[Y/n] looks at Mikey's smiling face then at the older Sano on the bed. Her ears rang and her head started to ache little by little.

"Do you remember...the reason on why's he like this?" He asked as questionable emotions swirled in his dark eyes. "Big bro still hasn't woken up since that day...but...ght..."

Mikey's words suddenly went muffled in the girl's ears as it continued to ring and make her head ache even more.

'Shin's alive?' She asked, her lower lips slightly trembling. 'I know that I should be happy...but why does my heart ache so much?'

Soon, she heard voices that sounded a bit muffled and small glimpses of what seemed like...what happened in the past.

The time of how Shinichiro got into that state.

That was what [Y/n] first saw in the memory.

was in her little hands – she looked a bit younger, probably 12 or 13.

But that's not what's important right now...

She looked at the person below her, blood coming out of their head as they continued to lay on the cold floor without moving.

Her heart dropped to her stomach.

"Shin...?" She whispered quietly. "Why...Why aren't you moving? Hey.."

"[Y/n].." a familiar voice called from behind, their voice breaking as they looked down on the ground, ashamed to look at the girl in the eyes.

A boy with black coat and hooded face as another one who had the same get up as him stood beside him.

"No! It's not my fault..haha...that's right. I did this for Mikey, so..." The nervous boy took a step forward, a wide yet crazed smile his face.

"It's Mikey's fault! Yeah, that's right. So, [Y/n].."

"Don't come any closer...!"

Then the small memory just ended with that...

[Y/n] falters with a pale face. Her two friends instantly got worried for her well being as they both looked at her with concern.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Mikey asked her softly while their pink headed friend went to go get some chair somewhere outside the room.

"Sorry, [n/n]....Did seeing big bro overwhelmed you? Does your head hurt? I'm sorry.." he said and apologized with regret in his dark eyes before pursing his lips.

[Y/n] looked at the blonde boy, sweat trailing down her head. His dark eyes that was usually hard to read showed clear emotions, pain, sadness, and regret. His gaze was soft just like how he spoke.

But what's he sad about? His brother? It did seemed like that a while ago but it feels more like...he's sad about another.

He's regretting about something.

He's also in pain partly because of his brother's state and...

"I'm sorry, Manjiro." [Y/n] whispered as she pulled her blonde friend into a hug which he found warm and comforting.

Mikey was a little bit confused though. Why did his friend apologized when he's the one who should be doing it...since that's what she thought him when they were younger as he recalled that memory.

"Apologize when you did something wrong."

He was clearly in the wrong so what's...

'[n/n] apologizing for?' Mikey buries his face on the crook of the girl's neck. He bask himself in her warmth after pushing away those sea of thoughts in his mind.

'Even though I didn't see those faces..' [Y/n] pulls away from the hug and smiles at Mikey. 'I know damn well they're Kazutora and Keisuke.'

With a proud look on her face, she adds in her thoughts a, 'The power of being a transmigrated reader!'

Then she turned serious once her [e/c] accidentally went to the older Sano. '...Knowing that I did try to save him...' She showed a melancholic smile, one that was noticed by her friend which she was unaware of.

"I feel relieved." She whispered to herself and that only made the person who's paying attention to her question himself on what she just said and despite looking curious, [Y/n] only continued to smile at him.

'I hope...Shin wakes up soon.'

"Ah, welcome back, Haruchiyo." Mikey greets, a smile present on his face while [Y/n] turns her head to the direction where her friend was looking at.

Upon seeing Haruchiyo's...out of breath and slightly disheveled state...? The female went ahead and thought, 'What did he went through just to... get a chair?'

"Are you alright now?" Was the first thing Sanzu asked after striding his way towards her with a chair and a plastic hanging on his wrist.

"You should still take it easy," he says while setting the chair down and rummaging his hand inside the plastic to take out a bottle of water. "And here, drink this."

"I think you need that more than me..." [Y/n] replied with a shaking head then raised both of her hands to put it on top of the pink haired boy's shoulders from behind. "Sit down, and I think I should be the one who's telling you to take it easy."

"You should be the one sittin' here.." he mumbled while handing the plastic to Mikey as it had his favorite snack in it.

And He sure do talk big for someone who's already relaxing on the chair...

[Y/n] let out small laugh as she runs her fingers through his pink silky locks. "Did you run all the way to a store from here?" She asked with a pleasant smile that Sanzu could see in his head.

He's a bit dejected that he can't bless his eyes with her smile, but he'll just enjoy this moment of being taken care of so gently.

"Sorry for giving you a hard time, Haru." The [h/c] girl chuckled when said boy nodded his head with a small hum.

Haruchiyo felt warm, at peace, content that it he can't help but let the small on his face be and since he had his mask, no one could...see or..notice his smiling face...well, at least that's what he thought.

Manjiro was glaring at him with puffed cheeks as he was munching on his dorayaki.

The pink haired turned stiff on his seat. Now he can't enjoy the moment anymore, not when his friend, the president of the gang he's in was glaring at him so openly.

Murderous aura could be felt from the blonde boy. His eyes looked cold – dead as he stared at Haruchiyo and when they locked eyes, he felt himself sweating again when he saw Mikey flash a smile.

Even though Christmas was coming near, as well as the snow, Haru already felt like it was already here, a blizzard; it was only happening because of the blonde person.

And while those two boys were busy staring at each other, [Y/n] busied herself with playing on Sanzu hair even though the plan was to fix it.

'I wanna braid his hair.' She thought, expression serious at first but when her mind went ahead and thought of the boy being...Elsa..? She almost let out a laugh because of her imagination.

"There, all done." She announced in a beaming smile and walked to the front to check how the hairstyle looked on him. "You look good in ponytail."

Hearing the girl's compliment made the corner of Haru's lips to twitch. His cheeks turned slightly red because of those simple words.

"How can you be so sure when half of my face is practically covered." He remarked but despite his sassy words, [Y/n] could tell he was happy.

"Ahaha, you're so cute Haru." She grinned, and of course that smile of hers didn't fail to deepen the red shade on his face.

"Whatever." The boy could only grumble. He may have a grumpy look on the outside but he's feeling those butterflies in his stomach.

However, one particular boy didn't felt so good. He couldn't explain what he was feeling as he watched the interaction of his two precious friends.

"[n/n]." Mikey called in a smooth yet quiet voice which earned the two teens' attention, and when they both turned their heads to his direction..He looked...angry?

"Come here." He said which [Y/n] complied after glancing at Sanzu who motioned with his eyes to go to him.

When the female was now within arms' length, Mikey went ahead and pulled her towards him by her arm then wrapped his arms around her waist with a cute pout on his face.

"Why're you only paying attention to Haruchiyo?" He asked with narrowed eyes before looking sullen...not that he wasn't already – anyways..

"Pay attention to me, too." He mumbled as he leaned towards her even more. "He's not the only who has long hair in this room, too." After telling those words, Mikey shoot a dirty look to the poor pink head who went stiff again.

"Mikey..." [Y/n] whispered his name. "Are you perhaps, jealous?" She stifled a laugh, not taking the situation seriously like a certain azure eyed boy.

"You and Akio are similar to each other in some ways." She giggled which the blonde boy retaliated with a,

"You're wrong." He retort with a small shake of his head before raising his head to look at the [Y/n], and there it was again.

Those unreadable emotions in his dark eyes that could pool you in because of curiosity and want to have the knowledge of what kind of emotions it was showing.

"Unlike Akio, I'm not small," he cocked his head to the side. "And most certainly not a kid."

The female let out a hum and had a small staring contest with him for a few seconds before smiling and putting a hand on his shoulder.

"But Mikey, you are." She said which obviously broke the serious tension that was building up because of him.

"Not only are you small," she continues while pulling away from his embrace. "But also still practically a kid."

And so silence consumed the three of them, except for the beeping on the life monitor that was connected to Shinichiro, and the honking of cars from the outside window of the room.

"[n/n]..." Mikey started to laugh as he starts to put a smile back on his face. "You sure do know how to drive someone crazy."

Sanzu silently agreed with his blonde friend who stood from his seat. "Well, it's time to say bye to big bro." He announced, his gaze now focused to his sleeping brother.

"Let's visit him again soon with Emma and Izana next time."

And so the three teens bid their byes to the older Sano before taking their leave and completely exiting the hospital building to hangout.

They went to the arcade, then the park to take a short break on the swings and mostly because [Y/n] wanted to ride them.

...They even went ahead and made fun of the little kids there because they were being a real meanie to them...

They also stopped by to lots of food stalls because they were just so many delicious looking foods there, as well as the scent lingering in the air.

"Their takoyaki surprisingly taste good." [Y/n] said with sparkling eyes after swallowing said food. She picked up another to feed one for Mikey then to Haruchiyo.

'...Diamond.' The girl thought after seeing the latter pull down his mask to eat the food she's offering to him without any remark.

'Did he ever tell me where he got those scars before?' She pondered as she smiled at the pink head. 'Well, whatever.'

She beamed a smile. "You're so pretty, Haru." She suddenly threw a compliment to him, and that's how she's always been to others.

Randomly praising her friends...Haru should've gotten used to it by now since they've known each other for years already, but still...

He can't fight back that so called damn blush on his cheeks. He pulled the mask back up so the red hue on his cheeks won't be noticed as it would only lead go the girl teasing him.

He's been there many times after all.

"[n/n]." Mikey called with a pout on his lips. 'Deja vu.' As the female thought.

"You're pretty, too, Mikey." She instantly said before he starts to whine or complain.

"Call me Manjiro." The blonde boy remarked which made her to blink her eyes and curiously ask, "Why?"

Of course, Mikey replied with a serious, "It feels more genuine when you say my real name."

"...You're pretty, too, Manjiro." [Y/n] won't waste her energy to fight him and just go with the flow of his shenanigans.

"I know." Mikey answered as he showed a bright smile that could make one blind. He was obviously satisfied because his smile was practically glowing.

And so they ate a lot, shared their own food to each other. A certain blonde boy with a small height mostly stole a food or two from one of them...and of course they let the boy be.

If he wasn't being so cute chaos would've happen by now.

Well, in short, the three friends had fun and a great time with each other's company as they made lots of happy memories and pictures in just a day.

If only this blissful days could last...remain forever, but alas...

Peace cannot stay when there's always evil lurking in the shadows.

"How ironic." Masashi deeply said with a roll of his eyes. "Saying those lines to Osanai when I'm also being used." He let out a small sigh.

"That selfish ungrateful bitch." He glowered as a deep chuckle passed his curling lips. "Well, it's easy to cut off the strings anyways."

With a smirk on his face, the boy let out an amuse hum while watching three certain people from the distance as he happen to see them.

"You think I'll let you be successful with your plan?" He turned on his heel and walked away with a scoff and an icy look on his (sadly) charming face.

"[Y/n]?" Sanzu called to the girl who seemed to be looking at a certain place. "Yeah?" She answered after turning her head to his direction.

"Oh, sorry." She apologized with a smile. "I just saw a friend of mine." She took the boy's hand in hers as well as Mikey's since he was staring.

'Hold it in for now.' She said to herself while pulling the two boys. 'You'll be able to have some with him soon.'

"That ice cream over there looks delicious!"

"You're still hungry?" The pink haired asked in disbelief as [Y/n] replied with a serious face,

"There's always room for dessert."

Mikey of course agreed. "Yeah, Yeah! Exactly." As they've said, they went and bought ice creams in their own preferences.

While enjoying their sweet desserts as they escort the [h/c] girl back to her home, [Y/n]'s ringtone was heard from inside her bag.

A message from her time leaper friend and after reading the messages, anxiety coursed through her veins.

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[Y/n]-san, can we meet up after school

tomorrow if you're not too busy?

I learned more about the future...and

please be extra careful to Kisaki.

Seen: 5:26 PM

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