The Chapter of Rikugo - She is with 'her'

The bright daylight refracts straight lines on the glass window, clear and bright.

The light scattered on the floor constructs a fantastical gradual line, as if it were an illusion.

All the way, all the way, all the way to the corner until it meets with the thick wall.

--There is a warmth factor circulating between the lines.

Along the straight line, the gaze stretches to a cushion with a cat print, and located on it, is a fluffy mass of creatures.

Her eyes were filled with tenderness.

『Anna, come over here~』

The one named 『Anna』 was a lingering cat that had a rattle.

The fluffy blob, perched on the cushion, gradually began to take shape, and wordlessly walked into her, sat down nicely, and straightened its body.

『握手握手~左手~』

她伸出了左手，而安娜也抬起了左边的脚爪子，犹如镜面一般对称的动作，让她的脸上露出了开心的笑容。

-- It was like, ordinary, plain, yet happy, average middle school girl.

"Ahhh, wrong wrong wrong, I should be right handed.

The slender fingers squeezed Anna's tiny cat's paw, and the pink pads of flesh looked naive and cute.

"Come sit with me, Anna.

She sat on her knees, sideways, and Anna deftly leapt onto her lap, ruffling her thin whiskers with her cat's paws and squinting her eyes comfortably.

Just a normal girl, just a picture that can be seen everywhere in a normal home.

Only, in this home, it was just them.

It is not the pleasant conjecture that the family happens to be out and the kid is in charge, the fact that the truth comes heavier than imagination, but far less than the bottom line that imagination can reach, that is because the truth is not something that can be imagined at will.

Yes, in this home, there was only them.

"As long as Anna is there, there will be no loneliness, no sadness."

Her fingers stroked back and forth between the fluff.

There was a mixture of sadness and joy in her eyes.

"She is warmer than humans, more reliable than humans, doesn't leave suddenly, doesn't leave me alone.

The voice was slightly jumpy and unstable.

The light was teased by the clouds, bright and dark.

"Anna is still the best.

Stroking Anna's hand along the fur, the gentle movement was tinged with uneasiness.

It was clear that it was a tangible skin-to-skin contact, but it didn't feel safe.

"I really wanted ...... to go down with Anna like this, without doing anything else.

They were the existence of each other's needs.

"Always, always, always."

Does it really exist, the so-called always, the so-called forever?

"Till death do us part."

That's another name for eternity.