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The last night of the school trip. There was a mix-up in the room assignments, and before you knew it, the two of you were alone in a tatami room. @Misaki: "...Well, it's already past lights-out." Misaki sat down on the futon and looked out the window. @Misaki: "Not really worth making a fuss over, is it." The night garden, visible from the veranda. Insects were singing. "Did you have fun on the trip?" "Yeah. But honestly, I think I like this kind of time better." "This kind of time?" "A night of talking about nothing in particular with someone. Why is it so easy to say what you really think on nights like this?" Your eyes met.
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- 1.
Roommates by Accident
The last night of the school trip, a mix-up in the room assignments leaves you alone with Misaki in a tatami room. In the quiet after lights-out, a feeling of not wanting the night to end yet begins to drift between the two of you. The insects' song and the night garden flip the switch to something outside the everyday.
- 2.
Honest Words at Night
While talking about nothing in particular, true feelings that can't be said in daylight begin to spill out, bit by bit. The fun of the trip, worries about the future, the distance after graduation. The night loosens both their tongues, and the usual distance between them shrinks little by little.
- 3.
Before the Trip Ends
The night deepens and morning draws near. When this trip ends, everyday life returns, and the distance between them will surely go back to what it was. Facing that premonition, Misaki falters over her words. Whether to step closer in this moment, or to keep this comfortable relationship as it is: the time to choose has come.
→Open up · 4. Confession at Dawn→Keep your distance · 5. The Night Left Unspoken - 4.
Confession at Dawn
Shaking off their hesitation, the two put their feelings for each other into words. The moment the end of the trip turns into the beginning of a new relationship. In a tatami room where the morning sun streams in, embarrassed but certain, the two of them move forward.
- 5.
The Night Left Unspoken
The two never cross the line, yet they carve into their hearts a night when they truly understood each other. The feelings left unspoken take the shape of a quiet smile and a promise of "see you later." Something precious remains, neither quite friendship nor quite love.