Reiteration Theory. {Kagehina}

{chapter thirty} Summer Future Epilogue

The girl sat in her seat.
The sun poured in through that simple window.
It wasn't that big, yet lots of light came in anyway.
She smiled calmly
Her eyes closed.
I wonder how everyone else is doing....
Etsu smiled.
She took out her notebook.

Manaka was sitting next to her, drinking a slushie.
"So, do you think everything will be alright for everyone?" She asked.
"... There's no need to hope. I already know that they'll be happy."
Mari opened the door.
"I'm exhausted! So many creeps were following me..." Mari sat down.
"Haha... Well, we can't really help you."
"At least comfort me!"

Hiroshi was in that little room.
It was boring, or course.
To be alone.
But he enjoyed every little bit of sun.
Everywhere, it shone.
That little hat he wore on his head, shaded him from that very light.
Yet he grinned.
In the middle of nowhere, he sat in that little greenhouse.
Somewhere where there was no city life. Simply a boring town.

"Ms. Naiko!" A small child raised his hand.
"... Yes?" Rei turned her head.
"I still don't understand."
"Telling me you don't understand doesn't really help you make me help you.." Rei muttered.
"What do you have a problem with...?" She walked over to the student, and stared at her paper.

"Tobio! Wait for me!!" Hinata wailed.
Kageyama slowed down a little bit.
His eyes trailed behind him, watching Hinata gasp and pant, struggling to catch up with him. For he knew Hinata wasn't the healthiest person.
"Tobio...! You're too fast...!" Hinata whined.
"You're really slow." Kageyama mumbled.
"Hey!"
"I can't keep stopping and running..." Kageyama picked him up.
"Wh-whaaa...?! H-hey!! Then you're the only who'd be jogging!" Hinata said, flailing around.
"You can't really run at my pace anymore..." Kageyama said.
"I can! Just watch me! Put me down!" Hinata said, moving his arms.
Kageyama ran normally, but Hinata still struggled.
"See? You can't run as fast as you used to-"
Hinata started to catch up.
"H...huh...?"
"Look! Tobio! I can't run as fast as you.. Can..." Hinata wobbled.
"..... Heheh...." Kageyama face palmed, but he was still smiling.
"Alright... I'll let you run."
"Yay!" Hinata attempted to jump, but still landed badly.
"Be careful.." Kageyama was still laughing.
"Hey! Don't laugh at me!"

"Hey Tobio?"
"Yeah?"
"... Do you regret loving me?"
"What? No! Why would I regret falling in love with you...?"
"Well, I mean... I've caused lots of bad things..."
"Just because you caused lots of bad things, doesn't mean I would regret loving you."
"..."
"Shouyou, remember when you said about that girl who spoke to you when you were at the roof?"
"Yeah..."
"Where do you think she's from?"
"Well.. I mean, she just came from no where. I couldn't really even guess."
"... She always had that dog with her. You said it came from the mansion, right?"
"... Yeah. I found the dog at the mansion."
"Speaking of the dog, what happened to it..?"
"... Well, one day, I just went home, and the dog was gone."
"It just disappeared like that?"
"Well, there was a note."
"What did it say?"
"It said..."

'Thanks for taking care of him!'

"... How did someone just get into your house and take the dog...?!"
"I was thinking that as well, but my house was completely locked. Same went for the place I found the dog. The mansion was closed, only things that could open doors could go inside."
".. Did anyone sign the note?"
"No, but there was something on the back."
"There was? What did it say then?"
"... I can't really quite remember..."
"Oh..."
"The only thing I could remember was..."
Kageyama tried his hardest to make out what happened.
"..... Hmm..."

'In this reiteration, I was finally able to do it! I can't believe I was able to save them!'

"..... What does that mean?"
"I dunno. But... The weird thing is, the front of the mitre seemed pretty old and dusty. The back looked like it was written on there recent. I think it still looks like that."
"Oh really? Do you still have the note?"
"I lost it just after I read it."
"... Really? Did it just.. Disappear?"
"Yep. Just like that dog."
"... You know, I found some information about that dog, his owner was named Mayu."
".. Mayu.... I feel like I've heard that somewhere."

"You know... Tobio..." Hinata looked at the sky, on the edge of the mountain.
"Yeah?"
"I really like the color orange now.. I guess it does hold some nice memories.. As well as some bad.."
"You're right. A few years ago, you got sick, I rejected you... And.. People died...." Kageyama said.
".... It was a hard time back then, wasn't it?" Hinata turned his head to face Kageyama.
"It... Really was. To think that you tried to kill yourself... And.. Those crazy kids.."
"Hah.." Hinata laughed a little.
"... It was better with them though, don't you think? If they weren't there, who knows, maybe I would have tried to kill myself again.."
"Don't say that!" Kageyama turned his to face Hinata.
"... I won't, trust me. I'm just... Really glad we all met them."
"They did a lot of things."
"Oh! Tobio! Did I tell you this one time, we broke into the hospital when you got hit by that car?"
"Wh-what...?! When did that happen?!" Kageyama turned his head to face Hinata.
"We had this elaborate plan, and guess what... It actually worked! We didn't even get caught!"
"That's not a good thing thing, Shouyou!"

".... Tobio, I love you."
"I love me too."
"Haaahhh?! Tobioooo!!!"
"I'm kidding, I'm kidding!"
"Uwaah..!"
"I love you too...!"
"Yay!"
"Geez, you act like a little kid."
"Tobio, do you think we're ever gonna meet Manaka and the others again?"
"... Well, they all took off in different directions, but they're still pretty good friends with us and each other. Maybe someday we'll meet once again."
".... I hope we can see them again."
It was silent.
Kageyama went closer to Hinata's face, and kissed him.

Fin.