Melonbooks 2023 Winter Fair SS: Home Café: Another Way to Enjoy a Drink
“...Ah, it’s nothing. I’m not sick or anything like that. Everything’s just so incredibly pretty, so much so that I was wondering if it’s all actually real.”
“Fufu, I know it’s all very pretty, but it’s reality. You see? It’s cold to the touch, isn’t it?”
Mahiru giggled, touching Amane’s cheek with the tip of her finger, letting out a clear yet adorable laugh, akin to a tolling bell. The delicate touch of her hand was slightly chillier than Amane’s own body temperature. Mahiru’s cool, slender fingertips nudged and pinched at his cheeks, as if to awaken him from his sleep, imparting Amane with a soothing and brisk sensation. She was tender with her actions, not hurting him in the slightest.
“If you’re so captivated by the scenery, it seems you have taken a liking to it as I have, Amane-kun.”
“Ah… You’re right about that. I’m glad I was able to come here with you, Mahiru.”
It was all fitting to such a degree it didn’t feel real, but Mahiru gently smiled next to him and withdrew her chilly hand from his cheek, now entwining it with Amane’s unoccupied hand.
That seemingly unreliable yet undeniable sensation slowly brought Amane back to reality.
“Fufu. I’m glad that I was able to come here with you, too, Amane-kun. Thank you for bringing me to see such stunning scenery. Let’s come here together next year as well.”
Holding onto his hand tightly, Mahiru smiled with as much—no, even more—refreshing exuberance than the lush sunflowers, the glittering rays of sunshine, or even the deep, clear blue skies that surrounded them. Amane felt the haze draped over his thoughts rapidly evaporate.
Amane couldn’t consider their intertwined hands a fantasy. This was the blessed reality Amane had obtained, a reality with a future he would now gladly embark upon.
At that moment, the background seemed to fade. Yet, with Mahiru as the centerpiece, a view so beatific and picturesque emerged, which only served to accentuate Mahiru’s beauty.
“...Yeah,” Amane replied slowly and thoughtfully. “Next year, too.”
Mahiru beamed with more joy and life than any sunflower as Amane conveyed each and every word with exquisite effort, confirming their future plans.
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