I'm currently at her grave. I already place the offering and now it's time to pray. I clap my hands and start praying.

"Maya, I hope you're doing well up there. I always miss you. I still wish you were here with me, watching the fireworks. I miss your cooking. I miss your smile. I miss your laugh. I miss your smell. I miss how you would lecture me if I didn't do my homework. I still remember how good you were in your studies. It's a shame that you only got to experience one year of highschool. 僕は寂しいです。".

I arrive at the fireworks festival just in time. The fireworks will start in around 10 more minutes. Looks like I have some time to buy foods since I haven't had dinner. I go from stalls to stalls and nothing seems to interest me except this one thing...

It's onigiri. I buy the tuna and the tempura one. After I'm done eating my onigiri I buy a candy apple. Im not really into sweets thing but both Izumi and maya likes it so why don't I give it a shot.

*Bite*

"It's too sweet"

But I eat it anyways.

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It's starting. While finding the right spot to watch the fireworks I accidentally bump into someone.

Kenji: "sorry I wasn't looking where I was going" I said while handing out my hand.

????: "No it's okay. Kenji kun?"

Kenji: "miku" wow karma really hit me here.

Miku: "what are you doing here? You said that you were busy with something else?"

Kenji: "I'm sorry that I have to lie to you miku. I like to enjoy the fireworks festival alone" lying to her again huh?

Miku: "I see" I see her still not convinced with my answer.

Kenji: "didn't you say you were going to the fireworks festival with your sisters?" Yes good job start a conversation with her.

Miku: "we got sperated" she said with a hint of sadness in her voice.

Kenji: "I see, then want to watch the fireworks with me?"

Miku: "I would love to" she said while smiling.

kenji: "I don't even know why I invite her to watch the fireworks with me but my mouth just moved on its own. But now I know it's the right thing to do"

Kenji thought to himself as he watch miku smiling while watching the fireworks. When watching her smiling like this he feels something familiar, something that he already feels with a certain someone. He feels a warm and cozy feeling when he sees her smile. But he already swore to himself that he will never experienced it again. But now history has already repeat itself.

Miku: "being with him like this gave a weird feeling. A feeling that does not feel familiar at all. Even though the feeling was weird but somehow at this time I wanted time to stop"

I got sperated from my sister's because of the crowds and now I'm all alone. It's a little lonely without them at a fireworks festival. After a couple of minutes walking to find my sister's I accidentally bump into someone.

???: "Sorry I wasn't looking where I was going" the person said while handing out his hand.

Miku: "no it's okay." I said and then I realized who it was it was kenji kun.

"Kenji kun"

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I'm currently with kenji kun watching the fireworks. He watch it so calmly without any emotions. It feels so nice watching him like this. I don't why but lately when I'm with kenji kun I feel this warm feeling. It's hard to describe this feeling.

Kenji: "do fireworks have any special meaning to you miku?" Kenji kun said trying to break the silence.

Miku: "I do, when me and my sisters were little we always watch the fireworks with our mother. But now that our mother is gone we watch it together in memory to remember her" I said with a hint of sadness in my voice.

Kenji: "I see, sorry for asking"

Miku: "it's okay, do the fireworks have any special meaning to you kenji kun?"

Kenji: "I used to go to the fireworks festival with my family and friends. I confessed to maya at a fireworks festival. My best friend favorite festival is the fireworks festival. My grandmother loves taking me and my sister to a fireworks festival when we were little. Fireworks has many meanings to me" he said while smiling a little bit.

Miku: "you have a lot of nice memories huh?" I ask while looking at him.

Kenji: "I guess"

Miku: "you said you have a best friend right? Where is he? Is he not coming" I said confused.

Kenji: "he's..... Dead" he said with sadness in his voice.

Miku: "I'm sorry I didn't mean to" I said while bowing.

Kenji: "it's okay. Besides what can I do if you apologize, it's not like I can turn back time and restore everything. The world is already cruel as it is, we human just need to continue living and then died when our time comes. There's no point in living if don't have any things to lives for...." He said at me.

Miku: "you're wrong" I don't like his way of thinking. It's like if you don't have any reason to live you should just die.

Kenji: "eh?" He said while looking at me confuse.

Miku: "we will always have a reason to live. If you lose your pet, live for your family. If you loses your family, live for your friends. If you loses your friends live for your dream. If you don't have a dream, find one. If you can't find a dream, search for someone that can help you with it. And if you still can't find any of those, remember why you live up until now, don't remember the bad things, think about the things that'll make you happy. Things that will make you smile. Your childhood or a any sweet memories you have. You're lucky that you still have both of your parents. You're not like me who lost my mother and doesn't have a stable relationship with my step father. You have a lot of reasons to live kenji kun"

I said with determination in my voice.

Meanwhile kenji kun just look down at the floor. After a few minutes he look at me while laugh a little.

Kenji: "I guess you're right miku" he said while smiling.

We stares at each other for a couple minutes. None of us break the silence. We just stares at each other eyes until I heard my name being called.

????: "Miku!!" The voice said. I take a look at him at I realize that it is Fuutaro, our tutor.

Fuutaro: "I finally found you. Now let's get going your sisters are waiting at the rooftop." He said while grabbing my hands.

Miku: "wait I need to say goodbye to kenji kun first" I said to fuutaro. But when I look back where kenji kun is he's not there.

Fuutaro: "there's no one there, now let's get going shall we" he said to me while walking.

It's still a mystery to me how kenji kun suddenly disappear. I ask him tomorrow. I ignore about the fact that kenji kun suddenly disappear and follow Fuutaro.

When I hear someone calling miku name I quickly hide. Turns out it was Fuutaro. I don't want Fuutaro to know that I'm here so I didn't show myself. They leave and then I show myself to the world again.

It's nice talking to miku. It feels like one of my guilt of gone.

Miku, you somehow become someone important in my life. How we just start from normal classmates and now here we are. I promise with the name of tuna onigiri that I will protect you.

Kenji: "I should head home it's late"

And so I start heading home.....

When I arrive home. I can see the tv screen still playing. I go and take a look, it was Kaguya. She's asleep in front of the tv. I put a blanket over her and close the tv. And then I start patting her head slowly.

Forgive me Kaguya. I need to do what I have to do. If I somehow hurts your feelings when I said that. I do this for all of you. You are someone I need to protect. You, okaa-san, oto-san and takahashi-san. You are all my family and I don't want to lose anyone anymore. I'm sorry if I'm not the same as the old me anymore. But I wish you can forgive me for what I have done to you. Good night and sweet dreams Kaguya.

After that, I go to my room and start changing my clothes. I put on my shorts and a t shirt. I grab my phone and start texting miku.

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After that I close my phone and lie down at my bed.

Kenji: "hah, what a day today is. It's a not so great day"

After that I fall asleep quite immediately.

After I'm done taking a bath I got a message from Kenji kun.

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When I saw that message I smiled. I don't know why but it really makes me happy. I don't respond because somehow I feel like it's the right thing to do.

Kenji Shizuki, we met not by chance nor did accident. It's not fate either. But it's written it our life that we would meet each other. Just like how you said that this world is cruel. But it's not really to my perspective. I just want to wish for one thing and that is to save you from yourself and the feeling of guilt that you have.

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