Footsteps behind him. Sae.
The cicadas scream louder. Sae doesn’t answer. She just watches him, and for the first time, Kaito realizes she’s looking at him the way adults look at hospital waiting room clocks. shounen ga otona ni natta natsu ep 1
He stops in front of her.
Kaito walks home alone. The arcade is nearly abandoned—most shops closed after the highway bypassed the town two years ago. A faded poster for a summer festival flaps on a telephone pole: “August 15th – Fireworks & Dance.” Footsteps behind him