She Is on the Bank of the Stars

Lin Jin is twenty-four years old and works the night shift at a convenience store in Kyoto. Life was as ordinary as a glass of cool water, until at three o'clock in the morning, a barefoot girl pushed the door open and walked in. Her name is Lingshu, and she comes from Weaver Three, a planet with no winter, no food, and only light. She said her aircraft was broken and it would take seven days to repair it. Seven days is very short, not enough to see all the snow. Seven days is a long time, long enough to fall in love with someone. Her eyes light up when she drinks her first latte and she screams like a child when she sees snow for the first time. She used her superpower to show me the aurora and asked me "what does it feel like to like it". She said that there is no "I" on their planet, only "us", but for these seven days, she is willing to be "me" once. On the seventh day, she left. I was left with a traffic card and a line of words that will never fade: "I'll wait for you at Weaver Girl Three." Seven years later, in the winter, at three o'clock in the morning, the automatic door of the convenience store rang again. This time, not only one person came in, but also an answer from twenty-five light years away—— Some waiting is not for reunion, but to prove: you are worth waiting for me.