Koharu - Heavenly Ending After Story

Driven out from my village, I became a spirit that existed only for her—

My thoughts were preoccupied with plans for the future.

.....So that I could make Misa happy, I needed to become someone she could rely on. Not in the same way as I had up until now, as a spirit, it was best that I now live out my days as a human.

First, I had to look for a job. After that, I needed to find an apartment....

Luckily, I hadn't lost my abilities as a spirit. There should be no problem with me taking human form and living in society.

In actuality, although they were rare, there were other spirits who also did the same, living their everyday lives while pretending to be human. That said, such spirits usually ended up ostracized by spirit society, although that didn’t really bother me.

— As such thoughts ran through my mind, Misa made an appearance.

‘Koharu-san, you’re early today. It’s still 10 minutes until we were supposed to meet.’

‘Could say the same about you.’

Misa and I had an outing planned for today, we were going to take the train to visit her older sister Tsubasa’s workplace.

Apparently, her sister was going to help her pick out some clothes.

‘Hey, wouldn’t it be easier if I didn’t go? I’ll just get in the way.’

‘Nothing of the sort. Not to mention, I’ve already told Tsubasa that you’re coming.’

‘S'pose it should be fine then.’

‘Alright then, let’s go. Before we head to the station though —here, take this.’

‘…..What’s with the card??’

‘Using this card will get you through the ticket gate at the station. Basically, you can use it in place of a ticket…..’

—With this simple explanation, I now understood.

‘Then, that means the ticket fare is already stored in this?’

‘Exactly. Convenient, isn’t it?’

‘Yeah, sure is…..’

.....Even now I was putting a burden on Misa.

‘What is it?’

‘.....Actually, I was thinking of getting a job.’

‘Huh?’

‘That way I can earn money and save for the future.....Someday I’d like for us to live together. Of course, I would make sure to go and see your family again when the time comes. .....You get what I mean by that?’

Her face bright red, Misa smiled happily.

‘I’m glad. You really are thinking of the future.’

‘’Course I am. Right now, I’m a burden to you, but eventually I want to be a proper support to you. So, until then, I'm sorry, but—’

‘Please don’t think that way. It’ll be the two of us living together in the future, so it’s not a question of either of us being a burden.’

‘......Heh-, you’re right there.’

It was exactly this sort of thing that I liked about her. Well, that among a whole lot of other things.

‘Speaking of which, I might take up a profession similar to yours.’

‘Ah, you mean like a chef or something like that?’

‘Yeah, something along those lines. Guess you could say it’s a dream of mine.’

‘.....With you as a chef, Koharu-san, and me as a pâtissier.....wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could open up a restaurant together one day?’

‘I like the sound of that.’

In the future that she imagined; I was there along with her—

That alone made my heart feel full.

.....Now that I thought about it, this might be the very first time I had envisioned the future.

‘Alright, let’s get going.’

Taking Misa’s hand as she stood beside me, we began to walk.

Misa squeezed my hand back.

The simplicity of this happiness lit a warmth in my chest.

.....I love you, Misa.

Too embarrassed to say it out loud, I whispered the words in my heart.

I could only hope that she understood how I felt.

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