Have a... Have a wonderful life!

[When Fuuko wakes up today, it's hard for her to ignore just how quiet the house is. Normally she would see Kotomi around when she got up so the two of them could eat breakfast together. When the minutes continue to pass and her housemate had still yet to make an appearance, Fuuko knocks on Kotomi's door and peers inside. She calls out Kotomi's name into the room, only to soon realise what was going on.

Fuuko spends the morning just walking around her large and now empty house. She has her journal in her arms and held close to her chest, with the intention of using it to tell everyone about Kotomi at some point. But for now Fuuko wants a little time to herself, so she can think about what to do next and what to do about the house.]

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[Around midday, Fuuko settles down in the living room on one of the couches and opens her journal.]

Kotomi Ichinose, Kotomi-chan, has gone home. Fuuko is sure she had plenty of friends who weren't bullies or weird guys, so Fuuko thought it would be better if everyone found out now rather than finding out at some other awful time.

[Though she starts her message looking at the journal, Fuuko soon starts looking away as though she's concentrating on something else.]

Fuuko thinks she didn't leave anything behind, in fact, Fuuko is positive of this.

[She was expecting to be more upset than this. For a moment she wonders if she's just getting used to making these sorts of messages, after having announced Nagisa, Tomoya and a few of her other friends and family went home in the past. With a sigh to herself, Fuuko turns her attention back to the journal .]

Kotomi-chan is a really kind, really intelligent person. She taught Fuuko a lot about the starfish you know. Fuuko is sure that Kotomi-chan will be very happy back home with Nagisa-san and Okazaki-san.

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[After making her message over the journals, Fuuko heads out to the tea shop to get some work done. As tempting as it was for her to just stay home and keep inside for the rest of the day, the tea shop seemed like a good way to get her mind off of things for a little while. Though she's work as well as she normally does it's easy to notice how distracted Fuuko seems. Whenever she's not carrying out cups or cleaning up she can be seen staring off into space and otherwise keeping to herself unless someone needs her.]

[Over the past few days the house had been steadily getting quieter. It wasn't hard to miss either, given the variety of people in their household, but it really had become too noticeable to bear without saying anything.

Sunohara had left some time ago, which was a shame. Then Yusuke, her own brother-in-law who remembered everything about her. But today, Tomoya had gone home. Fuuko stands sadly in the doorway to his room before walking out into the living room to open her journal.]

This is what you do when people you know have gone home, right? [...] Okazaki-san has gone home. Also to anyone who knew him, Yusuke left too... And Sunohara-san, but he left some time back now.

[Not intentionally left to the last moment there, but she's just winging this and going with what names come to her first. Sorry Sunohara.

Fuuko spends the rest of the morning just lounging around the house, not really in the mood to do anything. Heading into the afternoon, Fuuko gathers some supplies and decides to carve some starfish out by the fountain in the plaza. Despite the wind she sits there and finishes five or six of the stars before going home again.]