It had been three months since the Kokuyoku event.
Risa was now fifteen years old, but she still often wandered outside at night, desperately trying to remember that memory.
No…
Was it a dream?
A dream that felt so real?
She didn't know anymore.
There, she met him. That light blue-haired boy.
He wasn't wearing his glasses, and he stood quietly beneath a street lamp.
Risa stopped for a moment. Just as she decided to turn back, he called out to her.
“Did I disturb your night walk, Harada?”
Risa flinched and slowly turned toward him.
“Hi-Hiwatari-kun…”
Silence settled between them.
After the Kokuyoku event, they'd grown much closer. At least, compared to before. But there was still a wall between them—or perhaps, that was just how Risa felt.
She still didn't understand why he had hugged her that night.
And somehow, whenever she thought about it, she couldn't shake the feeling that his warmth had felt strangely familiar.
Hiwatari remained calm, not a single expression changing on his face. Then he sighed.
“You should go back. It's late, and it's not good for a girl to walk around at night. I'll escort you home.”
“Say, Hiwatari-kun… how's your arm?”
He walked a little closer before stopping. For a few seconds, he looked surprised and averted his eyes.
“Yeah… it's already healed.”
That's not what she meant.
Not physically.
The wound on his arm had healed long ago.
But what about everything else?
“Now that I think about it, you still never told me about your family business.”
Her voice grew stronger, pushing against the walls between them without giving him the chance to hide behind them.
“Harada, I—”
“Hiwatari-kun. What do you know? About that night?”
Again, she didn't let him finish.
She was afraid he would give her some ordinary answer.
Something like his father being in the police department.
It wasn't a dream, right?
“Harada…”
His voice sounded almost pained.
He's changed so much over these past three months.
She guessed Niwa-kun and Saehara had a lot to do with it. And somehow, she had gotten to witness those changes too.
The old Hiwatari-kun would've simply ignored her.
“Harada, are you still—”
He tried to reach for her arm, but she stepped back.
“Yes! I still have nightmares! I can't sleep! It keeps bothering me! Tell me, Hiwatari-kun, was it really just a dream?”
He finally looked at her.
At first, he seemed surprised.
Then his expression changed.
He looked so hurt.
He grabbed her hand. His grip was firm at first, but gradually softened.
“Harada, please…”
His left hand reached toward her face, and very slowly, he touched her now wet cheek.
“I don't want to see you cry.”
Again.
Those words.
He said the same thing that night, didn't he?
“It feels like I'm looking for something… someone. But I've never been able to remember his face, his voice, or even his touch…”
Tears finally spilled down her cheeks.
He gently pulled her against him and wrapped his arms around her.
This warmth…
Why did it feel so familiar?
“…Hiwatari-kun, please… tell me.”
She tightened her grip on his shirt.
“Was it a dream?”
His arms around her tightened in response.
She could tell he was fighting something within himself.
His thoughts seemed to be racing, searching for words that could comfort her. But for a long while, he said nothing.
Eventually, she calmed down, and he slowly released her.
His shirt was damp with her tears, though he didn't seem to notice.
“I'll help you remember it.”
Risa blinked.
“I'll help you try and remember it.” His voice was quiet. Almost hesitant. As though he wasn't entirely sure himself.
“But…”
He paused. Then, very gently—
“I don't want to see you cry anymore.”
For a moment, Risa could only stare at him. Under the dim light of the street lamp, Hiwatari-kun looked away.
“…Let's go home.”
And just like that, he started walking.
As though he hadn't just said something that made her chest ache.
Risa walked to his side, and they made their way to her home in silence.
Reading return to beyond memories and I love how sweet they've been to eachother but I'm *terrified* that Ido is gunna become awful let my boy Sejin have his peace and family pleaseeee
i shouldn´t have started this yaoi (beyond memories) yesterday fuck...
33 chapters and it´s still ongoing and for me it´s one of the most interesting yaois i´ve read. not because the plot is outstanding, it´s omega and alpha (don´t judge me) but it has consent. DO YOU BELIEVE IT?
they ask for a kiss, and they accept a no. holy hell... i´m so shocked and it´s so sad that this is a criterium for a good yaoi lol. XD
Mary Robinson has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease for over seven years. Her husband, Robbie, was a musician who moved to UK from Jamaica some years ago. He and his grandson Ryan, a rapper and a lyricist from South London who performs as Ragz-CV, were inspired to collaborate on an EP from which 50% of all profits are donated to the Alzheimer's Society to help other families who are in a similar predicament. Mary's memories maybe fading away but what she receives from her family is proof of a deeper connection beyond those memories.
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In the UK, more than 500,000 people are living with Alzheimer's Disease. Their families are facing the reality that this non-curable disease is slowly taking away someone who is closest to them. In this grievous situation, most families have little idea what to do. This film bases itself around one such family who are facing this situation and follows them over the course of several months. It shows how this family copes with the difficult situation they find themselves in and how they pull together in love and support for each other. The aim of the film is to start a dialogue around circumstances that increasing numbers of families are finding themselves in.
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