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"Mafuyu! Do you want to go to the park?" Mafuyu's mother is getting her winter coat for her as the young purple haired girl happily stands at her mother's legs. “I wanna go, mommy!”
The little girl had the coat handed to her, a simple navy blue coat which was a gift from her dad. “Alright then, as soon as you put on your coat, we'll go to the park”
It was chilly outside, Mafuyu's cheeks were slowly turning red from the cold, even with the white scarf wrapped around her neck. Her little hands covered with soft gloves, perfect for keeping warm. She's holding her mom's hand, while they walk to the park. Leaves had started to fall already, but there was no snow yet.
When Mafuyu had reached the park, her mom had let her hand go. The older woman made her way to a wooden bench that had clear signs of use. “Okay, Mafuyu. Mommy's going to sit here, okay? You can go play, but you must be careful. Don't you go out of mommy's sight, got it?” Mafuyu stood infront of her mom that had sat down on a wooden bench. “Okay, mommy!”
Mafuyu excitedly walked towards the swing, sitting on the plastic seat. Her hands held on to the cool steel chains as she kicked off the floor to boost her in to the air. It was nice, and she liked it. Staring in to the sky as she swung back and forth, it felt like a dream. When the momentum on the swing begins to slow down and Mafuyu prepares to boost herself off again, she sees a girl with snow-white hair sit on the swing next to hers. The girl seemed to notice her too, and even gave her a little wave, which she returned.
The two were sat on the swing set, going back and forth as they played silently. Mafuyu was curious about her, she wants to know more about this girl. When her swing loses momentum and comes to a slow again, instead of pushing it off once more, she stops and gets off. Now, the purple haired girl stands infront of her swing and looks at the snow haired girl who was still swinging back and forth.
“What's your name?”
“M-My name..? My name is Yoisaki Kanade.”
“Great! My name is Asahina Mafuyu.”
“That's a nice name”
“Let's play together!”
Mafuyu holds on to Kanade's tiny hand, bringing the girl along to the slides as they walk up the stairs together. She lets Kanade go down first, but she's too scared to. So, Mafuyu goes down the slide to show that there's nothing to be scared of, and Kanade follows suite.
“Mafuyu-chan, let's go again!”
“Okay, let's go!”
...
“K?.. Kanade, are you there?”
The sound of the air conditioner buzzing was interrupted by Yuki's voice. Kanade instantly snaps to attention. She was zoning out again, wasn't she? This time, the memory felt a little weird. It was almost like she had dreamed about it instead.
“Sorry, Yuki. I was just thinking of something.”
Was it alright to share her thought with Mafuyu? She wouldn't think that it was weird, right? After all, they could both share the same memory too. It was now 3:09am, and she had originally started her call with Mafuyu at 1.
“Maybe you should get some rest, Kanade. You've been working so much on the new song.”
“Mafuyu, can I ask a question?”
She's really gonna ask it. It's now or never, isn't it? If Kanade doesn't ask it now, she might even forget about this. As much as she'd deny it, she's curious about it too.
“Sure, Kanade. Go ahead.”
...
“You live in ***, right?.. By any chance, are you familiar with the playground at ***?”
Mafuyu goes quiet, maybe she's thinking too. She could be trying to recall back something.
“I do, I went there as a child with my mom. I've heard that it's abandoned now.”
Abandoned? That's.. saddening. Kanade used to go there all the time with her mom whenever she'd started to get bored at home and her dad was working again. The moved out however, and Kanade never got to that playground again.
“That's awfully sad..”
“Why do you ask?”
“.. Nothing. I was just thinking of it. I'll be logging off now. Thank you for accompanying me, Mafuyu...”
“It's no problem.”
When Kanade clicks off the voice call, she shuts her PC off immediately. She lays in her bed, feeling some sort of feeling in her heart. It tingled and sparked like fireworks, making her chest tighten. What exactly was this feeling..?
Is this what Mafuyu feels when she hears her songs?
The warm feeling..
...
Kanade wants to save Mafuyu, but selfishly along the way, maybe she'd have saved herself too.