Her sentiment was painfully obvious to Nagare and Kohtake. But they knew something she didn’t – something they were finding difficult to tell her.
When life with just Kengo began, there were no more cakes on birthdays, no more commemorative photos, and no more treats of takoyaki to celebrate a good test score.
The only thing that increased was the nagging.
If this is a second chance, I want to take it to tell Yoji just how much he meant to me. Even if nothing can change the present.
Worrying about how long it would take for the coffee to cool down was her greatest problem, and now she realized that all she needed to do was to drink it when the alarm sounded.
She didn’t hate coffee. Nevertheless, the idea of having to drink a third cup was unappealing.