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[Park of Memories]
After leaving the mall, we took the bus to a park.
A small park not far from my house.
There were only benches, a sandbox, a seesaw, swings, and bars. But I used to play with Rinne here.
Miuzu used to sit on the bench and watch us.
This park holds such fond memories for me.
“Haha…… it felt so big when I was little, but now that I’m bigger, it feels so small…….”
I muttered to myself at the entrance of the park.
“Towa san. Can we sit on the bench and talk a bit?”
“…… yes.”
She’s a very perceptive girl. What will she say to me after this? Maybe she understands that.
Towa san seems to be a little nervous.
Towa san and I sat on the bench facing each other.
“I had a lot of fun today, Towa san”
“Yes. I also had a lot of fun, and I felt the time passed very quickly.”
Towa-san smiles at my words and replies with a flustered smile.
I take out a gift-wrapped brooch from my bag. I had been taking good care of it, so it wasn’t smashed or anything.
“This is the present I prepared for you. I bought it as a surprise to commemorate today. Would you accept it?”
“I-I’m so happy ……!”
Towa san, who received the present from me, expresses her joy with an expression that almost makes me cry.
It was good. If she was this happy, it was worth the extravagance.
I turned my gaze away from her and began to tell her a story.
“This place is where I used to play when I was little.”
“Yes. You mentioned it earlier. You said earlier that this is the park of your memories…..”
I shake my head at her words.
“Yes, it’s a park of memories. It’s a park of memories. This is where I fell in love with …… Rinne.”
“……!”
Towa san’s face contorted at my words.
“Rinne was a child who didn’t …… show her emotions back then, or at least, she couldn’t. I wanted to make Rinne laugh. That’s what I wanted to do.”
“……Yes.”
I talk and talk and talk, remembering the old days.
I still remember that time vividly.
“Look, Rinne! Let’s play in the sandbox next,…… Ughh!”
“…..Are you okay, Ki……”
“…. buhe!”
“Fufufu…… Kirito….. covered in sand……”
The first time Rinne laughed at me was in the sandbox at this park. The reason for that was that she was laughing at me when I slipped and got covered in sand.
“…… I see”
I know you don’t want to hear this story. But I must tell her. She needs to know about my past.
“Ever since that time, for …… ten years. I loved Rinne. I wanted to make her laugh. I wanted to make her happy. I wanted to stay with …… together even after I died ……. until she dumped me that day ……. …”
“………………”
[I’ve always loved you!!!! I don’t want to be just a childhood friend, I want to be a lover with you! So please go out with me!]
[I’ve never seen you as a man, so I can’t!]
Misunderstandings and misunderstandings. It is true that there were misunderstandings.
However. But at this moment, the fate of me and Rinne had been decided.
Tears streamed down my cheeks.
These are the last tears I will shed for her
This is the end.
I’m going to say goodbye to my past love for Rinne at this place.
And I will become a lover with Kitajima Towa.
“This place has a history of me liking her. But I’m done with that. What I need is not the past that I loved her.”
“……Kirito kun”
“What I need is the future. I want to spend that future with you. Until I die,…… or even if I die. Towa.”
“…………Yes.”
I breathe in and …… out.
My heart beats like a bouncing heart.
Then, looking into her eyes, I say …….
“Sakurai Kirito loves Kitajima Towa from the bottom of his heart. Please be my lover.”
(TL/N : Okay…)
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