My cheeky, cool childhood friend, Kota. In a countryside with little entertainment, he taught me so many things. We walked home from school side by side. We played together. During summer vacation, we caught bugs together. We ate watermelon too. We went to the summer festival together. We watched fireworks. I slept over at Kota's house. We slept in the same futon. We had our first kiss. Every day was fun. But I had to move far away due to my parents' work. At that time, Kota said to me, "When I grow up, I'll make you my wife." Twenty years have passed since then. I've become an adult. During the Obon holiday, I return to my hometown for the first time in a long while. The hometown scenery was unchanged from that time. And there stood my childhood friend Kota, who had become even more handsome. He, who was small when we were kids, was now taller than me.