"I told you it was a date!"

Recently, work has been so busy that, for someone like me who had been holed up at home even on my days off, the sun outside is dazzling.

I was getting fed up with myself for staying cooped up in my room, thinking I didn't want to do anything, so maybe it was good that I came out…….

I wonder where he's planning to go? Thinking that, I ask Kaji-kun.

"That's why I said it's a date, didn't I?"

He looks at me with such a dazzling smile.

That hasn't changed since long ago, this lively, cheerful side of his. We're only childhood friends, not even the kind of relationship to go on a date, and yet…….

He's the exact opposite of me. Feeling a little inferior, I still end up smiling along with him.

"Come on, let's go out and change things up for a bit once in a while."