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Dream Drops and Star Flowers Chapter 5
Dream Drops and Star Flowers Chapter 5
“Why did Ryo like Kaede-chan? Did you see it in precognition?”
When I was helping to clean the main shrine, my father asked me so.
“What’s that suddenly?” Honestly, I don’t want to talk about my favorite girl as a parent. However, I wanted to deny that she liked her because she saw it in precognition.
“I was conscious, but it wasn’t.”
“Why then?”
“Okay, not really”
My dad started talking about trying to move while cleaning the pillars with a duster to start cleaning a place other than my dad.
“My dad. I fell in love with my mom’s cooking.”
“No, don’t say it. It’s embarrassing.”
My dad seemed to be short of talk, but it was more embarrassing to hear his parents’ love stories than his favorite child.
There was no reason I fell in love with Kaede. After she helped Kaede in the river, she realized she was looking at Kaede, and she knew she liked her. The love of elementary school students is such a thing.
July 19th, the last day of school, from tomorrow to summer vacation.
I haven’t talked to Kaede since I was shaken off the other day. I think she finds it difficult to talk to each other.
So I still couldn’t invite Kaede to the fireworks. She can’t help if she invites and refuses. But as long as she has the help of many people, it’s unacceptable that she didn’t invite her in the end.
In the morning before going to school, when I was sitting on the rising stile of the entrance and wearing shoes, the door in front of me was distorted, and I saw a new scene as the scene changed.
Today, July 19th, 8:18 am. School zone. I was running. Kaede’s back is visible in front of me. A light truck is also reflected in the corner of her view. Kaede jumping out onto the road. I reached out for Kaede.
When the scene changed again, I returned to the front door of my original house.
Take your smartphone out of your pocket and display the lock screen. It was 8:12. If you run to the place you just saw, you will be in time. I haven’t seen Kaede run over by a light truck. But if she doesn’t do anything, she can be run over.
Mid-July, the summer season. I ran while feeling the sweat flowing out of my body. Overtake other students who go to school.
When I was out of breath, I saw Kaede’s back in front of me. Kaede is walking around as you can see from behind her. She runs even faster. There was already a road in front of Kaede. I reached out to Kaede’s arm from behind and pulled her.
“It’s dangerous! You’re stupid!” Did she scare her? But I couldn’t help saying it.
A light truck passed by in front of me. This is the second time I have helped Kaede in this way.
“I’m sorry,” Kaede looked surprised and looked down at me.
Head to school with Kaede. On the way to school, I always decided to walk on the side of the road. Also, if I jump out on the road, I can’t stand it. I was worried and couldn’t help it.
“Hey,” Kaede walking next to me opened her mouth.
“Hmm?”
“That … I’m sorry”
“Okay. You apologized earlier, didn’t you?”
“Yeah, but today and before.”
“What happened before?”
“You shook your hand in the classroom the other day, didn’t you?”
“Oh, that’s because I was bad. Don’t worry.”
“Yes”
“Be careful, rather than that. I’ve been saying this since I was a kid.”
“I know”
“Did you not understand? I’m sorry, thank you. At times like this?”
“Yeah … I’m sorry … but thank you.”
I will arrive at school soon. You can also see the student guidance teacher standing in front of the school gate. It seems that the reason why he is so early is not only to keep an eye on the students who are late, but also to prevent crime. It’s bad for such a teacher, but it seems that Kaede and Kaede are disturbing the time they spend together.
If you invite me, I can only do it now. You won’t be punished for using what you helped a little.
“Then, thank you for going to see the fireworks with me next time.”
“e?”
“Thank you, so don’t decline.”
“OK,” Kaede said after a while.
It may have been a little forcible, but it can’t be helped. I made a guts pose inwardly and passed through the school gate.
July 24, the night three days before the fireworks festival.
I made a promise for the fireworks display, but when I was taking a bath, I remembered that I hadn’t decided on a meeting place. She got out of the bath and decided to call Kaede directly.
“Hello”
“Yes……”
“That’s right, you didn’t decide where to meet, right?”
“Ah … yeah” It was a reply that I just noticed. Kaede didn’t even think about meeting.
“Is it okay to stroke in front of the stone steps of the hill?”
“Yeah, that’s okay. You can see it in the wind and on the hill, right?” Kaede asked. She thought she had already decided where to look because she had seen it in precognition.
“Oh, that’s right. Let’s do that … See you again.”
“Wait. What do you do with your clothes? I’m a little lost.”
“Is it clothes … I want to see Kaede’s yukata?” Kaede wore a yukata even when she was 6 years old.
“Yukata is good. Then Ichinomiya-kun should wear a yukata. Then I’ll wear it.”
“Okay, then at 6:30 pm, in front of the stone steps of the hill. In a yukata.”
“Yeah … I’m looking forward to it. Yukata.” Kaede’s smiling voice was heard over the phone.
July 27, the day of the fireworks display.
I had some time before the meeting, but I had already changed into a yukata. She chose a black yukata. When I went to the living room while fanning my face with a fan, I found her father and mother.
“Oh, it looks good in a yukata. Are you going to fireworks?” My mother looked at me in the living room and said.
“Yes”
“with who?”
“Anyone is fine”
“girl?”
“Disagreeable”
“Well,” my father sent me a rescue boat.
“Don’t be late,” my mother didn’t ask.
After drinking cold barley tea, leave the living room and climb the stairs to return to your room. On the way, I was dizzy. It became dark in front of me for a moment, and my vision changed.
July 27th today. 6:35 pm. Otomi River. Fireworks display launch location. Fireworks masters are standing up. There is also Mr. Suzuki. A cylinder for launching fireworks is rolling on the ground. The out-of-place bad five-member group left with a laugh.
The next moment, consciousness returned to the stairs at home. I was so sweaty that I thought that all the barley tea I had just drank was sweaty.
The third prediction. Even fireworks do not go up. And I wasn’t there. I wish I had predicted that the fireworks display would stop being canceled. But he didn’t see it. However, the prediction that the fireworks display may be canceled. Prediction that the four-shoulder ball will rise and the fireworks display will be cancelled. Whichever becomes reality will change one’s prediction. Whichever you choose, I lose my ability to predict.
However, if the fireworks display is canceled, Kaede will lose her predictive ability.
When I return to the living room, I have a father. If you go to the main house, you will have a grandfather. The person you can talk to is nearby. You can talk about whether such prediction is possible and what to do. It may be possible to resolve the contradiction like the prediction of me and Kaede.
I-goed to the front door. Put on your clogs and jump out of the house.
It’s not the main building that I’m heading to. It is the place where fireworks of the Otomi River are launched. I don’t have time to consult. I can’t say that it’s lenient to resolve the contradiction. Jump on your bike and put all your strength into your legs. The time I saw on the clock at the entrance was 5:55 pm. The meeting with Kaede is at 6:30 pm. It takes about 20 minutes by bicycle from here to the launch site. 40 minutes round trip. It’s about 3 minutes walk from her home to the meeting place. If you go directly on your way home, you can go a little faster. Still, it may not be in time. Anyway, I will do my best.
The other day, I passed by the bulletin board where the leaflets were pasted. For some reason, there was no flyer for the fireworks display. Still, what should I think about now is which way to reach in the shortest time? The narrow road that I took when I pasted the leaflets was a shortcut.
As I passed through the narrow road, my view widened. The sky can be seen far away. The riverbed of the Otomi River is just a stone’s throw away. But I can’t go any further from here. There is a car stop fence and an off-limits sign. It is an off-limits area.
At the fireworks display, an exclusion zone is always set, but at the fireworks display on the Otomi River, which launches a four-shoulder ball that is out of the standard size, there is a wider restricted area than at the regular fireworks display.
Take out your smartphone from the yukata and check the time. 6:10 pm. Probably the one who worked hard.
In the past predictions, I could see my actions as predictions. But this time it’s different. Changing precognition means choosing the future for yourself. You cannot act as predicted. You have to decide for yourself what your goals are and how you will act towards them. Put your smartphone in the basket of your bicycle and turn back to find a way to get closer to the launch site.
When I turned the bicycle 180 degrees and tried to ride it again, I noticed that there was a group walking here from the front. Except for the first man, he looks younger than me. It’s like a bad five-member group. I was convinced that these were the ones I saw in precognition.
I stopped riding my bike and called out while pushing the bike.
“This seems to be off limits.”
“So?” Said the big man who was walking at the front, looking sharply at us.
“I told you so that you don’t have to come this far, right?” I replied.
Then the man who was walking at the front passed by me, slowly approaching me, deliberately hitting my shoulder. The other guys don’t bump into each other, but they pass by me following the lead guy.
I let go of my bike, turned around and grabbed the man’s shoulder. I heard the bicycle fall down. The voice of the cicada that I had heard all the time was cut off for a moment. And it starts to cry again.
“That’s why it’s off limits. Hey Tateishi, Mikami?”
There are two guys behind me who didn’t pass by me. He is a junior in the soccer club when he was in junior high school. Tateishi is taller than me and has a thin body line. He is a cheerful man and a mood maker among his juniors. Mikami is shorter than me and smaller than me. It doesn’t stand out, but it’s a type that works well with others and makes friends with anyone. I wonder if it was possible to connect with such a defect by that much.
We both know it well, and I can’t imagine selling a fight to me. Instead, I could imagine being surprised and terrified at my appearance behind me.
Looking back, the man’s face in front of me also became cloudy. If two out of five people know that my last name can be abandoned, it can’t be helped. Maybe he’s wondering if he’s sold a fight to a bad guy. And if two people are on my side, it’s 3 to 3.
“I won’t say bad things, so stop here.”
I tapped the man’s shoulder in front of me. He looked at his face and knew that his hand wouldn’t come out.
“It’s bad to stop suddenly,” I continued.
The man in front of me slowly turned back, this time without hitting my shoulder. It seems to be the best strength to be calm and not show the impatient part. The remaining two follow him. And Tateishi and Mikami bowed to me and then followed them.
Will this raise the fireworks? Wouldn’t they come back and go over here after I’m gone? I think, but there is no way and time to resolve that anxiety.
When I picked up the smartphone that had been thrown to the ground when the bicycle fell and checked the time, it was 6:14 pm. It’s just barely. When I put my smartphone in my yukata, I rebuilt my bicycle and jumped on it. Turn back the way you came. As I approached the first turn, I saw the five-member group walking to the right. While praying for you to return quietly, turn left and speed up. I’m out of breath. Instead of going home, go directly to the meeting place. Otherwise, Kaede will have to wait. That may affect precognition.
I can see the meeting place. Kaede doesn’t seem to have come yet. She was in time. I slowed down and got off the bicycle. The bicycle was parked in the shade of a tree a little away from the meeting place.
Return to the meeting place and adjust your breathing while fixing the disordered yukata.
I calmed down a little, and once I took a deep breath, I saw Kaede walking here and there with a small stride.
The moment I saw it, I fell in love with it.
“Wait?” Kaede said. Kaede wears a yukata with a number of vermilion goldfish drawn in indigo. Her hair was tied and she looked more sexy and mature than usual.
“No, I’m here now. Yukata is cute.”
“Isn’t that pretty?” Kaede turns her face red and says that.
“Let’s go,” I extended my hand in front of Kaede. Kaede extended her hand with a little embarrassment, so I took it at the end. Kaede’s hand was smaller than I expected. It’s like a girl’s hand.
When I first went to school as a group when I was in elementary school, when I started walking hand in hand with the girl next door, I was teased by senior students. It’s been the first time to hold her hand. She was still holding her hand with Kaede.
Two people go up the stone steps, which may have 100 steps, side by side. Looking at Kaede’s feet, she wore clogs like me. I slowed down a little. In addition to the sound of the two clogs, I could hear the heartbeat of my heart loudly. Apparently I’m nervous.
I started getting used to climbing the stone steps with clogs, and when I was able to gradually raise my line of sight from my feet, I noticed that the outdoor light on the right side of the stone steps was shining slightly. The stone outdoor light continued to the top and was very fantastic.
“It’s amazing here. It’s like this at night.”
“Yes”
This is a place I used to visit when I was a kid. When I recall the daytime scenery, it didn’t seem to resemble where I am now.
After walking for a few minutes, I reached the summit. The summit is an open area, and it seems that the lawn is laid. I found a fence ahead. The place I had foreseen was over there.
Their feet naturally headed to the front of the fence. As you get closer to the fence, the night view of the city spreads in front of you. It would be darker than usual, but on the day of the fireworks display, the streets are illuminated by the lights of the stalls and lanterns. It’s a special scenery only for this day.
“Beautiful” Kaede said in a breathless voice.
“Did you want to go to the food stalls?”
“Yeah. Fireworks are enough.” Still, Kaede’s profile seemed to make her eyes shine with curiosity.
Check the time on your smartphone. It was 6:58 pm. It will start in 2 minutes.
“It’s about to start”
After saying that, I suddenly became anxious. Will the fireworks display start first? And will the four-shoulder ball go up properly? Does Kaede really like me? Will Kaede confess to me? Can the contradiction be resolved? Will I really lose my predictive ability? I had a lot of anxiety.
Such anxiety was drowned out by the loud bang and light. There was one scale ball in the sky. It’s a signal that the fireworks display is about to begin. The fireworks display has begun properly. There was a mixture of unrealistic sensations that lost the sense of security and precognition. Still, the fireworks that were launched while making a banging noise were wonderful, and it didn’t matter now that I lost my predictive ability.
“Wow,” my voice leaked involuntarily. Was the fireworks so beautiful? I should have seen fireworks before, but it seemed to be more beautiful than any of them. Maybe I think so every time.
Turn to Kaede. What kind of face does she look at the fireworks? She thought so, but she was looking at me. The eyes met. Her face illuminated by fireworks looks sexy. But it’s not here that I confess. I turned to the fireworks again.
Fireworks launched from five places in a row illuminate the sky in various colors.
Fireworks like smile pictograms and green and red fireworks like watermelon cut in half. This is called a mold. Recently, there seems to be fireworks in the shape of characters.
A fireball heading to the sky is like a rocket aiming for space. While wondering when it will open, it goes up higher and higher. And it blooms big with a bang. The higher you go, the bigger the fireworks will bloom.
In the middle of the game, a lot of fireworks went up in a row so that the sound couldn’t stop. It’s Star Mine. Fireworks are launched one after another before the fireworks open. Fireworks continued to change color and shape in the sky. It was breathtakingly powerful.
Then, for about an hour and a half, we enjoyed the fireworks side by side. It’s about time for the four-shoulder ball to be launched. I swallowed my breath.
A loud noise is heard, and a small orange light rises toward the sky. Originally the last four-shoulder ball. But today should be different. The light that rose higher than any other fireworks blossomed in the sky.
Fireworks spread in front of you. Then, a number of orange light streaks slowly fall.
I heard Kaede’s voice next to me.
“Like”
Finally, the green light flashed and disappeared.
***
I was telling him I liked it. I ignored the prediction that he would confess, and just told him I liked it.
The four-shoulder ball I saw in precognition had already disappeared. The hills were struck by the wind, and there was a tranquility that would have been the case at night.
Prediction did not come true. Did the precognition change the moment I confessed that I liked it, or did it change earlier? I was never confessed to him. Instead, I was only able to tell that I just obediently liked it this time.
I thought it was humorous.
He may not like me as much as he confesses, because the prediction that he would confess to him did not come true, even though he was able to be honest. If so, I’ll be fluttering after this. I squeezed the purse I had in my hand and suppressed my desire to escape.
***
I heard Kaede’s voice next to me. The same “like” voice as foreknowledge. She was confessed to Kaede. Sight has become a reality. She was more than happy to say she liked her, rather than her joy when precognition became a reality.
All that remains is to make Kaede’s prediction a reality. Stare at the sky. ask. Go up. Until last year, this is the end of the fireworks display. But this year is different. Another one should come up.
There is a gap from the first four-shoulder ball. You can see that my heart is beating hard and fast.
At that time, there was a sound in the distance. It’s the sound of a four-shoulder ball launching.
I turn to Kaede. Kaede made her body tense and was down.
There was a bang. It’s the sound of the second four-shoulder ball opening in the sky.
Kaede was surprised and turned her face toward the fireworks. I also glance at the fireworks. It is the pink color seen in Kaede’s precognition that shines brilliantly in the orange light streaks.
Look back toward Kaede again.
And said.
“I love you”
Kaede turned to me. She has a surprised expression. She doesn’t seem to swallow the situation.
So I said it again.
“I also like Kaede. Will you go out with me?”
I decided that it was me who applied for dating because I had Kaede confess first.
“Yes,” Kaede said, almost crying.
I started to hear the sound of insects nearby. It seemed to tell me that the fireworks were over.
