When the wind occasionally blew her hair aside, a glance revealed her startlingly radiant face. But most of the time, she preferred to keep it hidden, like a red flower blooming quietly in the cleft of a tree.
She was like this in school, and it was the same when she started working.
Reaching into his pocket, he touched something hard. It felt like heartbreak. He could recite almost every word it contained.
Two years was neither long nor short, yet their life paths had drastically changed. Even he had never imagined that after all their twists and turns, they would meet again like this.
It was like a grand dance: after countless turns, you still found yourself standing in the center of the floor with the original partner.
He continued to gaze into the distance until her indistinct silhouette completely disappeared. No one knew what was going through his mind.
Tuesday afternoon was the traditional off-peak time, with only a few scattered customers browsing the store.
