After returning to her old neighborhood in Japan with her family for the first time in eight years, y/n is surprised to see Kei Tsukishima, now taller and older, arriving with his mother. Their families exchange polite greetings, but y/n attention is on Kei. They reminisce quietly about childhood memories the rain, ruined apples, and her first “arigato” and despite the years apart, the familiarity between them lingers. As their mothers call them inside for tea, a small gesture, Kei holding the gate open for her, reminds y/n that coming back might not feel so strange after all.