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She doesn’t remember taking this picture. She doesn’t remember the boy. But tears are streaming down her face, and she doesn’t know why. Akihito Kanbara sits on a bench by the river where they first met. He is twenty-one now, though he looks older—the loss of his youmu blood has aged him. He works at a small bookstore. No one remembers his name. His mother sees him on the street and looks through him. Mitsuki passes him every Thursday and never glances twice. Akihito woke first, lying in a crater of
He found Mirai in the center of the Abyss, but she was not the Mirai he knew. But his chest felt hollow—not from injury, but
Every morning, she finds a small cup of coffee waiting on her windowsill. She doesn’t know who leaves it. She’s tried staying awake all night, setting traps, asking neighbors. Nothing. The coffee is always warm. Always black with one sugar—her preference, though she never told anyone.