Haha, I wonder. [ A pretty lackluster answer for someone who claimed to be in love. ]

He's funny, kind and really cute, but it's not like we've known each other for long. Yet when he stretched his hand out to me, I saw... let's call it a flashback. Yeah. It was as if I was seeing something from the past, although I don't remember it happening at all. But the memory was so warm and happy... [ Warmth she hasn't felt in a while. ] And on that day, Mikoto's hand was the same.

[ Her breading work slows to a halt. ]

I'm not superstitious. I don't usually believe in things like this, but... [ shyly, sheepishly ] I wonder if it's fate?