"Snap!"
A snapping sound right in front of me made me open my eyes.
"Huh...?"
The stuffed animal that had been right in front of me was gone, completely vanished, as if it had all been a weird dream. But it wasn't just that—suddenly, I felt shorter, like I'd somehow shrunk.
Looking down, I saw that my hands and feet were tiny, like they were three years ago…
"Ta-da!"
As I blinked in surprise on the bench, Dad held out a huge tub of popcorn in front of me.
"So, Nina, did that surprise wake you up?"
"Oh, Dad!"
I hopped down from the bench, a little annoyed. Dad loved surprises like this, but it had been so long since the last one that I couldn't help but feel slightly annoyed as I accepted the popcorn.
While I wondered when Dad had managed to buy it, I noticed something strange: he'd only brought one tub of popcorn.
Because, if it were really Dad…
"Hey, Dad. What about for Itsuki…?"
"Itsuki?"
