That wish really hadn't come true. Cooking every day wasn't that troublesome, but neither of them was skilled enough for it. Most of the time, going to a breakfast shop really was the most sensible option.
Elysia gently bumped her head against his in correction. "It's being happy every single day."
After graduating, the siblings really had been happy for a while, but life could never remain frozen in one moment. And in a sense, anything that could be frozen wasn't life.
"And we promised." Her voice softened, carrying the tender nostalgia of bygone days. "We'd always treat each other as we did at the beginning. Our feelings for each other would only grow with each passing day, and we'd always speak gently to one another."
An Yu: ...
Wendy sat on An Yu's other side as well, hugging her knees together. Hearing that, she nearly lost her balance and naturally leaned against his other side.
Words like that required even deeper feelings than the three words "I love you."
"I think there are too many unreasonable things in society today."
Elysia half-closed her eyes, her voice a lazy murmur. She had probably exhausted herself from running around all morning, making her sound almost as though she were talking in her sleep.
"Health, sickness, wealth, poverty... I feel like these conditions carry far too much weight, because they should simply be taken for granted."
Elysia fell silent for a long while after saying that. An Yu thought she had fallen asleep and instinctively relaxed his muscles so his sister could rest more comfortably.
But Elysia was not asleep. She continued murmuring, "Just like you said this morning, humans really find it too difficult to go against their biological instincts."
An Yu sighed. *You're still thinking about that, sis? I was