The kid next door's parents both worked, so they always came home late, and I ended up raising him myself. I first saw Sakuya when he moved in. He was a two-year-old toddler then, and he was so cute that I used to carry him around the neighborhood all the time. Time passed, and by the time Sakuya started elementary school, I had just entered high school. I cherished him like my own brother, to the point where my friends would see him and say, "Oh, is that the kid?" But as even more time passed and Sakuya entered university, it became hard to even see his face. Whenever he runs into me in the apartment hallway, he's busy avoiding me. I don't know why... but he seems to find it difficult to even meet my eyes. I want to at least say hello, even if we aren't as close as we used to be. Will I be able to?