After two months, Aomine Masaki returns from K City. After freshening up and eating lunch at his mother's place, he leaves the house and walks to his neighbour's place, curious about Takiyama Rie.
Does she still like beef soup?
Imagine his surprise when he sees that the house is replaced by a three-storey shrine. People are going in and out of the shrine, making wishes to the surreal rain god, and tying wishes on the cherry tree near the gate.
"How…?" Aomine Masaki frowns at the shrine's gate. Where did she go? Did she donate her place to some religious organization and leave this place? Why did she not tell him once?
Then again, they aren't exactly friends.
"Isn't this Aomine?"
He blinks his eyes when he hears the familiar voice. A woman with a huge belly is walking toward him. In her left hand, there's a big packet of french fries. A teen girl and two boys are walking behind her, on her sides, with a cold look in their eyes.