Chapter 27

Gift from the Past (過去からの贈り物, Kako kara no Okurimono) is the 27th chapter of the To Your Eternity manga.

Summary
Gugu and Fushi make their way to Rean's birthday party, passing through the town. Pioran suggested they take gifts so Fushi brought vegetables. Fushi asks Gugu what he's going to gift Rean and he tells him he's going to buy something in the town. They stop by a flower shop and Gugu spots the purple flower he wanted to buy for Rean. He tells Fushi that it's the only thing he can imagine that Rean might like. The florist tells them the flower is called a "Dream Bellflower."

The two make it to Rean's house and are astonished by how huge it is. Gugu is amazed by the banquet of food and starts filling his and Fushi's plate with food. Fushi notices that Rean's party guest are whispering about the sight. The guest spectate about Gugu's mask and wonder how they're related to Rean. Gugu comments that there are hundreds of people at the party and that Rean must have a lot of friends, while the two of them only have Rean as a friend. Rean comes down to the party and thanks the two of them for coming. Gugu shows his new mask to Rean who touches it in amazement. She realizes what she is doing and blushes. Gugu begins to ask her about the other day and Rean tries to avoid the topic. She notices Fushi brought her presents and quickly shifts her focus to him to thank him. Fushi tells her that Gugu also brought her a gift and Gugu hands her the Dream Bellflower, wishing her a happy 16th birthday. Rean stares blankly at the flower while Rean's party guest whisper in disapproval at Gugu's gift. Rean asks Gugu why he picked that specific flower. He quickly explains that he thought she would like it as well as that it's purple, her favorite color. One guest comes up to Gugu and asks him what he's trying to do and another criticizes the gift for being inauspicious. Rean's maid points out that the Dream Bellflower was the flower Rean was picking when the cliff accident four years ago happened and accuses Gugu of trying to hurt Rean. Thinking he's messed up, Gugu tries to apologize to Rean but she tells him it's fine and to have fun before quickly leaving. Rean walks away while thinking back to that day four years ago. She hasn't seen that flower since that day when she saw the flower for the first time. Rean's mother offers to throw the flower away so that it doesn't give Rean painful memories. However Rean declines saying it's the first gift Gugu's given her.

Meanwhile the party guests confront Gugu telling him he's being rude by wearing a mask at a party. He tells them he can't take off the mask and the guests try to pull it off him. Gugu ends up falling into a fountain as Rean rushes to the scene asking what happened. Rean takes a towel and happily starts wiping water off Gugu to the shock of the party guests. Rean laughs and says to Gugu, "at this rate you'll never be able to kiss anyone." Rean's maid tells Rean that her father is calling for her and she runs off. Rean is introduced to her fiancé by her father and the two talk on the balcony together while Fushi and Gugu watch. Gugu has enough and tells Fushi they should head back home. Fushi, however, still wants to eat. Gugu tells him that he thought the days of Rean coming over to play would go on forever, but he sees now that it won't. Fushi asks why and Gugu tells him that that's the rules. Fushi questions who decided on those rules encouragingly tells him "you must be the one to choose how you live, Gugu!" Gugu asks him if he came up with that line and Fushi denies it. Gugu tells Fushi to keep eating and that he'll wait for him outside.

Rean runs and finds Gugu outside and asks him if he's leaving because of what happened earlier. He tells her no and that he's used to it. Rean decides to ask him again about why he wears a mask and assures him she won't hate him no matter what he tells her. Gugu finally explains to her that a log cracked his head after falling off a cliff and he was then rescued by Booze Man. She asks why he fell off the cliff. He tells her he was trying to save a girl from a rolling log. She tells him that's amazing and that he shouldn't have kept it a secret but he tells her that it was a major screw up. Rean asks if he screwed up because he didn't save the girl. He says he did save the girl but she ended up with four centimetre long scar. Rean says compared to his wound a meager scar is nothing. Gugu tells her that to that girl, it was a large embarrassing wound. He thought he had done something horribly wrong to her. Rean realizes that girl was her and that Gugu saved her life. As she walks towards Gugu, the balcony they were standing on begins to break and Gugu pushes Rean to safety as he falls.

Chapter Notes

 * Rean turns 16.
 * Gugu buys the Dream Bellflower as a gift for Rean.
 * We learn more about Rean's home life and meet her fiancé.
 * Gugu tells Rean the truth about why he wears a mask and she realizes he was the one who saved her as a child.

Trivia

 * The Dream Bellflower is based on the real-life flower, "Balloon Flower." Its scientific name is Platycodon grandiflorus.