[STORY] Bittersweet Life - Verse 5
Note: This is the song that Seii's classmates sing 'Heikeha - Graduation' and as per usual, the grammar mistake is here & there also please forgive me for the pretty long chapter (this supposed to be 2 chapters but I ended up combining both lol) & my lack of volcabulary. Thank you very much,
hope you like ther Verse 5. Enjoy~!
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Verse 5
This is how we end our day, but our story hasn't ended yet
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[4 years ago]
The Sakura tree may blooms beautifully,
but Spring doesn't always be a beautiful season for every human being.
The 2nd week of March is here,
The 3rd years students were standing in lines,
Wearing their gown.
The graduation for the 3rd years has come.
*
[[Wasurenai graduation,
mata aeru yo tamarazu cry cry.
Arukidasu graduation.
Kimi wa itsumade mo kimi da yo.
Our graduation I'll never forget you,
We'll meet again, I know, but all I can do now is cry, cry.
Our graduation, out we walk into the world.
The years may pass, but you'll always be you.]]
Seii is in the music room.
Her homeroom teacher playing the piano,
together, some of her classmates she singing a graduation song,
while some couldn’t stop their tears,
some trying to cheers each other,
some keep their causal talks,
and some making a tomorrow's promise.
[[Honno sukoshi dake, iki ga atsui kigashita
Kokoro no fuan wo dare ka ni kizukareru yo
haru no magari kado de tamerau kimi ga mieru
My breath feels just a bit warmer inside my chest.
Someone out there is sure notice my anxiety
At this tirning point in spring I see you hesitate.]]
"Seii," a guy approach her, “what are you going to do after this?"
"Dunno," she answered, "what about you, Sanada?"
"Well you know, I told you that I got scouted," Sanada & Seii has been a classmate for 3 years straight,
and they started dating by the beginning of their 3rd year.
"and I've decided which team I'll go," Sanada tell Seii his plan after graduation, "Seii, I'll leave for Fukuoka."
"When?" asked Seii in a low voice, "When will you leave?"
"I won't leave right away, I'll stay at Tokyo for the next 2 months," answered Sanada.
[[Te wo fureba graduation
Sora wo suberu tori ni nare fly fly
Tsubuyaita graduation ureshi samishisa no mannaka
Our graduation, we wave our hands in farewell.
Spreading our wings, we fly off into the sky.
Our graduation, we murmur under our breath lost in-between happiness & sadness.]]
"Then, I wish you the best luck," she wished Sanada a good luck with smile.
Nothing last forever,
because a meeting is paired with a goodbye.
**
Nothing good happen after Seii's graduation from high school.
Her collage is sucks,
It's almost like she lived in a complete bullshit life.
Even her relationship with Sanada isn't doing well.
Seii is happy the fact that Sanada is doing well with his pro baseball yet,
somehow she felt that the male is getting distance from her.
But today,
she has to forget all of her worries,
because the shared house residences are going to watch a concert together.
"This.... is..... bad," whinnied Claire, the waiting line is really long,
she doesn't feel like waiting.
"Why?" asked Carly.
"I don't expect it'd be this crowded," this is the first time for Claire to watch a large scale concert,
so does some of the other girls.
"Hahaha, You could buy the DVD if you don't wish to wait," Red make a wise suggestion for Claire.
"Shut up, Red," Claire pouting.
The girls planned to watch GLAY concert at Tokyo Dome together,
and here they are, being lost at the biggest dome of Japan.
This is the first time for the girls to watch a live concert,
and it's totally different than watch it on DVD.
After 30 minutes of waiting,
the 9 girls finally entered the concert arena.
"Kyaaah!!! This is awesomeeeee!!!" Carly expressing her excitement.
"Hm? Seii, what's wrong?" asked Panda, she noticed Seii hasn't say anything since they get in to the venue.
"No..., nothing," answered Seii.
Answered without facing to Panda's direction.
For some reason she can't take her eyes off from the view.
The hall turned dark,
the music starts to play,
the cheers getting louder,
the concert has started.
The sudden rainbow that colored the dark room,
the fire shots that blew up the darkness,
and the silver paper which disguise itself as a stars.
It was such an amazing view that lies before Seii's eyes
"I've found it, the things that I wanna do," said Seii in her thought.
Nothing last forever,
There's no endless search in the world,
if you strongly wished to find what you had been searching for,
one day,
for sure,
you'll find it.
*
Seii walked out from her aunt's house.
Today she just made a selfish request to her parents,
It has never been easy for Seii to get her parent's permission.
After arguing for 2 weeks, Seii finally get their permission.
"Now, the next thing to be done is..........," Seii lost in her thoughts as she walked back to the Shared house.
From afar Seii saw a black smoke coming from the shared house,
"Fire?!" Seii got panicked and hurriedly ran to the shared house.
"OI!! WHAT HAPPENED?!!" Seii rushed to the kitchen where the black smoke coming from.
"SEII!!" the panicked Carly approached her, "HELP! HELP!! EVE TRYING TO COOK BUT SHE ENDED UP BURNING THE FOOD!!"
Soon, the other girls who just came back home rushed to the kitchen and try to cool off the fire before it spread to the whole kitchen.
"Seriously Eve! I can't believe with what you've done to my house," Akira scolded Eve.
"Well, well, Akira, at least no one get hurt," Vanna trying to calm down the situation.
"Ugh, Sorry... I just wanna learn how to cook," said Eve.
"Then! I'll teach you how to cook!" said Panda, "I'm pretty good at cooking instant ramen ya know!"
"It's sucks, it's nothing to be proud of, Panda," Claire jumped in to the conversation.
"Shut up Claire! Instant Ramen is the best!" yelled Panda.
"I'll give Claire an A+," Red agreed with Claire's opinion about Panda's cooking skill.
"Fuh, Hahahah you guys are baka hahahaha," Seii was trying to hold her laugh but she ended up laughing out loud.
"I know right! Hahahaha," Mai joined Seii laughing at the other girls.
"This is hard," Seii thought, "how to tell them that I am going to leave?"
**
"Seii, you seems busy for these past weeks, did something happen?" asked Akira on a sunday morning.
"Haha, no, my professor like to give his student an impossible task," answered Seii as she get ready to go out,
"because of that I need to work extra to get the materials for his task."
"Hmmm, okay then, if something happen just tell me okay," said Akira,
she did notice Seii was trying to hide something, but she believe it was only her thoughts.
"Aki, I thouht you have a date with Kominato-san today? Should you get prepared?" Seii reminding Akira about her appointment.
"OH MY! It's 10am already?! Shit I have to get ready!" Akira left the living room as she dashed back to her room.
"Well, well now, I need to head out for my date too," Seii mumbles to herself.
Seii's not sure what to feel,
it has been hard for her to meet Sanada since he left to Fukuoka,
she's happy to be able to meet him today,
yet she's sad because she know that this will their last date as a couple.
*
Seii had been waiting for her boyfriend for 30 minutes,
they promised to meet at a park,
but the boy is late.
"Seii!!" called out Sanda from afar.
"30 minutes late," Seii said coldly.
"Hahaha sorry, sorry, the train came late so.....," Sanada gave his girlfriend a detailed explanation.
Sanada was lying,
the train was right on schedule but it was him who running late,
because he forgot the present he planned to give to Seii,
a ticket for a baseball match,
even just for once, Sanada wanted Seii to watch his match.
"Oke, I'll let it slide this time, then, shall we go?" asked Seii, trying to smile even just a bit.
"Eh?? You're not mad? Normally you'll yell at me......, did something happen?" Sanada questioned Seii's behavior.
"Nothing, let's go," she said.
*
"We're finally here," said Sanada.
The couple arrived at a shrine they often visited together.
"Aaah~ the sky is getting darker now, the time flew really fast today," said Sanada as he observing the sky.
Sanada put his hands into his pocket,
holding tight to the baseball match ticket,
thinking that now is the perfect moment to give Seii the ticket.
But he doesn't know yet,
that he might throw the ticket anytime soon.
"Anyway, Seii... I have something for yo--" Sanada is about to give Seii the ticket he prepared,
but Seii cut him off.
"Sanada, let's break up....." said Seii out of sudden.
"Wha? Seii?? What do you mean??" Sanada thought he misheard Seii's words.
"I wanna break up with you," Seii repeating her words.
"But why?! I thought we're doing fine?!" Sanda's logic doesn't seem to work over Seii's 'request'.
"We're not fine! We're not fine at all....," Seii trying not to be overwhelmed with her feelings.
"Ne Sanada, I'm going to leave overseas," said Seii.
"Eh? overseas?? Why so sudden??" Sanada thought he misheard Seii's words.
"It's not, I have planned this since 6 months ago," answered Seii.
"Don't get too surprised, it happened once," Seii referring to Sanada when he told her about his post-graduation plan.
"Why? Why don't you tell me earlier?" Sanada too, trying to controlled himself so he won't be overwhelmed with his feelings.
"Because, I was busy, thinking which words I've to use to you and didn't realized that the times has flew this much," stated Seii.
"Sanada, let's end it here.....," There was no single doubt appear on Seii's eyes,
means she's 100% serious here.
Both party left in silence,
as if a monster has eaten all of the voice around them.
"Then," Seii breaks the silence, "I'll take my leave here."
She turned her back and walked down the shrine's stairs.
Sanada himself couldn't say a word to stop Seii's steps.
*
The sky is getting dark,
Sanada walks alone to the train station.
He walks as if he lost both of his mind and his soul.
Sanada stopped his step.
He took out a scratch paper which supposed to be a baseball ticket from his pocket,
and throw it to a trash can.
Just like that, Sanada continue his journey,
back to Fukuoka.
Nothing last forever,
in a relationship or in a marriage,
the couple might partway,
with break up,
divorce,
or even death.
**
"I'm leaving this shared house," announced Seii.
"Seii?? Are you serious??" asked Eve in disbelieve.
"Do I look like joking around Eve?" Seii asked back.
"Even if this is a joke it's not even funny," whinnied Panda.
"Why would you leave Seii? You better have a good reason," Red is trying to hold her anger which popped up suddenly.
"You know, I had long lost my path,
but now I've found it,
the right path to my dreams," Seii paused,
"minna... I wanna be a stage director,
that's why I took a scholarship and will leave to UK for study."
"But Seii, Japan also has an advanced technology, so I don't think there's a need for you to study overseas,"
the youngest Mai is trying to stop Seii.
"Mai," said Claire, "there's no use...."
The other girls doesn't give any comment back,
Seii is serious,
and it's a matter for her life,
there's no way stopping her now.
"When?" asked Aki, "When will you leave?"
"Next Monday, I'll leave a week from now,
but since my parents want me to come back home before I leave for overseas then,
I'll leave the shared house on Saturday," she answered.
"EH?! But that's soon!!" Mai talked in a rather high tone,
not like how she usually talked.
"You bastard, why can't you tell us earlier?!" shouted Red.
"I wanted to but, I don't know how to tell this to you,
I finally made a new family here,
yet I have to leave you,
I'm afraid if I tell this to you, you guys will hate me,"
Seii explained her reason.
"Seii," Akira started, “we won't hate you, don't worry.
Even you will leave somewhere far, feel free to come back to this house anytime,
this is your house afterall. We're your family, same goes to you,
you're a part of our family." Akira wasn't sure what to say,
but now, those words just flowing out from her mouth, no, those words are coming from her heart.
"Akira is right, Seii, coming back anytime okay, we'll be here waiting for you," said Vanna softly.
"Well, whatever, do whatever you want Seii," Red finally calmed her sudden anger, "do it in Seii's style!"
"Yes I will, thank you everybody," Seii is grateful to be surrounded by many of amazing girls.
Nothing last forever,
No matter how far you dragged your Journey,
no matter how long you lost in your adventure,
one day, you'll come back to a place called 'home'.
*
Everybody has comeback to their rooms.
Akira is at the backyard, leaning to the fence as she stared to the night view of Tokyo metropolitan.
"Akira," called Red.
"Ah, I thought you slept already Red," said Akira softly.
"Not yet, here," Red offers Akira a hot tea.
"Thank you," said Akira as she take the glass that Red offered.
"Lost in thought?" asked Red.
"Yea, I know that this will happen, I mean, none of you planned to stay here forever,
I see this coming sooner or later, yet.....," Akira hold her tea glass tighter, "It's still painful."
Red gives Akira a sad look,
she's agree with Akira, even her self won't stay here for long.
"I guess, it just natural," Red started to talk, "like death, when a person you hold dear is confirmed with an incurable sickness,
even though you know that he'll die, but when the death god come to take him from you,
you'll still feel sad."
"I guess you're right, Red....." Akira makes a sad smile,
her heart is in pain but her grandmother always reminds her to smile,
even in pain.
"Ne, Akira.....," called Red.
"Yes?" said Akira.
"How does it feel to say something from the bottom of your heart after so long?"
Red asked an important question, she might act like she didn't notice Akira's fakeness,
but she did know.
Akira's eyes are wide open,
she would never guess that someone will guess the face behind the mask she wear.
But it doesn't matter anymore, "It feels so relieving," Akira smiling widely, happily.
Because she knows that from now on, there's no need for her to wear a mask anymore.
*
Panda is gazing out from her room window.
Until someone knocked her door.
"Panda?" called Vanna from outside.
Panda walked to open the door, wondering what makes Vanna come to visit her,
even though the reason is guessable.
"Come in," when Panda open her door she noticed another girl,
Eve is also there.
"I'm tired but I couldn't sleep," said Vanna.
"The same," added Eve.
"Yeah, it's understandable," said Panda.
Then the 3 girls left in silence.
"Ne," Eve breaks the silence, "how long are you guys planning to stay here?"
"Dunno....," Panda gave her short answer.
"Me too, I still don't know how long will stay here," said Vanna.
"I couldn't believe that we actually forget about the fact that we will leave this place too," said Panda.
"We're too comfortable with the environtment and warpped ourself with a beatutiful delusion," Panda added.
"But I do have fun here, too much fun to be exact," said Eve.
"I said to Seii that we'll wait for her here, but now If I have to think about it again....," Vanna didn't continue her statement.
"........We might not be not here anymore," Panda finishing Vanna's unfinished statement.
*
Carly is in Mai's room,
trying to cheers up the youngest who is crying under her blanket.
"Mai, you should stop crying," Carly trying to stop Mai's tears.
"I know but I can't!" Mai talking back, still hiding under her blanket.
"I had this uneasy feeling since this morning, yet I can't figured it out & now this is happening!"
Mai is mad to herself.
"Even though you know what will happened there was nothing you could do," said Eve.
"I know, I know that, I know that but still........" Mai is sobbing again.
"Mai....," Carly don't know what to say anymore to Mai.
"I left my house because I said that I wanna be an independent and a grown up girl,
but at the end, I'm still a baby girl who only know how to cry & relying on others," Mai talking in the between of her sobbing.
"......Mai," Carly then stopped saying anything.
She lost in thought, "Have I grown up?" Carly asked to herself.
*
Claire locked her door.
She's now alone at her room,
she tried to sleep but fail.
'BAM!' Claire hit the wall with her fist.
"Seii bastard!" She's mad, really mad,
but her anger isn't addressed to Seii, but herself instead.
["Are you sure this is the right thing to do?" asked Miyuki.
"Of course, I've never been this happy before," answered Claire, satisfied with her decision.]
But now,
Claire is wavering.
She was 100% sure that running away from home is the right thing to do,
yet a moment ago, when Seii tell that she has found her dreams & will leave to purse her dreams,
it was like Claire was forced to face the reality before her.
The happiness she got from running away & leaving everything unsolved,
is it the happiness she wanted?
Claire is really angry to herself now,
she doesn't even know anymore what's right for her and what's not.
**
"I'll see you later okay," sadi Seii to Claire before she headed out.
"Okay, have fun...." said Claire who is still sleepy.
Seii put on her shoes and headed out.
"Oi, she has left," said Claire loudly even though there were no one at the first floor.
"YOSH!" suddenly the girls are popped up from their hideouts,
they have been waiting for this moment.
"Then, what is it Mai?" asked Akira.
"Ano, everybody I have a plan!!" said Mai energetically.
"Uwah Mai, it's scary to think that you're being overwhelmed by energy remembers that you cried nonstop last night," complained the sleepy Claire.
"Guess there was no use worrying about you," whinnied Carly.
"Ehehehehe," mai is laughing shyly, "OKE! Now let's get straight to the point!"
"Let's make a farewell party for Seii!! What do you think???" Mai shout out her idea.
"Woh! That's a great Idea Mai!" Vanna likes the idea already.
"Right, I have to agree with you this time, then this Friday, let's do it," Panda jumped in,
even decided the time without asking the others first.
"Panda! don't decide it by your own!" shouted Claire.
"But I'm agree with panda, since Seii will leave on Saturday, so Friday will be perfect," Red jumped in.
"Me too, friday is nice," added Eve.
"I'll empty my schedule this friday then," said Carly.
"Fufufu, I'll go with whatever you decided peeps," said Vanna.
"OKAY! this friday then, Claire it's 7 v 1, we won," Akira made the closing statement.
"OIII!!!!" Claire shouted really loud,
but instead of paying attention to her the others already busy listing the stuffs they need to prepare.
"OI LISTEN TO ME!! AND WAIT AREN'T YOU KIDS SUPPOSED TO BE AT SCHOOL??! IT'S MONDAY DAMNIT!!" Yells Claire.
*
Akira & Claire has been stuck at a bookstore for the whole day,
they are trying to keep Seii away from the shared house.
Making excuses like they need a book references for their study so the younger girls could prepare for the surprise party
which will be hold this evening.
"Can we go home now? I'm tired," whinnied Seii.
"Shut up, you have to company us until we finished," said Claire.
"Then, I'll head back first....." Seii took some steps back and started walking out of the bookstore.
"NO DON'T! Seii, I still need more books!" shouted Akira.
"Then, let's search for a food first It's almost dinner time, I'm hungry....," said Seii.
"NO! We'll search the book now!" Akira dragged Seii back to the bookstore.
After some troubles Akira & Claire encountered,
they finally back to the shared house.
".......?" Seii stopped her steps at the house's front door.
"It's pinch dark," Seii pointed out what's unusual from the house.
Then Seii noticed a weak light coming from the back yard,
so she came to check.
There she saw some candles placed on the garden table,
and the girls were there circling the table.
"Seii," Akira pats Seii's back, "this might be a simple farewell party but I hope you like it."
"You better like it, cuz I've spend quite a lot of my money to buy the meat," said Claire.
"Seii let's go!" Vanna come approaching Seii,
She linked Seii's arms to hers and run to the table where everybody waiting.
"Let's start grill the BBQ meat!!" shouted Mai.
"Lemme do it!" Eve offering a help.
"You'll just ruining the meat! Eve you just sit and wait!" scolded Red.
"Eh??!! But I wanna helping tooooo," whinnied Eve.
"Then, you go to the kitchen and get the drinks," suggest Panda.
"ROGER!" Eve energetically answered and dashed to the kitchen to get the drinks.
"Peeeppsss!! Look what I brought!" Carly shoed something to the girls,
it was a pack of fireworks.
"WOH! Carly it's perfect!" praised Claire.
"Don't play with that thing now, help me preparing the BBQ fi---" but Red noticed that Claire already light up one of the fireworks,
followed by Panda, then Carly joining.
"OOOHHH!!! Lemme join youuu!!" shouted Eve from the kitchen.
"Oi!! I told you to keep it for later!!" Red yelled to the girls.
"Red, it's okay, even now or later, the light from the fireworks is still pretty," said Seii.
"Well, well, if that's what you say then I'll have to agree to it, this is your part afterall," replied Red.
"Give me one of those thing! I wanna light it up too," said Seii as she joined with kids playing with fireworks.
The girls are parted into 2 groups,
Akira, Red, Mai, and Vanna are preparing the BBQ,
while Carly, Claire, Panda, Eve, and Seii playing with fireworks.
The fireworks was ran out of its light fast,
just like how the time flew that night.
The party is nearing its end,
no one shed a single tears.
Everybody was smiling,
because they refuse to say a goodbye in tears.
A meeting might be paired with goodbye,
but this isn't the eternal goodbye that everybody talking about,
in this temporary goodbye, the girls believe that they'll see each other again in the future.
Nothing last forever,
except for the bound that they've created.
**
"Then," Seii is at the front gate of the shared house,
all set with her luggage & bags.
The other girls are standing in line to send her leaves.
"Thank you everybody," Seii bow 90 degree to her 'family' members.
"I had a lot of beautiful memories during my stay here."
"Yush!! No need to thank us! You just do well out there~" said Red.
"Mh, do your best okay," added Carly.
"Yes I'll," reply Seii as she back to her original position.
"Anyway, talking about memories," panda started, "we should take a picture together."
Panda already prepared the camera & the tripod,
she placed it at the back yard of the house,
because that's where you could see the best view.
"Get ready!" Panda set up the camera timer.
"1,
2,
3,
...say cheeseee!!!"
'Click!' just like that,
they have taken a picture which they will keep forever.
'Din! Din!' Seii heard a sound of a car klaxon,
her parents are here to pick her up.
"Everybody, Thank you! See you on another chance,"
Seii send the girls a weaves,
so does the girls.
Starts from today,
only 8 girls left at the shared house.
*
Seii just left,
but now, here Claire making another announcement,
"Everybody, I've been thinking about this, and I guess it's time for meto go home."
"I wished to stay here longer but,
I, I've come to a conclusion that what I've been doing is wrong,
I dislike both of my mom & my sister but, now I realized that running always is not even a solution for my problem,
that's why, I've decided that I'll go back to my house," said Claire.
"Claire, I do not want you to leave the house too," said Mai after a short silence among the girls.
"Mai," Carly has started to feel worry, because she's afraid that Mai will broke down into tears like a week ago.
"But it's okay, if that's something what you've decide then I'll support you!" said Mai,
"Claire go! I know you'll be fine!"
When Mai said those words it was surprising for all of the girls,
because instead of crying,
Mai was smiling,
showing to everyone present how much she has grown up.
"Thank you, Mai..." Claire sends her response as she rubbed Mai's hair.
After a while everybody back to their own rooms,
there Mai crying in silent.
Ones can pretend to be strong in a night,
but ones cannot grow up in a night.
Even so, in that very one night,
could be a starting point for a baby girl,
to grow up into a fine young lady.
**
A year almost passes since Seii & Claire's leave.
Akira received an international call from her parents,
"Akira, tonight we're coming back to Japan after long," said her mom on phone.
Akira's father who's working as a Diploma has been moving here & there,
now they said that they're coming back to Japan.
Akira doesn't know how to feel,
She's a bit afraid that her parents might took her away,
so she had to leave the house.
["Akira, I leave the shared house into your care," that was Akira's grandma last words.
"But I, I wanna see the other side of world," even though she didn't managed to say it to her grandma,
but that was Akira's answer.]
but in another hand this might be her chance,
to leave the house and follow her dreams.
*
"MY DAUGHTEEERRRR!!!" Akira's mom hugs her lovely daughter tightly until Akira can't breathe.
When her parents came,
Akira introduced the other 6 girls to her parents,
and so the other 2 who just moved out recently.
"I'm glad to hear that you have a new family here, dear," said Akira's Dad.
"Yes, me too, even though grandma isn't here anymore but thanks to them I never feel lonely," said Akira.
Then,
later at night,
Akira's parents visited their daughter's room.
Relying a news that Akira need to heard.
*
Few days later Akira's parent left,
they went to another side of Japan.
As for today,
Akira visited her grandma's grave by bringing some of her grandma's favorites fruits.
"It's been a while, grandma," Akira sends her grandma a greeting.
"Grandma....., you must be disappointed to have a granddaughter like me," said Akira as she put the fruits on the grave.
"You've done a lot for me & I haven't repay anything to you,
I really wished that I could repay thing's you've done to me by fulfilling your last wish,
even by doing it alone won't enough but.....as expected, I'm such a selfish granddaughter.........," Akira paused.
"Grandma, I'll move with my mom & dad to Osaka....," when Akira said this,
she almost sure that her grandma was crying in her grave.
"Don't worry about the house, aunty said she'll take care of it,
though she won't live at the shared house," she added.
"I'm sorry grandma, I can't fulfill your last wish....,"
The sunset already set,
it turned the blue-sky into orange,
Akira stood up and walked home.
**
"....."
"......"
"......."
"........"
"........."
".........."
Panda, Red, Vanna, Mai, Carly, and Eve are at the living room.
They're supposed to celebrate Panda's birthday,
but somehow one talks.
"Ano!" said Red, Panda, and Vanna.
"Okay, you first," again the 3 girls talking at a same time.
"Okay, Panda is the first to talk," Carly took an initiative deciding the talking turn,
or else they'll never start talking.
"Ehem! Okay, so first thank you for the cake, we haven't try it,
well we don't even blew the candles yet, but this is a lovely cake so I believe it's a delicious one," Panda started,
"second......... I'd like to say that the time for me to leave the house has already come."
"Haaaaah," Carly sighed, "hearing this kind of announcement after few times, now it doesn't come as a surprise."
"Hahaha, you're right," laughed Eve.
"Actually, I'm going to move out too, hehe," Red joined the conversation,
"My collage keep me busy so I'm going to move to my collage's dorm."
"And so I am, since I'll start my own business so I'm thinking to come back to my house," said Vanna.
"What?? The 3 of you will move out at a same time??"
"Yeah, it's kinda funny actually," said Panda,
"We came together and now we leave together."
"Hmm, fine then, we wish the 3 of you the best luck!" said Eve.
"Then, shall we??" Mai lift up a lighter,
telling it’s time to light up the candles on Panda's birthday cake.
"Let's blew up the candle together," Panda inviting the other girls.
"OK!" answered Red.
"1, 2, 3!! Fuh~~" The girls blew up the candles together.
Now the light of the candle has turned off,
the living room is back into a dark.
**
[[Hitogomi no naka wo kimi wa oyogi tsuzukeru yo
Furui otonatachi itsuka unazuku made
Yume wo tsukamu koro ni hari wo awaseaou
I see you swimming amongst the crowd of people.
Just wait for those adults around us to bow their heads
May we meet again once we've achieved our dreams]]
Sanada looking out of the window,
from there he could see the baseball field,
where he & the team used to practice.
"Watch out, the tears might fall from your eyes," said Seii after she noticed how sad Sanada's look was.
"Hahaha, I'm fine, it just... I'm going to miss this field," said Sanada.
[[ Wasurenai graduation mata aeru yo tamarazu cry cry.
Arukidasu graduation
Kimi wa itsumade mo kimi da yo
Te wo fureba graduation
Sora wo suberu tori ni nare fly fly
Tsubuyaita graduation ureshi samishisa no mannaka
Our graduation I'll never forget you. We'll meet again, I know, but all I can do now is cry, cry.
Our graduation, out we walk into the world.
The years may pass, bu you'll always be you.
Our graduation, we wave our hands in farewell.
Spreading our wings, we fly off into the sky.
Our graduation, we murmur under our breath lost in-between happiness & sadness.]]
"Eh? What??" Sanada get a bit uneasy because instead of an answer,
Seii gave him a weird stare instead.
"Don't worry, even a goodbye won't last forever," Seii then hold Sanada's hand on her hands softly,
"somewhere in the future, I believe you'll be able to play with them again."
Seii's words was like an oasis in the middle of desert, "Yeas, you're right," Sanada smiles brightly,
because he too believes that he'll once again meet with his Yakushi teammates.
The wind blowing hard,
blew all of the sakura trees at the school yard.
The petals were flying to the music room,
as if it were saying "let's cheers this very moment of you."
*** to be continue - Final Verse [Reunion] ***
hope you like ther Verse 5. Enjoy~!
***
Verse 5
This is how we end our day, but our story hasn't ended yet
***
[4 years ago]
The Sakura tree may blooms beautifully,
but Spring doesn't always be a beautiful season for every human being.
The 2nd week of March is here,
The 3rd years students were standing in lines,
Wearing their gown.
The graduation for the 3rd years has come.
*
[[Wasurenai graduation,
mata aeru yo tamarazu cry cry.
Arukidasu graduation.
Kimi wa itsumade mo kimi da yo.
Our graduation I'll never forget you,
We'll meet again, I know, but all I can do now is cry, cry.
Our graduation, out we walk into the world.
The years may pass, but you'll always be you.]]
Seii is in the music room.
Her homeroom teacher playing the piano,
together, some of her classmates she singing a graduation song,
while some couldn’t stop their tears,
some trying to cheers each other,
some keep their causal talks,
and some making a tomorrow's promise.
[[Honno sukoshi dake, iki ga atsui kigashita
Kokoro no fuan wo dare ka ni kizukareru yo
haru no magari kado de tamerau kimi ga mieru
My breath feels just a bit warmer inside my chest.
Someone out there is sure notice my anxiety
At this tirning point in spring I see you hesitate.]]
"Seii," a guy approach her, “what are you going to do after this?"
"Dunno," she answered, "what about you, Sanada?"
"Well you know, I told you that I got scouted," Sanada & Seii has been a classmate for 3 years straight,
and they started dating by the beginning of their 3rd year.
"and I've decided which team I'll go," Sanada tell Seii his plan after graduation, "Seii, I'll leave for Fukuoka."
"When?" asked Seii in a low voice, "When will you leave?"
"I won't leave right away, I'll stay at Tokyo for the next 2 months," answered Sanada.
[[Te wo fureba graduation
Sora wo suberu tori ni nare fly fly
Tsubuyaita graduation ureshi samishisa no mannaka
Our graduation, we wave our hands in farewell.
Spreading our wings, we fly off into the sky.
Our graduation, we murmur under our breath lost in-between happiness & sadness.]]
"Then, I wish you the best luck," she wished Sanada a good luck with smile.
Nothing last forever,
because a meeting is paired with a goodbye.
**
Nothing good happen after Seii's graduation from high school.
Her collage is sucks,
It's almost like she lived in a complete bullshit life.
Even her relationship with Sanada isn't doing well.
Seii is happy the fact that Sanada is doing well with his pro baseball yet,
somehow she felt that the male is getting distance from her.
But today,
she has to forget all of her worries,
because the shared house residences are going to watch a concert together.
"This.... is..... bad," whinnied Claire, the waiting line is really long,
she doesn't feel like waiting.
"Why?" asked Carly.
"I don't expect it'd be this crowded," this is the first time for Claire to watch a large scale concert,
so does some of the other girls.
"Hahaha, You could buy the DVD if you don't wish to wait," Red make a wise suggestion for Claire.
"Shut up, Red," Claire pouting.
The girls planned to watch GLAY concert at Tokyo Dome together,
and here they are, being lost at the biggest dome of Japan.
This is the first time for the girls to watch a live concert,
and it's totally different than watch it on DVD.
After 30 minutes of waiting,
the 9 girls finally entered the concert arena.
"Kyaaah!!! This is awesomeeeee!!!" Carly expressing her excitement.
"Hm? Seii, what's wrong?" asked Panda, she noticed Seii hasn't say anything since they get in to the venue.
"No..., nothing," answered Seii.
Answered without facing to Panda's direction.
For some reason she can't take her eyes off from the view.
The hall turned dark,
the music starts to play,
the cheers getting louder,
the concert has started.
The sudden rainbow that colored the dark room,
the fire shots that blew up the darkness,
and the silver paper which disguise itself as a stars.
It was such an amazing view that lies before Seii's eyes
"I've found it, the things that I wanna do," said Seii in her thought.
Nothing last forever,
There's no endless search in the world,
if you strongly wished to find what you had been searching for,
one day,
for sure,
you'll find it.
*
Seii walked out from her aunt's house.
Today she just made a selfish request to her parents,
It has never been easy for Seii to get her parent's permission.
After arguing for 2 weeks, Seii finally get their permission.
"Now, the next thing to be done is..........," Seii lost in her thoughts as she walked back to the Shared house.
From afar Seii saw a black smoke coming from the shared house,
"Fire?!" Seii got panicked and hurriedly ran to the shared house.
"OI!! WHAT HAPPENED?!!" Seii rushed to the kitchen where the black smoke coming from.
"SEII!!" the panicked Carly approached her, "HELP! HELP!! EVE TRYING TO COOK BUT SHE ENDED UP BURNING THE FOOD!!"
Soon, the other girls who just came back home rushed to the kitchen and try to cool off the fire before it spread to the whole kitchen.
"Seriously Eve! I can't believe with what you've done to my house," Akira scolded Eve.
"Well, well, Akira, at least no one get hurt," Vanna trying to calm down the situation.
"Ugh, Sorry... I just wanna learn how to cook," said Eve.
"Then! I'll teach you how to cook!" said Panda, "I'm pretty good at cooking instant ramen ya know!"
"It's sucks, it's nothing to be proud of, Panda," Claire jumped in to the conversation.
"Shut up Claire! Instant Ramen is the best!" yelled Panda.
"I'll give Claire an A+," Red agreed with Claire's opinion about Panda's cooking skill.
"Fuh, Hahahah you guys are baka hahahaha," Seii was trying to hold her laugh but she ended up laughing out loud.
"I know right! Hahahaha," Mai joined Seii laughing at the other girls.
"This is hard," Seii thought, "how to tell them that I am going to leave?"
**
"Seii, you seems busy for these past weeks, did something happen?" asked Akira on a sunday morning.
"Haha, no, my professor like to give his student an impossible task," answered Seii as she get ready to go out,
"because of that I need to work extra to get the materials for his task."
"Hmmm, okay then, if something happen just tell me okay," said Akira,
she did notice Seii was trying to hide something, but she believe it was only her thoughts.
"Aki, I thouht you have a date with Kominato-san today? Should you get prepared?" Seii reminding Akira about her appointment.
"OH MY! It's 10am already?! Shit I have to get ready!" Akira left the living room as she dashed back to her room.
"Well, well now, I need to head out for my date too," Seii mumbles to herself.
Seii's not sure what to feel,
it has been hard for her to meet Sanada since he left to Fukuoka,
she's happy to be able to meet him today,
yet she's sad because she know that this will their last date as a couple.
*
Seii had been waiting for her boyfriend for 30 minutes,
they promised to meet at a park,
but the boy is late.
"Seii!!" called out Sanda from afar.
"30 minutes late," Seii said coldly.
"Hahaha sorry, sorry, the train came late so.....," Sanada gave his girlfriend a detailed explanation.
Sanada was lying,
the train was right on schedule but it was him who running late,
because he forgot the present he planned to give to Seii,
a ticket for a baseball match,
even just for once, Sanada wanted Seii to watch his match.
"Oke, I'll let it slide this time, then, shall we go?" asked Seii, trying to smile even just a bit.
"Eh?? You're not mad? Normally you'll yell at me......, did something happen?" Sanada questioned Seii's behavior.
"Nothing, let's go," she said.
*
"We're finally here," said Sanada.
The couple arrived at a shrine they often visited together.
"Aaah~ the sky is getting darker now, the time flew really fast today," said Sanada as he observing the sky.
Sanada put his hands into his pocket,
holding tight to the baseball match ticket,
thinking that now is the perfect moment to give Seii the ticket.
But he doesn't know yet,
that he might throw the ticket anytime soon.
"Anyway, Seii... I have something for yo--" Sanada is about to give Seii the ticket he prepared,
but Seii cut him off.
"Sanada, let's break up....." said Seii out of sudden.
"Wha? Seii?? What do you mean??" Sanada thought he misheard Seii's words.
"I wanna break up with you," Seii repeating her words.
"But why?! I thought we're doing fine?!" Sanda's logic doesn't seem to work over Seii's 'request'.
"We're not fine! We're not fine at all....," Seii trying not to be overwhelmed with her feelings.
"Ne Sanada, I'm going to leave overseas," said Seii.
"Eh? overseas?? Why so sudden??" Sanada thought he misheard Seii's words.
"It's not, I have planned this since 6 months ago," answered Seii.
"Don't get too surprised, it happened once," Seii referring to Sanada when he told her about his post-graduation plan.
"Why? Why don't you tell me earlier?" Sanada too, trying to controlled himself so he won't be overwhelmed with his feelings.
"Because, I was busy, thinking which words I've to use to you and didn't realized that the times has flew this much," stated Seii.
"Sanada, let's end it here.....," There was no single doubt appear on Seii's eyes,
means she's 100% serious here.
Both party left in silence,
as if a monster has eaten all of the voice around them.
"Then," Seii breaks the silence, "I'll take my leave here."
She turned her back and walked down the shrine's stairs.
Sanada himself couldn't say a word to stop Seii's steps.
*
The sky is getting dark,
Sanada walks alone to the train station.
He walks as if he lost both of his mind and his soul.
Sanada stopped his step.
He took out a scratch paper which supposed to be a baseball ticket from his pocket,
and throw it to a trash can.
Just like that, Sanada continue his journey,
back to Fukuoka.
Nothing last forever,
in a relationship or in a marriage,
the couple might partway,
with break up,
divorce,
or even death.
**
"I'm leaving this shared house," announced Seii.
"Seii?? Are you serious??" asked Eve in disbelieve.
"Do I look like joking around Eve?" Seii asked back.
"Even if this is a joke it's not even funny," whinnied Panda.
"Why would you leave Seii? You better have a good reason," Red is trying to hold her anger which popped up suddenly.
"You know, I had long lost my path,
but now I've found it,
the right path to my dreams," Seii paused,
"minna... I wanna be a stage director,
that's why I took a scholarship and will leave to UK for study."
"But Seii, Japan also has an advanced technology, so I don't think there's a need for you to study overseas,"
the youngest Mai is trying to stop Seii.
"Mai," said Claire, "there's no use...."
The other girls doesn't give any comment back,
Seii is serious,
and it's a matter for her life,
there's no way stopping her now.
"When?" asked Aki, "When will you leave?"
"Next Monday, I'll leave a week from now,
but since my parents want me to come back home before I leave for overseas then,
I'll leave the shared house on Saturday," she answered.
"EH?! But that's soon!!" Mai talked in a rather high tone,
not like how she usually talked.
"You bastard, why can't you tell us earlier?!" shouted Red.
"I wanted to but, I don't know how to tell this to you,
I finally made a new family here,
yet I have to leave you,
I'm afraid if I tell this to you, you guys will hate me,"
Seii explained her reason.
"Seii," Akira started, “we won't hate you, don't worry.
Even you will leave somewhere far, feel free to come back to this house anytime,
this is your house afterall. We're your family, same goes to you,
you're a part of our family." Akira wasn't sure what to say,
but now, those words just flowing out from her mouth, no, those words are coming from her heart.
"Akira is right, Seii, coming back anytime okay, we'll be here waiting for you," said Vanna softly.
"Well, whatever, do whatever you want Seii," Red finally calmed her sudden anger, "do it in Seii's style!"
"Yes I will, thank you everybody," Seii is grateful to be surrounded by many of amazing girls.
Nothing last forever,
No matter how far you dragged your Journey,
no matter how long you lost in your adventure,
one day, you'll come back to a place called 'home'.
*
Everybody has comeback to their rooms.
Akira is at the backyard, leaning to the fence as she stared to the night view of Tokyo metropolitan.
"Akira," called Red.
"Ah, I thought you slept already Red," said Akira softly.
"Not yet, here," Red offers Akira a hot tea.
"Thank you," said Akira as she take the glass that Red offered.
"Lost in thought?" asked Red.
"Yea, I know that this will happen, I mean, none of you planned to stay here forever,
I see this coming sooner or later, yet.....," Akira hold her tea glass tighter, "It's still painful."
Red gives Akira a sad look,
she's agree with Akira, even her self won't stay here for long.
"I guess, it just natural," Red started to talk, "like death, when a person you hold dear is confirmed with an incurable sickness,
even though you know that he'll die, but when the death god come to take him from you,
you'll still feel sad."
"I guess you're right, Red....." Akira makes a sad smile,
her heart is in pain but her grandmother always reminds her to smile,
even in pain.
"Ne, Akira.....," called Red.
"Yes?" said Akira.
"How does it feel to say something from the bottom of your heart after so long?"
Red asked an important question, she might act like she didn't notice Akira's fakeness,
but she did know.
Akira's eyes are wide open,
she would never guess that someone will guess the face behind the mask she wear.
But it doesn't matter anymore, "It feels so relieving," Akira smiling widely, happily.
Because she knows that from now on, there's no need for her to wear a mask anymore.
*
Panda is gazing out from her room window.
Until someone knocked her door.
"Panda?" called Vanna from outside.
Panda walked to open the door, wondering what makes Vanna come to visit her,
even though the reason is guessable.
"Come in," when Panda open her door she noticed another girl,
Eve is also there.
"I'm tired but I couldn't sleep," said Vanna.
"The same," added Eve.
"Yeah, it's understandable," said Panda.
Then the 3 girls left in silence.
"Ne," Eve breaks the silence, "how long are you guys planning to stay here?"
"Dunno....," Panda gave her short answer.
"Me too, I still don't know how long will stay here," said Vanna.
"I couldn't believe that we actually forget about the fact that we will leave this place too," said Panda.
"We're too comfortable with the environtment and warpped ourself with a beatutiful delusion," Panda added.
"But I do have fun here, too much fun to be exact," said Eve.
"I said to Seii that we'll wait for her here, but now If I have to think about it again....," Vanna didn't continue her statement.
"........We might not be not here anymore," Panda finishing Vanna's unfinished statement.
*
Carly is in Mai's room,
trying to cheers up the youngest who is crying under her blanket.
"Mai, you should stop crying," Carly trying to stop Mai's tears.
"I know but I can't!" Mai talking back, still hiding under her blanket.
"I had this uneasy feeling since this morning, yet I can't figured it out & now this is happening!"
Mai is mad to herself.
"Even though you know what will happened there was nothing you could do," said Eve.
"I know, I know that, I know that but still........" Mai is sobbing again.
"Mai....," Carly don't know what to say anymore to Mai.
"I left my house because I said that I wanna be an independent and a grown up girl,
but at the end, I'm still a baby girl who only know how to cry & relying on others," Mai talking in the between of her sobbing.
"......Mai," Carly then stopped saying anything.
She lost in thought, "Have I grown up?" Carly asked to herself.
*
Claire locked her door.
She's now alone at her room,
she tried to sleep but fail.
'BAM!' Claire hit the wall with her fist.
"Seii bastard!" She's mad, really mad,
but her anger isn't addressed to Seii, but herself instead.
["Are you sure this is the right thing to do?" asked Miyuki.
"Of course, I've never been this happy before," answered Claire, satisfied with her decision.]
But now,
Claire is wavering.
She was 100% sure that running away from home is the right thing to do,
yet a moment ago, when Seii tell that she has found her dreams & will leave to purse her dreams,
it was like Claire was forced to face the reality before her.
The happiness she got from running away & leaving everything unsolved,
is it the happiness she wanted?
Claire is really angry to herself now,
she doesn't even know anymore what's right for her and what's not.
**
"I'll see you later okay," sadi Seii to Claire before she headed out.
"Okay, have fun...." said Claire who is still sleepy.
Seii put on her shoes and headed out.
"Oi, she has left," said Claire loudly even though there were no one at the first floor.
"YOSH!" suddenly the girls are popped up from their hideouts,
they have been waiting for this moment.
"Then, what is it Mai?" asked Akira.
"Ano, everybody I have a plan!!" said Mai energetically.
"Uwah Mai, it's scary to think that you're being overwhelmed by energy remembers that you cried nonstop last night," complained the sleepy Claire.
"Guess there was no use worrying about you," whinnied Carly.
"Ehehehehe," mai is laughing shyly, "OKE! Now let's get straight to the point!"
"Let's make a farewell party for Seii!! What do you think???" Mai shout out her idea.
"Woh! That's a great Idea Mai!" Vanna likes the idea already.
"Right, I have to agree with you this time, then this Friday, let's do it," Panda jumped in,
even decided the time without asking the others first.
"Panda! don't decide it by your own!" shouted Claire.
"But I'm agree with panda, since Seii will leave on Saturday, so Friday will be perfect," Red jumped in.
"Me too, friday is nice," added Eve.
"I'll empty my schedule this friday then," said Carly.
"Fufufu, I'll go with whatever you decided peeps," said Vanna.
"OKAY! this friday then, Claire it's 7 v 1, we won," Akira made the closing statement.
"OIII!!!!" Claire shouted really loud,
but instead of paying attention to her the others already busy listing the stuffs they need to prepare.
"OI LISTEN TO ME!! AND WAIT AREN'T YOU KIDS SUPPOSED TO BE AT SCHOOL??! IT'S MONDAY DAMNIT!!" Yells Claire.
*
Akira & Claire has been stuck at a bookstore for the whole day,
they are trying to keep Seii away from the shared house.
Making excuses like they need a book references for their study so the younger girls could prepare for the surprise party
which will be hold this evening.
"Can we go home now? I'm tired," whinnied Seii.
"Shut up, you have to company us until we finished," said Claire.
"Then, I'll head back first....." Seii took some steps back and started walking out of the bookstore.
"NO DON'T! Seii, I still need more books!" shouted Akira.
"Then, let's search for a food first It's almost dinner time, I'm hungry....," said Seii.
"NO! We'll search the book now!" Akira dragged Seii back to the bookstore.
After some troubles Akira & Claire encountered,
they finally back to the shared house.
".......?" Seii stopped her steps at the house's front door.
"It's pinch dark," Seii pointed out what's unusual from the house.
Then Seii noticed a weak light coming from the back yard,
so she came to check.
There she saw some candles placed on the garden table,
and the girls were there circling the table.
"Seii," Akira pats Seii's back, "this might be a simple farewell party but I hope you like it."
"You better like it, cuz I've spend quite a lot of my money to buy the meat," said Claire.
"Seii let's go!" Vanna come approaching Seii,
She linked Seii's arms to hers and run to the table where everybody waiting.
"Let's start grill the BBQ meat!!" shouted Mai.
"Lemme do it!" Eve offering a help.
"You'll just ruining the meat! Eve you just sit and wait!" scolded Red.
"Eh??!! But I wanna helping tooooo," whinnied Eve.
"Then, you go to the kitchen and get the drinks," suggest Panda.
"ROGER!" Eve energetically answered and dashed to the kitchen to get the drinks.
"Peeeppsss!! Look what I brought!" Carly shoed something to the girls,
it was a pack of fireworks.
"WOH! Carly it's perfect!" praised Claire.
"Don't play with that thing now, help me preparing the BBQ fi---" but Red noticed that Claire already light up one of the fireworks,
followed by Panda, then Carly joining.
"OOOHHH!!! Lemme join youuu!!" shouted Eve from the kitchen.
"Oi!! I told you to keep it for later!!" Red yelled to the girls.
"Red, it's okay, even now or later, the light from the fireworks is still pretty," said Seii.
"Well, well, if that's what you say then I'll have to agree to it, this is your part afterall," replied Red.
"Give me one of those thing! I wanna light it up too," said Seii as she joined with kids playing with fireworks.
The girls are parted into 2 groups,
Akira, Red, Mai, and Vanna are preparing the BBQ,
while Carly, Claire, Panda, Eve, and Seii playing with fireworks.
The fireworks was ran out of its light fast,
just like how the time flew that night.
The party is nearing its end,
no one shed a single tears.
Everybody was smiling,
because they refuse to say a goodbye in tears.
A meeting might be paired with goodbye,
but this isn't the eternal goodbye that everybody talking about,
in this temporary goodbye, the girls believe that they'll see each other again in the future.
Nothing last forever,
except for the bound that they've created.
**
"Then," Seii is at the front gate of the shared house,
all set with her luggage & bags.
The other girls are standing in line to send her leaves.
"Thank you everybody," Seii bow 90 degree to her 'family' members.
"I had a lot of beautiful memories during my stay here."
"Yush!! No need to thank us! You just do well out there~" said Red.
"Mh, do your best okay," added Carly.
"Yes I'll," reply Seii as she back to her original position.
"Anyway, talking about memories," panda started, "we should take a picture together."
Panda already prepared the camera & the tripod,
she placed it at the back yard of the house,
because that's where you could see the best view.
"Get ready!" Panda set up the camera timer.
"1,
2,
3,
...say cheeseee!!!"
'Click!' just like that,
they have taken a picture which they will keep forever.
'Din! Din!' Seii heard a sound of a car klaxon,
her parents are here to pick her up.
"Everybody, Thank you! See you on another chance,"
Seii send the girls a weaves,
so does the girls.
Starts from today,
only 8 girls left at the shared house.
*
Seii just left,
but now, here Claire making another announcement,
"Everybody, I've been thinking about this, and I guess it's time for meto go home."
"I wished to stay here longer but,
I, I've come to a conclusion that what I've been doing is wrong,
I dislike both of my mom & my sister but, now I realized that running always is not even a solution for my problem,
that's why, I've decided that I'll go back to my house," said Claire.
"Claire, I do not want you to leave the house too," said Mai after a short silence among the girls.
"Mai," Carly has started to feel worry, because she's afraid that Mai will broke down into tears like a week ago.
"But it's okay, if that's something what you've decide then I'll support you!" said Mai,
"Claire go! I know you'll be fine!"
When Mai said those words it was surprising for all of the girls,
because instead of crying,
Mai was smiling,
showing to everyone present how much she has grown up.
"Thank you, Mai..." Claire sends her response as she rubbed Mai's hair.
After a while everybody back to their own rooms,
there Mai crying in silent.
Ones can pretend to be strong in a night,
but ones cannot grow up in a night.
Even so, in that very one night,
could be a starting point for a baby girl,
to grow up into a fine young lady.
**
A year almost passes since Seii & Claire's leave.
Akira received an international call from her parents,
"Akira, tonight we're coming back to Japan after long," said her mom on phone.
Akira's father who's working as a Diploma has been moving here & there,
now they said that they're coming back to Japan.
Akira doesn't know how to feel,
She's a bit afraid that her parents might took her away,
so she had to leave the house.
["Akira, I leave the shared house into your care," that was Akira's grandma last words.
"But I, I wanna see the other side of world," even though she didn't managed to say it to her grandma,
but that was Akira's answer.]
but in another hand this might be her chance,
to leave the house and follow her dreams.
*
"MY DAUGHTEEERRRR!!!" Akira's mom hugs her lovely daughter tightly until Akira can't breathe.
When her parents came,
Akira introduced the other 6 girls to her parents,
and so the other 2 who just moved out recently.
"I'm glad to hear that you have a new family here, dear," said Akira's Dad.
"Yes, me too, even though grandma isn't here anymore but thanks to them I never feel lonely," said Akira.
Then,
later at night,
Akira's parents visited their daughter's room.
Relying a news that Akira need to heard.
*
Few days later Akira's parent left,
they went to another side of Japan.
As for today,
Akira visited her grandma's grave by bringing some of her grandma's favorites fruits.
"It's been a while, grandma," Akira sends her grandma a greeting.
"Grandma....., you must be disappointed to have a granddaughter like me," said Akira as she put the fruits on the grave.
"You've done a lot for me & I haven't repay anything to you,
I really wished that I could repay thing's you've done to me by fulfilling your last wish,
even by doing it alone won't enough but.....as expected, I'm such a selfish granddaughter.........," Akira paused.
"Grandma, I'll move with my mom & dad to Osaka....," when Akira said this,
she almost sure that her grandma was crying in her grave.
"Don't worry about the house, aunty said she'll take care of it,
though she won't live at the shared house," she added.
"I'm sorry grandma, I can't fulfill your last wish....,"
The sunset already set,
it turned the blue-sky into orange,
Akira stood up and walked home.
**
"....."
"......"
"......."
"........"
"........."
".........."
Panda, Red, Vanna, Mai, Carly, and Eve are at the living room.
They're supposed to celebrate Panda's birthday,
but somehow one talks.
"Ano!" said Red, Panda, and Vanna.
"Okay, you first," again the 3 girls talking at a same time.
"Okay, Panda is the first to talk," Carly took an initiative deciding the talking turn,
or else they'll never start talking.
"Ehem! Okay, so first thank you for the cake, we haven't try it,
well we don't even blew the candles yet, but this is a lovely cake so I believe it's a delicious one," Panda started,
"second......... I'd like to say that the time for me to leave the house has already come."
"Haaaaah," Carly sighed, "hearing this kind of announcement after few times, now it doesn't come as a surprise."
"Hahaha, you're right," laughed Eve.
"Actually, I'm going to move out too, hehe," Red joined the conversation,
"My collage keep me busy so I'm going to move to my collage's dorm."
"And so I am, since I'll start my own business so I'm thinking to come back to my house," said Vanna.
"What?? The 3 of you will move out at a same time??"
"Yeah, it's kinda funny actually," said Panda,
"We came together and now we leave together."
"Hmm, fine then, we wish the 3 of you the best luck!" said Eve.
"Then, shall we??" Mai lift up a lighter,
telling it’s time to light up the candles on Panda's birthday cake.
"Let's blew up the candle together," Panda inviting the other girls.
"OK!" answered Red.
"1, 2, 3!! Fuh~~" The girls blew up the candles together.
Now the light of the candle has turned off,
the living room is back into a dark.
**
[[Hitogomi no naka wo kimi wa oyogi tsuzukeru yo
Furui otonatachi itsuka unazuku made
Yume wo tsukamu koro ni hari wo awaseaou
I see you swimming amongst the crowd of people.
Just wait for those adults around us to bow their heads
May we meet again once we've achieved our dreams]]
Sanada looking out of the window,
from there he could see the baseball field,
where he & the team used to practice.
"Watch out, the tears might fall from your eyes," said Seii after she noticed how sad Sanada's look was.
"Hahaha, I'm fine, it just... I'm going to miss this field," said Sanada.
[[ Wasurenai graduation mata aeru yo tamarazu cry cry.
Arukidasu graduation
Kimi wa itsumade mo kimi da yo
Te wo fureba graduation
Sora wo suberu tori ni nare fly fly
Tsubuyaita graduation ureshi samishisa no mannaka
Our graduation I'll never forget you. We'll meet again, I know, but all I can do now is cry, cry.
Our graduation, out we walk into the world.
The years may pass, bu you'll always be you.
Our graduation, we wave our hands in farewell.
Spreading our wings, we fly off into the sky.
Our graduation, we murmur under our breath lost in-between happiness & sadness.]]
"Eh? What??" Sanada get a bit uneasy because instead of an answer,
Seii gave him a weird stare instead.
"Don't worry, even a goodbye won't last forever," Seii then hold Sanada's hand on her hands softly,
"somewhere in the future, I believe you'll be able to play with them again."
Seii's words was like an oasis in the middle of desert, "Yeas, you're right," Sanada smiles brightly,
because he too believes that he'll once again meet with his Yakushi teammates.
The wind blowing hard,
blew all of the sakura trees at the school yard.
The petals were flying to the music room,
as if it were saying "let's cheers this very moment of you."
*** to be continue - Final Verse [Reunion] ***