Three Days of Happiness

45
stuff?”, I asked.
Miyagi didn’t answer that question. Instead, she told me this.
“...About Ms. Himeno. Circumstances led her to give birth to a child
at seventeen. She then dropped out of high school and married at
eighteen, but divorced a year later. At twenty, she’s currently
raising a child on her own. In two years time, she will jump to her
death, leaving a pitiful suicide note. ...If you go to meet her now, no
good will come of it. After all, Ms. Himeno scarcely remembers you
at all. That includes, of course, the promise you made at ten.”
I had trouble dislodging my voice from my throat. I felt like the air
instantly left my lungs.
“...You know that much about me?”, I finally breathed out, trying to
hide how shaken I was. “From the way you’re talking... do you know
everything that’s going to happen?”
Miyagi blinked a few times, then shook her head.
“All I know are the possibilities of what may happen in and around
your life, Mr. Kusunoki. Of course, it’s all meaningless information
at this point, as your future changed drastically when you sold your
lifespan. What’s more, even those mere future possibilities I know
are only the most important events.”
Still looking into her notebook, Miyagi slowly raised her right hand
and tucked her hair behind her ear.
“Ms. Himeno seemed a very significant person in your life, Mr.
Kusunoki. Your life’s “summary” was simply filled with her.”
“That’s only relatively speaking,” I denied. “Like, it’s just that
everything else barely matters to me, right?”