Prologue

Who am I? What do I live for?

Am I very strange?

SPLASHH

"Ha.. I did it again." Yui said.

Yui had been under a swimming pool water for about 1 hour, before she went out from there.

She was no athlete, nor was she strong physically. In fact, the girl herself thought that she might be sick mentally.

She didn't have any friend. She was always alone. Maybe that was because of her abilities. She was known as 'mermaid' by the guys who admired her beauty, while girls called her a fish.

She was quite a beauty with her soft voice and girly appearance. However, Yui had never succeeded in making friends without frightening them all away in the end.

Why so? First of all, she could breathe for so long under water. It was actually preferable for her to be under water, than to be around people.

Secondly, she could disappear anytime she wanted to. Even though people would hardly notice her presence when she was around. People didn't really care, whether she was around or not.

Sometimes being 'absent' made her feel safe. However, it also gradually made her feel lonely and desperate.

She had honestly been longing for a mate. Well, not a boyfriend. She might just wish for a female friend.

Days and years passed before her, but she was all the same as ever.

She turned 20, without any friend or a boyfriend.

"Yui!" her mother called at home.

"Yes, mom?"

"Nothing. Have you eaten anything today?" Yui's mother spoke with a concerned attitude towards her daughter.

"Yes.. once. I had lunch at college today. Now I'm going to rest." Yui replied.

"What?? Once is not enough! Go eat now!" the mother pulled Yui's arm and dragged her to the dining room.

"Mom..!" Yui complained.

"Just shut up and eat, will you? Look at yourself. You're too weak and gloomy for a girl at your age!" her mother said.

"Mom.. stop nagging at me. You know I'm not normal."

"What do you mean by that?"

"I'm a fish, a mermaid girl or whatever it is." Yui spoke with an unpleasant mood.

"Tsk tsk. Stop babbling, will you? Those words are for those who don't know you. Yui, you're just an ordinary girl. You're just like everybody else."

"Mom.. please. It's not helping. I'm going to my room now."

SLAM

"... That passive foolish girl. I know she's hungry. Whatever." Yui's mom spoke alone in discontentment, then went away to do her own things.

In Yui's room..

"Saotome Akio-kun.. why are you so handsome..?"

Yui stared at a poster of an idol in her room.

She had been a fan of this handsome red haired singer guy for 3 years now. She had always hoped she could go to one of his concerts. However, she always failed to go to any due to her mother's forbiddance.

Everything never seemed to go the way she wanted. That was why her feelings were always the same, so timid and fragile, without knowing the world around her.

"Akio-kun.. will you see me if I come to your concert? Will you allow me talk to you a little?" Yui spoke softly.

Yui held her breath and sighed. There was no way the idol would want to see and talk to her. She had no chance.

In Yui's little heart, she just wanted to say something simple. She knew she could not even say it to him, so she ended up writing the words down on her diary.

Akio-kun. Thank you for being an inspiring person to me. Your voice is such an art. I cannot forget your smile and your beautiful red hair. I just wish you would always be successful and happy.

"Ha.. Maybe I can only imagine things.. as always." Yui sighed.

What kind of guy was Akio Saotome? He seemed so perfect and talented. What could go wrong with his career? Nothing.

Yui's biggest fear was if Akio disappeared from the entertainment world. She could not lose him. Akio's voice totally mesmerized her all the time, and his ballads were fenomenal and famous.

But, there was also another fear Yui had. The mysterious tomorrow. Time would never pass without her being even more different from normal people.

She would never be the same in one thing. Her supernatural abilities would never disappear. They would only grow and her body would develop another abilities she didn't even know or want to accept.

Yui truly felt as if she was cursed. She despised her abilities. The days she could not hide her abilities from others anymore would come.

What would she do if everyone finally shut her down?

She was still young, but she felt like ending her own life sooner or later.

Not before she saw him, the singer who had saved her for a while and indirectly. She would not complain to anything after that.

"I will see you.. Akio-kun." she decided in her heart.

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