Goodbye, Endless Summer [Ace of Diamond]

I'll write this after the fourth season airs, or after I finish the Sawa story.

If all goes well, this will be my last fanfic. It will be strongly colored by my personal feelings, so read with caution if that bothers you.

18 years old

She had no motivation, yet somehow spent an entire summer running around for Miyuki and the baseball club.

You only turn eighteen once, so you only get one summer at eighteen. Looking back on that year, she can think only of someone else. It's a little sad.

"You should be thanking me. Thanks to me, you'll have to wait longer before announcing your retirement, Club President Takamizawa."

Miyuki smiled evasively, hiding his embarrassment, and said he'd make it up to her someday.

Any number of summers would do.

21 years old

She wrote the theme song for Koshien. The next day, during a pro baseball game, Miyuki changed his walk-up song to her song, "Endless Summer." The summer she gave him when he was eighteen would stay with him forever.

Theme: Long live the youth and forever the Swallows