Chapter 15: Leave the Past
“Dino!” Chero greeted, glomping him, “How was I?”
He caught her and spun her in a circle, “You…seemed very peaceful.”
Chero smiled as she was placed on her feet, “I see. I must have been very content knowing that I saved everyone.”
She frowned, “But of course we both known now that that was a failure…”
Dino stared at the ground, “Right…a mistake…”
“Don’t cry, amore! I am very much alive now and I have learned from my mistakes!”
Dino wiped his eyes, “I’m sorry. I’m just mourning. I don’t understand how you can be so nonchalant about it…”
Chero smiled at Dino and gave him a kiss, “Thank you. For crying for me…I’m glad to have such a wonderful friend and fiancé.”
Chero spun in a circle, “It’s great to have so many wonderful friends! That’s why I want to get out with everyone!”
Dino looked up at Chero and smiled, “Of course! That’s why you should not blame yourself or anything!”
“I was just considering-“ she stopped when she noticed something behind Dino.
“Chero what’s?” he asked turning around to look.
Standing there was Jenny looking at them.
“J-Jenny…” Chero said.
“This is bad! Jenny is supposed to think that Chero is dead,” Dino thought.
“Heeey…are you by any chance…” Chero said walking over to Jenny.
“Chero!” Dino called.
“….The March Hare?” Chero asked.
“What?” Dino questioned.
“Alice and the White Rabbit?” Jenny inquired.
“Ah! Bene! It’s you!” Dino was relieved.
Jenny ran over and hugged Chero tightly.
“WAHHH!!! It’s you! So you both wound up here too! YOU SCARED- MMMPH!” Jenny
cried until Chero covered her mouth.
“Shhh. They’re upstairs. They will hear you!”
Chero removed her hand and hugged Jenny back.
“Sorry. Sorry. I’m just so relieved. I thought I was all alone here and I felt very helpless…Wait wait. Is Dino crying?” Jenny asked.
Chero blushed and pulled away from Jenny to get a better look at her “daughter”.
“Er…well…I umm…I died…in this world…and Dino just got back from paying his
respects…” Chero whispered.
Jenny’s eyes went wide as she glanced at Dino and then back at Chero.
“So…this really is the second time loop!”
“You were right Jenny…I really did died in the second time loop…But that isn’t how I remember it.”
“I don’t doubt you memories…Something screwy must be going on here…But um…Thank you Chero…for trying to help us…” Jenny said.
“Oh um…You mean the me from this world? Um…Thanks to you too…” Chero said.
“So…umm…now what? I thought if I found the journal we could get back home…” Jenny
said.
“We think so too…but we don’t have it…” Dino said.
“And we can’t take this world’s journal…” Chero added, “What else can we do but keep looking?”
