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Originally I started this for a writing competition a few months ago, but didn't finish it in time (prompt: Emi & Lilly on a bus). _____________________________ Lilly heard the bus pull up at the stop in front of Yamaku, and she stood up and walked toward it. She was surprised to be the only student...

Thank you for all the thought and work you put into your comments. I'm a little bit at a loss for how to respond to some of it--I have no plans to do re-writes (though I'll correct Hayashi's gender--oops). We have divergent interpretations of who the character is. I respect that you're passionate ab...

Wow. And many thanks for the kind words--glad to hear you enjoyed it! Would you mind if I translated this in Russian so my non-English speaking friends could enjoy the story, too? I mean, this deserves to be spread as wide as possible. Really, really good writing. I'm flattered, though you do know y...

Thanks! Beginnings/edge cases are always fun to explore. I promise will finish this someday--I've got a lot of it written, just not polished. Had to take a break for mental health reasons--writing in the first person from the POV of a depressed person is not terribly good for my own depression, who'...

Your depiction of Rin feels like the most true-to-Rin depiction I've read in a while. The chapter title is disturbingly ominous. Thanks for the enjoyable read.

Chapter 10 It was somewhat ironic that in physics class we were studying relativity at the moment, because time had never seemed more relative than it did that day. Hanako was due back on the seven o’clock train. Approximately twelve hours after breakfast. So I was unsure how it was that it felt li...

Chapter 9 The warmth of Ishigaki kept us warmed and cheered for a couple of weeks after the start of the school year. I’d never taken a vacation like that before, and was pleasantly surprised at how it truly did help to restore and reinvigorate me, allowing me to dive into my new courses, and new c...

Chapter 8 I stared at myself in the bedroom’s mirror, and suddenly I sympathized more with Hanako’s reaction to first donning the surf suit. In the past when swimming, I had always worn baggy swimming trunks, not the skin-tight briefs that some men favored. But now, I was on full display. The suit ...

Chapter 7 Lilly returned the Monday a week before the new school year began, “So I’ll have time to recover from the jet-lag,” she said. I wasn’t able to meet her at the airport because of work, but Hanako did. I hadn't been fully aware of how much I'd missed Lilly until I got home from work to find...

Chapter 6 My mother packed us a couple of bentos to take with us on the train, even though the trip was barely two hours long. At least it would save us from having to buy lunch, which was nice. We hugged both of my parents good bye early in the morning before they headed off to work, and a while l...

Chapter 5 The flurry of final exams that came at the end of the school year were tough, but not as tough as previous semesters’ had been. I don’t know if that was because I just had easier classes this term (hah), or if I was getting used to the pace of university life. Lilly finished with exams fi...

Chapter 4 I was just coming out of class when I spotted a familiar blonde head sitting on a bench across the quad, despite the cold weather. I had a half hour until my appointment, so I crossed over to where Lilly was sitting. “Hi, Lilly,” I called as I approached, but I got no response. As I drew ...

Chapter 3 I was almost out the door on my way to class one Wednesday morning when my phone rang with Hanako’s ringtone. “Hi, Hanako, what’s up?” I answered. Phone in one hand, I tried to slip my backpack on. I had what felt like a hundred kilos of notes and books for today’s classes, and it was awk...

Chapter 2 One Friday, as I exited the elevator, I spied an armless redhead sitting in the doorway of our apartment, a large messenger bag on the floor by her side. “Rin?” I called out, puzzled. No response. I walked over to the door and saw that she was asleep, leaning against the doorframe. I crou...