"I want to find forever by your side."
<Warm Winter>
Today is the first year and who knows how many months since Lu died.
...I seriously hate summer. There are cursed spirits out of the wazoo, and missions out of the wazoo.
Should I just go beat up those old fogies?
Today's missions are as annoying as ever, but today I saw a pretty decent plushie.
And the plushies even came in a matching pair.
Tomorrow just happens to be May Day.
I'm going to go beat up the old fogies. Suguru and I haven't seen each other in a long time.
I need a vacation to go find Suguru!
I can just give one of these plushies to Suguru.
...
I saw Suguru talking to that woman, Tsukumo!
I don't want Suguru talking to her!
That Tsukumo left.
"Suguru! Stop talking to that old orange woman!"
Good thing she left fast!
Suguru looks kind of tired?
Lu said, if you have something to say, just say it. Lu said Suguru is a stubborn idiot, so smart Satoru-chan has to take care of some things.
"Suguru! I missed you!"
I tossed the plushie at him.
"I brought you a gift!"
I watched Suguru's eyes light up, bit by bit.
Suguru missed me too! He was just too shy to say it.
I was so happy, so I threw my arm around Suguru's shoulder.
"Suguru! I miss you too."
Suguru's ears turned red, which looked pretty interesting, so I leaned in close. "Suguru, your ears are red."
As soon as I said that, Suguru's ears turned visibly even redder.
"Satoru..."
It was that most familiar, helpless tone of voice.
Suguru gently pushed my head away.
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Chapter 60