"No matter what happens, don't ever let anyone separate you from that left eye."
They'd done the surgery while I was sleeping. By the ti I woke up, it was all over.
I was lying in bed, and Mom was talking to . "People may try to take it from you, but don't listen to them. You have to protect it."
Her voice and face were stricter than I'd ever heard or seen them, but the hand she held out was gentle. Softly, she touched the bandages over my left eye.
"Do you an I'm soooo cute that all the world's kidnappers are after ?"
"You may be my daughter, but you're so tough no one would ever believe you'd just co out of surgery." Mom laid a hand on my forehead and sighed.
What on earth was this about?
"Dear, say sothing to her." She turned to my dad. "Just look how adorable my daughter is."
"She grew up this way because of you, you know." Mom's head drooped again.
Yup, my dad spoils rotten. If I say I want bread, he goes out and buys an entire cake, and if I say I want a bicycle, he gives a cruise ship. Thanks to that, I already know how to pilot a boat.
Well, it's a trade-off. I still can't ride a bike.
"But, Yui, you do know things can't go on like this, don't you?" Mom turned to again. She didn't look angry—just sort of sad and uneasy. "Soday, you'll have to go outside."
I may have been young, but I knew that when Mom said "outside," she didn't an it literally. It was a word she always used when she was trying to convince .
"You'll need to make friends."
I didn't have a single friend. I hadn't even spent much ti in school.
"...It's fine. Talking with lots of people isn't any fun." Kids always exclude anybody that isn't like them.
I was born blind in my left eye, so that was one thing that made different. The fact that my family was rich might have been part of the problem too.
There was always an invisible line between and the rest of the group, and I wasn't allowed to cross it. A wall of air barred my way.
"As long as you and Dad are here, I don't need anything else." I'd told her so before, and I said it again today. Then I pulled the covers up over my head. "We won't be able to protect you forever, you know." Mom gave another big sigh; she sounded sort of tired. I'm smart, though; I know how to handle
her at tis like this.
"...You're going away?" I peeked out from under the futon, speaking in a little baby voice.
"D-don't turn those puppy eyes on , Yui." Mom hugged tightly.
Yeah, my mom is actually the one who spoils the most. Still, it's hard to believe I could trick her this easily. I might have a knack for the idol life.
"Yui," Dad said. Setting a hand on Mom's shoulder, he separated us gently. "Let's take that bandage off, all right?"
I'd secretly been avoiding this, but he was sharp, and he'd seen right through .
"...Okay."
I was a little tense, but his serious gaze pushed to take the plunge. I reached up for the white fabric that was wrapped around my head, over my left eye, and slipped it off.
"All right. Take a look."
I peeked into the hand mirror my dad held out to . "It's so pretty..."
The blue eye shone like a sapphire, and I caught myself sighing over it. My parents had gotten this false eye for .
"That eye suits you better than anyone else, Yui. We want you to wear lovely dresses and light up the world. You'll shine like this jewel." As my father spoke, he looked more serious than I'd ever seen him. "That eye will light your way and help you find what matters most to you. And so..." He gazed at . "No matter what, you must never let anyone separate you from it."
He said the sa thing Mom had.
"...Dear, don't steal the scene like that," Mom complained.
"If I didn't, I wouldn't get to be the cool dad at all." He nodded away, straight-faced.
My parents get along so well.
Soday, it would be great if I found people I could have this much fun talking with...
I'm kidding. That was a joke. These two are all I need. And so—
"No, you still weren't very cool." " "Aww..." "
...I provided the punchline for them.
Still... Even so, soday...
If I take a flying leap into the outside world...if I find friends who'll accept as I am, and I don't have to hide things or keep secrets...will life be more fun?
Heh-heh. For so reason, seeing this blue eye made feel like giving it a whirl.
I'll go big this ti.
I only thought of it a minute ago, but maybe I will work toward becoming an idol singer.
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