Three Days of Happiness

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Maybe my timing could have been better.
I would be laying myself bare in the fireworks’ glare.
“Well, you’re right that I have tomorrow off, but I will be back the
day after. Unlike last time, it will only be one day I’m gone.”
“That’s not the problem.”
“Then what is the problem?”
“...Hey, Miyagi. I’m kind of popular in town. Half the smiles I get are
sneers, but the other half come from pure fondness. Whatever
sorts of smiles they are, I’m proud. I was convinced something this
good would never happen.”
I lifted myself up and looked down at Miyagi with my hands on the
ground.
“When I was in elementary school, there was this guy I hated. He
was actually really smart, but he hid it and acted like a fool to get
people to like him. ...But recently, I’ve come to understand. I
couldn’t help being envious of him. I think I wanted to do what he
was doing from the start. And thanks to you, Miyagi, I made it
happen. I succeeded at making friends with the world.”
“Isn’t that a good thing?” Miyagi raised herself and took the same
position.
“...So what are you really trying to say?”
“Thanks for everything, I suppose,” I said. “I really don’t know what
to say.”
“And for everything to come, yes?”, Miyagi questioned. “You still