Ai No Koe's

Chapter 88's

Two years ago ...

Summer, the season in which many festivals are held. The most anticipated time for some. But that doesn't apply to Kaito.

This summer he will never look forward to. The hot air and the noisy sounds of the insects always reminded her of Ame. Kaito still has not accepted the fact that Ame has left this world.

Kaito could no longer move his hand to write the story. Kaito continues to remember Ame and her many happy memories. Kaito even skipped school frequently after he lost his rain of spirit.

Although a year has passed. Kaito never forgot a month in the summer with the girl named Ame. Kaito is very lucky, his best friend, Mina always noticed him from a long time ago.

Kaito only knew two of his old friends while sitting in the 3rd grade of Junior High. Kaito never talks to his classmates other than Raku and Mina.

It's not that Kaito doesn't care. Kaito is just afraid of losing the person he loves again. That's because he chose to live as a shadow and let himself not care too much about others.

"Curse", Kaito muttered while alone in class during break time.

Kaito just sat on his bench and looked out his classroom window. Kaito always sees the clouds passing without direction and as if not bound to the past. The clouds continue to change shape as time goes on.

There was only the sound of a wall clock ticking in the classroom. The sound of commotion outside only faintly sounded. Kaito has always been aloof and changed his nature drastically since the incident a year ago.

Greek ...

"Oh?! ... Kaito? .. Why are you alone here?", Mina walked into the classroom and stepped closer to Kaito.

"Hmm ... just look at the clouds ..", answered Kaito lethargic without seeing Mina.

Mina flips the seat of Raku in front of Kaito's desk so that he can sit opposite his best friend.

"Where is it?", asked Kaito, looking out the window right to the left of the mya.

"In company with you", Mina replied casually.

"He? ... whatever" Kaito said in his flat tone and kept looking up at the blue sky.

"Nee ... do you want candy?", Mina pulled out a packet of candy from her uniform pocket.

"You think I'm a kid?", Kaito kept showing that cold attitude.

"Yes" Mina opened her candy wrapper and put the sweet candy into her mouth.

Mina felt that her best friend had already changed one hundred and eighty degrees from her original nature. The cruelty of fate has turned Kaito into a cold child like this.

"Anci ... Kaito? ... Why do you like seeing clouds?", asked Mina.

"Because they can do what they want without being attached to anything" Kaito replied, still not looking into Mina's eyes.

"Ooh ... eh?! see that?!", Mina pulled Kaito's ear and pointed out the window.

"Oi oi .. My ears hurt", Kaito was forced to decide what his best friend wanted.

"That's a loh ... cloud of her rich cow shape", Mina's index finger pointed towards the cloud that did almost look like that cow.

"Hmm ... I know .. take off my ear first", Kaito brushed off Mina's left hand that pulled her ear.

"Eh?!", Mina's smiling face disappeared.

Mina could only be silent while holding her left hand which had just been patted by Kaito. Mina didn't say a word and it went quiet again.

When Kaito glanced at his best friend. Mina shed her tears on Kaito's desk.

"Mi-mina? ... Sorry", Kaito felt guilty because he was too hard to shake his best friend's hand.

"Not my hand .. but my heart .." said Mina, holding back her tears to come out.

"Mi-mina .. I don't mean ...",

"Why have you changed?! ... You are not the Kaito I know ..", interrupted Mina with her cry.

"Ma-maaf ..", Kaito could only bow silently.

"No matter if you don't care about me .. But please come back like you used to!!", Mina squeezed the tip of her skirt and kept shedding tears.

"I. .. I can't" Kaito replied, bowed.

"If you can't ... at least".", Mina runs out of words and keeps shedding her tears.