Those Feelings Brought By The Girl From Those Dreams PART — 1

December 5/2012 — Dream World

I guess it’s time for me to move on to something new from Pokémon.
I have seen Papa always watching something with a creepily happy face. Mum always tells me to not get close to Papa’s room when he’s watching that.

Today is the day I will discover this mystery.

I got in front of Papa’s room. Before I knocked, I heard a sound.

“Kyahhhhhhhh!!!!”

Ummh now I am actually scared. I mean, what kind of thing can make my Papa sound like that?

The door was open, so I excused myself without knocking.

The moment I walked inside, I understood the meaning of regret. Don’t get me wrong—I knew what it meant, but this time my heart felt what it meant.

The room was full of some weird kinds of figurines and books, and in the middle of that, my father was sitting in front of the computer.

Maxing my agility stats, I started to retreat, but unfortunately, any prey found by this predator wasn’t expected to leave alive.

“Hiiiiyuraaaa-kunnnn,” he dragged my name in the most annoying and creepy way possible.

“You finally made up the courage to enter this room without asking Mumma.”
He clenched his fist, tearing up as if he was proud of me.
“I see… my blood is running in you, isn’t it.”

“I actually came here to—” I got interrupted.

“Ahh, I know, I know. You came here to explore the world outside Pokémon, isn’t it?”
He said with a smug expression.

Wohhh! I am actually impressed by Papa after a great deal of time.

“I know what you should start with. Sit here; let’s watch it together.”

I innocently sat with him in front of the computer.
Well, I think it was rude of me to think I would regret coming to this room.

“Let’s watch Imaizumi…” he paused. He didn’t say anything but played the video.

25 seconds after starting, I got a very suspicious scene.

[‘Damn, I’m gonna lose my streak,’ she said while pressing her boobs to the back of Imaizumi.]

I didn’t know anything about this realm, but I surely knew this was not to be touched by me.

“Uh-hh actually I am thirsty… I will come back after drinking water.”

I got out of the room. I will skip this weird scene and watch the rest.

A few seconds later, I again got into the room.

“Ohh, you came back. Let’s resume.”

Shit! He had paused the video.

[‘Hamazaki-san’s chest is huge.
I guess she is too close.’]

My instincts told me this is something I absolutely should not see.

“Papa, I-I-I will go-o-o to the washroom. You know, I drank too much water.”

Transforming into a demon, he stopped me by my shoulder.
“Don’t be like that. Be courageous. You wanted to see this, right?”

Just when I thought I was no more, my greatest hero came.
Yup. Doom to the Demon—Mumma came.

Her hair floating in the air, she cracked her knuckles, surrounded by some mysterious aura.

“No!! Hana-chan, you have got it all wrong—”

Those were the last words of Papa.

The rest was just the sound of someone being thrown here and there… and screams.

I listened to all this from outside the room.

After a suspicious amount of silence, the door opened.

“Hiyura, I told you, don’t go to Papa’s room.”
She said that with a gentle smile and took my hand.
“Let’s go. You should always stay away from such suspicious uncles.”

“Uhh…” I just nodded in response.

Before going, I turned to check if Papa was alive.
He said, “Start with Dragon Ball… that was my origin too…” while lying on the ground.

And unfortunately, he passed out after that.

Hmm… I guess I will give this anime thing a try.
‘Dragon Ball’.
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January 2/2013

“Hana-chan, is Hiyura ready? It’s time to leave,” Papa said from the entrance.

“Yes! We’re coming,” Mumma said, finishing the tying of my obi.

I was wearing a sky-blue kimono with a navy-blue hakama.
Yup. You guessed it right — sky blue is my favourite colour.

We are visiting the shrine for the New Year.

At the shrine, I spotted Kamizo Mumma and Papa.

“Ooiii!! Nao! Here!” Papa waved at them.

Looks like they planned to meet.

“Hey! Hey! Nao! Aren’t you excited for the anime that are getting released this year—”

I’ve seen Papa and Kamizo Papa get along really well, but it still doesn’t fit their image together.
You know… one is always talking, and the other is always silent.

“Darling, you start your new year talking about anime,” Mumma said, pouting.

Kamizo Mumma chuckled softly. “Both of them will never change.”

I wondered where Kamizo was.
At that moment something popped out from behind Kamizo Mumma.

It was Kamizo — wearing a lavender-coloured kimono, white hakama, and a hairpin with a cute dog on it.

“H-Hap-ppy N-New Year.”

“Ohh. Ummh… Happy New Year.”

I said it after a one-second pause. It’s been a while since I last heard her shudder when she talks.

It was during summer vacation when we last met.
I’m sure Kamizo didn’t talk to anyone in that time, so she might have gotten out of practice.

“Let’s all pray and get our fortune slips,” Kamizo Mumma said.

My fortune slip said ‘Good Luck’.

“What does your slip say?” I asked Kamizo.

She showed it to me — ‘Great Blessing’.

“Ohh… ummh.”

“What is your favourite colour?” I asked, looking at her kimono and hakama.

I believed it would obviously be white, because Yukki is also white.

She pointed toward my head.

Oi oi oi. I don’t have Arcanine with me, so guessing her meaning is difficult…
But anyway, I think I’ve started understanding her a bit.

“It’s black.”

She did a double nod in response.

I’m not even surprised now. I’ve accepted that she has a special attribute of… surprising me every time.

I still can’t forget how she came 1st in the semester after she declared she would.
I was beaten at the point I thought was my strong point.

I teared up, clenching my fist.

She started acting restless.
Our eyes met—she immediately looked away, flustered.

It’s nostalgic.
It’s the same as when we first met.

She held her head down for a moment, then looked straight up.
Her expression returned to that ice princess mode.
She turned around and started walking away… or I should say, retreating.

“Stop!!”
I held her hand.

This really feels like déjà vu.

“You have something to say, don’t you?” I looked at her with a polite smile.

Recently I’ve been watching too much shonen, I guess.
I’ve started believing my instincts a little too much.
If I get this wrong, I’ll dig a hole and die in it.

This polite face?
It’s just a mask covering my panic.

She slowly turned around and did a double nod.

Then she reached into her belt… and pulled out a cheat.
She handed it to me with a firm expression.

[ Hello Hiyura-kun. I’m thinking of having a conversation without speaking. ]

I stared at the note, then stared at Kamizo with a question mark on my face.

She took out another one.

[ I like being silent. Unlike you, it’s not that I can talk but just choose to be quiet, but… I too like to be quiet]

Before I even finished reading, she already had the next one ready.

[ I can’t ask other people this… but with you, I think it might be possible.
‘Let’s have a conversation without speaking.’ ]

I struck the "detective pose."
“But how are you planning to do that? Exchanging cheats isn’t efficient at all.”

…Did I sound cool?

Her face bloomed up
She took one of the previous notes and wrote behind it.

[ Then you can just create a method to do so.]

I watched her dumbfoundedly.

She handed me another one.

[ I love the new things created by you]

The moment I read it, I looked up at her quickly
She gave a big smile.

I might not have good words to explain it.
I might not know how to express this feeling in my heart, but I felt like it’s a very important feeling I will always remember.