Hero woke up in the hangout spot on a foggy day but everything had a tint of white
looking around he spotted two pianos, side by side one of them being play by a most familiar figure, the other free for the taking
"it beats the usual dream" hero added while making his way to the piano already waiting for disaster to strike
"the usual you say? you always were a man of routines but having the same dream sounds like a bit much"
"hmm.. is not like one chooses what he dreams or when he has nightmares, brains are just dumb like that"
"true but when we are sleeping our brains lets out everything, is only natural if we hold negatives thoughts they will manifest sooner rather than later"
she stopped playing for a moment
"you have been holding this one for a while now haven't you?"
"is weird... now that i know the dream is a complete lie, it should hurt me yet is hard to move past it"
"is hard to move past things that you carry around everywhere"
playing the piano again she continued "why don't let other people carrier that weight with you? is not as hard of you think it is"
with a deep breath hero said "we are having a picnic and is just.. perfect" a small smile take over him "i have a neckless i wanted to gift to you hiding in the picnic basket, when the time is right i show it to you, you look so happy and... i feel at peace like I am complete..."
"but after that... when i put the neckless on you... you are not touching the ground anymore....swinging in the wind"
"henry.."
"in the worst days, you start to talk, telling me all the horrible things that i did to you, how i failed you, how i didn't listen to you... h-how" hero can't continue as he begging to tear up
however, Mari wasn't going to let him spiral again, not this time

"you always were so hard on yourself and, to be frank, your memory isn't the best"
"w-what"
"in that situation, i will be asking you for a ladder or scissors not talking you down with lies! that not like me at all"
"back them i didn't--"
"even them henry... even then you should have known it wasn't your fault..."
"..."

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"do you remember the first time we hold hands together?
snif like I could forget I was going to prove I was better than you in math"
"so we did a little bet.."
"loser does whatever the winner wants" the fondness of the memory warmed his heart" I was so done when we both got a perfect score"
"so we decided that whoever does one math problem the fastes will be the winner"
" in hindsight asking kel for a math problem was a bad idea"
"i don't think so, the bad idea was getting confused at how simple it was instead of just screaming the answer like I did"
"IT WAS 2+2!!!"
"4 , see is not that hard hehe"
"and you asked for-"
"holding your hand for the rest of the day, you were crimson for the rest of the day, hehe, even Kel was worry about you, you know?"
"no one believed me that we weren't actually dating after that..."
"worked like a charm"
"that was your plan?!?"
"i have to secure the monopoly before anyone else"
"you could... just ask me out"
I wanted to one-up you just to be sure you were a good loser and you were! better than me at least..
mari smile disappeared for a moment
"mari... I am sure Sunny feel terrible about it"
"what is done is done, besides i know for a fact Sunny had it hard this last 4 years, he need you and everyone else"
"i be there this time, i not so sure about Basil"
"henry"
"I am not a psychologist, where did i even begin with him?
"just be there as a friend, trust me it will be more than enough"

after some time they started to play together

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"I missed this... so much"
"me too, I love the piano"
hero quick glance was meet with his favorite,a smug smile
"you know what I mean! to be just myself instead of the prodigy that everyone looks up to.... but never at eye level..."
"what about Kel? he genuinely cares about you"
"i don't want to hurt him... not again"
"being honest with your brother isn't going to hurt him hero, he is better at keeping secrets than you think"
"I am don't know about that one"
"you never knew the whole math problem was rigged from the start"
"no way! i know when he is lying"
"did you ever ask him?"
"i-i don't think so..."
"hiding in plain sight, no something that you associate with Kel but is true!"
"but why?"
"when i told him what i was going to ask you, he was more than happy to help me out"
"huh... he really is street smart after all..."
"tell me something, have you being seeing anyone?"
"OF COURSE NOT!"
"henry... you need to move on, you know?"
"after how it ended last time.. i didn't feel ready, and no one in colleague grabbed my attention as you did anyway"
this piqued Mari's curiosity "so someone did outside of colleague?"
"i would go THAT far, i just meet her and i just think she is interesting that all"
mari was beginning to put the pieces together "well you know what they say about doctors and nurses"
"cmon is not like that, honest..." the blushing in his face betrayed him
a little giggle escaped Mari "it makes me happy to know you will be in good hands"
however her happiness was shortlived

she started to feel week and looking at her hands starting to fade away confirmed her worry
this was it
"i wish I can have more time with you but.. i just don't have any left"
"what do you--" henry started to panic when he looked at her
instinctively he rushed to hug her "no, not again, please"
"i glad I could say my goodbyes to everyone, I knew if a visited you first I was never going to want to leave"
"i beg you... please"
"do me a favor"
"ANYTHING"
"make her as happy as you made me"
"i-i promised so PLEASE don't go"
"i will always be by your s----
henry woke up
somewhere a white egret orchid withered away

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