Chapitre 3: CHAPTER THREE- When a dead flower blooms again
Kumamoto, April 9 ,2014
Encompassed with silence,a calm breeze blew its way past through Haru's path.The sun that was hidden behind the clouds shined its merry light, the clouds sailed on the clear blue sky .The trees that danced with the air. It was spring time in Japan. April had just begun.The month of joy and happiness,the month of new beginnings.
Haru continued his way to the school on a path filled with light.On a journey full of life.He walked on the narrow roads of the streets. Crossing many trees,and houses. Walking a few miles already he stopped at the railway crossing that was in the middle of the road. The yellow colored crossing guard was raised up high.The little traffic light next to it glowed in green. Haru walked across the railway crossing.
After he had crossed, he looked up at a Sakura(cherry blossoms) tree that stood just right to the street;completely bloomed tiny light-pink flowers fell upon the road with the flow of the wind making the path beautiful.
'Everyday!Mina and I would travel to school together from here,under this Sakura tree, across the railway crossing I'd always wait for her.All this time,things have changed.'
Haru reached out his hand to a flower that was almost about to fall down from the stems of the tree.
~Little flower! You have bloomed into such a pretty being.~
~Look at people line up for the essence of your sightseeing~
~But you are falling and breaking apart just to beautify people's path?~
~ Is this how nature works for both of us? Or is this a befalling wrath?~
~Doesn't it hurt? Knowing you'd soon die.~
The flower slowly fell down from its stem.
~Guess its a good-bye?~
Haru was immersed in his deep thoughts. Wondering about life; comparing himself to a dead flower.
TING-TING-TING-TING-TING
A bell rang loud.The guarding barricade came low down,the signal lights went red, a train was about to come from a few miles away.
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"HARUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!" a voice yelled loud from across the railway side.
"HAA!" Haru was stunned. He stood straight for the moment,while he gradually turned back.
That familiar voice made my heart race.
A sudden strong wind hit his surroundings,as the approaching train started crossing before he could even take a look. He stood there facing it straight.
CHUU-CHUU-CHUU-CHUU-CHUU
The train blocked the way of the two people waiting across the sides eager to see each other.
CHUK-CHUK-CHUK-CHUK-CHUK....
"Just end alreadyyyyy!!!!"
Slowly the end of the train could be seen. And eventually the path was cleared.
Haru stood speechless while looking at the beautiful girl standing across from afar.
"HARUU!" the young girl waved her hand while smiling so joyously that there was no happiness greater than seeing him.
The crossing guard slowly lifted up and the girl came jogging towards him.
As he looked at the girl approaching to him without even blinking an eye.
THUMP-THUMP-THUMP-THUMP
'Stop!Stop!Please Stop!Why would this heart not stop' he thought at the intensity of that moment.
"Haru!Haru!Haru" the girl came dashing towards him and suddenly wrapped her arms around his neck while clinging and hanging on him, humming his name in bliss.
The force of her hug dragged Haru a few steps away.
"MINA! You are gonna choke me to death."
"AH..Sorry ...sorry" she moved her arms away.
Mina was a beautiful girl. Her skin glowed in the sun light.While the petals of cherry-blossom flowers fell upon her.Her black hair reaching just below her shoulders were entangled by the wind as it waved. Her eyes held galaxies inside them.She had a smile so bright that it could bring back a dead flower to life.
"Ah!! you have become soooo tall." she said standing just in front of his face while measuring up their heights by clumsily reaching her tiny hand and trying to put it above his head.
"You have become soo big...you look so different...say...say.. have you been working out...? You've become such a man-man!!" Mina continued in her hyper voice.
"He? What to you mean..." he responded in a low voice.
"And why are your hair so long ...I can't even see your eyes.." she reached his head again and brushed his bangs away with her hands.
"Oi ! ! !" he grabbed her wrist away from his bangs taking it back down.
"Mina has grown up a lot too." he said in his real voice that was as deep as the ocean.
"HAEEEEEEEE???? YOU ARE NOT HARU!!!" she pulled her hand away from his grab and yelled, "DEFINITELY NOT!"
Making a funny face she said, "Your voice is so weird.Stay away from me stranger!"
He flicked Mina on her forehead with his fingers and responded, "Oi! That's normal...its called puberty you know...!!"
"AHHH!! It hurts!" she let out a sigh.
"But it wasn't so weird on phone." she continued.
"You'll get used to it."
"Let's go now!" said Haru, "Or else we'll be late."
"Let's go! Let's go! Now it will be so much fun since you are here." Mina hummed her words.
Walking side-by-side on the path of Sakura trees they crossed a little wooden bridge that had a river with clear water flowing beneath it.
¬¬¬¬ ABSOLUTE SILENCE¬¬¬¬¬
"EH?" A sudden thought striked both of them. "EH?"
"AREN'T WE?", They thought together, "AREN'T WE?"
"FORGETTING SOMETHING?" he thought ,"FORGETTING SOMETHING?" she thought too.
"SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT!?"
Their minds were in a total sync, paced together their thoughts resonated the same words. The same question!
"BUT WHAT?!"
"Haru! How's your mother?" Mina suddenly questioned.
"Huh? Oh she's much better now."
"That's great to hear!"
"Did you make friends in Tokyo?What kind of friends?"
"Not really." he responded casually.
"As expected of Haru!" she mockingly replied.
"Afterall--" he resumed his answer, "--Mina is my only friend!"
"Eh?! DESU YO NE!!! (That's right!) Haa..haa..haaa!" she laughed hysterically and said.
'Haru was always like this even back in elementary school. He would never talk to anyone.Never initiate conversations at all.And was super rude. There was a time I remember when a girl confessed to him back then and he directly rejected her saying, 'I don't like you.Don't follow me around' ,he even threw away the gift she gave him. He was bullied by our fellow classmates too. He was unusually weak. He always immersed himself in books. And I could never figure him out at all. He looked so dull and scary all the time.' Mina thought to herself.
"Even now he looks --"
"--Kinda--" Mina lightly bend herself and peeked at Haru, "--kinda..--."
"--Handsome." she softly said.
"HMM?" he heard her murmur and met eyes with her.
His hair were dropping off in the air as he tilted his head to look at her and his eyes peeked through the spaces between his long hair.
"Eh!No nothing it's nothing at all." she said being flustered.
"What am I even thinking?" she thought to herself.
'Okay this is getting nowhere. Why do I suddenly feel so uncomfortable. You can't even have a proper conversation with him. Moreover we have met after so many years, Is he not curious about me at all? How was I all this time? What was I up to?... ' she thought, 'Wait a second! Why do I suddenly worry about this stuff. Haru has always been like this urhhh...So is it me who has changed?' Mina kept thinking in circles.
[Meanwhile in Haru's head]
~Little dead flower what was it that made you bloom so prettily even though you knew you'd fall?~
~Maybe it's Love?~
~Or maybe it's HER~
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~YOU THINK I NEVER THINK OF YOU.BUT YOU ARE ALL,THAT'S IN MY HEAD~
L’AVIS DES CRÉATEURS 
LaikaMeer
LaikaMeer Tbh Haru is just a weirdo okay?
He is too poetic...lol ...even tho that's originally me...haha.. Okay whatever.
[Meanwhile in the Writer's head]
~Little dead flower what bought you to life ?~
~Maybe its love?~
~Or maybe its 'I haven't updated this story for like fcking years...'~
LOL
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