to think it had been so long ! she didn’t remember much of the first birthday the three of them, Mitsuru, Akihiko and Shinjiro, had spent together in that dorm - but it still felt like it had happened only yesterday. and to also imagine they would have changed so much, throughout the years… ! it felt incredible, if not entirely impossible. now it was, again, time to celebrate.
« I promise I won’t keep you away too long; the others
might have organised something already. They must be
eager to spend time with you too. Just come closer, with
me; here, sit. »
her hand genty tapped the empty seat on her left, the soft red velvety cushions of her room’s sofa. an open invitation for him to grab and take; some might have called it an order, yet her tone was calmer, way tender than her usual one.
there was a specific reason why she had called the birthday boy up there, up to the off-limits place - the floor boys were usually not allowed to visit, or even see. a sweet exception, for his special day. and a small package she had, tight under the firm, cold grip of her right hand - the one still nonchalantly hidden, behind her back. it scared her, how old-fashioned she was - what a fool ! and yet, it was her nature.
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