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Yugo Asuma answers silently, and he does know he cannot be not ready.
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It's December, the end of a year and of course, Christmas is coming, everyone is preparing food and gifts for the holidays, happiness fills up the air.
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Today is Yugo's turn to go outside to buy something, at first he didn't feel positive about it, but when he saw so many special ingredients and something his friends want to have, surprisingly Yugo start feeling exciting ‘cause he knew how happy they would be if they received the gift.
“Okay, that’s $200- uh, are you okay?”
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After two hours, Yugo ends up with a lot of stuff on his hands and shoulder.
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“Tadaima!(ただいまー！)” So he kicked the door with his leg.
“okairi(お帰り) Yugo! POG!”
“Welcome back Yugo, wow that’s so many stuff.”
Pomu and Luca is the one welcoming Yugo come back to their house, helping he carries some bags and boxes.
“Of course, that’s for all of you guys!”
Yugo gives one of the bags to Pomu, then he saw a person sitting on the couch next to Luca.
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“Long time no see, Yugo.”
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Yugo can’t believe his eyes. “How did you get there?”
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“Welp, maybe same as yours.”
Alex ended his sentence, Luca starts his talk. “He came here an hour ago, Fuuchan said he is looking for you, so he let Alex in.”
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“I’m glad you look happy right now.” Alex smiles to Yugo gently.
“What the hell man, you don’t have to.” Yugo lift his hand on Alex’s shoulder, “I thought it’s already crazy to send a message to the past.”
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“Is that your friend from the future?”
Pomu ask just for sure, Yugo said yeah with a happy tone.
“Let’s talk more Yugo, led me your room.”
“So… you came here to take me back?”
Yugo clarified the situation, “Yeah, that’s why I came here, I know it’s difficult to do this but… we need you.” the sadness show up in both their face, “I’ve given 24 hours to do this, there’s no much time.” Alex’s voice sounds like warning, but also a worried. “After 24 hours, the time machine will open, we all need to go back.”
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Yugo lower his head, he could feel the future is waiting for him, but he got his present friends right now, who is also very important.
“I know it’s tough for you, I’ll give you sometime.”
Finishing his word, Alex stands up. “I’m gonna visit your house, hope you don’t mind.” He left Yugo’s room to let Yugo have some personal time.
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He turned his head back to the monitor, staring at it but thinking nothing.
Yugo was frustrated, but also pessimistic. If he comes back to his timeline, he is not sure whether he could come back or not. He loves NijisanjiEN family, but he also loves his friends, who need him right now.
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What should he do?
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I gonna take a walk and think about this. Yugo thought, leave his room. When he goes downstairs, he sees Alex, Maria and rent of the Noctyx are in the living room, hanging around to try to get to know each other.
“Wow, the Android in there is so meddle and dangerous.”
Alban said with surprise. “Yeah, that’s why Yugo and I have to hide in the bar to play our music. Right now so many humans are already standing for their rights.”
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“Understandable.” Fulgur nods.
“Oh hey Yugo! We just talk about you.”
Sonny raise his hand to welcome Yugo, “Yugo onii-chan（お兄ちゃん）!” Maria also wave her hand and let Yugo have a seat.
“Oh… Thanks.” He said with his wry smile, he is not ready yet.
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“What’s going on Yugo? Why the long face?”
Uki asks with worry and curious.
“What- oh, it’s okay, I was thinking about the future.” Yugo answered, but still can’t cover his sadness.
“That's okay. Future is unpredictable, but we have each other.”
Fulgur try to encourage Yugo, “Yeah, it's okay Yugo! We are all here, daijiyoubu（大丈夫）.” Alban gives him a smile, makes him feel more comfy.
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“Kyoudai（兄弟）...!”
Yugo looks at others, feels like he has tears in the eyes, sounds like he is going to cry.
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The truth is he's not really crying or tearing down. This is too painful, the choice is too painful.
“What happened? niichan（兄ちゃん）, it's weird for you to look like that.”
Maria asks with question. “Welp, I think I know the answer tho.”
Alex got into the conversation suddenly. “That’s the reason why I came here.”
He didn't expect to see Yugo sad when he just arrived. But right now he feels bad.
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“We are… going to go back, to our timeline.”
Alex said sadly. Yugo felt his heart got hurt a little, also lost a beaten. It’s not good, this is not good.
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“Wait, really?” Alban gets surprised. “Yeah… but it’s…” Yugo answer softly, “I mean, I just bought a gift for you guys.” He pauses his word, staring at the ground. He doesn’t want to see sad face from others, he’s also afraid to cry.
The space went quiet for a while, Uki is the one break the silence. “I knew this is going to happen 2 months ago, the star told me.”
He looks at Yugo, “I’m not ready for this too.”
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“What about we receive our gift first? It’s really nice to give us gifts.”
Sonny try not to keep the weird atmosphere going on, Yugo raise his hand after hearing Sonny says, walks into a bunch of gifts he bought, finding things to give them.
“This is for you guys!”
Yugo takes five gifts in his hand, it’s a good moment so he tries to keep his smile on the face.
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Pink is for Maria, like her cute voice and singing.
Yellow is for Sonny, like his voice variability and bright hair.
Orange is for Alban, like his energy and cat power.
Red is for Fulgur, like his gently and kindness.
The final one. Purple is for Uki, like his eyes and bravery.
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“Wowie, it’s my favorite brand.”
Only look at it once, Uki already know what it is- his favorite perfume.
“Is it a Maid dress? looks good.”
Maria tries to wear the Maid, it suits so well. Her torso shining with cutie power, let Marippets and others feels crazy but in good way.
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“Omg… Maria.” Yugo blushes, cover his face with hands. Everyone starts laughing, feels like it beat him very hard.
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“This orange crystal looks pretty, Thank you Yugo!”
Alban stares at it, obsess with it. It shines so hard, he loves shiny things.
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Sonny stares at the bottle for 5 seconds.
“Is this a hair conditioner? why did you bring this to me Yugo?”
“I think yours is better.”, Fulgur looks at the machine conditioner on his hand. “I don't know if I'll use it but… thanks.”
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“You can use that to let your hair brighter.” Yugo laughs before saying that, everyone starts laughing again after hearing it.
“And Fuuchan, I also bought you a novel call ‘Little Mushroom’, I’m not sure if you like it cause I don’t know BL that much.”
Fulgur bigger his eyes, “No worries, I love Little Mushroom are you kidding me?”, also check his bag- it’s an unofficial one, but already good enough.
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“Sorry Alex I… didn't buy you a gift.”
Yugo apologized to his old friend.
“Nah it's okay, I didn't say I would come too.”
Alex forgives Yugo, gives Yugo a wink.
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“This is so great Yugo, I'll not waste it!”
Alban is seeing the crystal shining so bright.
“I will put it in a clear bottle and save it forever.”, Sonny slowly put his gift in the bag.
“Wha- You don’t have to, you should use it to your hair.” Yugo looks at Sonny’s hair, it’s already bright enough.
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“You should bring all of this to everyone, Yugo. This is your last time could give them, they’ll absolutely like it.” Fulgur suggests, also drag everyone back to the reality.
Yeah… Yugo is going to go back to his timeline, he doesn’t know how to tell other numbers about this.
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What if they feel sad or blame it? It’s a bad and sad news after all, so many people immersed in happy Christmas.
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When he realized it, he was hugged by Sonny, next is Uki, then Alban and Fulgur.
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“It's okay to say goodbye, must be so many people waiting for you.”
Alban, also the leader of the group, was the first one start to speak.
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“We will remember you as a part of the Noctyx no matter what.”
Sonny don't think he could get over it in a short time, but he will never forget his kyoudai.
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“Yeah, and we will fight for you.”
Uki follows Sonny, he can see Yugo struggling and he didn't think he could stop this.
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“So don't worry, maybe we can meet up in the future. That's the place we came from after all.”
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Yugo feels his tears fall down from his eyes, this time is for real.
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“Wait, but we are from different timelines. Fulgur?”
Alban suddenly found out something wrong.
“I mean… they might have us but different timeline, right?”
After Fulgur said it, Yugo laugh naturally. It’s not really a stupid idea though. Maybe there ARE someone like Noctyx in their timeline.
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“Come on, Yugo.” Alex stands up, “let’s bring those gifts to your friends, shall we?”, went to a budge of gifts Yugo bought.
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Yugo walks to Alex, looks like he is ready.
They walk into everyone's room, sending gifts to each other. Some of them are streaming or having a nap so they couldn't answer the door, Yugo just put the gifts on the ground to not bothering them.
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“Thank you so much Yugo, it's so sweet of you.”
Ike received a fountain pen ink from Yugo, so that he doesn't need to buy another one for a while.
“You're welcome, Ike seipai! oh, I need to tell you something by the way.”
Yugo pauses his words, makes sure his seipai is listening, then says that he is going to go back.
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“So this might be the last time I meet you, huh?” Ike smiles, fills with emotion.
“I'm kinda surprised right now, but I'm also happy for you. You could live a better life out there, I believe.”
Ike head pets Yugo, “きっと出来るよ、ユーゴわ。(I'm sure you can do it, Yugo.)”
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“アイクセイパイ……(Ike seipai…)” Yugo feels appreciated. “ありかとう、先生！(Thank you, teacher!)”
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There're 26 numbers in this big house, and there will be more in the future. Yugo and Alex really went through the entire house to bring love to everyone, at the end they all felt tired.
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Alex lay down on Yugo’s bed, falling into sleep in a short time. Yugo ordered some food for himself and Alex from deliver app. He still remembers how passion Alex is on music, he missed Alex playing guitar, always so unique and reliable.
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Looks like I'm tired too. Yugo starts feeling sleepy, the bed is occupied by his friend, he put his head on the table and sleeps on it.
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Just ten minutes… just for me… ten minutes…
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“Yugo?”
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Yugo didn't answer.
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“Yugo! Time to join the meeting!”
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“The… meeting?”
He pillows talks in sleepy.
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“Come on Yugo, you're going to be late for the meeting.”
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“Wait… we have a meeting today!”
Yugo immediately stands up and runs into the meeting room.
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They have a meeting once a week to make sure if something happened in the house and need to let everybody knows, or everyone has things to report to others. But sometimes people just hang out and share some interesting streaming story.
Today is the day they confirm new 6 numbers from student council “XSOLEIL” is officially going to move to the house, Elira also shows their picture and profile just in case someone didn’t know them.
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Yugo actually knew some of them when they visited there, it was surprising to see Japanese people join EN family, trying to break language barrier. They have very fun conversation in both English and Japanese, Yugo was looking forward to having more interacting with all of them.
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“Okay, we have one last thing to tell, I think some of you already knows- do you wanna explain it yourself, Yugo?”
Pomu turns others’ attention to Yugo, he nods and stand up.
“Like what Pomu seipai said, there’re some of you already know what I’m going to say.”
He takes a deep breath. “In tomorrow noon, I’m… going to go back to my timeline.”
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Yugo looks around to see the reaction, some of them just lower their head, and others get surprised.
“Yap, it’s a sudden thing. And not gonna lie, I will… miss you guys so much.”
He knew this is sad, for everyone.
“But our people are going to defeat the Androids together, my friends need me. I don’t think I would come back after this, it’s our chance to beat them down.”
He talks about the reason why he needs to, this is also hopeful for his timeline.
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“I’m sorry that I didn’t talk about it earlier.”
Yugo lower his head, even though he also knew it only this afternoon.
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“And… I think that’s it, I’m sorry it’s not a good news.”, Yugo sat down after finish his words, He could feel an awkward and sad atmosphere in the space.
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“Yugo seipai.” Maria looks at him very seriously. “Last time when we played Clubhouse Games 51, that was so much fun.”
She holds Yugo’s hand slowly, “I’m so glad we made that happened, I won’t forget what you help me for.”
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“Yeah, it’s okay and, really really fine, we respect your choice.”
“Whatever you go, I’ll remember what you did forever honey, whatever you go.”
“Yeah, hope you can live better there and… I don’t know what I can tell but you are so talent at music anyway.”
One by one, everyone in the meeting start to show their love to Yugo, and tell that they will miss Yugo too. Some of them actually cry, but most of them just wish Yugo a better future, he can live a better life.
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“By the way Yugo, if you have a chance to go back, we’ll keep your room as it is, so don’t worry if you want to.”
Elira says with smile. Even he is going to leave, the fact that he was a part of NijisanjiEN would not be forgot.
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“Thank you…ありかとう...”
He is blessed, he is loved. That is why he loves them.
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The meeting ends up with appreciated, Yugo interacted with so many numbers, even though he is not good at express words, he still had fun.
When Yugo backed to his room, it was midnight time already. He set an alarm to make sure he won’t be late, then go back to sleep time.
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The alarm rings as expect, Yugo takes the thing is necessary, which is a backpack and crossbody bag. He looks at the sign on his room one final time, it says not only his name, but also got headphone and cat icon which drew by himself. When the first time they came there, in order to clarify the room of each other, Elira seipai and Pomu seipai gave them this to write down their name.
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He smiles, go downstairs to meet his friend.
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“Are you ready, Yugo?”
“Ah… yeah.”
Yugo Asuma answers silently, and he does know he cannot be not ready.
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There's no time.
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It’s a sad moment, but also means hopeful. The weather is cloudy, you don’t ever know what is going to be next.
24 hours maybe not good enough, but longer time won’t change anything. The future is waiting for them, they are going to change the future.
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He knows, he will not forget Noctyx.
He knows, he will not forget the time he is in NijisanjiEN.
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He knows it, he feels it, the rainbow color is now combining, he will find a new place where he belongs.
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Time machine is open.
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Goodbye my friend, the light has come.
He thought about this one last time.
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I’m never gonna let it go.
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