Connie couldn’t help but smile and laugh softly at the way he blurted out getting her a present. It was sweet, but not necessary. She would never expect anything in return. That wasn’t the point of giving gifts, anyway!

Maybe they really would meet up again. Maybe this would be the last time in a long time that they talked. But she hoped that maybe, maybe he could think about the adventures they had together when he looked at the little charm. Or he could tuck it into his subspace and never think about it again, and that was okay.

“Being with you would be present enough,” she insisted, and then made an effort to usher him to a nice spot to sit down near Alma, who was super nice and she looked forward to meeting him again as well later!

“Let’s finish our ice cream and then we can head home.”

Exchanging weird fruit for pretty gems was nice, but sitting and having ice cream with new friends was even better.


Kyuseisha no Hikari
Fin?