The reason I suddenly fell for a girl who was very familiar with bears was that one moment: a sunny afternoon, when I stood on a carefully trimmed lawn, gazing blankly at the sunlight filtering through the gaps between the leaves as it danced around.
(The following is a stream of consciousness.)
I found a girl in an alley, her skirt soaked in blood, and spent the night that begins every story in a love hotel.
My dream with the bear girl is to become the most boring student in the high school year.
Come to think of it, dogs are animals that put people at ease. That's why I spent fourteen years kicking dogs all over town.
I only ever spoke to two cats. The twins held a funeral for a secondhand motorcycle on a rainy day. I don't know whether that had anything to do with the twins.
I gave the twin sisters clothes marked 208 and 209.
We went looking for our father with a poet, but came back with bruised eyes that didn't fully heal until spring. The poet went to steal fish, and seven people chased him onto a bridge, where he jumped off.
P.S. Works referenced include Clannad and A Corpse Is Buried Under Sakurako's Feet.
