It was 7.20 PM.
They'd finish up earlier than he had predicted. Everyone else had left after the meeting but he and Natsumi had to stay back to do the postmortem report. He just got someone to send in the report to the principal after he was done. Natsumi had finished her job a while ago but decided to wait up for him. She was resting her head on the table and Youya wondered if she was sleeping. Youya could never wake someone up when they had fallen asleep. And Natsumi was one to get really cranky if her sleep was ever interrupted. Youya took out a coat and wrapped it around her shoulder like a blanket. The council room could get really chilly in the night.
Next, he picked up the empty plate Natsumi had used to place her cake and put it in their sink. While washing the small plate by hand, Youya chuckled at how absurd it must be to have a sink in the Student Council room. But, Natsumi had attracted an army of ants by leaving her dirty dishes around the room and forced him to demand a sink to be installed. Wiping his hands on a rag, he left the now cleaned plate on the counter, to be returned to the cafeteria the next day.
Not knowing what else to do, he returned to his seat and took out his iPod. He slipped in his earphones and played his playlist on shuffle. The song selection surprised him.
I love you,
Even when I shout out your name,
why can't you answer me?
I couldn't even tell you good bye.
Don't go.
How can you leave me?
What can I do by myself?
Please don't leave me.
Your smiling picture
looks really sad today.
I embrace you in my arms.
I am sorry
that I let you leave by yourself like this
that I just remain here.
I miss you like crazy.
I love you.
Please be happy in Heaven.
Please wait for me up there.
Until the day I follow you,
Goodbye.