Read The Forgotten Leftovers :: A Messy House and a Forgotten Son

How would you feel if you were a detective investigating a case with your wife? If you ever had to break into your friend's house to investigate his disappearance, would you do it? This is Episode 3: A Messy House and a Forgotten Son of my original anime project.

[ Scene 1: at home ] ‒ 10: 00 am

Akari is waking up.

Akari: "Why did I stay awake till midnight yesterday again? ahh I have a headache, I will go eat breakfast."

Akari stands up from bed, heads to the kitchen, and looks for something in the refrigerator to eat, but then he finds it empty.

Akari: "Looks like I will need to go to the convenience store and buy some stuff."

He wears his coat, a white cap, and heads outside.

[ Scene 2: In the street ] ‒ 10: 10 am

Akari is walking back from the convenience store, holding a plastic bag that has some stuff for breakfast.

Akari mumbling while walking: "I remember that yesterday..I was sitting the whole day watching T.V. and reading the book "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World"...there is something off though‒"

A girl stood in front of him and said, "Didn't I tell you to stop mumbling while you're walking? And are you still reading dark-themed books, Akari‒kun?'

Akari, raising his head: "Who are‒?" realizes when he sees her face, "Oh..Hikari‒chan."

Hikari pouts more: "Who are you?" Can't you recognize your wife? What a shame!"

Akari with stressed expressions: "Sorry, Hikari‒chan. I am tired recently for some reason."

Hikari starts walking beside him: "I told you to stop smoking, but you don't listen to me. I told you smoking damages brain cells, and yet here you are, buying a pack of cigarettes."

Akari recalls himself saying the sentence to someone,l "Smoking damages brain cells..." then his head hurts.

Hikari starts worrying as Akari puts his hands on his head: "Are you alright?"

Akari: "I am fine. Just a headache."

Hikari: "Don't worry, I will make breakfast for you today!"

Akari: "Oh yeah. How was the visit?"

Hikari: "What visit?"

Akari: "You forgot, you went to visit your parents."

Hikari with a pale face: "Oh yeah, that. They are alright."

Akari and Hikari arrives to the apartment, Hikari's bags are in front of the door, Akari gets the key out of his pocket, opening the door.

Hikari: "Don't make me wait here for you alone again, okay?"

Akari: "I didn't take long. It was just five minutes!"

Hikari crossing her arms: "I don't care how long you took. You made me wait."

Akari: "Fine. sorry"

opens the door, she heads to the kitchen to make him breakfast, he sits on the couch and opens the T.V.

Hikari wears an apron she brought with her and starts cooking something for Akari, while talking to him from the kitchen: "What was the most recent case you have worked on?"

Akari: "I..I don't remember. I think I was working on something yesterday."

Hikari: "Did this case include cigarettes?"

Akari: "What?"

Hikari: "Some cigarettes are on the floor, your microscope is broken on the floor, it looks like you couldn't solve it till now. You never get furious about anything unless it's not solving a case."

Akari remembers:

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Akari starts searching for drugs in the cigarettes: "There should be a drug here somewhere! He didn't drink or eat anything before that! He was only smoking!"

He throws the pack away furiously after examining it under a microscope without finding anything useful.

Akari: "That doesn't make any sense! There has to be something!"

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Akari gets a strong headache that makes him scream in pain.

Hikari: "Are you alright?!" She rushes outside the kitchen to check on Akari.

Hikari: "What happened?"

Akari: "I don't know, but... whenever I try remembering something from yesterday, it just hurts."

Hikari: "Its fine. We will solve this case together."

Akari: "thanks"

Hikari stands up and heads back to the kitchen.

[ Scene 3: At home ] ‒ 11: 00 am

Both were sitting in Akari's bedroom after eating breakfast. Akari is on the bed, and Hikari is on a chair.

Hikari: "So, let's see what we have here to help you remember what happened yesterday."

Hikari starts looking around the room, then she finds a small notebook written on it, "Notes". She opens it to find written on the first page:

"date: 8/6/2025.
There was someone in the interrogation room, he said, "I remember heading ho‒" then just glitched out. I need to investigate this case."

Hikari: "Hey, maybe this will help. According to the date this was written yesterday."

Hikari shows Akari the note, and when he reads it, he remembers everything that happened yesterday and gets a strong headache. He screams in pain even harder, and he clenches his teeth to his lips so that they start bleeding.

Hikari gets a tissue and wipes the blood: "Are you alright?"

Akari with full confidence: "Yes. I am even better than alright! I have 13 hours till I forget again. Its my chance!"

He rushes outside, puts on his coat and a black cap, and Hikari rushes after him.

Hikari stops him: "Wait! Where are you going and what are you planning to do?"

Akari: "I will tell you on the way."

[ Scene 4: At Kaito's home ] ‒ 11: 19 am

Akari break in to Kaito's house and starts looking for clues. The house is in a mess.
Hikari finds a picture on a desk of Kaito standing beside his mother in a park.

Hikari: "I think we should talk to his mother. Do you know where she is?"

Akari: "No, but I can find this out using this."

He pulls out Kaito's phone.

Hikari: "Do you even know this guy's name?"

Akari in confidence: "Yes! I obviously do! His name is..his name is.." (stunned)"I..I can't remember his name."

Akari starts checking the most recent calls he had with his mother, which were about 5 months ago.

Hikari standing beside him: "Wow. 5 months?! She probably forgot about him!"

Then she smirks as Akari starts realizing, while mumbling, "forgetting..."
Then he calls her.

Kaito's mother: "Hello? Who are you?"

Akari: "I am your son's friend... about your son‒"

Kaito's mother: "What? I never had a son."

after credits...