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Ash gray hair, with piercing golden eyes and long slender fingers. I watched the boy silently in the autumn leaves as he played with a little kitten, then shifted his gaze to lock with my purple eyes.

"Who are you?" I asked as the boy stared before shaking his head no.

"It's not time for you to know who I am or why you're here yet." I felt my blush forming as I listened to his voice.

"Then why can I talk to you this time?" I questioned as he pulled his gaze from me and watched the leaves fall.

"What happens to leaves in autumn?" He asked me as I looked at the leaves with him.

"They fall off of their trees and dance around in the air before landing softly on the ground." I stated, confident with my answer.

"Correct. And what's the connection between humans and leaves?" I thought about it but came up with nothing.

"I don't know..." I whispered loud enough that he could hear. The boy turned back to me again and softly smiled.

"Humans lives are like leaves. They grow, only to die, then their next generation steps in for them." I nodded in understanding.

"Then why are you telling me this?" I watched as he laid down on the leaves and closed his eyes.

"I feel like my time here with you might come to an end sooner rather than later." I felt my words choke in my throat.

"Y-You don't mean-n..." I felt my tears falling as he opened his eyes and smiled at me again.

"Yes, I will die, so do not cry for me and please forget about me and this dream so you can move on." He got up and patted my head as I struggled to look through my tears.

"T-Then at l-least tell me y-your name!" I cried out as he was shocked a little from my outburst.

The mysterious boy bent down next to my ear and whispered, "fine, my name is —" I closed my eyes, letting the leaves fall around me like a symphony.

I woke up, looking around my room before clutching my sheets and letting the tears fall. "I can't just forget about you like that!"

After crying for a few minutes, I got up and decided to get ready before my friends get here. I turned on the shower and stepped in, letting the water droplets soothe my pain. After getting out of the shower and putting on a striped shirt with overalls, I heard a door open and slam with two voices yelling.

"(Y/n)-chan!" I recognized the voice immediately as the two voices barged into my room. "Ready?"

"Hey Yuki-chan and Chu-chan." I greeted still brushing my hair out and leaving it. "Yep, I'm ready."

I got up from my chair and did a group hug with them as we stepped outside of my house. We went to a cafe and talked, as I thought about the dream most of the time. We walked out of the cafe as I bumped into someone.

"Oh, sorry." I mumbled before hearing the voice that changed everything.

"It's fine Ms. (L/n)-san." I stopped in my tracks and looked up to see ash grey hair and piercing golden eyes. Before he walked away, I grabbed his shirt, making him turn around and look at me.

"What's your name?" He looked at me before smiling, hearing the autumn leaves blow away, starting the cycle again.

"Ichiya Takishi."