid the bouquet of her favorite flowers onto the...onto her grave.

𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛, 𝐼 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔.

He could still see her face in front of him...smiling and laughing and crying while she apologized over and over again. Apologizing for something that wasn't her fault...it was so very like her that he couldn't help but cry and laugh himself.

He crouched down and brushed his fingers across the letters on the gravestone, gently, as if he was stroking her cheek.

"𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑏𝑦𝑒...𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑎 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡..."

As he clasped his hands together to pray, he realized it wouldn't be so bad if he had that same dream every night for the rest of his life.

"𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑏𝑦𝑒...𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦."

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Haha I definitely don't cry every time I watch an animatic with this song...