Bittersweet

A fanfiction by Famke Penelope.

Context:

Picture it, 2014.

A year 7 girl, with way too much time on her hands. Appalling grammar in tow, but with decent ideas, she begins to type furiously her fantasy as to what happened once the characters had left Heavenly Host. She wouldn't have believed the extremities that were a result of this little fanfiction.

Hi, everyone, and welcome to 'Bittersweet'. It takes place immediately after their escape. This fanfiction details events, relationships, and their lives, following the traumatic event. Please excuse the grammar and spelling mistakes, I was 13 when I wrote this, and although very proud of its #1 status (OMG) I am not proud of the mistakes I made! I hope you enjoy it regardless, all these years later.

Enjoy,

P

Hello and welcome to bittersweet, my first fanfic.

It had been two weeks since they had escaped, and the happiness of surviving had been replace by shock and mourning. It was bittersweet. No one but those 5 who had been trapped alongside them could remember those who had fallen into the deadly depths of Heavenly Host. Each one of them had recovered from the horrific event differently, though for everyone it was extremely hard, as well as horribly challenging. Reality had smothered them, making them question their own sanity every day. There were times when they were happy to be home, and what came with that was the obvious depression of their missing friends.

Seiko's good humor...

Mayu's smile...

Ms Yui's gentle manner...

Morishige's smart air...

They were wiped out from the world forever. Ayumi Shinozaki was one in the lucky 5 that had escaped from the disastrous hell hole. She couldn't understand how no one could remember them, for they had been in that school, laughing, with them earlier... And now they were gone. Forgotten. Just like that. And she still didn't know why.

"Shinozaki...?" called a familiar voice, ringing around Ayumi's ears as she thought. "Earth to Ayumi!" It was Kishinuma, the boy who had accompanied her through out her entire time at Heavenly Host. He had always been there for her, even saved her a few times back there on multiple occasions, she definitely couldn't of escaped without his constant aid. To Ayumi, He was a good friend.

"Kishinuma!" she replied, snapping out of her contemplation. "Im sorry i was just thinking about..." her voice broke off as Yoshiki met her sad eyes with an equally as solemn expression. It was still a fragile subject amongst her friends, who were still very much traumatized by the whole event, so generally they ceased to even mention it.

Yoshiki lent on the balcony beside her, looking over the playing fields. He looked wistfully at his smaller friend, and wondered what she was thinking about. Ever since they had arrived back at their school, Ayumi would often drift away, lost and surrounded in her muddled thoughts. He wished there was some way he could help her, but he wasn't good enough. Never good enough... That's something that was said to him often. First his parents, then his teachers, and even Ayumi had said it once in an argument they had had previously. They stood in silence, both lost in their thoughts, when a giddy Satoshi approached.

"GUYS!" he yelled, loudly "Its 10% off ALL crepes at the crepere today!"

As soon as he spoke, Ayumi woke from her daze and turned around. Yoshiki marveled at how quick she was to respond...to Satoshi. Naomi wasn't far behind, and was also excited for the discount, since they loved the crepere, and it had become a hit meeting point for the 4 friends recently. Satoshi would often outgoingly pay for Naomi's crepes, and last week Yoshiki had offered to buy Ayumi's hers, as a, you know friendly thing. She had let him buy it, but had never said thank you. That seemed to be their little thing, not thanking each other, since so much had happened between them... Yoshiki sighed.

"Hey, Kishinuma!" called Naomi, from the entrance way, "Are you coming?" Yoshiki had been so lost in his thoughts, that he hadn't noticed them almost leave without them.

"Wait up!" he exclaimed, running to catch up with the others. Ayumi was taking up so much of his thoughts recently. Why? Yoshiki shook his head dismissively and followed the others.

"Haha, not funny Mochida, give that back!" demanded Naomi, glaring at Satoshi, who was waving her crepe in the air "I actually want to eat it!"

Ayumi sighed to herself. She wished Satoshi looked at her the way he looked at Naomi, talked to her like he did to her. But it was hopeless. Satoshi clearly saw her as just a friend, nothing more, and that really bugged her. Suddenly, she felt really lonely and unwanted, like an outcast, like...Yoshiki. How must he feel compared to her? She had a nice family, at least, when he was a lone wolf, living on his own in an iscolated flat. She couldn't help feeling sorry for him. But he was free to do as he wished, which was something her current situation lacked. It was bittersweet.

"Shinozaki." Yoshiki approched her "You drift away so often, it worries me!" Kishinuma, worried about her. Of course he was, she reassured herself, any good friend would care for her. But how come he noticed, when Mochida and Nakashima failed to? She had felt so awful and insecure this morning, but as soon as she got to class she felt... so much different, was it his presence?

"I'm sorry, i didn't think you'd notice. Thanks for buying me a crepe." Yoshiki smiled at her warmly, and she returned it. She suddenly felt hot, and flushed. Her heart rate sped up just looking at him nowadays. It was crazy, she had only ever felt like this near Satoshi, and she never blushed at anyone. How annoying. Quickly she turned the corner and caught up with her other classmates. Satoshi had already dropped Naomi home, and his home wasn't much further away. She could see that he had bought an extra crepe for Yuka, his sister, who had unfortunatly joined them in their time at heavenly host. He obviously cared about her very much.

"Shinozaki," Satoshi started, breaking the silence between the three, "Do you remember when..."

They chatted all the way back to their homes, mostly about the precious times they had shared with Mayu, Seiko and the others. It was bittersweet.