"Long time no see."

After buying curry ingredients, we walk together down the night road, where the sun has already completely set.

Even though it’s a road we always take, maybe because we went out to buy dinner ingredients in casual clothes, it feels different from usual.

“It’s been a while since we went shopping together.”

Come to think of it, maybe that’s true; it feels so long ago that I can’t remember at all when the last time was.

“I remember going a lot when we were in elementary school.”

When I looked at him, lit by the streetlights, there was a fresh expression there, with his cheeks softer than usual.