Volume 13 Chapter 9 (1/2)

Today was the last Saturday of summer vacation

There was no Yamayurikai work or club activities today, so it was my first true day off in a while

It hit o on a day trip to the beach

It took a train trip and a bus ride to get there A bit of an outing

I've been thinking it's about tiot a driver's license, but I've been so busy with the Yamayurikai and kendo club that I haven't found the tiive up on it happening this year

It was already midday by the time we arrived at the coast

We quickly unfurled a tarp on the beach and ate lunch As she was stuffing herself with iri rice balls wrapped in nori seaweed, Yoshi+no iri would have been fine” Apparently the smell of the beach was an adequate substitute for the nori seaweed - what a cute thing to say!

Since we hadn't brought our swied just our feet in the ocean

Yoshi+no was playing like a kid on the beach

Seeing her so happy, I was pleased too

It was like a dream

Up until last year I was unable to enjoy myself fully ent out because I'd always be worried about Yoshi+no's heart But it's different now

Places I want to go, places Yoshi+no wants to go

We don't have to plan everything out in detail, we can just wander aimlessly like this

After all, today was a first step in a way

Yoshi+no was undoubtedly thinking about ood summer memory too

”Hey, Rei-chan Why don't you write your diary e get home?”

”Huh?”

Rei stopped writing when Yoshi+no called out to her It felt as though she'd been in so dark

”I knoas a bit of a shock But isn't it a bit pointless ashi+ng things in your diary?”

”Whitewashi+ng?”

”That's right”

Yoshi+no plucked the notebook out of Rei's hands, opened it to the page she'd just written and said, ”Starting with this”

”While I did iri, it was because I couldn't stand the smell of the shoreline You must have known that by my tone, Rei-chan It wasn't cute at all”