Something was wrong...
Even though the parts of the black skirt he saw, or its shape, were different each time...
He had seen it every time.
Not once had he failed to see it entirely.
Hmm.
If he couldn't see it at all...
How would he know the black skirt had appeared?
It was a paradox.
Then...
What if it was like a TV with a bad signal?
The picture appeared one moment, then the screen went black...
It changed very quickly.
In that case...
Could he be sure the other person existed?
The young man felt his head starting to hurt.
"I'm leaving."
Xiao Xiao said goodbye to the young man again.
Watching Xiao Xiao turn and walk away, the young man reached out, wanting to call him back. But the words caught in his throat and never came out.
He had called that young man back...
And then what?
What could he say?
What could he do?
The other person had already been very kind.
He hadn't shown any obvious annoyance at the young man's changeable behavior.
He had remained gentle the whole time.
The young man couldn't push his luck...
Forget it.
The young man finally gave up.
He tried to talk himself around.
He shouldn't get hung up on it.
He had probably just been mistaken.
Or maybe it was the angle...
What he'd seen was actually the tail of the Little Guy in that young man's arms...
Uh...
The young man found it a little funny.
In the end, he hadn't even figured out what the Little Guy in that young man's arms was.
A cat?
Or a dog?
He could only call it Little Guy.
The young man shook his head.
No...
As he focused on looking