Character Story 4: Something I Want to Tell You, The One Beside Me

Scene: The countryside.

Yuuki was out practicing as usual with Yui.

Yui
Yuuki, nice work. Thanks for coming to train with me again today.

Yui
Just hold on a moment. I actually hurt my foot a little while ago... I'll fix it up right away, so don't worry.

A light shines.

Yui
Huh? This shouldn't be that powerful of a spell...

Yui
This light is getting brighter and brighter...! What's going on...?

Scene: A dream. A classroom in Japan.

Yui
This seat number should be... here.

Yui
(This is my first time having assigned seating in high school... I've ended up pretty far from Makoto...)

Yui
(I'm a little nervous, but I should be fine if I get along well with the people around me...)

Yui
(And if he were to end up... No, never mind. Things would never be that convenient, would that?)

Yui
(Ah! The person next to me just arrived! I've got to greet them properly! Keep it together... Don't panic, and just talk calmly...)

Yui
Um... How do you do?

Yui
... Huh? Why are you here...?

Yuuki
1. "Because this is my assigned seat."

Yui
Really!? ... I see, that's how it is. That's good...

Yui
Um... Sorry. I'm pretty shy around strangers, so I'm glad to be sitting next to someone from the same middle school... Let's get along well.

Yui
(I'm not lying about that, right... The reason I'm glad is because he's from the same middle school, right...)

Yui
(I can't let this chance go to waste. I need to try hard to make conversation!)

...

Yui
Um... Um...!

Yui
Uh... Nice weather we're having! The cherry blossoms are still in bloom... It's pretty, isn't it...

Yui
... Um, never mind! Sorry...!

Yui runs off.

Yui
(Ooh... I was so nervous that I couldn't say anything, in the end...)

Yui
(It's time to go home... At the very least, I should say goodbye...)

Yui
... See you tomorrow. I know I came off weird today, but please, don't think too much about it... Then, see you!

Yuuki
1. "Thanks for talking with me today."

Yui
Huh...? N-No, not at all! I think I'm the one who should be thanking you, for listening to me. ... Ever since middle school, I haven't talked very much to anyone.

Yui
... Um, you know, if it's all right with you, then starting tomorrow, could we go on talking like we did today...?

Yuuki
1. "Of course."

Yui
Thank you... I'll be in your care from now on. Then, goodbye!

End of dream.

Ames
Ahaha! That was interesting! How was it? A little present from me to you!

Ames
What you just saw was a dream that I made from you and Yui's memory fragments -- a dream! Was it a surprise?

Ames
But, you know, Yui really does... Well, it would be tasteless just to say it out loud, so I'll keep it quiet.

Ames
Really! You should figure this out on your own. The reason Yui treats you this way...

Ames
If you collected more memory fragments, I'll show you another dream.

Ames
By viewing a lot of these girls' dreams... You'll be able to reach the truth behind this world. Work hard at it, okay?

End of Ames conversation.

Yui
... Where is this? ... Right, while I was healing my foot, it suddenly became bright...

Yui
The wound is... healed. That's good...

Yui
Yuuki, just now, we were in a place I hadn't seen before, right? It seemed like a school, but I must only have been imagining it, right...?

Yui
Going to the same school with you like that would definitely be fun, Yuuki.

Yui
I'm glad to spend time with you together like this, but I also wanted to try doing something fun with you after school...

Yui
Um, I meant as classmates, just now! I didn't mean as friends, or as a couple...! Yeah! I just wanted to try some different things as colleagues!

Yui
... In fun times, as well as in painful times, I want to be together with you. So if anything should happen, you can always talk to me. I'll always be here for you...!

Yui
... We should head back to town soon. Yuuki, thank you for today. From now on... I'll be counting on you.