Ten Years of Traces (Oshitari BG)

Like the toys crowding the bed beside me, like the phone by my pillow that's always switched on, like the summer moon and breeze, like your deep, bewitching voice, I've long grown too familiar with them, too dependent on them. The fear in my heart, the guilt, and the grievance, amid the flood of passing years, beneath your tender care, can they too be washed away? With the lamp behind me and the moon above, I sit among the flowers. Ten years have passed, ten years of memories remain. Excerpt "Hey, Yushi, tell me: is it really so wrong to fall in love with someone? Is it really such a terrible thing to do everything you can to keep someone by your side? I just wanted to leave a little place for myself in the heart of the person I love. ..." "I didn't know Jibu would like her so much. I thought that if I kept trying, someday he would like me. Was I really so terribly wrong, so wrong that even Heaven would no longer forgive me or grant me the right to be happy?" "From that day on, everyone blamed me. Everyone said it was my fault. ..." "But it was wrong, all of it. ... I know I betrayed Sakura. It was my fault, and I know I was wrong. Why won't you still give me a chance?" A short story, one-on-one romance. This is a short companion story to West Wind, Cool Summer, but it stands alone and won't affect your reading at all. If you finish this story wanting more, you can read the full-length West Wind. A long Prince of Tennis BG novel with the same character setup. Theme: