White Album 2 Omake/Story03/Epilogue
Epilogue[edit]
"Oh god, the outside looks cold!"
"The snow seems to be falling again~!"
"Are you serious? There's still some left over from last week!"
The classmates at the entryway looked at the sky with resentment in their voices.
They piled up all together from one, to two, reaching tens of people that flooded the road in front of the Ogiso residence entryway.
"No one forgot anything? Well then, thank you all for coming."
And the one who led them gave everyone a farewell at the end, seeing them all gathered.
February 14.
The party that celebrated Ogiso Setsuna's birthday and graduation had ended like that.
"See you, Setsuna!"
"See you tomorrow~!"
"Ah~... kinda depressing that we still have to go to school tomorrow~"
"Can't be helped. Today's Thursday."
"Well, if it's a pain you can always skip right? Besides there don't seem to be classes that actually act like classes."
"I'm definitely going... not many chances left to see Ogiso-chan."
"Sure one to complain when you're fooling around and didn't even get recommended."
"A-Ahaha... see you later."
She called her friends.
Many of them.
Just like from middle school, she called all her classmates . Just like from middle school, they flooded the Ogiso residence.
To Setsuna, this may have been the first day this year that she's smiled from the bottom of her heart.
"Whew~ it's finally over~"
"I didn't get to eat much..."
"Thanks for all the hard work and help, Io, Takeya-kun."
And at the end, without meaning anything good or bad, Setsuna exchanged words with the two who helped to promote the party.
"Oh man~ I just felt like gathering a group to commemorate our graduation, and there was no way we could use the assembly hall."
"Hey, you should at least do that with your own class. Why'd you call all the girls from my class anyway?"
"Well, the number one girl in class A is so amazing she wouldn't not stand out, but actually there are a lot of other cute girls too~ is what I was thinking..."
"Really, thank you..."
"Well, you don't have to be so solemn about it..."
"We just felt like making some noise is all."
"No really, thank you."
"......... you're welcome."
Setsuna had an infinite amount of gratitude to give them, with a smile showing far more sincerity than her bow.
Because, what started the party without a hitch today was...
Well, to begin with, they were the ones who encouraged her into having the party today.
"Good night, you two~!"
"Later, Setsuna-chan. We're going to ski next next month, skiing!"
"This season I'm fine with going skiing or snowboarding, okay?"
"Then, you wanna have a meeting about it? At a nearby family restaurant?"
"Eh~ with the two of you?"
"Don't wanna?"
"... hmm~, well, doesn't really matter. Let's go, let's go."
"... what kind of turn of events is this?"
"What are you gonna do commenting like that, despite being the one to invite her...?"
For a while, the chatter the two had echoed in the residential area, even when they turned the corner and disappeared.
"... heheh..."
And, the moment the voices completely disappeared, Setsuna also looked up at the sky, her breath leaving puffs of white.
Today was really great.
It was perfect.
Her memories of middle school with guys and girls from her class calling her "Setsuna" had been revived.
Which was why, tomorrow too was...
"Congratulations on entering... Kazusa."
That single, yet great regret was closed up along with winter, and she vowed to work hard for the next several days until graduation.
Because, it was still hard for it to be the "three of them".
Because it was the most fun, and yet the most painful time of their lives.
But, surely in Spring...
With a new season, a new campus, and surely new friends.
Those "two" would become "five", and as long as many others are there...
"All right!"
Setsuna once again breathed of puff of white air up to the sky...
Opening the door to the entryway, she thought of the trouble that would come with cleaning after the party.
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