[Oh if only he realized how fickle young love could be? That her and Hero both refused to acknowledge each other’s faults, instead constantly seeing and idolizing each other without even realizing it? And yet… in terms of her death… How could she know? It had happened all so suddenly, so… painless… But Mari didn’t realize any of that.

She froze, and then flinched but couldn’t pull away. She was forced to confront the simple fact and yet…]

T-that’s not very funny… four years? Are you kidding me? Why would you say that…?

[She had just seen them all a few hours prior, with everyone agreeing to meet up after the final practice… for what she couldn’t recall… Surely there had to be some other reason?]