"happy birthday, ıllıllı!"

"waaah, thank you, shii-chan!"

they smile with warm faces, bright as the sun,

they shine the brightest.

"of course, ıllıllı! oh, and akira is here to greet you too!"

"......happy birthday." she blankly says, staring at blooming

pink carnation in the midst of the gloomy, empty basement

that was near a flower garden.

"...shino, what are we doing?" akira asked her, "you know that i

have to pick her up earlier, right?"

"akira." shino turned to him — showing a face he had never

seen before, he was confused, why is she greeting a carnation?

"what in the world is wrong with you?" shino glared at him, "why

are you doing this?" she says, akira couldn't understand anything

she implied.

the silence swallowed them. akira continued to stare at the pink

carnation that swayed by the wind.

"answer me." shino drags his attention back to reality.

"nothing's wrong with me, shino. i need to pick up—" akira cuts

himself off as he shudders from shino's next words that echoed

on his head.

"so that girl is more important than atsumi?"