Vol 2 Epilogue (1/2)
Epilogue
Today, in theof the Minase household, it started with my helpless howl
“Wake up! Hey, wake up, Nayuki!”
I banged the door
“Mm…”
“Nayuki, Yuichi Breakfast’s ready”
“I’ you?”
Bang, bang, bang, bang
“Ku?”
After a day’s bang, Nayuki came out of the room at last with her eyes half-closed
“I don’t want to run to school with you any longer!”
Even though I said that, I still run with Nayuki everyto school
“We’re out”
Morning with bright sunlight and cool wind
“It’s already spring…”
We should be running for our lives, yet Nayuki coreeted the wind
I didn’t knohat to say—to call her capable as the captain of the track team, or explain to her her conceitedness
“Oh, it’s sakura petals”
S petals
Every day felt like repeating the sae, albeit slowly
“Nayuki, do you like the spring?”
“Yeah! How about you?”
“I think the winter’s better”
“Why? Don’t you hate the cold?”
“I still hate it now”
Sadly, I couldn’t
During lunch break, I walked to the cafeteria with the same person
“Aizawa, you’re still eating curry? The best thing now is Chinese rice with etables, you know”
“Mind your own business I like curry”
I rejected Hitagawa’s recommendation
Nayuki looked at my plate with awe
“It’s fine, but why are you always eating double servings?”
“Because I seeer appetite”
“You don’t eat that much at home”
Nayuki showed confusion with her tilted head
“It’s about time for people to show up in the court”
Kaori looked through the s The court was only unpopular in the winter In the waro there to have their outdoor lunch
Abruptly, I stood up and checked the refrigerator at the counter
I didn’t knohether it had been sold out or it didn’t restock It was empty inside
Was it because of the warly knohat is best to eat at the court
Days were tranquil, but I didn’t feel bored passing each and every day
One ti at the shopping district, Nayuki suddenly said so
“Speaking of which, that girl…have you ever met Ayu recently, Yuichi?”
“No It’s pass the season for taiyakis I bet she’s gone to hibernate for the spring”
“Hibernating in the spring, uh?”
“Don’ther up?”
“Because I’”
The two of the kid’s stuff
“Do you re with in this town seven years ago?”
“…I’ve forgotten already, but now that you say so, I do have an impression”
As the piled snow radually recovered from the memories the snow covered
“Are you saying that she is Ayu?”
Seven years ago, though, I lost that child in front of my eyes
The heavy sadness of the episode, how the girl sobbed, hoas painful and tragic, was enough to snatch away all the memories I had
“If that’s the case, the wings behind her bag were real”
“Mm…”
“Anye’ll certainly ain”
Let’s see, then
But now…
The s of the school were open, the curtains fluttering in the wind The air of new life, the court filled with students, school transformed into an unfamiliar place to me
“What are you doing here?”
Sitting alone on the bench at the court, I saw a girl wearing the uniforreen ribbon
“Can’t I come?”
“Well, if you don’t take a good rest at hoht become incurable”
“Don’t worry Froain”
“I see…”
I forced ht down and smiled mischievously
“But if you’re starting today, you’ll have to retake the first year again”
“I hate people who say those things”
That was the line I liked to hear the most