Ishitsumugi no Shou 13-3N

For my entire life - 3

[Hinata's room]

Wak: Your fault? Why do you think so?

SON: Actually... A while back, I talked to Hina-tan. About what would happen after our fight in this world was over.

Wak: And...?

SON: About what would happen after we fulfilled our duty and returned back to our original worlds...

SON: And my guess is...

Wak: Guess? What's going to happen to us?

SON: This is just a maybe, but... Everything we gained here will disappear, like it never existed.

SON: Things... Memories... We might quite literally return as we were, losing everything in the process.

Wak: Wha-? I... see...

SON: And then Hina-tan said it would all be fine. That Heroes are strong, and even if we lost our memories...

SON: The memories carved into our hearts would stay and become our strength... She said that, smiling.

SON: But maybe that was only because I was about to start crying... If Hina-tan was scared too, then I...

Wak: Sonoko.

SON: Eh?

Wak: You're about to start crying right now, too. Were you shouldering that burden all by yourself? You poor thing...

SON: Waka-cha... *sob*

Wak: There, there. It's alright now. What to feel and how to act upon hearing that is for Hinata herself to decide.

Wak: It's no responsibility of yours. It's not your fault.

SON: *sob* B-But...

Hin: Wakaba-chan is right...

SON: Hina-tan!

Wak: You're awake!

Hin: Yeah... The medicine seems to be working... I'm sorry for causing so much trouble...

SON: *sob* Hina-tan... Hina-tan! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

Hin: Don't apologise... I'm fine...

Wak: Hinata... Were you trying to plead with Shinju directly?

Hin: And I failed...

Wak: I see...

Hin: I'm sorry... Sonoko-san. In truth, I was scared of it... Of everything becoming void.

Hin: You Heroes put your life on the line fighting, so I wanted to... leave you at least a fragment of your memories...

Hin: And so I selfishly begged Shinju-sama... But it seems that was too insolent of me.

Wak: So you proposed Shinju to leave us our memories and provoked its anger, then...

Hin: After responding to the call and fighting for our dear lives... Losing everything would be just... too much...

Wak: ...Don't you dare to do things like that on your own.

SON: Waka-chan!

Hin: My apologies...

SON: Waka-chan, that's so cruel! Hina-tan was thinking of us Heroes, of everyone!

Wak: ...Hinata, did you think that I or anybody else would be happy to see you go through this?

Hin: Wakaba-chan...