[GundamAce]

Scene 6, "Prophecy in the Moonlight".

◆September 10th, 9:00 P.M. Episode／Route B――――

"Well then, good night, Yuuri."
"Mmm..."
With that exchange, Natsuhiko turns off the lights in the living room, but then――
Suddenly, in the background, he hears a quiet voice.
"... Hey, Hikorin.
　 I think you're scared."
(TN: I made a mistake in my translation of the first scene. Yuuri's nickname for Natsuhiko is "Hikorin", not "Hikkorin".)
"Huh?"
Natsuhiko is taken aback when he sees Yuuri.

"'Scared'... of what?"
"Of losing your current, calm life.
　 Of these repeating days no longer repeating anymore... of losing all of that."
Yuuri's shadow floats up in the darkness.
"... You're scared that your calm lifestyle will be interrupted by something unexpected.
　 If it's you alone, then it's fine, but you're scared of getting others caught up in it..."
Yuuri's tone is different than usual.

（Wh-What the...!?）
――Yuuri has had panic disorder attacks several times in the past about things happening.
That's always happened in times when she's been taken outside.
（But, this is... different?）
It's not like she's outside, so it doesn't seem like her panic disorder.

Yuuri continues as Natsuhiko stares in bewilderment.
"But you're no longer a child like you were at that time, right Hikorin?
　 Even though you might have obtained the strength to overcome the sadness..."
"Y-Yuuri... what are you saying?"
Moonlight shines in from the window and onto Yuuri.
But he can't rely on the light to read her expression.

"... From now on, I think a lot of things will happen to yourself, Hikorin.
　 Fun things, painful things... things that will overcome you without courage.
　 But there'll definitely be some things that you musn't avoid..."
Her words gradually start to sound like a prophecy.
Natsuhiko feels unrest.
"Y-Yuuri...? Could it be that you're already half-asleep? That you're sleepwalking?"
"... Why do you think it's such an obvious answer?"
"Because you're usually asleep at this time..."
"At what time?"
When she says that, Natsuhiko looks at his watch――
And his eyes widen.
"Wha...!!!?"
His watched had broken without him noticing it.
Just like that morning, the hands have stopped.

"No way... Why...?"
Natsuhiko stares at his watche's face in the darkness.
The time and date displayed on the watch are――
(9/16)
(6:19)
――That's the morning of six days from this day.