The sky hadn't changed. From that place, that time. My parents were dealing with things and sent me to study abroad.
I did a homestay and returned to Japan.
What once felt like forever was now like some kind of vacation.
I slipped back into life in Japan. My little town.
I met old friends. We passed the time.
Then my mind awoke with a lightning bolt of a memory.
There was a promise I had made her, before it all.
"Why are you going away?" she asked.
But I didn't have a choice.
She had clung to me and cried.
More than the promise my heart remembered the sadness.
That's why, once more...
That day we separated... we held hands...
Once more...
[from
DLsite English]