Chapter 3:

How it started - 2

A Diary Called Love

IN PRESENT

Isamu started to feel sad after he saw the chapter written by Noa, which made him think about and he imagined her. But he started to read the chapter in the diary.

IN DIARY

NOA started narrating

I will tell my point of view from where Isamu was sleeping when he waited for me.
I(Noa) didn't have any feelings for him till that time; instead that I felt sorry for him because of the incident that happened in the morning.
But I went near him, I was hearing a voice near him, but no one was surrounding him. I looked here and there, but I couldn't find out, and at last I noticed that he was blabbering in sleep, which is very hilarious and I went closer to him and tried to hear what he was blabbering.

Isamu blabbers that "you don't feel sorry, Noa... I will feel for you again Noa.... it does not hurt... don't feel sorry Noa.. don't worry". I started to feel uneasy because A Random guy just telling my name while sleeping is not a normal thing. And he is telling my name continuously with the phrase.
Whenever he tells my name, I feel some SPARK in my mind, which makes me think about him and I saw an empty tin of Coke on the table, and I spilled some drops from it and wrote the word 'tomorrow' on the table. And I walked out of the place by looking at him, and again he started to blabber, "Don't worry, Noa."
After that, I came to my house and started to freshen up. I heard someone call me, and I asked my mom that "Did you call me?" but she said no. And while watching TV series again, I hear my name was called "Noa..." and I again asked my Mom, but she said no again. And I realised I am getting the sound of Isamu.
I went to my English tuition, and while my teacher was teaching, I heard the character's name was 'Noa'
I feel confused and started to shout my name 'Noa' in my tuition. Everybody saw me in a confused state, and I left the tuition, and I told her "I wanted to go home early"
By walking, I decided to go to Etsuko's house.

While walking, I decided to go to Etsuko's house. As I guessed, I found Isamu sitting and chatting with Etsuko. When Etsuko greeted me, I called Isamu outside and waited, biting my nails. When Isamu arrived, I told him, “Hey, I'm not worrying, okay? You don’t have to concern yourself about me. I’m sorry for what happened in the morning.” Isamu tried to reply, but I told him, “You don’t need to worry about me. You take care of yourself, okay? Did you get it?” Then I started to walk back home. When he called my name, “NOA…” as usual, that spark hit my brain, and I smiled at him unconsciously, saying, “TOMORROW WE WILL MEET HERE,” and walked away from that place, feeling a kind of sparkling sensation in my mind.

I could feel a rush of dopamine every time I heard my name from his mouth. That night, I started to love my name. Later that night in my room, I felt an urge to meet him TOMORROW. I didn’t have anything specific to say to him, but I just wanted to see him.

I couldn’t understand what was happening in my life, so I went to my father's room and sat in front of my father's photo, even though my father died at my young age, he is the person whom I share my feelings and emotions with, and I asked him(his photo) "what was happening in my life, I met that guy just today but he got a separate place in my heart". I KNOW IT IS A LITTLE WEIRD, but it happened that night. My mother noticed me, came near me and said, “Noa, I am very proud of you.” And told me to get some sleep, and everything will be okay.

But the truth is, I was praying and confronting my father that night because of Isamu. After my mom went to sleep, I called my brother, Etsuko. He picked up the call, and I asked him, “Hey, are you asleep? I want to know about Isamu. Is he a good guy? Should I talk to him softly or harshly? Is he arrogant or normal? Hello? Answer me, Etsuko, are you there or not?” Etsuko replied, “DO YOU THINK IT IS FUNNY? IT IS MIDNIGHT, YOU DUMB KID! AND YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT MY FOOLISH FRIEND? DO YOU THINK I AM AN OWL? JUST CUT THE CALL BEFORE I USE ANY BAD WORDS… ARE YOU A SISTER?” He scolded me comically and angrily, and I ended the call and went upstairs to see the stars in the sky.

Even though the climate was chilly, I felt warmth inside me. I started to sit under the stars and smile, feeling as if the stars were getting smaller and coming into my eyes. And every star looks like same, other for one star which is trying to reach me. And that night I planned to sleep on the terrace and I started to think about Isamu and how he blabbered my name and how he thinks about it. Started to laugh about the incident and I couldn't hold my laugh, and after that, I started to admire how I started to think about a person whom I saw in the morning, within just twelve hours, how he is involved in my life unavoidably let's see what is going to happen tomorrow."

That night, I started to SPARKLE MORE THAN THE STARS.
TOMORROW I will sparkle before him....