Hana Hirai Novels & Stories

All except one. A face that glared at me with a conceited smile. She had waited for this moment, she had waited to look me in the eyes with a calculative stare. Shania, drapes in a red polkadot gown and a black cashmere trenchcoat hanging over her shoulders. She let her ginger hair fall over shoulder with a braid at the two ends of her frontal. “Finally, we thought you were gonna have to cancel this meeting,” She smiled as though our argument yesterday never happened, like this was the first time we were speaking in months.

It was rare enough to know someone who had actually gone to Iridian, and I had never heard anything that suggested my Mom might know someone. "Try this one! You'll love it." Helena flashed me a friendly smile, plucking one of the decanters from the bar cart. She grabbed a small crystal cup and perched it on her lap. The liquid was a deep shade of honey, and looked quite thin in comparison to some of the other liquids. "Is it alcohol?" I asked, smelling the contents of the glass. The honey-colored liquid smelt like toffee and freshly roasted nuts, with notes of cinnamon and clove. The depth of smell was unlike anything I had ever experienced before.

he chuckled. I observed some of the people also reacted laughing and chuckling on Hiro's words, but few, especially those sitting on his right side, only kept glaring at me in silence. “She is a person who found out most information about some of our deeds, including taking over Paxton's and Schulze's companies, basing on a simple internet articles. That is why she will help us from now on to improve covering things we do not wish people to find out…” Hiro continued, “An important announcement for all of you – officially, she is from now on level 5, privately, she is my fiancé,” he smirked.

Ha-Yun advised with a supportive smile. "Thanks, Yun. Your wisdom and encouragement mean a lot," Kimora expressed genuinely. "Always here for you, Kim. You're my ride-or-die," Ha-Yun affectionately squeezed her friend's shoulder. "The feast is served," the waitress announced, placing a spread of tteokbokki, spicy noodles, kimbap, fried chicken, and a strawberry soju cocktail before them. It had been a while since Kimora indulged in Korean cuisine, and she was grateful to share this moment with Ha-Yun. The familiar taste brought her a sense of comfort.

I wished he would turn around. He runs his hands through his wet hair, shaking out excess water. That's why I didn't see him. He dived and hid in the waters of the river, Suddenly, he looks back and sniffs the air. He turns and seems to look straight into my eyes. I didn't dare move. In fact, I stopped breathing. The blue eyes that looked at me seemed like two pieces of sky. They could only have been created by the Moon Goddess herself and placed in the perfect face that housed them. He goes back to sniffing the air and sneezes. I grinned like an idiot.

There was no one there. The voice repeated – “Chief Tador…. Agent Shirley… What happened to you? Detective Ackermann….” Tador could swear that he recognized the voice, but he couldn’t remember whom the voice belonged to. “Agent Shirley…?” He whispered and squinted his eyes. He could swear he knew that name too, yet he just couldn’t recall who the name belonged to. “Agent Shirley….? Shirley….?” He kept whispering to himself. Trying everything he could to remember something. “Shirley- Shirley…. Ange... Angelus. Shirley Angelus-Mortiz!.... Ackermann!” He had finally had it right. He had finally remembered a name; at least he felt so. It didn’t take too long for the image to appear in his head.

CHAPTER 93 47 YEARS H A R R Y North Carolina, U.S.A Forty-seven years later Summer The woman flinched as she spins around. Her eyes looked surprised as soon as she saw me. It was definitely her and I could never be wrong. It was the same face when we were in LUAHU but her hair was shorter now yet everything about her was the same. It felt so surreal seeing her again.

Asher said that night, after Kihara told him about her day which had ended on quite the surprising note. Kihara shook her head. She’d thought about it over and over in her head. She’d walked through her memory lane, to see if she could remember anything. Anything specific that was not just a side profile and that sense of presence she’d come to associate with Anna. After hours of mulling over the matter, Kihara had come to the conclusion that she could be wrong. She was not sure of anything. Perhaps it was just that the woman she saw looked very much like Anna. It was possible she was mistaken, she thought. “No.” Kihara said, “I could be wrong.”

Hina also asked me what my job was and if I was married or had a child. "I am a teacher at Ibaraki Senior High School; I teach Mathematics. I am not married and still have no children."- I grinned. "But I have a young girlfriend named Yozora Yuki; she is seventeen years old and a high school student," I added. Suddenly the expression on Hina's face became gloomy.

The whispers and stares finally quietened, I guess the rumors finally died down. I was at my table in class, when a girl walked up to me. "Jinny right?" She had short brown hair with purple highlights, pink full lips and a nose ring "Yeah" "Hi, I'm Rebecca," smiling, she stretched out her hand "Nice to meet you" I smiled back, taking her hand "Are you new here?" "Nope" "How come I haven't seen you around though?"