あれは確か、〆切りの前日。

連日の追い込み作業で肉体は疲れ果てていたけれど、
逆に精神は研ぎ澄まされていた。
まるで時間が際限なく圧縮されていくような感覚。
疲労感はやがて万能感にすり替わって、
ああもう今ならなんだってできる気がする！
……そう、あれがいわゆる、
修羅場ハイってやつだったのね。

気がついたら、わたしたちはナイトプールにいた。
いや、どう考えても遊んでいい状況じゃないし、
１分１秒だって惜しい、
ギリギリの修羅場だったはずなんだけど。

２人で部屋を抜け出して。
スマホの電源も切って。

ただただ意味もなく、
水を掛け合って遊んだあの時間が―――

すごく、楽しかったよ。

If I recall correctly, it was the day before the deadline.

I may have been exhausted from crunch time, but my psyche was, on the contrary, clear. It felt as if time was being infinitely compressed. The feeling of fatigue was soon replaced by a sense of omnipotence, and it felt like I could do anything!

...Yep, that's the so-called crunch time high.

The next thing I knew, we were in the pool at night. Uh, we were definitely not in any position to be playing around, not when every single second is so precious. But the two of us sneaked out of the room. We even turned off our phones.

That night, when we just played in the water for no reason...was really, really fun.