Note: Story is narrated in Koremitsu’s first-person perspective.

That day, when I was flanked by Aoi and Shikibu, Hikaru floated around in the air, telling me while I was looking embarrassed and tense,

“I really envy you, to be flanked on both left and right. Is this not a happy end instead of bad luck?”

And so I glanced aside at him, telling him, “You’re annoying.”

There were a lot of weird things happening when Hikaru was with me. Every single time, he just started a lot of incidents, and I really can’t take it. It’s really enjoyable though.

When he was still on the Earth, I really had a happy time.

It’s really great to be able to meet Hikaru.

Now that Hikaru’s no longer around, I keep recalling the happiness I had back then.

He taught me a lot of things, and left a lot of things. f𝑟e𝒆𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗oѵ𝐞𝗹.c૦𝑚

And he kept repeating the words when he departed,

“Thank you. You are my hero.” 𝑓𝒓𝚎e𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯𝘰𝐯𝒆𝑙.c𝚘m

“Thank you I will always love all of you.”

I will never forget that my close friend once existed on this Earth.

“Thank you. Farewell.”