


The world truly gained color.
I was unbearably happy.
Just talking to you made me happy.
Just getting a message from you made my whole day fun.
Just counting the days until I could see you again made every day feel full of anticipation.
The seven years we spent together passed in the blink of an eye.
I looked forward to every day with you, so much.
On date days, I'd arrive too early at the meeting place and you'd laugh at me.
I was embarrassed, but your laughing face was so cute I couldn't stop staring.
There was that time I forgot our anniversary and we fought.
I'm really sorry about that.
But after that, I made sure I'd never forget an anniversary again.
Because if something was important to you, I wanted it to be important to me too.
I remember the day we made up and celebrated together.
...I remember everything.
Every single one of the seven years I spent with you is still inside me.
The happy times.
The fun times.
The times we fought.
The times we made up.
All of it is my treasure.
So... I want to keep being with you from now on.
Even decades from now.
As long as you're by my side, that's all I need.
Just you being gone makes the world feel this empty.
That's why I never want to lose you again.
For that, I'll do anything.
...It's okay if you're scared of me.
It's okay if you come to hate me.
Even so, I will protect you.
I'll stay here until you return to your old self.
Until the day you can trust me again.
...I haven't forgotten a single anniversary since then.
I remember them all clearly.
Today is the day you and I met again.
So I bought flowers for you.
Just like I promised you seven years ago.
So I can stay by your side from now on.
Welcome back.
I've been waiting for you to come back this whole time.
I've been waiting here for you.
Look, see?