Reiji smiles. It doesn’t reach his eyes.
The same river. Different light. Kaito stands on the overpass, looking down at the black water. The moon is a shard of broken glass. shounen ga otona ni natta natsu ep 1
She walks away.
Coach said run five more laps. You deaf? Reiji smiles
Sae sighs, then sits beside him. Close enough that their shoulders almost touch. She smells like sunscreen and the cheap shampoo from the train station drugstore. shounen ga otona ni natta natsu ep 1
I’m what you’ll become if you don’t run toward something real.
Sae closes her book. Her smile is small, but real.