“Hey, Elle.”
“Yes? Did it not taste well?”
“That's not it... do you still―”
Koutarou was about to ask something, but he changed his mind as he spoke.
“―Do you know, that you're still beautiful?”
In the end he said something else. What he was about to say first was something that required a great deal of courage to say to someone far older than him, even if she looked young.
“My...”
Elfaria smiled happily. As she did, she really did look like a young girl, she looked just like she had 20 years in the past.
“That's right, Reios-sama, there are snacks as well.”
“I know you're game. I bet it's spicy.”
“Would you like to eat them together?”
“Only one at a time.”
“Fufufu, okay.”
It was a clear midafternoon Sunday. The sunlight was shining in through the window and lighting up Koutarou and Elfaria. Inside the normally noisy room 106, only Koutarou's and Elfaria's calm voices could be heard. The only other sounds that could be heard was the ticking clock, the cars traveling in the distance and the birds singing. It was a gentle and calm Sunday.
“These are pretty good when you only eat one at a time.”
“That's how they are. I still― love them.”
Like that Koutarou and Elfaria spent their first weekend together in 20 years like nothing had happened.