Tachibana Tomoku's dim gaze slightly lifted as Shirakawa Sawahei turned and took a few steps before softly answering Tsukimi's call.
"Hello."
"Hello~ Shirakawa..."
"What's up?" Hearing the lazy and sweet voice tinged with a hint of playfulness from the girl on the other end, Shirakawa Sawahei couldn't help but smile, his voice becoming a bit gentler. He could almost picture Tsukimi Sakurazawa's expression on the other end, surely smiling with narrowed eyes, perhaps pouting her rosy lips, her eyes brimming with affection.
"Nothing much, where are you now?"
"At the shrine, it's the New Year's visit... Have you done the first shrine visit of the year yet?"
"My house is a temple, why would I go out for the first visit?"
"Did you make a wish?"
"I did."
"What wish?"
"I wished for us to be happy this year."
"Hmm? How coincidental, I wished for the same thing."
"Are you sure the 'us' you mean is the same 'us' I mean?"
