Seven Times I Came, Seven Times You Didn't
You told me to wait for the next time.
"Looking back, I realized how foolishly understanding I was. I wiped away my tears, forced out of me by the cold, and told you I'd wait. But I bet you didn't know that since then, every rainy day, my knees ached so badly I could barely bear it."
I whispered, "I thought that was the last time I'd be hurt… But it turned out to be the most ordinary disappointment of them all."
By the end of it, Joseph's eyes were red. He clutched the repaired hairpin so tightly that his knuckles went white. Then, his legs gave out.