I walked out of Johnny-san’s office. My eyes were lightly swollen. I decided to get some fresh air on the roof.
I saw no one standing on the roof and there was a bench. As I walked towards the bench, I saw a pot of flowers on a piece of stone. I picked up the small pot. I looked at it and noticed there was some initials on the pot.
“I.N & N.K” I smiled. It was Naoko and Nino’s special pot together. It was a pot of yellow tulips. I giggled. The yellow tulips blossomed and there was three of them. I placed it back on the piece of stone and I heard someone shouting.
“Naoko!” I tossed my back behind me and I saw Nino running towards me. “I told you they would blossom..” Nino smiled and touched one of the yellow tulips.
“Ninomiya-san… I have to tell you something.” I fixed my gaze at him. He giggled and said. “What’s wrong? You usually don’t address me as Ninomiya-san.. It makes me feel old.” He smiled and I started to frown.
“I’m not actually…Naoko.” I looked away. I placed my hand on my elbow and looked down at the floor. He placed his hand on one of my shoulders. I pushed it away and looked up.
“I’m Naoko’s twin sister, Hikari. Naoko died from a brain operation last week. She wanted me to give you this.” I grabbed the letter from Naoko and handed it to him. He looked surprised. He blinked his eyes and his mouth was hanging open.
I started to walk away from him. He grabbed my hand. “Aren’t you Naoko, my girlfriend?” Nino looked confused. I shook my head and pulled my hand off from his grip. “Can't you see my face is totally different from Naoko's?" He shook his head and looked dumbfounded. I sighed and said. "If you don’t believe me then follow me.”
~*~
Nino and I got out from the taxi and we were standing in front of a graveyard. His happy face turned into a frown. I walked towards Naoko’s gravestone and pointed to it. He finally realized that she passed away.
I walked away, leaving him with Naoko. My vacation in Tokyo had ended, now it’s time for me to return home and face my own reality. The reality that was for me.
I took a taxi to Naoko’s apartment. I found some boxes and packed up her stuff. I finished packing up her stuff and placed the boxes in the living room. Everything was gone. Her clothes, books, papers, music and much more was all packed. All I had to do is to send it to my place.
I took all the boxes to a moving company. I had asked them to send it to my house. By the time I arrived home, the boxes would be in front of my door. I paid and went back to Naoko’s apartment complex.
I grabbed my stuff from her room and I took a minute to look at her room. I closed my eyes and imagined how busy she would be in her apartment. Work, love life and her daily life all happened in this apartment. I opened my eyes and smiled.
“I’m leaving now. Sayonara.” I said to the apartment. I took the elevator down to the front desk. I didn’t see the old lady. I guess she was busy. I wrote a note and placed the key on the counter. I left and I went to the airport.
Soon, I was going to leave and wouldn’t be able to see everyone again.
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