"It is just a promise I made with a person, and I am afraid that it will be too late when I finally find what I am looking for..."

"Too late?" Karma asked "What will happen if it is too late?"

"I don't know. He never said clearly... but I don't wanna risk it. He may die, he may disappear, but only when I find love I will be able to talk to him. That's why I have to find it.. "
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Flashback
One and a half years ago

It was a rainy night. You heard him sighing, ready to tell you what was on his mind.

"What's wrong?" You asked worried "What did you want to talk about?"

You raised your hand to touch his hair, but he just grabbed it and stopped your movement. He glared at you.

"Stop it, please. Let me talk"

"Then just do it" you said annoyed by his hesitation.

"I want to break up with you, Y/N."

You had never felt this cold. You froze right in front of him, unable to say anything.

"Oh God, is this really your reaction?" He murmured "I am sorry, but I can't keep up with this relationship. I feel... ridiculous"

"R...ridiculous? Why would you feel like that being with me?"

"Because, Y/N, it is well known that you are good for nothing. Your grades are very low, your charm is so fake, you are slow in realising everything... I can't keep doing this. You have to know, I need to be with someone of higher... quality."

"I... I told you I will try and..."

"There is nothing more to say. Don't talk to me at school if possible"

He left you alone in the night, in the coldness and nothingness. You felt worthless. A nothing. Your mind was blank, yet you couldn't stop crying. You whispered his name to yourself, wishing for him to hear and realise how much you loved him.

He never came back to you.

You ran to the dark streets, having no idea where to go. You kept screaming and shouting, kept running as if it would save you from yourself.

You had always known you were nothing. You had heard that thing by countless people. Yet, having him by your side, you somehow felt... important.

Not anymore.

"Damn! Damn! Damn you!"

You kept swearing, ignoring the people shouting curses at you and trying to stop you.

Even when someone screamed" Be careful" to you while passing the road, you ignored him.

It was too late when you felt your head being crashed by a car.
--

For the next two days, you were unconscious at the hospital. When you woke up, you found out that your eyes and ears were hurt. Doctors had put bandages around them. You couldn't see, and every sound coming to you was like digitally edited.

"It will take time for your ears to fully heal. But you will take off the bandages when your eyes heal, in a few days."the doctor said.

Kayano, Yukiko and your parents were coming to visit you daily, but one day, another person came. You couldn't see him, you couldn't hear his real voice, and he wouldn't tell you his name.

"You really are stupid... you were running like a psycho, ignoring my warning to be careful... I had to bring you here. You were such a pain..."

"Are you the one... who saved me?"

"I would have saved you if you had heard me and stopped running, but well, you didn't do that. May I know why you were so desperate to die that night?"

After your accident, you couldn't stop thinking about your brake up. And now that person was mentioning it again, bringing painful memories to you. You cried again, the tears running down from your bandages.

"I lost... someone I love. He told me I am nothing. He won't even talk to me... I want to die. I don't want to live in a world without him."

He just sighed.

"He was such a jerk and you became like this? Come on, don't be an idiot. You just have to move on."

"I can't just simply do that!" You yelled at him. Even your voice was sounding weird to you. "I told you... I love him. I can't simply forget and move on... and who are you anyways?!"

"Just call me... hero. Actually, lets make it a name if English is confusing to you, like Hiro-kun~. I saved you, didn't I?" He laughed slightly. "Dear Y/N, how about this? As long as you are blindfolded, I will come here everyday, and I will help you forget that jerk of a boyfriend."

You were surprised. Who was he, and why would he do this for you?

"Why will you do this for me?"

"Why not? I finally have the chance to study human psychology from up close. It will be fun."
--

You never learnt if it was really fun for him, but for you, the time you spent with him was precious. Believe it or not, he managed to make you feel like... you could fix your messed up life.

"What bothers you about yourself?"

"Um... my confidence?"

"And what are you not confident about?"

"Everything! My appearance, my grades, the way I talk, I way I think..."

"So... if you get better at all of these, you will boost your confidence?"

You nodded. You were not that passionate about it, but mostly... curious about what he would do.

"Appearance and way of talking do not concern me. You girls know how to handle these things. I think you are just fine the way you are, just remember to smile more and telling what's on your mind. Hesitating is annoying. But if you think that better grades will make you feel better... I can help you here."

Not only did he help you having a motive to study, but also taught you ways to focus and memorize things, as well as how important some information from each lesson could be.

It was the first time in your life you felt like understanding something about school.

He brought you games to play to help your memory when you would take off the bandages, cared about your eating habbits, talked to you about lots of things.

"You know, there is no person in this world being worthless, so stop repeating that you are..."

He was everyday there, but he was always coming when no one else was there, as if he avoided your friends and family.

The last day before you take off the bandages, was also the last time you talked with him.

"Promise me something. When you return to your school and everyday life... try finding love. Real love, not like that dude you were before with. It may be difficult, but when you do, call me on this number. I will come and meet you. Only and only then... just, don't take too much time. It may be too late."

He put a piece of paper with his number written on you palm. You held it tightly.

"Won't I see you again? And too late for what?" You had asked.

"You have to improve yourself alone from now on. And about the too late thing... don't let it bother you... Goodbye, Y/N. I hope we will talk again soon, and don't ever do something like running on the streets like that. I don't know if I will be there to save you again."
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And that's how you became the Y/N you are today. You didn't change yourself, but instead, you learnt how to express your feelings and ideas more, and also became more confident in various levels. You decided to create the one-week challenge to find the love you wanted, and get the chance to meet Hiro again, and proudly announce him all you had achieved.

Of course, you ended up having a crush on Nagisa Shiota, but since he was obviously not interested, you decided not to insist and find someone who would like you too.

You never stopped thinking about Hiro.

You wanted to at least know what his real voice was like.