I left the school after talking to Shirasawa. There’s nothing left to do now since I already told my intention to her. This must be cleared between me and her, about my true relationship with senior Sakagami and my true feelihngs.

“I don’t care if that girl hates me; what matters to me now is to make Senior Sakagami and Yukiyama going out.”

I mumbled while walking. This is a novel; a world where my fanboy image to make the two heroines fall in love with each other. Yes, and I should revamp the settings of the fiasco styled scenes.

Because of me triggering the flag where Kagome should be the one rescuing Kei from distress; confronting other events raised where she should be the one who is the real image of the story.

Now, how should I do it? Suddenly, my phone rings. Picking it from my pocket, I saw Kei’s message.

『 ”Kira?” 』

『 ”Hey….” 』

『 ”Still at school?” 』 that message she asked made my heart skipped a beat. What? Why does she needs to know about it?

『 ”I want to go home together with you today….” 』 popping another line of message, Kei conveyed her true intention. Ah, right…. she asked me that we go home together, the three of us…

“Oh yeah, I remember it, but…. this time, my plan to make you two gets closer should be the thing I must worried out. I mean…”

The two of them should gradually become closer. Kei is Kagome’s partner and that’s how it should be. This is a girl’s love story, and it’s all about them. I can’t be the third wheel, and Kagome entrusted me to my intentions.

『 ”Oh yeah, but my mom asked me to do an errand today so I can’t go home with you. Sorry, senior.” 』

I lied to her. To be honest, I am thinking I shouldn’t be involved with her. Misunderstandings keep piling; Kagome’s trust to my plan for them to be a couple shouldn’t shattered.

I can’t attain to make my plans fail any further. This is it. I’ve reached the point where I should make this right.

“Right, since I am the one who supposedly didn’t exist in this story, I must make this right.” I utter to myself. This time, the feelings Kei has for me should divert to Kagome, no matter what happens.

Arriving at the train station, a glimpse of something caught my attention. A bookstore just recently opened. Noticing the sign, there are new arrivals of books inside.

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“It’s been a while since I read one, I should buy something.” getting inside the bookstore, a salesclerk greets me. Looking around, every books are all new and seemed to just got in the publishing factories.

At the centerpoint of the place are compilations of books that still has plastic cover. “Oh, it’s the…”

When I saw the title, “The Two After School”, my hands suddenly trembled. What? What’s this? It’s the same cover I saw from the book I bought in my previous life.

All the stocks compiled together, giving the vibe of the story like in this world. There’s also an open one, a sample to get skimmed by the buyer if they want to purchase the book.

I picked it and start skimming, but the remaining pages becomes blank. Why…? How is this happened? “Ahm, mister customer?”

Behind me is a voice suddenly talks. I got jolted and turns to look at the one calling to me. A man, preferably in his early 30’s, approached me with a smile on his lips. He shows sturdy body and a good nature expression on his face.

“Ah, hello…” I greeted and put the book down.

“Don’t you want to purchase it?” the man asked. What? What’s with him if I do or don’t purchase the book?

I just bow slightly and passed over him, when he continues. “Don’t you want to revamp the story?”

A word filled my ear, conveyed with chilly feeling. What’s he talking about? Facing him, I opened my mouth, but before stating my words, he proceeds.

“This is your story now, kid. Your world. The world where you coexists with the characters written on this story.”

Huh? What’s this man saying? He turns to me and smiles. “Don’t feel wrong about making someone happy with your presence. That someone really is the one who will make your mundane and tedious life more colorful.”

“But I…”

I trailed the words to say next but there’s none. “The world where your ideals clashes is in the past; you are now the one who can proceed to the story of the novel you’re holding. Let your true feelings written on the blank sheets of the book.”

I can’t. I can’t tell what my story is all about. This isn’t mine to begin with. This world isn’t mine to exist in the first place. I am someone belong from the other world. Why should I need to impose to exist in this fictional world?

“You are the one whose written on the book. Let your tale be known to everyone.”

That then, the man standing in front of me suddenly vanished, like a mirage. I also caught myself holding the book on my hands. It’s the covered in plastic, and I just purchased it along with the book cover.

***

Arriving at the house, I quickly turn to my room and place the things on the floor. Today really is something. I can’t imagine that eveything I’ve planned out turns a failure.

But right now, I intend to make things right. The book I purchased has blank pages. It’s a semi-thick one, but how does the publishing factory manages to publish a blank book? Also, that guy…. the one who talked to about the story.

“It’s all about me now,” I mumbled.

Why does this needs to involve with me? I am just a reader, and now happens to be the writer. Wait…

If that guy tells that I can make the story, does that mean….?

I get the purchased book and quickly opens it. In a quick skim, I notice that everything’s the same like the sample at the bookstore awhile ago. Everything’s blank, and from there….I noticed that every details happened to me today suddenly appears on the blank pages.

“What...what the fuck?!”

I threw out the book on the floor out of surprise. It is all in complete detailed now. The things happened just today written on the book.

“I can’t read this. This must be cursed!”

Oh my… what’s happening right now? Is this even real? I think this is a sorcery world! There’s no way this will happen! No way! This is just but a dream. I should not think about this much at all.

First, I died in my world and got reincarnated in this story. This is just a delusion. I might be dreaming right now. Right, I shouldn’t make fuzz much about this. Right, there’s nothing to worried about.

Tomorrow morning, everything will going to be fine. Tomorrow morning, I will be back to my old self. And tomrrow morning, I will start a new chapter with my life as Kira Miyamoto.