Souen no Historia
Story 6 - Missanga’s Wish
Author
十本スイ
十本スイ
Translator
Endo
Edited by
GhostlyEditor
Asakura Souji’s funeral
was not a grand one. The scale was small and only his family attended. However,
among his family was his childhood friend, Amagawa Mayuki.
In front of Souji who
had entered the coffin was his family with faces dyed in sadness. Unlike Souji,
his older brother, Koichi, lead a bright social life, but his usual expression was
gone, and his dumbfounded expression was as if he wore a Noh mask.
Similar thing happened
to his mother and father. No, her mother was the only one who couldn’t endure
it as she sobbed and wetted her handkerchief.
Having lived in the same
house as family of four, it could be understood that Souji was loved from their
current appearances. Souji’s paternal grandmother, who came slightly late
because she lived in the country, was pounding the coffin as she let out a
grieving voice.
Having seen their pained
appearances, Mayuki couldn’t endure it and went out. On the way, she heard
Koichi’s shout, but she didn’t stop.
She clenched her teeth,
and as if this was just a dream that she wanted to get rid of, she kept running
straight ahead. Gatsuh, she fell because she stumbled on something.
As she slowly looked up,
the missanga on her right wrist entered her vision. It was something created by
Souji for Mayuki with leftover thread from the Academy’s Home Economic class.
‘It’s okay even if it’s
just a wish.’
There was the anecdote
where missanga would grant a wish if it was cut. Even without that, Mayuki was
happy because it was something Souji created for her.
Since then she always
wore it, but even if he noticed it, it never became a topic of conversation.
Even so, Mayuki was very
pleased because she could feel his gentle warmth from the missanga. They had
grown up together ever since childhood.
Although their families
weren’t related, they got along pretty well. After becoming a high school
student, Souji became slightly distant, but her mother said it was just his puberty
and told her he’d recover sooner or later, so she decided to endure it.
But, he interacted with
other girls normally. That made Mayuki dissatisfied. Especially when she saw
the girls ate the lunch he cooked, and her dissatisfaction only increased.
However, when she
complained to him, she was shocked because he said are you my mom.
Certainly she always worried about Souji, but she thought that remark was too
cruel.
At least she tried to
endure it without saying anything.
It was because if they
could interact normally, Souji would smile at her. And that’d make her happy.
Since childhood, because he said smiling suited her, Mayuki never erased her
smile.
She believed that would
make Souji happy. When she asked if she could call him Sou-kun while smiling,
he answer with what’s with that as he laughed.
That’s why she decided
to smile to make him smile. However….
“No more… … I can’t smile anymore… … Sou-... …-kun…..”
He was no longer here. She
could no longer by his side. No longer… … able to smile.
A commotion appeared
when the accident happened in the academy, and Mayuki was shocked because his
name appeared during the commotion. However the truth was even crueler. His
involvement in such accident didn’t end with him being just injured. Due to the
accident, he lost his life. He died instantly.
She didn’t understood what happened after that. She didn’t have the memory
of how much time had passed. She
also didn’t come to the academy.
His funeral was held,
her feet unconsciously moved towards his house. She might be only trying to confirm
it. To confirm if it was just one of his pranks.
She thought it was just
his mischievous prank in order to surprise her. And she thought she’d indeed be
angry and crying this time.
However, the him inside
the coffin was as cold as ice. No matter how much she touched him, talked to
him, nothing was returned.
In the end, the cold
reality was crueler.
“Sou-kun… … Sou-kun… …
Sou-kun… … Sou-kun… … Sou-kun… … -kun… …-n.”
Mayuki repeated that
many, many times as she collapsed on the ground. However, no answer came after
all. The rain gradually fell, potsu potsu her body gradually became wet.
It was as if even the sky lamented Souji’s death.
Wearily, she returned to
her home, and her parent’s words of comfort entered her ears. She shut herself
inside her room as is, and her eyes glanced at thing that decorated her desk. A
photograph of Souji with a wry smile of embarrassment.
Already, she couldn’t endure
it. The tears that stopped were flowing again as they came out from her eyes.
Although until now her tears had fell because of the sudden event, it was the
first time Mayuki let out her voice.
“I hate it… … I don’t
want this! Come back! Sou-kuuuuuuun! Uwaaaaaaaaah!”
After that, she cried
for so many times. Over and over, she thought her tears had not dried up, but
she believed it’d dried up someday, and she raised her voice.
Having seen Mayuki’s
face that swollen because of tears, her mother said “What an awful face,” as she
gently hugged her. Her mother was also crying. Her mother had thought of Souji
as her own son.
From her mother, she
heard Souji was dead because she protected a girl. Apparently, the girl only
ended up with light bruises. That was the result of Souji firmly held her.
‘It’s just like
Sou-chan.’
Although her mother was
crying, she said that in joy.
Having resulted in him
losing his own life, Mayuki thought he was truly a fool. For a while, Mayuki
shut herself and didn’t attend the academy, and her friends visited her because
they were worried about her.
Gradually she resumed,
and half a year had passed. Although she was at least able to smile towards her
friends, her mind was still shackled. It was as if there was a chain inside.
After a year had passed
since his death, Mayuki, who was a sophomore, used her holiday to come visit
Souji’s grave alone.
“Sou-kun….”
She couldn’t get accustomed
to it after all. Tears always flowed every time she thought of him. But at that
time, there was a presence behind her and she suddenly turned around.
There was a girl she had
never seen before. Maybe because the girl was shaken when Mayuki was crying, she
dropped flowers in her hand and she tried to run away from there.
“Ah, wait!”
Mayuki spontaneously grasped
her arm.
“I-I am sorry if I
surprised you! Are you also going to visit Sou-kun’s grave?”
Even though she heard
that, the girl kept averting her face. No, the gripped arm was slightly
trembling. Following that, the girl’s face was as if she was scared of something.
Her wavy, brown hair was
cut short. But, the thing that caught attention was the lovely, small face that
equipped with her blue eyes.
Then, tears flowed from
those blue eyes.
“Eh!? Ah, that… …. did I
do something?”
“N-No! It was Seila’s… …
my fault.”
Mayuki was troubled
about how to treat the girl who suddenly sat down and cried. Mayuki changed
their place to calm the girl, and she handed over the juice she bought at the
vending machine.
“Th-Thank you very
much….”
The girl said her
gratitude in a small voice, the girl’s name was Hoshimori Seila, she was a half
of American and Japanese origin. That’s why her eyes were blue.
Moreover, she said she
attended the same academy and in the same grade as Mayuki.
“About Sou-kun… … do you
know him?”
“... … … … that’s… … eu”
Maybe because it was
something painful to say, she always looked down. Because of this, she somehow
looked adorable just like a small animal. Mayuki thought of her like that, and
Mayuki also needed considerable courage to ask her.
Gokuri, Mayuki gulped,
“U-Umm… … a-are you… …
that’s… … Sou-kun’s… … g-girlfriend?”
“Gi-girlfriend!?
Th-th-th-th-th-th-that’s wrong! Th-that can’t be-!”(note: I couldn’t translated of the last
sentence)
Seila shook her head as
she blushed. Although Mayuki felt she was so cute when she bit her tongue, she
was relieved that she wasn’t his girlfriend.
“Th-That’s right! I
don’t have boyfriend, so it isn’t possible for Sou-kun to have a girlfriend! Aha, ahaha!”
Mayuki let out an
unnatural laugh as if to smoothed thing over.
“Ah, then what? A
friend?”
“Umm… … Seila is….”
Then, she began to weep
again. Mayuki didn’t understand what happened and puzzled by it. Following that….
“... … sor… ...ry”
“... … eh?”
“I am… … sor… … ry”
“... … why are you apologizing?”
She said that out of
curiosity. Then, the girl began to talk about a surprising thing.
純粋な興味から聞いた。そして驚くべきことを彼女が話し出した。
“... … … … at that time,
Asakura-san… … helped me.”
“... … eh?”
“I am sorry… … I am
rossy….”(note : either it was
intended or typo… dunno)
“... … … … maybe, the
one Sou-kun helped… … was you?”
Seila nodded while her
body trembled. Silent continued for a while, and then Seila started to
apologize again.
“Because of Seila’s
carelessness… … that’s why… … that’s-... ...h!?”
Mayuki hugged Sarah with
all of her might. Seila was stiffened while her eyes opened wide.
“... … thanks for being
safe.”
“Eh… … but… … because of
Seila….”
“Uun, that’s wrong.
Sou-kun only did what’s right.”
“... … … … h!?”
“That’s why, for you,
who Sou-kun protected with his life, to be safe is a truly good thing.”
“... … U… … Uu… … Uwaaaaaan!”
Two people were crying
together as they embraced each other.
“Ah~ we have cried it
all out!”
“Eu… … yes.”
Mayuki and Seila’s faces
were crimson, and their eyes congested. It was a face a woman wouldn’t show to
a man.
“But, I am truly glad… …
un, thank god.”
“... … I am sorry.”
“Hey! Don’t apologize!
Come on, let’s visit his grave together!”
Mayuki pulled Seila’s
hand as they moved towards the grave. The two affixed the flowers they brought
respectively, and clapped their hands.
“Nee, do you have some
time now?”
“Eh… … yes.”
“Let’s go to my house.”
“Eeh!?”
Seila was so surprised
that her face warped, and she was forcibly taken along by Mayuki. The two arrived
at the house. They then laughed together as were looking through the album in
Mayuki’s room.
Thus, the two became
friends. They regularly visited the grave together. They also had lunch
together in the academy. The two spoke about a lot of things.
One day, after several
months had passed, the two visited the grave again.
“Ah, Mayuki-san. You got
that Missanga from Asakura-san, right?”
“Un”
“Fufu, a wish, do you
have something like that?”
“A wish huh… … it’s that
after all.”
“Eh?”
“I want to meet Sou-kun”
“eh!?”
“Even Seila have thought
of that, right? Wanting to meet and said your gratitude.”
“... … yes.”
“But… … that wish… … is
impossible.”
“... .. that’s… … right.”
The two muttered in
front of Souji’s grave.
“I want to meet him”
“Yes….”
Then, at that time,
dazzling light gushed out from around their feet. Everything in front of the
two turned white, and before they noticed… … they were in an unknown place.
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