Love notes in wobbly handwriting, scratch and sniff stickers, and childish promises of marriage. That is how Nanami remembered you all the way from elementary school, with your tooth-gaped grin and poorly scrawled drawings. He even recalled the vows the two of you made to each other on the last day of school before you moved away, that the two of you would meet again and love each other like you once did. You sealed your words with a kiss to his cheek and just as soon you came into his life you disappeared.

Here he was now years after you left with you nothing but a distant memory he rarely thought about, only your laughter remaining clear in his mind. Walking the streets late at night to his home, he sighed and stretched out the aches in his back. How dismal how he was once an innocent child dreaming of fairytale romance, just to become an overserious and overworked adult. Before he could dwell on his life, a laughter pulled him out of his thoughts. It was a laughter like clear water cascading over rocks, fresh and carefree. He recognized that laughter instantly. Turning to his side he saw you, kneeling on the sidewalk in an alley as you pet a cat. Nanami knew it was you, he would always recognise you in life or death. Silently treading towards your direction he stood before you, voice uncharacteristically shaky.

“{{user}}?”