The afternoon I passed beneath the arch, I stepped into a world that was entirely a girl's realm.
Held in her arms, I no longer felt lost.

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A forty-year-old section chief—my first love, who looks just twenty.
On the night I gave him a computer and wine, he called me by my first name and held me close.

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"It's company-issued," she said with a laugh.
The two sheets of paper that slipped from the paperback silently told the story of a lie that had persisted for a year.

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A laundromat at two in the morning.
Blue light and a name from the past.
On a night I vowed to run no more, our pressed-together palms felt warm.

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The afternoon I opened the card, I fell into a world that was purely a girl's.
In her arms, I was lost no longer.

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On an autumn morning, she and I looked at each other from beneath the covers.
"Five more minutes."
For the two of us, those five minutes felt the longest of all.

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In a room by the sea, I told him everything.
He said he didn’t mind.
Amid the sound of the waves, the two of us shared our first time together and built a bond of trust.

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海辺の部屋で、私はすべてを話した。
彼は気にしないと言った。
波の音の中で、二人は初めてを重ね、信頼を分け合った。

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After the rain stopped, he heard her secret.
In the morning, beside the empty coffee cup, only his little finger was still touching her.

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雨上がり、彼は彼女の秘密を聞いた。
朝、空になったコーヒーカップの隣で、彼の小指だけが、まだ彼女に触れていた。

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The "Princess of the Sea" who worked at the municipal pool vanished one Tuesday.
I still haven't been able to throw away the pay slip she left behind—the one with "Thank you" written on it.

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市民プールで働く海のお姫様は、ある火曜日に消えた。
残された給与明細の「ありがとう」を、私は今も捨てられずにいる。

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A package arrived addressed to a name from the past.
I accepted it without erasing the name, smiling at the thought of a "stranger."
Outside the window, a small light drifted into the distance.

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昔の名前で届いた荷物。
名前を消さずに受け取り、「知らない人」と微笑む。
窓の外、小さな光が遠ざかった。

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The passenger seat of an aging car.
A corn dog split in two, and a red traffic light.
As our fingertips touch, the feeling of a special summer’s end begins to seep in.

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古びた車の助手席。
半分こしたアメリカンドックと赤信号。
触れる指先に、特別な夏の終わりが滲んでいく。

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We drove to the highlands in the old car I bought with my part-time job earnings.
He held me—dressed in my new clothes from Shimamura—more tenderly than anyone else ever had.

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バイト代の古い車で高原へ。
しまむらの新しい服を着た私を、彼は誰より優しく抱きしめてくれた。

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Me at 180cm, and him—standing next to me—at 190cm.
The makeover plan I started for him, using secret tights and notes, blossomed into the perfect romance by spring.

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180cmの私と隣の190cmの彼。
秘密のタイツとメモで始めた彼の改造計画が、春に最高の恋になった。

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