The sky hadn't changed. From that place, that time. My parents were dealing with things and sent me to study abroad.

I did a homestay and returned to Japan.

What once felt like forever was now like some kind of vacation.

I slipped back into life in Japan. My little town.

I met old friends. We passed the time.

Then my mind awoke with a lightning bolt of a memory.

There was a promise I had made her, before it all.

"Why are you going away?" she asked.

But I didn't have a choice.

She had clung to me and cried.

More than the promise my heart remembered the sadness.

That's why, once more...

That day we separated... we held hands...

Once more...

[from DLsite English]