*Warning: OOC due to being a bit more mature than their actual age.

On the way to school, they walked on the same path, the same direction and detour- but still, it felt as if they have forgotten someone. Was it Tenma? No, there was no way he could have left his house yet, definitely not at this time.

"_-kun, good morning."

"Morning."

It felt as if normally, she would have been walking with a certain someone together at this point, side by side, in fact. Why did she think that? She was sure that that person wasn't Tenma.

"Here, it's cold today, isn't it?" That person said as he took out a hot pack and stuffed it into her hands roughly. Even though he looked like he was obviously afraid of the cold as well, the breaths he exhaled all turned into white smoke as he spoke.

"Thank you." She replied as she squeezed the hot pack in her hands. "It'll become warmer this way." She then reached out her hand and placed it on his cheek, laughing softly as she said so.

"Aoi, where's Tsurugi? I don't see him anywhere."

"Tsurugi? Never heard of that name before, is he a new friend?"

Hearing Aoi's reply, Tenma stared at her in a dumbfounded way.

"What are you saying... Isn't Tsurugi one of our soccer club members?"

Shoo, along with Tenma's words, the figure in her mind started to- become clearer.

Dark blue hair, his voice, his back, it all appeared in her mind's eye. But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't remember that person's expression.

"Tsuru... gi..." She suddenly had a head splitting head ache, she really wanted to try even harder to remember this Tsurugi that Tenma had mentioned. She felt that she might have forgotten something extremely important.

She knew that... forgetting that person, must be a very sad thing. Because her chest felt tight like a knot, it hurt like hell, and she felt like crying.