I wonder if you still remember it, the hot month of June when we were young, and walked far and wide on the abandoned rail tracks
Masatoshi was excitedly swinging his thermos, I think, and bragging about the mountain bike that he had his uncle get for him
“But I hate my uncle, because he’s always there, doing nothing but making my mom cry,”
Quickly getting a bit uneasy and looking away, because Masatoshi had a great big bruise on his face
A sudden evening rain forcing us into a run, taking refuge in a dilapidated and abandoned train station, talking about what we’ll do tomorrow, or the next day
Rolling with laughter at the stupid conversation, hearts pounding with the feeling a storm was brewing, back then, we were—everyone was—most certainly…
Waiting for summer
I wonder if saying “I don’t want to be here” is the same as saying “l want to go somewhere”… what should we do? Let’s just walk on
Yasuhito, who was the absolute worst at PE and school clubs, finally just sat with his arms around his knees and murmured
“I’m always just getting left behind by everyone… I’m so sorry I’m such a useless guy”
We let out a bit of a laugh, and somehow Yasuhito was caught up in it, and laughed too, through his tears
Playing hide-and-seek in the tall summer grass, we screamed “just a little longer” when the time came for “It” to say “ready or not, here I come”
Even now, they’ve still never found me, and sitting with arms around my knees the same as back then, I was looking up at the blue sky from my room…
Waiting for summer
Taihei, who was taller and better in a fight than anyone, was always thinking up ridiculous games
“Whoever can hang off the side of this train bridge the longest gets to tell everyone what to do, and they have to listen to whatever he says”
We were all too scared and couldn’t do it, but Taihei hung off the side of the bridge with a perfectly cool expression
Seven years later, Taihei jumped off the top of a building… If he had that much courage, I’d rather he had none at all
Playing hide-and-seek below the skyscrapers, how many years has it been since back then? There’s not even a voice going “ready or not, here I come”
If today is perhaps the sequel to that day long ago, then we have to continue our adventure! I was looking up at the June sky…
Waiting for summer