2:56 P.M.

2:56 P.M.

 

I wasn’t immediately sure where I was.

I’d been sitting on the grass in mid-summer, eating and talking with Hinako.

But suddenly the world grew cold. Goosebumps popped up on my arms. I shivered.

“Cold!” I blurted.

“What, were you taken to summer?” the boy standing in front of me asked. It was dark around. I could barely see. But the voice sounded familiar.

I squinted, and realized there were two boys peering down at me. I remembered them. The two that had made fun of me earlier.

Earlier…

Oh, I thought.

That’s right. I was in the Moon Temple.

It was February 14th, and I, Michimoto Sakiko, had come here with Takeshi…

“………”

But that didn’t seem real.

It didn’t feel like I was actually here. The place I’d been in was far more convincing. I didn’t believe what I was looking at.

“………”

When I said nothing, the boys looked worried.

“You okay?”

“You feeling all right?”

I just gazed blankly up at them.