You stayed in that summer forever.
...
We would always climb that hill. Wait, was that really a hill? With the amount of memories I have of us climbing up, I already can't remember. Maybe because my vision was always full of you.
Whenever I looked up, I could trace your back as I followed. Whenever I looked down, I could see our shadows merge together. I wouldn't have noticed if I wasn't looking down so much. Maybe I should've stopped doing that sooner.
I should probably have told you then already.
But...
As we did a lot of things together, I felt it was enough. I thought it was alright.
In the terminal, I tip-toed so I would stand taller. I thought maybe I'd reach you that way.
When I looked up, I saw the clouds in the hot sky. Yet as I look far ahead, I could still somehow see you. You were always in my vision.
At night when the moon was high, everything looked bright and beautiful. Maybe I should've told you then already
If I stay silent, I would never get what I want.
But...
I await at the bus stop. When I glanced at someone's back, you, as you always were before, are in my mind.
At this time I knew, I want to catch up to you. I'll keep standing on tiptoes in hopes of getting to you.
At the terminal when I looked up, I could see you and the sky. Even if this time comes to an end soon, I will definitely, definitely remember.
And so...
I became an adult without being able to catch up. I couldn't put it into words, and so I ended up alone. It's alright though. I've already resigned myself to it.
Only...
The clouds; the sky; the terminal; the trees. In my mind, they always smelled like in that time.
Photographs are just scraps. Memories are nothing but garbage. I didn't realize before, so I kept my mouth shut.
When we climbed in the morning, our shadows that merged into one, dream of the night. I'm already an adult who didn't catch up. Even as I didn't put it into words, we still became one. I think that should be enough. Still, maybe, I think it's always been just a sunny day for you.
But I...
I can only reminisce in my memories of you now.