When we left the shop, there was just a little breeze blowing.
I looked back at the shop we’d just been in.
Yixiang, as if remembering something
narrowed his eyes softly.
“…Shall we go?”
“Yeah.”
I fell into step beside him as he started walking.
Today, we’re going to Huashan.
Walking through streets where old buildings and new shops were mixed together, it somehow felt like time was flowing slowly.
“Have you been here before?”
“Actually… this is my first time.”
“Really?”
“Apparently it’s a popular date spot.”
A date… hearing it said like that again,
I somehow felt shy.
As I walked through Huashan, I found a shop that caught my eye.
When I went inside, there were accessories and little items lined up on display.
“So cute~!”
Beside me, where I’d stopped, Yixiang was looking over the merchandise too.
Suddenly, my eyes landed on one bracelet.
A thin cord, with a small charm.
“This is so cute…”
“You like it?”
“Yeah.”
As I picked it up and looked at it,
“Want to buy it?”
“I wonder what I should do…”
As I hesitated a little,
Yixiang reached over from beside me and picked up the same one.
“…?”
“This too.”
“A matching set?”
“Yeah, as a memory.”
As I hesitated,
“Could it be… you don’t like it?”
“No!”
I shook my head in a panic.
“I don’t hate it!”
Yixiang laughed.
“Good! Then let’s get these.”
“…Yeah.”
Yixiang quickly paid for both of them together
After we left the shop, we put on the bracelets together.
I wore mine on my left wrist.
Yixiang wore his on his right wrist.
We looked at each other.
“…They match.”
“Yeah.”
And yet, just that
made me feel a little embarrassed.
After that, we kept walking through Huashan.
Stopping in front of old buildings,
peeking into shops that caught our eye,
buying souvenirs,
taking photos several times.
Each time, my eyes drifted to Yixiang’s wrist.
Evening.
It was getting close to time to go home.
“Did you have fun today?”
Yixiang asked.
“Yeah.”
After thinking for a moment, I added,
“…a lot.”
“I’m glad.”
Saying that, he looked aheadand started walking.
On the wrist of the man walking beside me, the small charm was swaying.
It was swaying the same way on my own wrist too.
Somehow, that made me happy.
