Red Yarn (Oshi No Ko > Aqua X Kana)

Red Hairy Girl

"Aqu-tan, you want to come with us?" tanya Mem who was sitting in Miyako's room with Ruby.

"Where?" ask Aqua again.

"To Disneyland!" Mem answered excitedly.

"pass!" reply Aqua while raising her hand.

"Why? You're on holiday today. You never went there either. Comeon!" exclaim Ruby while putting on a sad face.

"No need, I'll take a walk next week. So, I need to fill my energy." Aqua answered while grabbing the script on Miyako's desk.

"It was just a moment. C'mon onii-chan!" Ruby draped her hand on Aqua's arm.

"Go play. You need a walk too!" Miyako answered from the front door. "I found a cute girl on the street. I'll introduce you guys. She will be the first idol candidate of Strawberry Production."

"Huh?" ruby asked in shock as well as Mem.

"Who.. Who…." Mem exclaimed trying to peek outside the room.

A girl 155 cm tall stood in the doorway. Smiling with clumsiness. Bow politely. All were speechless, staring at the girl with shoulder-length purple hair and eye color that matched her.

"Mrs Watanabe-desu…" 

Ruby glanced at Aqua who was not interested in the new trainee. Even Aqua was already sitting on the sofa reading the script.

"She's Nana. I'll find four others to create a new idol group. Nana's good at singing and dancing, so it'll be easy to train her." Miyako takes Nana in. "You must know them, right?"

Nana nodded. "I'm your fan, senpai!" Nana exclaimed excitedly looking at Aqua.

Aqua stood up, looking at Nana. "Yes, cheer up…. You can learn from Ruby to dance." Aqua stepped out of Miyako's room.

Nana smiled broadly. He did not believe that he would be encouraged by Aqua. Make it sting with a blushing face.

Ruby smiled wryly, looking at Nana. Feeling that someone else liked her brother, she felt annoyed. Even though he had expressed his feelings yesterday and was rejected, still his feelings did not just disappear on Aqua.

"You can come to practice and dance every afternoon until night. Because I'll introduce your two friends tomorrow." Miyako smiled looking at Nana.

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Miyako gave Aqua a train ticket two days before her departure. There was already prepared an inn and one who would guide Aqua.

"Awe? Higashinaruse!" exciting Aqua. "It's a long way.6 hours drive. Is this real?" Aqua checked her phone and searched about the village.

"Yes, I heard there is indeed a remote village and difficult signal. But, the inhabitants are friendly. The farm there is also not too big but clean and tidy. I'm looking for a place where there aren't many residents, because you're already famous. Worry a lot is bothering you there."

Aqua looked at her carriage ticket with a flat look. "Yes, good fun there."

"I guarantee you'll like it there." Miyako grabbed the phone on her desk. "Oh yes, this is the number of the person who will guide you. His name is Ishigami Yuu. You better keep the number now, so you don't get lost in there."

Aqua looked at her phone and put it in her pocket after doing an order from Miyako. 

"Do I have anything to bring?" ask Aqua to Miyako. "I'll buy it if I need to."

Miyako fell silent, thinking for a moment. "I don't think it's necessary, my friend will guide you and help you prepare a lot of things there."

Aqua stood up and stepped out of the room. "Yes, I'll rest tomorrow so I won't be here anymore. And go straight to the station. If you have anything to say, just call me."

Miyako smiled. "You'll definitely love your vacation and study there Aqua. So excited…."

"Haaaa-iiii.." reply Aqua lazily and immediately exit Miyako's room.

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That afternoon Aqua arrived at the village of Higashinaruse. A remote village in the Akita area. It is a six hour drive from Tokyo. The autumn of the day was noticeably colder than when he was in Tokyo.

The small village contained only a few inhabitants. The houses there are not close, there is still a lot of empty land. With a few trees that have brushed the leaves. The clumps are still green but some have yellowed.

The atmosphere that afternoon was warm. The field is full of children playing ball. The sound of laughter and shouting that afternoon was never felt by Aqua. This was the first time he had seen anything like this.

"Oni-chan!" a girl approached Aqua with a red face. His eyes are wet. 

"Please lift onee-chan unconscious. We're not any strong." The girl pointed at a girl on the sidelines who was lying unconscious. 

"But, I have to put my belongings into the inn." Aqua stared at her belongings, suitcases and backpacks on her back.

"We'll bring her things, but please take onee-chan to the hospital." A boy replied.

"All of us were not strong enough to bring onee-chan to the clinic." The girl in front of Aqua spoke again.

"Where is your home, onii-chan?" A boy in a hat approached Aqua.

"Ishigami Inn." Aqua answered while remembering the name of the inn.

"Ah, it's my home so I'll bring onii-chan's belongings along with Haru. But, I asked for help to bring onee-chan to the clinic." The boy in the hat answered.

Aqua finally approached the unconscious girl on the grass. The body is small, with jeans overalls with long-sleeved brown shirts as the interior.

"We will be scolded by sensei" whispered another daughter in a frightened tone.

"Yes, it's our fault. So, it's a responsibility!" yelled the boy in the hat earlier.

Aqua sat beside the unconscious girl, trying to see her face. Aqua tried to think clearly. His eyes are perfectly round. Her eyes were wet, there was water coming out of it. He pulled the glasses perched on the face of the fainted girl. Observe in silence. Girl with long red hair, small face with milky white skin.

Instead of carrying the fainted girl, Aqua cried while hugging the unconscious girl. Breaking up Aqua's tears that afternoon, she didn't understand if it was a dream or a real one. Or is the girl in his arms just someone who looks alike? But, the sense of comfort when hugging this fainted girl is not a lie.

"Onii-chan.." call the two-pointed girl who's been crying too. "Why crying?"

Aqua regained her senses, she immediately brought the fainted girl to the clinic. Many times Aqua observed the girl in her carriage with a look of disbelief.

The face he had always wanted to see, the face he had longed for. The face, the voice to the annoying expression even the painful sentence from his mouth was very much missed Aqua.

His heart seemed to say that the world was narrow. But, he was already dead, so this must be someone else! His body has been found and confirmed. So, this must be someone else!

A bespectacled man in a doctor's suit opens the clinic door and helps Aqua put the girl called Kana to sleep.

Aqua wiped her tears violently. He opened his hat and tried to stop crying, but it was hard. He did not believe he would ever meet again with the person he had always longed for. Although it is not yet clear whether this is real or just similar?

"What's going on?" ask the glasses doctor, who is 40 years old.

"I just brought him here. The kids that play with him." Aqua answered trying to be normal.

The children who had met Aqua in the street gathered inside the clinic with their heads lowered and they all called out apologetically to the Doctor.

"Surely Onee-chan told you to go home right?" asked the Doctor while thrusting the infusion needle into the hand of the girl carried by Aqua.

The kids answered yes at the same time.

"You hit him with the ball?" ask the Doctor.

"That was unintentional. Onee-chan stood in the middle of the field to tell us, but I accidentally kicked the ball towards onee-chan." The boy in the hat lowered his head.

"Jun. You'll be angry with Kana tomorrow. It's night, so go home. Take a shower and have dinner, do your chores and then go to bed." The doctor gave the order.

The children also according. This time they bowed towards Aqua with a sentence of thanks. Aqua simply gave her thumb while smiling. The children immediately exit the clinic to return home to each other, except Jun-the boy in the hat.

"You want to go home onii-chan? My dad asked if you knew the way home?" ask Jun.

"I know the place, you can go home first." Aqua answered while standing in front of Jun.

Jun smiled. "okay!" The boy came out of the clinic.

"Are you an actor?" ask the Doctor with a faint smile. "Your face replies that you're an actor. What's your name, son?"

"Hoshino Aqua." Aqua bowed introducing herself. "May I ask, sensei?"

The doctor smiled and nodded. "Ask, I will answer with pleasure."

"Is she Arima Kana?" aqua asked solemnly looking into the doctor's eyes before her.

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