Trapped in the Past

Finding a Hint

"What are you doing here?"

The voice of a woman melted the tense atmosphere between them. Ruri turned her head, commenting on the smile on the woman. She is sister Hana.

"We visited Dion. But our visit has been completed and will be home soon" Ruri replied afterwards.

Sister Hana examined the faces of the four teenagers in front of her, her eyeballs catching the sadness on their faces, except for the men who had bandages on their crowns. Sister Hana stared at him for a long time.

Kagami was wrong.

"Go home soon. After this the doctor will come for an examination."

Sister Hana passed after saying so. Ruri hurriedly led her friend to go somewhere else. Their conversation is not over.

The sun is still at the top of the head. The four teenagers went to the hospital garden, choosing a table that was under a large tree. The cool atmosphere and the breeze that passed there made the mind calm.

Although the atmosphere was no longer as tight as earlier, but Mirai continued to show her body shivering. I don't know what he's afraid of.

"Tell me everything, Mirai. You saw the photo of Dion I showed you. Then you also saw Dion who was lying weak. There's no mistaking it, if it's true then he's the same Dion, whom you've known in the past."

Ruri started the conversation. The short-haired girl gulped. His throat feels very dry.

Mirai is a shy and quiet child. He's not very good at getting along. In class he is always silent and will not speak if not spoken to first.

Until something happened to meet him with Dion.

When she was in first grade, she was only seven years old. Mirai unintentionally takes a pair with Rera on her way to class. At that time they were in the school garden, the atmosphere around was quiet because the students had flocked to their respective classes.

Rera pushed Mirai's body into a slump. There was no reason why he did that, Rera was just happy with what he did. She likes to hear Mirai's voice beg her for mercy.

"Sick .. forgive me," Mirai said at the time as her hair was pulled by Rera.

Rera laughs. The helplessness of people is entertainment to him. However, Rera's fate ended ill-fated. He did not know that behind him was a man standing there. The man just silently watched, until Rera's actions were judged outrageous.

"What are you doing? Want me to report to the principal?"

Rera's lips instantly paled upon hearing the threat. Plus the cold gaze of the man made his guts shrivel. Rera passed by in a hurry, leaving behind Dion and Mirai.

Mirai wiped away the tears, immediately mending her hair. Not to forget he thanked Dion, but the man was very cold. He just kept quiet and did not return Mirai's thanks.

From that day on Mirai saw Dion as a hero figure in her eyes. Although the man was very indifferent, Mirai knew that he was a good person.

She begins to get along with Dion after second grade Elementary, when an outcast new student becomes their friend.

The short story was taken seriously by Ruri. Now, the glasses girl knew the thing that had been clinging to her heart during this time.

First the look of Mirai. He was no stranger to that gaze because when Junior High accidentally saw a photo sticking out of Dion's notebook. It was a photo with Dion with his SD classmate. The photo had been damaged, the emblem and the name of the school alone could not be seen clearly. However, one thing Ruri knew, she was in the photo there was only one child portrait that was clearly visible to her. The boy's gaze was very sweet, as if he had just finished crying to attract his attention, and the boy who had the gaze was named Mirai. Someone he met some knew afterwards. Where might Ruri forget, that glare was Mirai's trademark.

Then another thing that disturbed Ruri was when they finished being punished by Mr. Reswara after fighting with Tirta. Ruri and Mirai were on their way to class and during the trip because of Ruri's annoyance, they didn't stop. Mirai says that Ruri looks like Rera, who likes to stomp her feet. The glasses girl found doubt there, how could Mirai say that when she had just met Rera when she first moved to High School? And now Ruri knew the answer. It turns out that they used to be the same age as SD and Rera's old grudge against Mirai still continues when they meet again at High School. Therefore Rera was very excited, as if getting a second chance to bully Mirai and at the same time she felt very irritated because her plan was destroyed by Ruri.

"Then, what keeps your body shivering doesn't stop like this?"

Mirai told him about Dion, but his body did not stop shivering. This was suspicious, as Ruri clasped her hand, Mirai's fingers felt so cold. It was as if he was grasping an ice stone.

"I was just terrified to see Dion's face wrapped in bandages like that. I remember the bodies of my parents. They were wrapped in bandages all over the body because they had eighty percent burns all over the body" Mirai explained with fretful eyes.

Ruri's eyebrows are linked. Mirai's explanation raised another question in her mind. 'Their bodies got burns? That was no ordinary accident.'

This is not the right time to ask that. So Ruri keeps her curiosity together with Kagami changing the direction of their conversation.

"So, yes, so what was the result of your chat with Gagas back then, Ruri? You promised you'd say it when I was cured, right?" Kagami collected the promise that Ruri had said a while ago.

All eyes were on him. Ruri breathed a heavy sigh.

"Gagas said that Dion had a friend named Riodra. And he's the only one who's ever been to Dion's house. Somehow detailed, but Gagas just told us to find Riodra." Ruri leaned back on the garden chair.

Alita stared intensely at the face of the glasses girl in front of her. "So, if that's the information. Then you know this Riodra guy, Mirai?"

Alita's guess is on target. The fear on Mirai's face instantly disappeared after hearing that. His eyes slowly filled with life. He remembers now. Riodra is a transfer boy who becomes their friend after stepping on the second grade of Elementary School. The girl was an outlier and unruly, no wonder she was able to go to Dion's house somehow.

"I know him. I remember his face and address. If it's true that he can lead us to the Dion family, then Dion can come to his senses from the coma. Let's go to her house, as soon as possible!" Mirai.

Ruri chuckled small. "Gue hope all this goes well like that. But you have to remember one thing, don't be in a hurry just because we already know the directions to Riodra. When the semester break comes ... we go to meet this girl named Riodra!"

The three friends immediately agreed to Ruri's plan. True what the girl said, hurrying would only lead them to something unexpected later

"Added one other condition. You can't add to the wounds on your body."

Ruri glared at Mirai, the girl immediately grabbed her bangs that had been scattered. He's unmoved.

"Our thoughts are still the same, Mirai. You can tell me whatever you're hiding, then we'll help you as much as possible. If you're ready to be honest with us, there's no secret between us. We didn't force him. Because you're our friend and it's your right to talk."

Kagami's words just shared a large stone that tried to break through his mouth. He was eager to say what he had been hiding all along, but he thought that this was not the right time. They must focus on finding Riodra and healing Dion. That was all that filled Mirai's heart now.