I finished eating shark fin. The coffee has already cooled down and the steam doesn't come out, so I can tell on my tongue that I am participating little by little.
Mikami sips a cup of coffee. I asked.
"Were you in love with that woman?"
"Maybe so. Maybe when we first met,"
"Is it love at first sight?"
"I'm embarrassed to be told to my face, but I guess so. I'm still in love."
"What? Could it be..."
"Would you like another cup of coffee?"
A woman with a yellow apron advanced me another cup of coffee. This is Tae Mikami.
"Two sugars, right? Here you go, Yuki-chan."
"Did you marry your first love?"
"FIRST LOVE."
Tae put her hand on Saikichi's shoulder. What an enviable couple!
"Then, I'll take Tyrannosaurus home!"
"It's 250 yen."
Tae packed it in a bag very efficiently. I thanked Mikami-san and when I tried to leave the shop, I said something I was worried about.
"Tae, isn't it an incarnation of Monkicho?"
She laughed a little and put her finger in her mouth and said it wasn't like that.
I left the store. I thought it was wonderful that the clouds were dyed pink and sunset.
I go near the tree in front of the shop and smell it. The faint sweet scent tickles your nose.
In the shop, I saw her putting her hand around her husband's shoulder and cleaning up the desk.
How close we are!
I gnawed at the Tyrannosaurus's head, feeling lonely that I had no one to hold my shoulder.
