Three Days of Happiness

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That made me happy. Even if they didn’t believe it, everyone
enjoyed my “Miyagi’s right there!” nonsense.
It was much better to imagine that I had a fictitious girlfriend than
to think I was really alone.
The announcement came that the show was starting, and a few
seconds later, the first firework went up.
Orange light filled the sky, the crowd cheered, and the delayed
sound shook the air.
It had been a long time since I’d seen fireworks up close. Compared
to my expectations, they were much bigger, much more colorful,
and disappeared much quicker.
I’d also forgotten that the huge fireworks take a few seconds to
spread out, and hadn’t even imagined how much the explosive
sound reverberated in the pit of your stomach.
Dozens of fireworks went up. We laid behind a building where we
could be alone, watching them.
Suddenly, I wanted to sneak a look at her face, and once I saw her
in the moment the sky was lit up, it seemed she was thinking the
same, and our eyes met.
“We’re a good match,” I laughed. “That’s happened before. In the
bed.”
“So it did,” Miyagi shyly smiled. “But you can see me anytime, Mr.
Kusunoki, so you should watch the fireworks.”
“Incidentally, that may not be true.”