Pebble
Ursula

Clea phoned Romie again. They three were good friends, and she didn't know the relation between two became so tangled.

Romie told Clea,

"After he moved, he didn't notify me the address for long. When he finally did, I sent a package and a letter at first, but he said he was bothered to go to the nearest postal office to receive it. It hurt my feeling.

All he asked me were sending him cards. Even if it may his one of beauties, he never actually took actions nor tried to cause me any and have any in real life.

He sent me his phone number, and I phoned a few times and told my mobile number, but he had never phoned me by himself. Instead so many unknown annoying spam calls were. I changed the number. I don't know where he is living or if he may have moved then, huh."

"But wouldn't you like to see him now?"

"No. While I was worrying the relation and feelings between us I had been away from my other old friends. One day I noticed I felt very lonely. Now I rather feel free and relieved, loading off such needless problems."

After the talk with Romie, Clea felt quite confused. For the first time after meeting Julien, Clea felt like going back before they had met.

Even if her feelings are inclined to and attracted by recent things, Clea knows she still likes to see him a little. But she doesn't try to contact himself. She needs some adjustment.

Clea feels her once-repaired pebble clove or is missing its parts again somewhere, and she is a bit at a loss.

- digested from the text in ebook "Pebble Kanon",
of which basic parts written in October 2005 and added and edited in January, 2006

.. on my clock it's already 14..

H.H