"I'm sorry, I really need to get going! Bye!" she called out, and hurried away.

Somewhat startled, Masato looked after her. After she disappeared through the gate, he looked at her open locker, and then down to where her indoor shoes still sat on the floor. Lying next to them was an open envelope. He reached down and picked the shoes and the envelope up off the floor.




. high resolution image . preliminary sketch . japanese version .