He used to protect the safety of the citizens and was kind to everyone in his surroundings.
His co-workers and the citizens themselves trusted him deeply.
He had some clumsy sides as well, but for me, my father was my aspiration.
However, one day and all of a sudden, he disappeared.
After he went to his work in the morning like usual, he never came back again.
Once his acquaintances knew about that fact, they all started to frantically look for him.
His co-workers and the people he looked after in the past went all together to search for him, but in the end, the result was still the same.
Because of that, my mom sorrowed intensely.
Probably because I was there, she always cried alone in her room.
But she eventually got over it and decided to continue living together with me.
My father is still missing until now.
Nobody knows where he disappeared, but somehow, I still think that he’s alive.
(I wonder why I feel as if my father is still alive somewhere…)
Although I don’t have any proof.
Thinking about that, I casually recalled something that happened to me in the past.
(Yeah, that did happen…)
I don’t remember when it happened exactly.
One day, I had an urge to go to a shop where my mom and I used to frequent together.
At that time, I decided to go there alone without telling my mom, thinking that I already know the way.
Of course, there was no way I’d remember the path to the shop and became lost.
I choose to go back from the same way I came from, but I couldn’t make it at all. Feelings of unease and loneliness gradually accumulated.
Nobody was around and I had no idea about where I was.
The sky became darker than usual and I kept walking down the same path, alone.
The way he told me that while smiling overlaid with the figure of my father saying the same thing.
It felt almost as if I was supported by both Kamiya-kun and my father at the same time.
(I’m getting saved all the time here…)
I felt slightly tired of myself that’s getting saved all the time, but for now, I can’t think of any way to directly save Kamiya-kun.
That can’t be helped, but I feel that there’s something that even I can do.
Even though that something wouldn’t help him in a direct way, I’d still do my best.
“Thank you, Kamiya-kun.”
I softly whispered to the sleeping Kamiya-kun.
For now, that is all that I can say. However, once the day where I will become able to help him comes, I’d definitely save him.
And once I make up my resolve I will tell him about it.
About how I feel.
“N, nn……”
Getting disturbed by my whisper, Kamiya-kun slightly moved.
Startled by that sudden move, I stiffened in my position, with my face close to him.
That’s probably the reason.
The reason that made the unexplainable accident that was about to happen, unavoidable.
As he kept stirring restlessly, his lips touched with mine.
“!!!???!!!?”
I got thunderstruck for a moment after that, but immediately raised my face that has turned bright red.
I was about to scream at that point, but I barely restrained my voice to not wake him up, resulting in a weird sound leaving my mouth.
(Eh? D-Did we just K-K-Kiss?!)
My body started heating up from the unimaginable development.
I felt almost as if my head started emitting vapor and I lost my power to think clearly.
There was no possible way I’d be able to think decently in such a situation.
My eyes began turning round and round.
(E, No, w-wait, w-what should I do?!! I didn’t expect things to turn out like this! I-It’s not like I didn’t like it, but, no, I’m actually happy about it, I did it, but… But, I prefer if we did that after knowing about each other, w-we’re not even dating. A-Also, there must be a better situation than this… Just, what am I talking about!!?)
I covered my face with my hands and shook my head left and right.
I didn’t have an idea about what I was thinking about, but one single thing was clear for me.
I kissed Kamiya-kun, accidentally.
That truth was enough to make me lose my sense.
Remaining in the anguish of the embarrassment and my own wild delusions, I waited for Kamiya-kun to wake up.
(Let’s keep this a secret.)
That was the only decision I came up with while suffering alone.