~A Void~

?Chapter 35?

"Hm? What are you doing here? Hiromi isn't here." Y/n said.

"Yeah, I know that. I'm here for you." Shinichiro smiled.

Y/n blinked in surprise before backing away and hiding behind a tree, making the boy look at her in confusion.

"Don't tell me you're going to get rid of me because you're tired of me insulting you...! Please no! I'm sorry! Go get help, Cat!" Y/n exclaimed as she clung to the bark.

"What made you think I was gonna do that?!" Shinichiro gawked.

"You looked so serious when you approached me! I figured that you were mad!" Y/n argued.

"I'm not here for that. I'm here to give you something." Shinichiro sweatdropped as he sat on the steps by the front door of the house.

Y/n squinted her eyes at him before begrudgingly approaching him with a curious expression.

"What is it? I thought that if you'd give anyone a gift, it'd be Hiromi." Y/n said.

"Well, lucky for you, it's not. Here." Shinichiro said, pulling out a packaged item from his bag.

Y/n took it and tore the plastic open before her expression brightened. Shinichiro chuckled as she lifted it to the sky, staring at it in amazement.

"A Tamagotchi?! Thank you, Shinichiro!" Y/n exclaimed.

"Heh, it's no problem. Well, I gotta go. I have something to give to Manjiro and Emma too." Shinichiro stood, dusting his pants.

"Okay! Thanks again! Bye-bye!" Y/n waved as the boy walked down the street.

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Y/n stared at the device in her hands with wide eyes, both shocked and confused. Hiromi entered the room and saw her expression so she asked,

"What is it, Y/n? Did something happen?"

"Paws...What happened to him? I was taking care of him and he died?" Y/n stared at the mini screen.

"Oh..." Hiromi realized.

"Well, sometimes people or living beings die, even with no explanation. Other times it's because they just couldn't keep living, whether it be because of themselves or whatever happened around them." She told the younger girl.

"Like gramps?" Y/n asked.

"Yeah. And that was his own fault. His own decisions of wanting power killed him. It's gonna happen to us soon if mom and dad do the same. We're all gonna die." Hiromi's expression went blank.

"Huh?" Y/n stared at her in surprise.

It wasn't everyday that the smiling and loving girl you knew wore such an expression while saying weird and eery words.

"No need to worry. You can restart the device and take care of your new buddy." Hiromi smiled as she got up and walked out of the room.

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One moment, Y/n was at the Sano's house while running around with Senju, Mikey, Haruchiyo, and Baji. The next...

...she stood in a hospital. Tears streamed down her face as she stared through the glass panel at someone who layed unconscious in bed. Then, the sound of footsteps approached the weeping group, but she didn't bother looking.

"What actually happened?" The voice of Shinichiro entered her ears.

"We were playing with Mikey's Concorde plastic model..." Baji replied, choking out a gasp.

"Mikey said "I won't lend it to you guys! It took me a whole month to build this precious thing"...As he said "I am the supersonic Concorde", he fled to the 2nd floor and that's when he tripped and fell down the stairs...And then I heard a huge bonk sound!" Haruchiyo hiccupped.