Reset My Favor and Live a Normal Youth Volume 2 Chapter 6 part 2

 
Tanaka grips my hand without asking why.
 
Somehow, that alone makes me feel stronger. So–
 
The unbearable pain rushing through my body doesn’t matter anymore. I won’t regret this anymore. For that–
 
I flipped the [switch] .
 
In that moment, intense emotions burn deep within my chest. My brain recognizes it as the heat of real flames. But this is just an illusion. The true heat of flames is not like this.
 
I stare at my phone with one hand.
 
Something is spilling from my eyes. Beyond the blurred vision–there is something I couldn’t [recognize] before.
 
Michiba’s message. The one I left unanswered.
 
My chest tightens. The fading emotions transform into a gentle wave.
 
[Toudou, you don’t need to reply. I’m sorry for everything. And thank you. Because of you, I’ve woken up. I hope you and Hanazono will be happy. Goodbye.]
 
For the first time, I can [recognize] the messages between Michiba and me.
 
“…Ugh.”
 
My instincts turn the raging emotions into a spear, not resetting, but stabbing into my own heart. The pain in my heart shatters like glass.
 
“…Hmm, I see. I’ll contact her later.”
 
“Toudou…, maybe we should rest a bit?”
 
“No, I’m fine.”
 
Tanaka continues to hold my hand worriedly. Seeing Tanaka like this, a sense of guilt spreads. It wasn’t just Michiba’s contact information that I couldn’t [recognize].
 
“Tanaka, this photo is… very beautiful.”
 
“Ah, the one I posted before! Hehe, you remembered even after a reset. Thank you…”
 
A photo of Tanaka and me smiling together. It was stuck on my phone. I [recognize] it for the first time now.

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In the afternoon, we’ll put on lab coats and tour the kitchen, then take a short break before heading back inside. I use the break time to carefully compose a message to Michiba.
 
[Michiba, it seems I couldn’t [recognize] your message. I’m sorry. Separately, I have a proposal. After the company visit, would you come to a café with Hanazono, Tanaka and me?]
 
Words are so difficult. A mistake can hurt someone. It took me a long time to write this short text.
 
Tanaka quietly stays by my side. That alone calms my heart. …My past self must have been the same way.
 
I recognized the photo, but it seems to have no memory for Tanaka. But there is definitely something that has changed within me.
 
It’s–
 
“Toudou, done? Hehe, I’m sure the reply will come soon! Everyone’s moved, so let’s go!”
 
“Yeah, now we just have to wait.”
 
It’s better not to overthink it. Even if I’ve lost some memories, I should just follow my instincts with this feeling right now.
 
We finish our break and head back inside.
 
The venue is holding a bridal fair today. Since it’s a weekday, there aren’t too many customers. The staff seem to have time to guide us around.
 
“–Normally, we hold bridal fairs on weekends. But we also open on weekdays for customers who can only come then. Please don’t make too much noise inside. Over there are the wedding cakes, and over there are the dress displays.–“
 
Following the staff’s instructions, we tour the venue in order.
 
Tanaka gets really excited looking at the wedding dresses.
 
“Toudou, this is incredible! Wow, the person wearing that dress is so amazingly beautiful… Is she a model? Huh? She seems to be looking at you intently.”
 
“Well, it’s true our eyes met. But she’s someone I don’t know. Besides, Tanaka is prettier, isn’t she?”
 
“Hey, that’s going too far…”
 
“No, it’s the truth.”
 
The model was gazing at me. She’s a stranger, but I noticed that for a moment, she had a startled expression on her face when our eyes met.
 
Now she seems to have completely suppressed her emotions, perhaps focused on her work. Is she staff or something? To be able to hide her feelings so perfectly like that – no, it must just be a skill of the modeling profession.
 
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“Still, that dress looks very flowy and difficult to move in.”
 
“Geez, Toudou just doesn’t understand the romance of women! That dress is worn on a very important day, when making a lifelong promise to a precious person.”
 
“…A lifelong promise. That does sound like a heavy thing.”
 
“That’s not it at all! It’s a wonderful thing. You know what a wedding is, right?”
 
“Ah, I have a general idea. Staying together forever with an important person. …My parents weren’t like that, so I don’t really understand it.”
 
“I see, well Toudou, you’ll get to experience the happiness of marriage in the future. It’s a promise, for sure!”
 
The person who’s always by my side…
 
In my imagination, it was Hanazono and Tanaka. Just thinking about that made my body temperature rise. I’m probably blushing. I felt a sense of embarrassment, for some reason.
 
“W-well, everyone’s moving over to the cake now. Tanaka, let’s go.”
 
“Ah, wait up! Toudou, your face is all red! Hehe, it looks so natural and nice.”
 
“Is that so?”
 
“Yeah, it is!”
 
Everyone was gathered around the wedding cake, taking photos. Glancing around, I noticed Michiba standing alone.
 
She was gripping her smartphone, her gaze fixed on the wedding cake.
 
Her expression was strange – a mixture of sadness, happiness, and a sense of guilt. She was holding something back. That’s right, Michiba had told me before that she hates [crying girls] and [girls who use tears as a weapon]. So she must hate herself the most.
 
Michiba was biting her lip, staring straight at the cake. There was something captivating about her demeanor, as if she was witnessing something deeply human and beautiful.
 
In the next moment, Michiba took a deep breath, and her expression changed completely. I couldn’t tell what had shifted within her, but I could sense that something had indeed changed.
 
“Toudou?”
 
“It’s nothing. Tanaka, it seems we’re allowed to try the cake. Shall we?”
 
“Let’s ask the staff! It looks so delicious!”
 
At that moment, my phone vibrated.
 
“Ah, a reply from Michiba? How was it?”
 
Michiba’s message simply said, “I want to go too.” There was something conveyed in those few words, a sentiment imbued into the otherwise impersonal message.
 
“That sounds good, let’s all head to the cafe.”
 
“Yay, let’s go!”
 


 
…When trying the cake, Tanaka tried to feed me. I was too embarrassed and fled.
 
At the back of my mind, I wondered why Tanaka was so persistent.
 
And Hanazono too. I reset them both. I did something that could have gotten me abandoned.
 
Hanazono is visiting another company today.
 
I don’t know, I’m a little embarrassed to see her.
 
The company visit, though brief, was very meaningful. The future, huh… I haven’t thought about it much. At the Western-style restaurant where I worked, the chefs seemed so cool.
 
Speaking of which, I should thank the chef there.
 
[That day], because of Eri’s request, I had to help the chef’s daughter. If I hadn’t met the chef then, I probably wouldn’t have ended up working with Tanaka.
 
…Encounters are strange things. A fate brings you together.
 
“Hey, Toudou, the cafe in Shinjuku’s Lumine is good, right?”
 
“Yes, we’ve made arrangements to meet there. Hanazono is visiting a game company in Shinjuku today.”
 
I had sent Michiba the details of the cafe location by message. I didn’t have a chance to talk to her. Ideally, I should have gone to pick her up, but she said she’d head there directly.
 
…Probably because of some scheduling conflicts with her classmates.
 
Tanaka and I boarded the train just as we had this morning.
 
“Haru-chan! I’m so glad we finally met up! How was it? Did you have fun?”
 
From the quiet town to Shinjuku is a quick trip. This time it wasn’t crowded, and the building is directly connected to the station, so it was easy to find the location.
 
Hanazono was waiting for us in front of the cafe, waving happily as she saw us approach.
 
Shinjuku is a maze-like, highly complex area. Back in middle school, when Hanazono and I went there, I had that information drilled into my head. But even that needs to be updated, as Shinjuku has changed so much. …I’ll need to be careful in the lively entertainment district around the East Exit.
 
“Hana-chan, it was super fun, wasn’t it! Toudou was really good at asking questions and the staff looked so confused!”
 
“Yeah, I can imagine…”
 
“It was a rare opportunity, so I spent the time very meaningfully.”
 
“That’s great. Huh? Wasn’t Michiba supposed to come too?”
 
“Yeah, we were supposed to meet up here. We went on ahead, but she should be arriving soon, right?”
 
We decided to wait for Michiba in front of the store while chatting. But as time passed, Michiba didn’t show up.
 
“Tsuyoshi, should we go inside the store and wait? …Hey, she hasn’t even contacted us. Do you think she had something come up?”
 
“Yeah… Let me think about this for a bit. It’s strange that she hasn’t read the messages. Michiba loves her smartphone.”
 
Hanazono is probably worrying about me, about the time I was stood up at karaoke. But the Michiba now is different from the Michiba then. It’s hard to explain what’s different, but I’m sure everything is fine. So I should take action.
 
I triggered my high-speed thinking–
 
What is Michiba doing now? What is Michiba feeling right now? What kind of situation is Michiba in?


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