Emotion Taster

Arc 0 Strawberries: Chapter 1 - Partial Memory

Thin air flowed from the direction of my back, touching my shoulders and flowing through the sidelines of my arms. I could feel it, cold enough to make my joints shake. The dark sky is indeed appropriate to make the air temperature decrease.

"..."

But ... But ... That's not the main cause of my body shaking right now.

In the empty hallway, I sat down with a girl on my lap. His eyes glowed green, his hair was silver dazzling, and his unique robed clothes with several light accessories in various places.

Ivan ....

The girl stammered, her eyes light dimmed, her hair color started to darken. I felt a wave of emotions flowing so tightly.

I ... fear.

His right hand was raised as high as my chest, very slowly and painfully just by looking at it. His strength was so weak as to make that one move.

Ears buzzing, heart racing, body shivering, and chest depressed. The emotions that girls put out made me want to hug her tightly. Comforting her to be happy, saving her from all suffering.

I clasped the hand gently, welcoming the request for help he made.

"Relax .. I'm here," I told him heavily.

I was by his side, I knew his suffering, I knew what he was feeling. But, I don't know what I can do to save her.

Ivan ... Where are you? I can't see you ....

Waves of emotions continued on, his fear bursting into my body. His face and body stopped moving, all I could feel was the sound of his heart.

"Lia .. I'm here."

Ivan ...? Ivan ... I can't hear you ....

His body's response is getting weaker. Even now I started to feel the waves of emotions in his body start to vanish.

"Lia ... Lia ...."

Her eyes were gone, and so was her hair color. The crystals in the blue clothes became gray. The energy in Lia's hand was gone, slowly falling out of my grasp.

"..."

Waves of emotions are gone, the atmosphere of the night is released from the concentration of emotions that come out. Now there are only the sounds of insects and moonlight. But ....

Be ill.

My chest hurts, really hurts. Like somebody was stabbing and trying to gouge him out. The emotions I felt from him were replaced by other emotions. Something new this time I felt. The negative emotions that really come from my own body.

My teeth growled, feeling the irritation of being aware of how useless I would be. My eyes began to close, enduring the sadness of not coming out any further.

Lia .. I swear I'll save you. With all my abilities, with all the determination and feeling I feel right now.

No matter how long ....

No matter how hard ....

Even if the whole world turns against me.

Even if I have to dirty my hands.

Sacrificing all that I have.

I ... I ....

I won't forgive myself until I can save you.

　

　

　

　

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Emotions are intense feelings that are shown to someone or something, a reaction to a person or event. The most common of emotions are happy, angry, and sad. But, of course there are many others.

I do not know for sure the reason that emotion exists, maybe it is one form of telepathy that is owned in order to gain sympathy for each individual. With emotions, we have the possibility to tell and understand the feelings that each other has.

Telepathically. It's no secret that emotions are contagious. The easiest is to yawn, the emotion it can rub off on people around it to yawn as well. However, this transmission is not through the eyes or hearing. The person who has blindness in his eyes can still return the smile of others, that means emotions spread from something different beyond the ordinary senses.

"Van .. Can I see the math assignment?" ask one of my classmates from class.

I'm standing on the second floor. Put the folds of the hands on the walls of the parapet that directly lead to the outside view. Enjoy the wind and get away from the people inside.

"Why not work alone?"

"Ahahaha .. yesterday I was busy working a group. I've done some work, but the book's missing."

Acids.

The taste spread in my mouth. As if crammed with tamarind mixed with soil, I got a signal from his emotions.

Heh, you liar. I'm sure this guy just spends his time playing games. He didn't do the job just because he knew he had someone to copy. In other words, he used me.

"Sip .. I take it then. Thanks Van."

Savory.

Hearing my answer, he was quite happy and excited. I could feel it by noticing the sour taste that was beginning to disappear, being replaced with something that led to savory.

I'm Kaivan. I am a person who can read minds .. or rather feel emotions. In accordance with the meaning of the word .. 'feel', which means taste and know the taste. A unique ability, but very disturbing. I hate this ability myself. That's because ....

Gkhah!?

Bitterer.

For a moment the taste appeared in my mouth along with the feeling of being eroded. It was an emotion when someone insulted me.

Looking around for the cause of the taste, all I found was the student. From this radius, only that person could give such an effect.

Basic don't know it's lucky. If you want to demean me, don't rely on me.

The bitter taste just now came because the student who just laughed at me in his heart, was proud of being able to deceive and lie to me. A negative feeling that for a while will be felt by me. This is why I hate him.

If my friend is sick, I am sick too. If my friends are sad, I will be sad too. If my friend gets angry, I get hurt. All of those emotions I can feel with my tongue and all of my skin.

When I'm taken advantage of, when I'm lied to, when I'm controlled. I had no choice but to accept it. If I refuse, negative emotions will come from those people and make me feel even more hurt.

This is why I became the daughter of everyone in the world.

Then ... What about positive feelings?

Hah, it's all non-existent.

If any of my friends get happiness. I might be able to feel it, but it was only for a moment. A savory and delicious taste is felt when people have happy emotions. But, negative feelings are much more intense covering it all up.

The person who gets the achievement will have a feeling of arrogance. It tastes bad, like eating grass and chewing hard cellulose. Not to mention the people around him, they would have a sense of jealousy towards that person. It was painful like being stabbed by thousands of tiny needles.

If I had to say, negative feelings mixed with positive ones, the result would be negative. Negative times positive results are negative, good taste is tongue-tied covered by the pain of negative emotions, they are much stronger.

The break time is running out, the students start taking turns to go to class. I myself remained outside perched on the walls of the balcony hallway, enduring until the last minute the teacher walked into my classroom.

"Ivan ..." call someone different from the side, "you alone."

I am alone because I choose to be alone. This power makes me very sensitive to crowds.

"Why are you here too?"

That man was Farrell. The only male friend closest to me. We already knew each other from Junior High and happened to be back in class this year.

Of all the people I know, he is an innocent person and very rarely has negative thoughts. That's why I can feel comfortable with him. I don't know why it was, maybe because he was stupid and didn't think badly.

"Obviously. It's my spot here every day, isn't it."

"Once upon a time join it, same as the other children."

No. gabe. It was hell for me. Anger may be ignited if I continue to be in that emotional area.

"I'm alone because I want to be alone, when can you understand, ha?"

In fact, if the people from inside the class appear to be swarming at me right now, I will go find another place to be alone. The detection of the emotions I had indeed ordered me to be a loner.

"Ehehe .. I can't really chat ...," said Farrel as he leaned against the balcony wall fence beside me, "but, Van. Said you were gonna replace Nadya for the hall? That really?"

I was a little surprised by Farrel's words, because the information was correct.

"Where do you know?" I was a little curious about how he looked up that fact.

"Everybody in class knows. Nadya the person is so, do not you love spoiled, later even attachment."

I think it's too late, it's not just him I'm spoiling. Some people, including men, have given me free help. Fortunately, none of them asked for my pocket money.

"Just be wild. I have no other job either."

"Nadya should also be able to work, even her job is to become a member of OSIS."

Of course I know, he's using me. Maybe the real reason is that she's on a date with someone or some other childish excuse. As he explained the situation, I could feel a sense of lies.

"It's okay, Rail. The hall's engine for at least half an hour is also in order."

"Ck .. when you change. Giving up is good, but you also have to think about yourself if you want to survive."

"Hehe .. not if I help people like this I will be liked by many girls."

"No, that's not possible. Girls are terrible, even if you can have a girlfriend that way, you just be a messenger and the source of the money."

Geh ....

I knew that it was impossible, that half was a joke. But, Farrel who answered seriously like that made me look even more miserable.

Crings, crings ...

The sound of the school bell that indicates the break time is over. Hearing that, all the students entered and followed the next lesson.

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