A Secret Between Two
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Their private happiness grew quietly.
They studied together.
They investigated together.
Sometimes Ren drew while Airi read.
Sometimes they simply sat beside the lake.
But Ren's memory continued to change.
He forgot small things.
A conversation.
A location.
A drawing.
One evening, he looked at Airi and asked:
“Have we been here before?”
She forced a smile.
“Yes.”
He looked worried.
“I hate forgetting.”
Airi opened her notebook.
“Then I'll write things down.”
She began recording their ordinary moments.
The first time they laughed.
The first secret they shared.
The first moon symbol.
The first time he held her hand.
Nothing was too small.
Ren watched her write.
“Why are you doing this?”
“So you won't have to be afraid of forgetting everything.”
He looked at her with quiet gratitude.
But across the lake, a shadow moved.
Lim was learning how to reach him.
THE SECRET BEHIND THE NAME
Airi discovered the truth by accident.
Ren Kurogawa was not simply a scholarship student.
He belonged to the Kurogawa First-Class family.
She confronted him.
He did not deny it.
“I left.”
“Why?”
“Because everyone already knew who I was before they knew me.”
He had wanted to draw.
To be Ren.
Not an heir.
Not a bloodline.
Not a name.
Airi understood.
Then she found Kaede's record.
Her name was connected to the Hunter.
Not as an enemy.
As someone who had known the truth.
Ren stared at the page.
“My mother knew all of this.”
“And she sent you away.”
“To protect me.”
The room went silent.
A letter fell from the file.
Only one sentence was visible:
REN MUST NEVER REMEMBER.
The rest of the page was burned away.
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