[11:47]

The train arrives at the station.

[11:50]

The young man carried his luggage, used all the strength of his body, ran outside the station and stopped a taxi as soon as possible.

Even though it was less than two kilometers from Minamisenju Station to the boy's rental house, he still chose the most time-saving mode of transportation.

If it weren't for the fact that his luggage was too heavy and there was no place to store it temporarily, he wouldn't even want to go back.

[11:55]

Lush slopes, places not shaded by trees, where the sun shines.

He got out of the taxi, glanced up the ramp, squinted, took a deep breath and rushed up.

[11:56]

Click.

The duffel bag in his hand, the sound of smashing on the ground.

[No need to look for it.] ]

Or rather,

[Found it.] ]

In front of the rental house, at the end of the sunlit staircase, the girl he had been thinking about was leaning against the corner of the guardrail in front of the door, her eyes closed, as if she were asleep.

The sunlight shone obliquely into this small corner, and the shadow of the wooden fence was half reflected on the delicate little face of the girl. In areas where shadows are not covered, the sun is flowing, and the skin is as soft as jade.

Short hair over the ears, somewhat scattered and slanted.

A white slip dress underneath a lace blouse, slightly transparent in bright light.

The white calves exposed outside the skirt were attached to the ground, so that the people who saw it couldn't help but want to pick up the girl and clean up the dust on it.

Carry the sleeping girl into the house and put her on the soft bed.

Narumi Yu stepped forward and looked at such Shiina Weiyang with a slight distraction.

The girl fell to the ground with a simple letter in hand.

It was so simple that there were no envelopes, just a page of paper full of handwriting, and a drawing with somewhat hurried brushstrokes.

——————

Yu-san, I like you.

I'm like any other girl who likes you, and I don't have the traits that make Yu-san fall in love with me until she dies.

If it weren't for the extreme luck of falling in front of Yousan on the first day of high school,

I'm afraid I'll be an ordinary girl who sneaks love letters into Yusan's shoe closet.

Together with the other girls who secretly gave love letters to Yousanse, like snowflakes, they fell in a corner that no one cared about, quietly turned into water, and disappeared without a trace.

I was so lucky, but naively thought I had got everything.

Live your daily life with peace of mind, waiting for the day when Yusan will be under the fireworks, on the moonlit seaside, and on the ramp where the cherry blossoms are in full bloom...... Whisper to me, watch me turn around and gently call my name.

But this is not possible.

I should have understood, and I would have understood.

If I had been waiting, Yu-san would not have done anything like that, even if he knew what I wanted.

Yu-san seems to be gentle with everyone, but he is also distant from everyone.

Even if I stayed with Yu-san until the end of high school, the best outcome would be just three years of high school classmates.

Let's try it soon, everyone. 】

will never enter Yusang's heart.

Meeting Yusan is the most beautiful thing I have ever encountered in my life.

That's why I want to stay with Yu-san all the time.

So I have to be active, I have to be selfish, and I have to do my best to get Yusan's like.

I like you, Yu-san.

I love you.

——————

There were still words on the back of the letter, but he didn't bother to read it anymore.

He thought of them walking in the rain on the way home from the hospital when Kawakami's mother-in-law died.

The distracted girl asked him softly—

[Yu-san,]

[You say......]

[A living man, trapped in a painting,]

[Will you die......]

On the paper in the girl's hand, the hot tongue of fire burned greedily, enveloping the house in the painting.

Thick smoke floated in the sky, like dark clouds, obscuring the sky and the sun.

This was the first time he had seen such words under Shiina Miao.

Fear, hesitation, and despair affect the tension of emotions, so that the person who looks at the painting cannot come back to his senses for a long time.

The paintings seem to be always full of beautiful Shiina Miao, what kind of mood is it in that way, and this scene is painted?

The missing girl was found – in the eyes of others.

If the firefighters or the police finally find the missing Shiina Miyo, they will definitely take the girl to the hospital, have her body checked, and then be hospitalized, expecting the girl to wake up in the hospital bed with all the normal body data.

If he had lost his memory three months ago, he would have done the same. Whether he knew that the girl had actually trapped himself in the painting, he would deal with it as if it was none of his business, and take the girl to the hospital, waiting for the girl to wake up one day.

The boy named "Narumi Yu" was such a heartless person before that.

But now, with mixed feelings, he stretched out his hand to the painting that fell to the ground.

Shiina...... No, Weiyangsang. ”

"Even if you've succeeded, at least I'm no longer able to ignore your existence."

So it was decided.

He wants to rush into the painting and save the girl who is indulging in the "beauty" that cannot see the result from the fire.

'Why is it that the meaning of [Weiyang] is [unfinished],'

'But you have always pretended not to understand......

The moment his fingers touched the paper, a dazzling white light suddenly flashed in front of Narumi's eyes.

When I came back to my senses, I was already in a street surrounded by fire and smoke.

Thick smoke rises from burning homes and apartment buildings.

He discerned his bearings, found Shiina, who had been enveloped in flames and smoke, and rushed in desperately.

This is a dream, it doesn't really burn, the pain of burning skin and the suffocation feeling of being wrapped in thick smoke, how can it stop him.

Knock the door of Shiina Miyo open with his body.

The girl, dressed the same as in reality, was kneeling in the room, hugging stacks of picture albums tightly in her arms, curled up in a ball.

"Weiyangsan...... Ahem, ahem, ahem, ......! ”

“…… Well? A faint voice of response came from the girl's mouth.

Now they were surrounded by fire, tongues of fire licking their clothes and burning their skins; Smoke entered their bodies with their breath, coughing and gasping for breath.

The wisest thing to do now should be to throw away the album in Shiina Miyo's hand and pull the girl out of the fire.

At least one change of scenes, being able to catch your breath and have a normal conversation.

But now he just wants to rush over and hug the girl in front of him who is desperately protecting the album in his arms.

She has missed too much of the beauty that will come because of the memories that have passed......

“…… Well? cough cough cough cough ......"

The flames consumed their figures.

What can't be obtained is what makes people want to hold on to it the most.

Isn't it......

In the burning sensation of pain as if she had been martyred in the flames, Narumi Yu tried her best to stay awake, asking why she cared about the girl in her arms.

Answer: He knows it.

He who pursues [freedom] is the same as Shiina Miyo who pursues [forever].

They are all people who are in despair and have no future.

——————

[I can't finish writing...... There is even an idea of giving up 4,000 words a day and updating as much as you write. 】

[But this is the final bottom line, and I can't give up.] 】

[I'll make it up tonight, and then tomorrow I'm going to break this vicious circle anyway.] 】

[It can't go on like this. 】

After the replacement, the number of words will not be less, so you can rest assured.

I'm sorry!

When this volume is finished, I will write an article for you on external compensation.

——————

[11:47]

The train arrives at the station.

[11:50]

The young man carried his luggage, used all the strength of his body, ran outside the station and stopped a taxi as soon as possible.

Even though it was less than two kilometers from Minamisenju Station to the boy's rental house, he still chose the most time-saving mode of transportation.

If it weren't for the fact that his luggage was too heavy and there was no place to store it temporarily, he wouldn't even want to go back.

[11:55]

Lush slopes, places not shaded by trees, where the sun shines.

He got out of the taxi, glanced up the ramp, squinted, took a deep breath and rushed up.

[11:56]

Click.

The duffel bag in his hand, the sound of smashing on the ground.

[No need to look for it.] ]

Or rather,

[Found it.] ]

In front of the rental house, at the end of the sunlit staircase, the girl he had been thinking about was leaning against the corner of the guardrail in front of the door, her eyes closed, as if she were asleep.

The sunlight shone obliquely into this small corner, and the shadow of the wooden fence was half reflected on the delicate little face of the girl. In areas where shadows are not covered, the sun is flowing, and the skin is as soft as jade.

Short hair over the ears, somewhat scattered and slanted.

A white slip dress underneath a lace blouse, slightly transparent in bright light.

The white calves exposed outside the skirt were attached to the ground, so that the people who saw it couldn't help but want to pick up the girl and clean up the dust on it.

Carry the sleeping girl into the house and put her on the soft bed.

Narumi Yu stepped forward and looked at such Shiina Weiyang with a slight distraction.

The girl fell to the ground with a simple letter in hand.

It was so simple that there were no envelopes, just a page of paper full of handwriting, and a drawing with somewhat hurried brushstrokes.

——————

Yu-san, I like you.

I'm like any other girl who likes you, and I don't have the traits that make Yu-san fall in love with me until she dies.

If it weren't for the extreme luck of falling in front of Yousan on the first day of high school,

I'm afraid I'll be an ordinary girl who sneaks love letters into Yusan's shoe closet.

Together with the other girls who secretly gave love letters to Yousanse, like snowflakes, they fell in a corner that no one cared about, quietly turned into water, and disappeared without a trace.

I was so lucky, but naively thought I had got everything.

Live your daily life with peace of mind, waiting for the day when Yusan will be under the fireworks, on the moonlit seaside, and on the ramp where the cherry blossoms are in full bloom...... Whisper to me, watch me turn around and gently call my name.

But this is not possible.

I should have understood, and I would have understood.

If I had been waiting, Yu-san would not have done anything like that, even if he knew what I wanted.

Yu-san seems to be gentle with everyone, but he is also distant from everyone.

Even if I stayed with Yu-san until the end of high school, the best outcome would be just three years of high school classmates.

will never enter Yusang's heart.

Meeting Yusan is the most beautiful thing I have ever encountered in my life.

That's why I want to stay with Yu-san all the time.

So I have to be active, I have to be selfish, and I have to do my best to get Yusan's like.

I like you, Yu-san.

I love you.

——————

There were still words on the back of the letter, but he didn't bother to read it anymore.

He thought of them walking in the rain on the way home from the hospital when Kawakami's mother-in-law died.

The distracted girl asked him softly—

[Yu-san,]

[You say......]

[A living man, trapped in a painting,]

[Will you die......]

On the paper in the girl's hand, the hot tongue of fire burned greedily, enveloping the house in the painting.

Thick smoke floated in the sky, like dark clouds, obscuring the sky and the sun.

This was the first time he had seen such words under Shiina Miao.

Fear, hesitation, and despair affect the tension of emotions, so that the person who looks at the painting cannot come back to his senses for a long time.

The paintings seem to be always full of beautiful Shiina Miao, what kind of mood is it in that way, and this scene is painted?

The missing girl was found – in the eyes of others.

If the firefighters or the police finally find the missing Shiina Miyo, they will definitely take the girl to the hospital, have her body checked, and then be hospitalized, expecting the girl to wake up in the hospital bed with all the normal body data.

If he had lost his memory three months ago, he would have done the same. Whether he knew that the girl had actually trapped himself in the painting, he would deal with it as if it was none of his business, and take the girl to the hospital, waiting for the girl to wake up one day.

The boy named "Narumi Yu" was such a heartless person before that.

But now, with mixed feelings, he stretched out his hand to the painting that fell to the ground.

Shiina...... No, Weiyangsang. ”

"Even if you've succeeded, at least I'm no longer able to ignore your existence."

So it was decided.

He wants to rush into the painting and save the girl who is indulging in the "beauty" that cannot see the result from the fire.

'Why is it that the meaning of [Weiyang] is [unfinished],'

'But you have always pretended not to understand......

The moment his fingers touched the paper, a dazzling white light suddenly flashed in front of Narumi's eyes.

When I came back to my senses, I was already in a street surrounded by fire and smoke.

Thick smoke rises from burning homes and apartment buildings.

He discerned his bearings, found Shiina, who had been enveloped in flames and smoke, and rushed in desperately.

This is a dream, it doesn't really burn, the pain of burning skin and the suffocation feeling of being wrapped in thick smoke, how can it stop him.

Knock the door of Shiina Miyo open with his body.

The girl, dressed the same as in reality, was kneeling in the room, hugging stacks of picture albums tightly in her arms, curled up in a ball.

"Weiyangsan...... Ahem, ahem, ahem, ......! ”

“…… Well? A faint voice of response came from the girl's mouth.

Now they were surrounded by fire, tongues of fire licking their clothes and burning their skins; Smoke entered their bodies with their breath, coughing and gasping for breath.

The wisest thing to do now should be to throw away the album in Shiina Miyo's hand and pull the girl out of the fire.

At least one change of scenes, being able to catch your breath and have a normal conversation.

But now he just wants to rush over and hug the girl in front of him who is desperately protecting the album in his arms.

She has missed too much of the beauty that will come because of the memories that have passed......

“…… Well? cough cough cough cough ......"

The flames consumed their figures.

What can't be obtained is what makes people want to hold on to it the most.

Isn't it......

In the burning sensation of pain as if she had been martyred in the flames, Narumi Yu tried her best to stay awake, asking why she cared about the girl in her arms.