*Rip*

STOP! STOP! STOP!

What was that you punk?

What'd ya say?

...So she's there.

Manaaa! Let's go hooome!

Wait a bit, Rikka, I'm in the middle of something!

...You know, today I want us to drop by somewhere. So hurry up, okay?!

I'll be waiting at the gate...

ARGH! GEEZ!

Just shake each other's hand and you can be friends!!!

If you wanna fight just come anytime!

Damn you, what did you say?!

Sorry, Rikka...

It seems I'll be late again.

Just go home by yourself first, okay?

*Clatter*

*BAM*

...Ah.

Rikka.

Were you waiting for me?

...Today, somehow,

I want us to visit this place no matter what.

How nostalgic. This hill.

Well, we used to play here.

It's been a long time since the two of us came here.

Remember? Mana, you made a tiara for me.

Aah...

I- I remember. That huh...

It's fine if you don't remember.

No, it's just that lately I'm too busy with the Student Council...

Ever since we entered middle school, you've always been busy. Haven't you, Mana?

It can't be helped that you've become forgetful.

Ah! But I do remember!

I missed the chance to see that shooting star.

And you've made a secret wish, Rikka.

Did the wish from that time come true?

I don't know.

...I see.

Mana, do you...

Yes?

Mana, do you...

About us beyond this point...

We'll graduate, going to high school, going to college, going to work,

getting married, growing old...

Even though it's still a long, long time away...

Do you think the two of us will not be with each other someday?

...That... Hmm...

Till we're old, huh?

I don't...

...think such a thing will happen.

I do not think such a thing will happen.

......Okay.

The world extends every minute you grow up. Little by little, I understand more things.

I'm frightened of what is going to change. I get lonely from what had already changed.

Ah.

A shooting star!

But my feelings do not change.

...Again and again, every year, let's watch meteor showers together?

...Yeah.

You promised, okay?