( the moment those words came out from the stranger before her, reira looked at her with a soft expression, remaining silent for what seemed like forever. the silence dragged on as a soft drift of beach breeze came past them, sweeping her long hair to the side.

finally she broke into a smile and chuckled just a bit. of course it sounded all so silly when she verbalized the situation, dissected it and explained it to someone who didn't know the depths of the relationship she had with takumi.

in the end though even reira knew the stranger before her was right. it would have been a miserable life, yet she was still trapped in some weird extension of it. )

I guess I did, didn't I? Yet my heart refuses to let go of those feelings, even if my mind agrees it would be a terrible fate for me.