i went on an out-of-season homecoming visit because my father was remarrying, and i suddenly reunited with marina shiraishi, my admired senior from my school days. when i told her that i didn't have a place to stay at home, marina said, "why don't you stay at my place?" and forcibly pulled my arm with the same innocent smile as before. on the way home, when i asked marina about it, she said she was being transferred to sapporo and had a somehow different, lonely expression. and that night, after everyone had gone to bed, marina came to my room…