I often dream of strange memories and don't know what they are. So what was the promise back then between me and you? Is it a promise??? Do you have it?

The first time of your promise, do you still remember it?

That promise needs to be kept, right?

On January 1, 2010

Udon Thani Province at Nong Prajak

On New Year's Day, there were no clouds covering the sky, with only the moonlight and stars shining throughout the sky. At 21 o'clock every weekday, there are usually too few people left for words beyond what I can describe. No, if it were words, there would be… If we were to compare it, it would be like an open space that is similar to our own space.

Today, however, everything has changed, completely different from the past days. From the open space where there were not many people, now it is filled with many people, bustling and crowding together. Sometimes it can cause some children to get lost and return to their parents, or before we realize it, we cry when we find that people around us are missing.

"When I think of it, I secretly laugh too. Me at that time-"

I believe that many people have been lost before, including me. I have also been lost many times, whether it was going to a department store when I was 5 years old or walking in an amusement park when I was 5 years old. Around the age of 3 or when I was walking in the market with my parents and got lost around the age of 6. When I think about it, I can't help but laugh at this crazy memory.

Many people probably think that getting lost is bad luck. However, for me, it's like learning things on my own. I may be a strange or different person. But… there was only one memory that I couldn't recall. It was like a memory that was fading to the point of almost disappearing.

And that time was on the 31st. December was the day I was separated from my parents. It was the time when I met a young girl who was lost near the river. In front of my eyes were three yellow ducks floating silently. There was a girl who was walking towards me in an unknown direction. The area under her eyes was full of tears, making her look like a crybaby. Her condition looked no different from that of other children and it made me feel sorry for her.

So I asked. “What's wrong with you? Why are you crying?”

“No, I'm lost,” she said softly, rubbing her eyes.

“That's what I thought of. Hahaha.” I secretly laughed during the conversation with a slight smile on my face.

“Sorry, I just laughed at you like that. In fact, I have lost my way as well.”

“Lost.” Her voice was still softly sobbing.

"Um, that's right. How lost?"

So she got suspicious. He tilted his head slightly and asked, “So we- are the same?”

“Same thing? - Probably something like that.” After that, he began to avert his eyes to look at his right wristwatch. “Ah,” I exclaimed in shock. “It's almost time,” he said meaningfully.

“What happened?” She walked towards me and began to lower the hand that was rubbing her eyes as if she would stop crying.

"fireworks"

Fireworks…has anyone ever wondered whether they are flat or round? But whatever the shape, fireworks are fireworks, that's what I thought at the time.

“It… why?”

“Fireworks are pretty, don't you think?” I said, smiling brightly at her. Then he chuckled, “That's it, fireworks.” He looked up and pointed at the area where the fireworks were rising.

Phew!!! Closet!!! The sound of fireworks ringing out as they light up the sky. And another loud noise sounded as the gunpowder exploded into beautiful colors called fireworks, its hues like those of flowers filled with happiness. The suffering and various feelings that were compressed down then fell into the sky until they finally disappeared-

memory…

“Someday it will have to disappear.”

Phew!!! Again and again the fireworks shoot up into the sky, again and again the fireworks light up as if we are looking at something new from a new perspective, like in a movie, when looked at from which side, what shape will it take?

The gunpowder of the fireworks continuously exploded, the sound of which was still so loud that each other could not be heard. Just like that, on the 57th shot of the fireworks, I heard her voice.

“Fireworks, I like them,” she said softly.

“…” I stood looking up at the fireworks in front of me and just smiled slightly and turned to face her at the time of the next fireworks.

Phew!!! Closet!!! Various shades of color began to spread out, along with the colors of the moonlight that fell on the light of the fireworks at that time…

A promise between us was made…

Promises must be kept, right?

Do you still remember your promise?

A promise to someone I don't know- and her name is...

Tight!!! The sudden sound of his head hitting something against the table. Until he felt it, it was too late with the words "It hurts."

I can only wonder when I fell asleep? And what subject is it now? Or what time is it? It's the feeling a person feels when they just wake up.

“Wichai… what time is it?” I turned to ask the male friend next to me with a trembling expression that I couldn't describe.

“Mathematics It's 10 o'clock.”

“So? The lesson isn't over yet.” When I looked out, I saw the female teacher standing with her arms crossed tightly and her mouth moving as if she were about to spell out the words “Are you crazy?”

“Ha ha,” but he could only smile at the teacher and then collapse onto the study table as usual.

The young teacher only let out a soft breath and said softly, “It's like this again.” Thinking back, she realized that there were hardly any moments when this guy didn't sleep during this lesson. Coming closer, the Ammahit aura spread out around us, terrifying beyond description. At that moment, the teacher violently hit the book on his head. Paste!

The sound of a book hitting your head made you wake up drowsy. "What do you say, Master?"

“Teacher, are you single?” Bass said quietly.

“What are you talking about!!!” Paste! The book slammed into Bas's head, knocking him unconscious, causing him to collapse again as usual. The room was filled with lots of laughter. Soon, the doorbell rang and the class leader's voice told him to clean up. respect

And as the days passed by in mathematics, there was not an hour that I did not sleep, so sometimes it can be like a normal part of life.

The days that have passed by, the time...that have leapt forward so quickly

In the days gone by, the past was like a lesson.

The past is like experience.

The past is like outside knowledge.

Even so… Have you ever had times when you wanted to forget something from the past? Whether it was painful or happy, every passing moment is a precious memory for me.

After school time at my house

Inside the bedroom

When LINE shows up, which comes with the sound of messages bouncing rapidly, you'll think that “What are these people talking about?” I thought about it and felt troubled. On the other hand, I was happy to see that it wasn't quiet. But until then…

Ding! Ding! Ding!Ding! The sound of the message that didn't seem to stop a few seconds later made my phone freeze.

“Hey, seriously. It's not funny." I said angrily.

After more than 5 minutes had passed, the sound of various messages went quiet. Most were group messages and only a few were private messages.

At that, I let out a soft sigh of displeasure along with the gesture of gently stroking my own head and smiling a little. “Weigh it.”

My finger touched the message box of a woman who was known as “

Blue Moon”

It meant that after a blue moon, the message window slowly displayed and the latest message appeared.

'Brothers, have you ever liked someone?'

'I feel pain. I feel… I don't know how it hurts in my chest.'

'Last message was several hours ago.

Bas typed a boom reply and spoke while typing the message.

“Ummmm, what's wrong with you, Y-Bong?”

The strange message made one cannot help but think that someone like her would have such a romantic relationship with him. Her name is Boom. I live in Norway. I'm about 15 years old. Normally I'm a secretive person. I'm also good at secretly. As for her good points, it's like being a frog in a shell. She's innocent and acts strong, but on the inside she's more fragile than paper.

A4

It's broken again.

Her… being like that before made me wonder why she even asked such a thing or if she had taken the wrong medicine or not.

“Is your brain crazy?”

Sometimes I don't understand her, sometimes I act complicated and never understand what others explain.

After a while, she replied in less than a minute.

'Have you ever felt this way about anyone?'

“Do you feel it?... Hmmmm, you must have known something like that.”

'Hm---this story teaches you that a crazy person like you has something like this with someone as well.'

I feel like I want to slap this girl's face and make her fly away. At least I'm a man who has one. Fai sighed in satisfaction. Then type a reply, “Whatever my case is, whatever it is. But what happened today?”

'How can this be done?'

“Let me hurry up and tell you so we can get to the bottom of it.”

'Yes. Shit. Suddenly, I felt something inside me. It was a heart that was trembling like it was about to explode.

“Ummm, did you go see any series or movies or not…?”

'Eh---how do you know? Haha, just watching. The story of the night of fireworks'

“Eh---that story is a story that really brings tears to my eyes. So why do you want to go see the fireworks with your lover?”

'Chi //Look hard and know everything about everything'

When I think about it, it's starting to get closer. The fireworks festival will begin, a place of memories for you and me that I never want to forget. But right now, my body and my face have forgotten my face. Her clothes were gone and she still couldn't remember the clothes she wore at that time. What I remember is only the atmosphere of the event around me.

And then comes the day of the fireworks, which is also called the New Year's Festival, where every 100 fireworks are lit into the sky while enjoying food at various stalls and a playground decorated with many decorations. A place filled with the smiles of dozens of children, but nowadays there are only less than 5 children left who come to play in the playground.

I myself have always thought that Thai children today have changed. When everyone began to pay more attention to communication tools such as telephones, it made contact with "letters" fall behind and become a playground. The place that used to be filled with smiles that made you smile is now gone. All that's left is the decorative lights.

The sound of noise all along the walkway, everyone talking through their cell phone screens, through their headphones, and through… voices that can be heard without looking at each other. Those reflections of society make people feel very troubling in today's society. They tend to give more importance to things than people around them, and this is an inevitable reality of people in this era.

But even then… there were only some things that remained unchanged, namely the booths all along the walkway, all smiling at the customers with all their hearts and wiping their sweat with their sleeves tiredly, but they were still smiling. Those jobs were poor. Sometimes there was another feeling that thought, “

There are still some old things left.”

“What will the children want?”

“It's okay, Mom,” my younger brother replied.

"So, then we'd better go prepare and lay out a mat to watch the fireworks over there."

"Alright then, it's up to you."

Fireworks? Why is there a strange feeling in my chest?

"Brother, what's wrong with you?" His younger brother tried calling several times until he felt strange and stared intently at him.

“Ah, oh, fireworks. No, I'll pass. I'm going to go look at something."

After that, I separated myself from my mother and my brother and walked from the area near the playground of the park. There were three red faces left… no, now there were five in total.

“Like there used to be three of them.”

The twinkling lights glowed all along the walkway, surrounding the lanterns along a smooth path. There were small lights of various colors wrapped around the benches and trees, which were filled with various colored light decorations until the light of The moonlight and starlight fell onto the water. The yellow ducks began to move little by little, the surface of the water began to tremble and the wind began to blow past, making us think of the old atmosphere that we don't know what it was, within the memories that we couldn't imagine. with 3 remaining ducks

The one at that time who didn't know if he was dreaming or not...

There are hardly any people walking along this route. It seems like most of them are on the other side of the bridge. However, it's rare to have an atmosphere that makes you feel dazed like this. I chose to sit on one of the benches. You can clearly see the remaining ducks in front of you. The eyes in front of you are fixed on one family having fun taking pictures, looking like a happy family, and another part that is heading towards the other side of Nong Prajak.

At that time, he could only let out a soft sigh, “Are we right or wrong? separated from the family"

The time has passed until the last 1 minute before the fireworks start. This area is where you can see the clearest and most beautiful fireworks because there aren't too many people and the light of the fireworks falling onto the water surface reflects the image. Superimposed on another image, or its shadow.

“Five more seconds.” I stood up from my seat and stood on the aluminum fence.

Phew!!! Boom!!! The sound of the fireworks being fired and the sound of the fireworks miraculously dispersing the gunpowder balls into one after another. The light and color of the fireworks were still loud and the picture remained like this. Throughout the event until the last one, while I was standing admiring the fireworks in front of the river, a woman's voice suddenly intervened.

"Brother"

The sound of the fireworks completely drowned out her voice and made her feel uncomfortable, so she had to come closer and poked at my body, “Here. Please answer. Don't let this cute little sister get upset or kill her.”

Eh?

“….” Stared at her for a while, in the background were fireworks that were continuously setting off.

"Oh, look carefully, kid. There's only one person with a pretty face like this, right?"

“Uh—even if you say that, it's only the aunt next to my house.”

“Ummmm, really.” She looked dead as if she didn't believe it. After a moment, she let out a breath and shook her head gently. "It's me. Boom. Boom. Do you know me?"

“I knew from the first match, but what are you doing here? Isn't today supposed to be the day you return to Norway? Hmm—or did you just skip the flight?”

“Are you crazy or not? I came because…” Her voice and eyes started to lower as if something bad had happened.

“Do you still remember that promise from that time?” She walked to my side and looked up at the sky, while I looked up at the sky and followed her as well.

She pointed her finger at the sky, “Promise with those fireworks.”

“On December 31, 2010, That is the day of promise.”

Promise? Things like that, why can't we remember them? “I don't remember making any promises to anyone. It was many years ago… in that year-”

“You don't remember it, right?” Boom smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth. Chai Tong looked at my face slightly and then looked back up as before.

“Well, it's no wonder I don't remember it. It was a long time ago, that's it... a very long time has passed. Mayu.” The last words that were spoken contained a faint meaning, but because of the sound of the fireworks, he couldn't hear anything.

“This contract, what exactly is it?”

“Actually, that promise is from my younger sister.”

“Sister? And where is she?”

“It's already lost.”

She lowered her head and spoke in distress. “My younger sister, Mayu, is of Japanese nationality. Even though they are different fathers, they are the same mother. Before her death in an accident, Mayu told me the story of her childhood promise. Back then she looked very happy and smiled unlike anything else. It always made my heart feel at that time that she had changed from before when she didn't like to talk about anything or kept things to herself all the time...

You're such a naughty and naughty little sister.” Boom secretly laughed a little, but within that small laugh was mixed with a feeling of loss.

“But then on December 25 Last year, she had an accident and died because her brain was severely damaged.”

“That day was Christmas Day.”

“That's right. She said she was afraid she wouldn't be able to buy the gift in time, so she rushed to get it as if it was a rare item that could only be found this year. She started rushing towards the cake shop in front of the station until, on the way back, she had an accident like the one I told you about.”

“Wait a minute, is it in front of the station or is it that guy?” My eyes turned to the pockets of her sweater that she was trying to get out.

“What about the reindeer mask keychain? It's the anime that girl likes the most.” As he spoke, Boom's tears flowed even more and he smiled like he was forcing a smile through his tears.

“Mayu and the reindeer mask?” I lowered my head in a dull and sad state, but no tears came out.

“The last thing she said in her last letter was,

FW57”

“In other words,

Friework57

Which means the 57th firework.” In the meantime, the dull and dark memories began to brighten little by little and I began to see more and more of the vision between me and her, until finally my first tears fell. falling to the surface “The Promise of the 57th Fireworks”

“I remember it now. A promise between me and Mayu."

Phew!!!! Wow!!!! When the 57th firework sparkled and spread out many different colors of light, my memories began to come together completely.

“How could you forget?”

Memories that you don't want to forget

Memories that you don't want to disappear

Memories that I want to keep for the rest of my life.

As the colors of the fireworks fade and fade away

“Mayu in that yukata, you look like a crybaby, you were a lost child back then- I want to see you again Mayu,” my voice lowered.

"If you really want to see me that much, I don't mind," she said, using her sleeve to wipe away her tears.

“Hm.”

"Just hiding like that won't bring anything. Don't worry, Mayu."

“What do you mean? According to what she said, Mayu herself should have died.” My eyes widened in confusion.

After that, it was discovered that a woman wearing a white private suit walked out from behind a large tree. Her expression and demeanor looked embarrassed to the point of being irritated. But why... when you look closely, how cute can she be? There's a light breeze. It's blowing. With her eyes staring at me with such boldness and fear.

You don't, Mayu said softly.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Sonada Mayu. And my favorite thing is probably fireworks." After saying that, she looked away and continued.

“Fireworks are my favorite.”

My eyes stopped on her for a moment, as if time had stopped. It was as if the feelings were returning and now might be the day I had the most.

It's true that our life has faced many difficulties and there have been some successes and unsuccessful things, but why is it that right now it seems like you have achieved a great deal? My tears flowed nonstop as the memories kept replaying until I saw the whole picture.

I walked over and hugged her to my chest with tears streaming down my face and said, “Welcome back, Mayu.”

At that moment, Mayu's eyes widened as well as the sound of her heart pounding.

“I've always wanted to meet you. I don't want to forget that moment again. Please don't disappear. Please!!!”

“I'm back.” Even though these words were filled with tears, they were also filled with a happy smile, and she herself was probably as happy as he showed.

Memories that I don't want to disappear...

Even though our fireworks will have memories from the 57th But from now on, or from now on, these are the memories between you and me. If there are fireworks, there will still be me and you. If we continue like this, I expect there will be a day when we have to meet again, but even then there won't be. Even though fireworks The person who will light the fireworks is me. Promise from now on"

Then let's watch the fireworks together again.”