When I suddenly came to, Frie was by my side as usual.
The only difference from usual was that Frie and I were holding hands.
Our fingers were intertwined like lovers'.
I felt a sense of wrongness, but I was accepting it too.
Ah, it’s a dream.
That was what I thought. But so what if it was?
Even if it’s a dream, I want to stay by your side just a little longer.
They go into the cafe together and sit facing each other.
Frie’s cheeks were tinted a soft cherry-blossom pink.
In that rapt gaze fixed on me, there was memory.
The gaze he had when looking at that guy was now turned toward Bambi.
When I was flustered by feelings I couldn’t put into words,
an invisible force pulled me outward, outward.
When I came to, Bambi was standing in front of a huge screen,
and inside the screen, in an ordinary scene as always, the one by Frie’s side was that guy, not me.
Frie! Frie!
I slam my hand against the screen and desperately shout Frie’s name.
Over and over, and over and over, and over and over──.
Beep beep beep beep, beep beep beep beep, beep beep beep beep.
I woke with a jolt at the sound of the alarm.
My heart was pounding so hard it felt like it would burst.
