Let's do it again, Yukino.

"Hey! Bro, don't linger too long."

He hung up the phone.

Looking up at the unfamiliar crowds in this strange city on a spring day.

It has nothing to do with being mentally exhausted or anything like that, my foolish sister.

I'm just a little lonely.

He thought to himself.

……

…………

A few days later

On a plane bound for France and then flying to Hawaii,

In first class,

The plane hadn't taken off yet, and Haruhi, who had just found her seat, was leaning back in her seat with her eyes closed, listening to the song she had written for her junior, Isshiki, through her headphones.

My dear, how lucky I am to have met you in this crowd.

My dear, how happy I am to want to share this joy with you.

……

"Well, I'll help you and Hachiman bring back some local specialties. It's nothing, it has nothing to do with your sudden marriage. I just wanted to travel and relax. I'm not interested in your Mr. Hachiman, whom you can brag about to the heavens."

"The plane is about to take off, I'll hang up now."

That clear yet gentle voice during the call.

click

With a crisp sound,

Sensing something, Chunri suddenly opened her eyes. Just as the package was about to hit her, she raised her hand and pushed it back onto the luggage rack with force.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry."

And the woman's voice, which had been cold and aloof, suddenly transformed into fluent English as she addressed him.

"It's nothing, just a small favor."

Kasuga answered the long-haired beauty in front of him in Japanese, shaking his head as he replied with a smile.

"You're also from Japan?"

"Spring Day Sunny, from Tokyo, Japan."

He nodded again to the young woman. He didn't know if it was fate, but looking at the woman sitting to his right who exuded an icy and snowy aura, Chunri felt an indescribable sense of familiarity.

"Yukino Yukinoshita, from Chiba, Japan. Nice to meet you."

She reached out and gently shook hands with the young man.

Yoshihisa

Yukinoshita Yukino: "..."

The woman frowned as she looked at the man who held her hand tightly and refused to let go.

"I feel like I don't want to let go yet, Ms. Yukinoshita. Could I hold your hand a little longer? I'll pay you."

Chunri muttered something inexplicably to himself and said to the lady he was meeting for the first time with a shameless grin.

"Are you an idiot?! Of course not!!!"

Yukino didn't know why, but she blurted out that sentence without thinking.

"Forehead……"

"..."

The two looked at each other in silence, and then burst into laughter at the same time.

Then, after an unknown amount of time, the woman looked curiously at the young man in front of her, who, although dressed smartly, seemed somewhat foolish.

"Have we met somewhere before? You look so familiar."

Yukinoshita was the first to ask a question.

Although she didn't have any recollection of him, she inexplicably felt that the man looked somewhat familiar.

It really was a sense of familiarity etched into my very soul.

"I also feel that you look somewhat familiar, but I don't recall ever seeing you before, Ms. Yukinoshita."

Haruhi smiled and, while answering, casually touched the back of Yukinoshita's hand.

Snapped! !

The shameless boy received a hard slap on his thick-skinned face from the woman.

"Sorry, I just did it subconsciously."

Yukino was also startled by the violence of her inexplicable actions, and quickly bowed her head to apologize to Haruhi.

"..."

For a moment, it seemed as if no sound was heard.

"..."

"You cried?"

Yukino looked at the man, whose eyes had suddenly welled up with tears, with great curiosity.

"It's nothing, just some sand in my eyes."

Spring's clumsy lie seemed unbelievable even to herself.

He subconsciously wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes and quickly put on a smile for the woman in front of him.

"Well, I'm also going to Hawaii, Ms. Yukinoshita, could I temporarily be your companion? That way, we can at least look after each other."

Xueno: "..."

I have a feeling that if I agree, I might lose something important in the near future.

Please!!!

Springtime touched the girl's hand again and sincerely invited her.

Snapped! !

A heavy thud

This seems to symbolize the woman's difficult answer.

The plane also took off at this time.

Blue sky,

Pure white clouds.

Indistinctly

It seems I overheard a promise made by a couple in the past.

Xiaoxue, when we have time in the future, shall we go to Hawaii for our honeymoon?

Okay, if I have time, hee...

In this vast sea of ​​people, we can still meet, can't we?

light snow.

……

…………

Time flies again, and years pass by once more.

Ten years later,

Chiba Prefecture,

The tiny figure stood before a group of equally tiny figures, hands on hips, speaking arrogantly to his playmates.

"I have no interest in ordinary humans. If any of you are aliens, time travelers, people from another world, or superpowered individuals, then come find me!!"

"Sister Suzumiya, the legendary Black Flame Dragon's power is hidden within me. Does that make me a superpowered person?"

"Um... that's fine... but Hachiman, your power hasn't truly awakened yet!!!"

"Sister Suzumiya, me too! Me too!!!"

……

not far away,

Under the cherry blossom tree,

A group of middle-aged people having a spring outing and dinner.

Sitting around this green space

Haruhi, who was already in her thirties, was watching her youngest daughter make a ridiculously cheesy statement among her friends. Feeling a little embarrassed, she turned her handsome face away.

"Haruhi, get along well with your friends!!!"

"Got it, Dad!

A little girl sitting on the lawn in the distance responded to him with a hearty laugh.

Haruhi Suzumiya, Haruhi's youngest daughter, is six years old this year. Just like Haruhi when she was a child, she possesses amazing vitality and energy.

Perhaps it's because she spends too much time with her old classmate, Yuki Nagato, that she has such a personality that even her father can't figure out, despite her young age.

"Let the kids do whatever they want. As for our president, your task today is to drink with us old friends until we drop."

Hachiman Hikigaya sat down next to Haruhi with a cup of sake, chuckled, and poured Haruhi a cup as well.

"Honestly, in the blink of an eye, we've gone from teenagers to people in our thirties, and our kids are all grown up now."