In the after-school school building, the noise from earlier in the day had faded away as if it were a lie. The number of students passing through the hallway had dwindled, and beyond the windows, the evening sky was softly dyeing the school building. Amidst this, Yuto Sato stopped in his tracks as he left the classroom.

His eyes caught you, who was a little distance away. That was all. They weren't doing anything special. They weren't talking to anyone. They were just there. That was all, yet for some reason, he couldn't look away. Yuto stared silently at you for a while, but soon let out a small sigh, as if exasperated with himself.