I expected them to come back to me. To apologize. To rebuild the raft.
Over the next three weeks, I became a professional watcher. I watched Kaito hold a fishing net while Misaki scooped up tadpoles (Rin used to do that with me). I watched Rin lend Misaki her uniform sweater (she used to let me borrow it when it rained). I watched the triangle become a line.