Only Me, Then

Airnote  ·  Kanna  ·  Jun 7, 2026

Seventeen, now, Kanna thought. The journey has come this far.

Frolites of travel and meeting.
She had been one of them.
But she got off.
Stayed on the island.

Yu said: of all the ones who came before,
she was the only one he'd come back to visit after the bond had passed.

When she received those words, something felt strange.

Not special exactly —
not chosen exactly —

Only: there is a reason to come here.
A real one.

That alone was enough to make her glad
she had kept a fire in this library.

Getting off wasn't an ending.
If Yu comes back again,
then it's a continuation.

The wind chime rang.
The waves answered.
Kanna drank her tea.