#yukanade

//One day...//

//Also, I’m going to start skipping days. Makes things easier on me and more realistic that the remaining people are going to take longer in-universe.//

June 27, 2050

Fine, honestly. Hibiki’s been less stressed lately, so that’s good.

Kanade’s been acting strange lately, however...

She’s more...how do I put this...touchy?

***

Flashback

...So I think it’s a very interesting thought experiment, about probability and it’s relationship with space and time.

Yeah...Shrodinger’s Cat does get you to think, doesn’t it?

*Getting up to refill her water* Such a paradox, isn’t it?

Mhm.

*As Kanade is walking back, she lets her fingers brush the nape of Yuki’s neck, gently enough thaat he doesn’t notice.*

Iroha! We’re going whether you like it or not!

HAJIME!!! PUT ME DOWN!!!

*Hajime Jimmy is carrying Iroha on his back and ushering Sora, Yoruko and Kizuna out the room, leaving Kanade and Yuki alone once more*

Well that was...something.

It really was.

WAAH! WHERE THE HELL DO YOU COME FROM?!

...Wait...are you Utsuro?

Yes.

Why are you here?

I just took over for a little bit. Now, why do you seem to not like the mention of your parents?

Hehehe.

Do you really think I would tell you?

No, not me.

But you would tell Yuki.

!

Maybe not right now, but in the future, I think you would.

...You are as weird as Yuki said you were.

...I think I’m just gonna go.

Wha?

Kanade? What just happened?

Utsuro popped up and said some weird cryptic stuff.

Yeah he does that. Anyways, you’re free to go now.

Eh? It’s only been a day though.

Yeah, but I trust you not to kill someone now. We’ll still be meeting here everyday for an hour or so, you’re therapy isn’t over just yet.

“…someone you interact with often…”

Think Kanade, think. Who fits all these criteria and is-

*Out of the corner of her eye, Kanade catches a glimpse of a framed photo. The photo depicts the group on a beach, a scene from the simulation, although it’s origin is unknown. She had taken the photo to her room back when she first woke up to make it less boring. What catches her eye is a familiar head of orange hair off to the side.*

…

Oh…

Yuki Maeda…how…

Oh. Sorry!

...

...

Well, they are sleeping in the same room, so it makes sense. Why the tone though? It’s not like...Iroha? Yoruko? Sora? Are you okay?

It’s just the same room Sora, it’s just the same room...

Ohgodwhatifshekillshimnonononono-

...Hajime? Do you mind removing that padlock?

Sorry, but I don’t think thats a good-

It hurt.

Eh?!

It hurt, not being able to breath. I felt like there was an anchor around my foot dragging me into the ocean...

Kanade...

It was the only time I actually thought about the people I hurt and killed.

I wondered...if some of them really deserved it. It’s funny, the first time I feel sympathy is when I died.

...I still feel it.

Eh?

The rocks, the explosions...everything Utsuro and I felt when we died I still feel. There’s a reason I nearly passed out when I first woke up...

Honestly I still feel the pain of my death too. It’s hard for me to breath and my head still hurts like hell.

...Do you want to rest?

...Yeah, I do...I think I’ll be going to bed early tonight...

That’s...wow. You had it really bad, huh?

Yeah, but I’m fine now, even if we are trapped here.

Because everyone is alive again!

*Pfft*  You’re such a dork, ya know that?

...Actually, you remind me of a squirrel.

...A squirrel?

Yeah! You have orange hair and you’re kinda cute, in a weird dorky way.

(She seems to be feeling better, somewhat. She’s still a way’s off, but her speech feels more genuine now.)