"Kai we are here, we are at the old mountain shrine look"
"Suzuki – San lets go back obachan will be mad"
"Okay but just promise me you will not be a cry baby anymore after I go back to Tokyo tomorrow"
"Hmm I promise"
[I woken up]
This again, her voice is still in my dreams, it's been eight years since that day.
"Kai, have you woken up? You are going to be late for your first day of high school"
"Yes! Mom, I am just changing" of course I lied to her, I can’t just tell her that I am going to be late for my first day of high school.
They say a promise to the loved ones is never be broken till the very end but what if you don't know about the person you used to love anymore?
Everything in this world has contradictions but it's us who choose it because we know that it's the right thing to choose.
"Kai, you have not changed yet? You are going to be late for school"
DOOR SLAMMED
Today is my first day of high school, I think I am going to join the soccer or baseball club it depends upon me. I am pretty goods at study, but it's not a thing I can brag about.
"Mom I am off"
It was a usual warm spring day, Sakura leaves falling, birds chirping, and welcoming a new season. I noticed many students heading towards the same high school as me.
“Kai…….” I didn’t realize who was calling my name on the street with so many individuals.
“Kai here, turn around”
It turns out that, it was my friend Itsuki calling me from a faraway distance.
[He ran towards me]
“Hey! Itsuki what is it?”
“Have you decided about the clubs?”
“Yaa maybe baseball or soccer club. What about you?
“Yaa maybe baseball”
Itsuki Tanaka is my childhood friend, we have been together since preprimary. He is the guy who is good at everything, I sometimes get envious of him but I am also glad to find him, and he is the only guy who knows about Suzuki San.
“Kai, are you alright? You are looking gloomy today, cheer up!! It’s the first day of our school”
“Yaa, I am okay, thanks. Ahh…. hey, do you remember about Suzuki -San?”
As I mentioned, he is the only guy who knows about her, he also knows from the start that I love her for a long time now. We three used to be friends at that time.
“Hmmm, I remember her, the girl from Tokyo, we met her when you used to be a crybaby back then hahaha. I miss that part of you but I know you kept her promise since then”
We reach the school, I can spot all the students going towards the main gate, there were all kind of people popular, Overactive, Hard Worker, dramatic. Some of them were talking about clubs, girls, classes, a dumb manga too.
“Itsuki Kun, Kai Kun” A voice called for us, Ichika Sato, we all have been friends from middle school who ended up in the same high school. Ichika San is a smart and cute girl who can do anything, also in middle school a lot of boys used to have a crush on her but she likes Itsuki. Of course, Itsuki knows about it, he cares about her, he always helps her but he never reciprocated her feelings.
“We are in the same class again, Itsuki I told you no one is taking you away from me”
[Itsuki laughs]
“Kai, Ichika San let’s make it a fun year again”
[I nodded]
I hope this be a fun year, hope I could meet you again Suzuki San.
“Okay guys I need to go now I need to take a glimpse of the school”
“Yaa fine, you go ahead we will meet you in the classroom”
“Later”
Ichika San was happy as always, I wonder that does she ever cry. Today is the first day of her high school and she already went for a tour, how excited can anyone be on their first day of high school?
“Kai let's proceed towards the classroom”
“hmmm”
As we were moving towards the classroom talking about different stuff, I noticed a girl passing by us. When I looked at her, I was stunned for a sec it was her, its Suzuki San.
[I ran towards her]
“Kai! Where are you going?”
I was so happy to see her, I called out her name with everything I got.
“Suzuki San!!”
As she turned towards me, I hugged her.
[Everyone in the hallway staring at me]
“Suzuki San where have you been, I have kept my promise all these years. Why didn’t you?”
What was going to come was unexpected.
[ she smiles at me and replied]
“Yes, I am Mayu Suzuki, but I don’t know you. I think you got the wrong person”
I was sure she was Suzuki San the same girl I have met eight years ago, but why did she, I thought she would be happy to see me. People say the tongue has no bones, but it is strong enough to break your heart, those words from her did break my heart. The person I loved for a long time, kept my promise too, had failed to recall me, it’s like I never existed for her.
