Three Days of Happiness

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While I ran a bath, I drank beer while eating the fried chicken. By the time the cup ramen was ready, I was already pretty drunk. Alcohol really is comforting in times like these. As long as you know when to stop. I approached Miyagi writing in her notebook in the corner. “Want some?”, I invited. I didn’t care who it was, I just wanted to drink with someone. “That’s fine. I’m on duty.” Miyagi refused without even looking up. “I’ve been wondering, what’re you writing there?” “A record of actions. Yours.” “Ah. I’m drunk right now.” “Yes, I can see that.” Miyagi nodded begrudgingly. “Not only that, but I’m really wanting to drink with you.” “Yes, I heard,” Miyagi said with a sigh. 56
57 Chapter 5: Everything To Come I turned out the light and kept drinking. Thankfully, today I was able to get drunk in a more peaceful fashion. At times like these, the quickest way to get back on your feet is to not resist the flow of your emotions, but jump into a pool of your own despair and wallow in self-pity. My familiar apartment began to feel a bit different than usual. With the moonlight through the window coloring the room a deep blue, the night summer breeze blowing in, and the presence of Miyagi in the corner staring like a sentinel, it felt like a much more eerie place than before. I didn’t know my apartment had this side to it. I had a sense of being in the wing of a stage. Like as soon as I stepped away from here, it would be time for my performance. All of a sudden, I felt like I could do anything. It was nothing more than me temporarily forgetting my lack of talent in my drunkenness, but I mistook it for something inside me changing. I turned to Miyagi and proudly proclaimed: “In my last three months, with my 300,000 yen, I’m gonna change something!” With that, I finished off the last of the beer in the can and slammed it down on the table. Miyagi seemed unimpressed. Raising her gaze a few centimeters at best, she said “Ah,” and her eyes dropped back to her notebook. I paid it no mind and continued. “It’s not a helluva lot, but it’s my
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116 Miyagi looked stunned. “You c
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122 So it was a lucky thing that I
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128 something too...” Himeno coug
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132 People walking by looked at me
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138 years. Furthermore, the kindnes
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140 that?” “Yes. There was even
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142 head. When I got tired of origa
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160 Chapter 12: A Liar and a Little
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166 Back at the apartment, I took a
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180 hunger, my head cleared up; so
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184 Lastly, he said: “Hey, you th
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198 glasses, and they suit her real
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200 before I go home. ...Mr. Kusuno
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202 Ms. Miyagi is just a fabricatio
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204 After a few dozen minutes, as I
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210 “Don’t you want to be etern
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214 Chapter 15: The Gift of the Mag
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216 by a boy and girl in middle sch
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218 I turned toward it. I needed to
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222 Afterword They say that a fool
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