You are my Endless Memory: episode 25 ""The truth about Haru""

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Once Sakura left, Jumi was sitting all alone with many presents beside her. Suddenly, someone stopped his motorcycle in front of her. Jumi was surprised as he took off his helmet. A guy smiled at her and his protrudent teeth appeared.....

"Hi little girl! Nice to meet you again. Remember me?"

Jumi surprisingly responded....

"Haru senpai!?!"

"Eh? You remember!"

Haru got off his motorcycle and walked toward Jumi. He spoke out....

"Do you mind if I sit next to you?"

"No... No... Of course not!"

Haru took a seat next to Jumi and said....

"You're alone?"

"Ah? No... I'm with a friend. She's off to buy some drinks."

"Oh I see. You're so popular at your school, right?"

Haru said while looking at a bunch of presents on the bench. Jumi was a bit surprised with what he had asked. She smiled and replied....

"I don't think I'm popular. But I think people at my school are very kind giving me all these."

Haru laughed secretly to what she had said. He spoke to himself in his mind.....

"""This little girl doesn't even admit that she's popular. If other girls were as popular as her, they might be arrogant and proud. But this girl, not only were saying that she's not popular, she even said that people at her school are very kind. She's so different from other normal girls."""

Immediately, Jumi spoke out after being silent for a moment....

"Um.... Haru senpai! Today is Christmas day! Are you going to have a party with your family?"

Haru responded....

"Christmas day? I don't even know that today is Christmas day. What's more, I'm living in this country alone. My parents are abroad."

"What about your friends?"

"I don't have any friends."

"Eh? A group of people who came along with you the other day are not your friends?"

Haru laughed and responded....

"They're just the gang members. You don't understand about the gang life. Actually they are not my friends."

"Ah I see. You seem lonely, Haru senpai!"

Haru smiled and said....

"Obviously, I was not like this before. Because of my selfishness, I started to lose people around me one by one. I'm not a good child for my parents. I've never done anything to make them happy. Beside, I always make them unhappy. They hate me and left me here all alone."

Jumi looked at him and responded.....

"I don't think they hate you. You know there are no such parents in this world who hate their own children."

"But I don't feel like a child to them. I haven't done anything to make my parents love me. I even killed their favorite child."

Jumi was so shocked hearing that. Haru continued....

"For real, I have an elder brother but he died in a car accident 2 years ago. And yeah... It was all my fault. I'm the one who caused his dead."

Jumi could see pain in his eyes. She responded....

"How come it's your fault? It was just an accident."

Haru replied.....

"My parents love my brother so much since he is a gentle guy who studied hard and never brought any troubles into family. Unlike me, who is a gangster. I always fight with people and make my family unhappy. I'm just too useless. One day I left home for a whole day because my mum was very angry that I had fought with other students. When I was back the next day, I realized my brother had been in the hospital. I rushed there but it was too late. My parents were crying their eyes out beside a dead body on the bed. Once my mum saw me, she was extremely furious. She cried and shouted at me to get out of there. After that I realized my brother had got into the accident when he was out to look for me in the middle of the rainy night. After my brother's dead, my parents were sad everyday. Every time my mum saw me, she got angry and cried. My dad kept saying I didn't care about my own brother's dead. He's right. I'm such a heartless brother. I didn't even shed one tear drop when my brother died. After that, my dad decided to bring my mum abroad, leaving me here all alone."

After hearing Haru's story, Jumi seemed to understand his feeling a little bit more. She tried to comfort him....

"Haru senpai! I believe that one day they will forgive you since that was not completely your fault."

"Even if they forgive me one day, I still can't forgive myself."

Haru looked at Jumi for a second. He smiled and continued....

"Sounds boring, isn't it? I'm sorry. I shouldn't have brought this up. Hmmmm.... It's so cold today."

Haru tried to change the topic. He said with a smile and looked up at the sky. Jumi could see tears in Haru's eyes even he was smiling. She thought that it was sort of unexpected that Haru's life was like that.....

"No... That was not boring at all. That's great I can know a little bit more about you. By the way, does it make you feel better telling that to me? If it does, next time, when you feel down or unhappy about something, you can tell everything to me. I'm willing to listen. Because I'm your friend from now on."

Haru was so surprised with everything Jumi had said. He looked at her and saw she was smiling at him. He smiled back and said....

"Yeah... I will. By the way, I think your friend is coming back. So I'm going now. Good bye little girl. Thanks for listening to my story."

Haru said and stood up. Jumi stood up and responded....

"That's ok. Good bye senpai! Merry Christmas."

"Eh? Today is Christmas day. Right! I should have a gift for you."

Jumi was startled. She quickly responded....

"Ah? No... It's ok. You don't have to give me any gifts."

Haru smiled broadly. He took off a diamond skull earring from his left ear and handed to Jumi.

"Here! Merry Christmas!"

Jumi was really surprised. She quickly refused......

"No... No... No... Senpai! I can't......."

Haru grabbed Jumi's hand and put the earring in it. He smiled sweetly and said.....

"You're my friend, right? So you have to accept it or I'll be angry. I'm sorry! This is too small as a gift. Next time I'll get you something big."

Jumi was taken aback by what he had done and said. Haru got on his motorcycle and put on his helmet. He looked at Jumi and spoke out....

"Ah!! One more thing! Next time don't call me senpai, ok? It sounds kind of weird."

He smiled and left. Jumi was looking at the skull earring in her hand when someone said....

"Eh Hem.... Eh... I saw what was happening."

Jumi turned around and saw Sakura was giggling....

"Sakura senpai! Since when were you back?"

Sakura jokingly responded....

"Hmmm... A moment ago. Since the moment he gave you something and grabbed your hand. Heheheheh....."

"Senpai!!! He was just giving me a Christmas gift normally."

Sakura laughed out loud and continued....

"Hahahha alright! alright! By the way how did you know Haru?"

Jumi replied....

"Hmmm... It was a coincidence and there was a long story. So you know Haru senpai as well?"

"Óf course. Haru is so popular. I used to be in the same class as him before changing into our school. He's a gangster and also a genius. He's very smart and strong. There are 2 sides of him. He's a top student and also a top fighter. No one can beat him neither in studying nor fighting. He's a charming guy. Many girls fall in love with him but he never even takes his eyes to look at any of them."

Jumi responded....

"Really?"

"Yeah!! And I'm a bit surprised seeing him talking to you comfortably and even giving you a gift. More than that, he's so cold, never smile. But I saw the way he smiled at you was totally different from his characteristic. You might be the first girl who is able to see his sweet smile like that."

"Eh? There's no way he's like that. Because I think he's kind to everyone even though he's a gangster."

Sakura smiled and jokingly said....

"Nahhhh... I was telling you all the truth. You must be someone special to him."

"Senpai!"

"Ok... I was joking. But remember Jumi. All I told you was not a lie. He really acts different with you but don't worry, I'm sure he was not just pretending to be a nice guy in front of you. I think because you're different from other girls. That's why he acts different with you. Beside, though he's a gangster, he's gentle. He never pick a fight with someone first. Moreover he's incredibly strong and never gets any single scar or injure from fighting."

"But... Um.. What about the scar under his left eye?"

Sakura responded.....

"Yeah... About that, it happened 2 years ago. There was one time when he was not as strong as usual. So he was attacked seriously and there's a scar on his face up until now. No one knew the reason clearly. But during that time, there was rumor that he was having a family problem."

Jumi replied....

"Ah... I see."

Jumi thought of what Haru and Sakura had said.....

""""This sure proves that he did care about his brother.""""

Tomorrow morning.....

Jumi got to class early as usual. She dropped by at the library to borrow a book. While she was holding a book in her hand and walking toward her classroom, Joon was also walking toward the classroom from the opposite direction. She looked at him and dropped the book out of her hand because of shocking...........................................................................

To be continued

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What makes Jumi so shocked until dropping the book out of her hand?

Stay tune to the episode 26 next week.... ^.^