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⚠️ FULL SPOILERS ⚠️ Tokyo, during the year in which the world was prophesied to end... // posts a quote or image every 2 hours // all credit to KENKOU LAND & Fruitbat Factory https://store.steampowered.com/app/1394930/MAMIYA/
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I'd always thought... ...That Natsume would always be there, just having a good time. A small part of me still thought that the funeral was just some kind of bad joke.

MAMIYA seemed decently satisfied by the forced, awkward-looking smile I gave him.

「...I don't need the internet to pick up chicks. Hell, I'm doing it right now.」

「Don't you dare say that you've forgotten, 'Natsume.'」

「...I did meet him once after I grew up, though.」 「He looked as naïve as always, and had that same goofy grin plastered all over his face. ...I honestly never thought I'd end up outliving him.」 「I never expected that I'd be the one left behind.」

With her gone, I'd have nothing else to worry about. Midori's abuse would stop. She'd finally be able to smile all the time. I was confident I could patch things up with Suou, too. It would solve... all my problems.

「My story. My beloved story. I'll always stay by your side.」 「You are the one thing I will protect until the end.」

Knees on the searing dunes, eyes on the world so vast. A sight breathtaking, a task overwhelming. Yet today, I part the ground again. Burrowing through burning sands.

December 21st, year X. The day before Natsume Souichirou's birthday... The world was on the verge of ending.

「I wanted to turn Mamiya into Santa Claus.」

「You were crying in your sleep. What kinda dream did you have?」 「...I dunno. I don't remember.」 「I forgot.」

Eventually, this 190cm giant was a part of our lives, and we'd come to accept it.

I wondered... When all my wants and wishes had dried up... when I no longer felt the desire for anything in this town... ...what would become of me then?

「...I loved it all.」 「I was happy just being with them.」 「It was undoubtedly the springtime of my life.」

「How's Midori doing, anyway? Has she grown any?」 「She did. A little bit...」 「That's great! They say girls grow up fast, so don't come crying to me when she suddenly brings home a boyfriend, haha.」

「Arisugawa Osamu's fingers, touching the edge of the glass.」 「Ni'igaki Mayuri's awkward pronunciation from whenever she became excited.」 「Samejima Satoru's dignified manner of eating.」 「Morichika Touma's warm, white breaths.」

「...I did meet him once after I grew up, though.」 「He looked as naïve as always, and had that same goofy grin plastered all over his face. ...I honestly never thought I'd end up outliving him.」 「I never expected that I'd be the one left behind.」

I felt a sudden urge to kill the bitch on the spot. But if I did that... what would happen to Midori? She'd be left without a mother. And her brother would become a criminal. ...I couldn't force Midori into a situation like that.

「Well, it's more like... Natsume was kinda just there. It felt natural to have him around, y'know?」 「...」 「But there was a feeling in the back of my mind telling me there was something off about him.」

「If I become a Suou Keito that I would find boring, it would be the same as being rude to the boy I was back then.」