Thursday, October 13, 2011

5 Centimeters Per Second


They say it's 5 centimeters per second. . . The speed at which cherry blossom petals fall.

Every minute felt like an eternity time, clearly as if it had malicious intent, slowly ebbing away from me. I clenched my teeth, and keeping myself from crying was the only thing I could do.

The things I had to tell her, the things I hoped she would listen to. . . There were so many of them

Tohno-Kun has always. . . been looking at something far beyond, far higher than me.

I could never give Tohno-kun that which he desires.  Even so, I'm sure that even when tomorrow comes, or the day after, or thereafter, I will still be helplessly in love with him.

It must really be a lonelier journey than anyone could imagine. Cutting through absolute darkness, encountering nothing but the occasional hydrogen atom. Flying blindly into the abyss, believing therein lie the answers to the mysteries of the universe.

Yesterday, I had a dream. . . A dream I have had since long ago. In that dream, we had yet to turn 13. We were in a vast countryside, completely covered with snow. The lights of the houses extended far into the distance, a dazzling sight. We walked on the thick caprpet of fresh snow, but did not leave any footprints. And like that, "Someday we will be able to watch the cherry blossoms together again".

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