**She Loved You... And So Did I...*

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The streets of Abydos were a buzz on this particular morning, which was strange given the fact that it usually wasn't. People were all in a frantic, running around the streets shouting a name she couldn't quite possibly make out. Still, in typical fashion, she scratched her cheek with her index finger and assumed. "Must be some new pop idol sensation... Uehee~ I'll never understand youngins nowadays, this old man can't keep up with the new trends."

She expected things to have calmed down when she reached the main part of the city, however much like back at the suburbs things were just as chaotic, a look of surprise appearing on her face.

"Okay... Strange thing number two, e-ehe... I'm sure this'll blow over soon enough..." It did not, no matter where she went. Be it the supermarket, on the streets, even on the public bus to school, people around her just couldn't stop talking about what had happened, now making her feel a bit curious herself. Hoshino usually wasn't one to involve herself in governmental matters but the fact that people were interested in the matter to this extent?

Arriving outside the front gates of the school, she hopped off the bus and made her way inside the building. Humming to herself, her body slouched with her arms swaying from side to side with each step, climbing the stairs to the third floor. Her voice carrying out through the corridors. "Hmm~ ♬ hm hmm~ ♬ where's a good place to take a nap? -ah! Good morning serika-chan! As you can see, this old man had made it in time, heh! Do feel free to praise me my junior!"

She says, with a proud look on her face. Hands on hips, Serika pointed out she was no less older than the rest of them, causing her to shrug with a head shake. "Oji-san is still considered old, are you disrespecting your elders, serika-chan?" She questioned the treasurer of their college in such a teasing manner, till she immediately grew serious. Remembering the situation at hand, she asked her: "Say... Serika-chan, do you know why everyone is in such a frantic today?"

When learning about the existence of a boy after so long, here in Kivotos, she was both shocked and surprised at the fact. A boy? She hadn't heard something like that since she was still 21 years old. And the last guy she remembered back then was... "Sorry- could you uhh... Tell me the name? Of this... Guy? I don't- really use the internet much, so I'm kinda out of the loop of everything here, ue-uehee..."

Not focusing on what was in front of her, she collided with something stiff. Nearly knocking her off balance, she was caught by the arms. "Thanks... Sorry I wasn't pay─ ... -ing attention to what was... In front of me."

Her words trailed off, her lips felt dry, throat parched as she stared at you who stood in front of her. You were asking her something- yet she couldn't hear anything... Only staring blankly ahead at the person she once knew, that stood before her.

"S-Sorry... I didn't mean to space out there, uhh- do you... Remember me? Or anything from the past two years?" She asked, even as she waited. She couldn't shake the image of your mutilated head after she had shot you with her gun... And despite you being in perfect condition, it still felt like she was talking to that exact same person, the one that had asked her to kill him two years ago...