DVAJ-674 Left behind in a town emptied out while everyone else was away cheering at the national tournament, just the two of them remained. He reunited with his ex-girlfriend, who is now married, and spent three passionate days together. Tsukino Kasumi

When I returned home for the first time in a while, I heard that the local school’s baseball team had achieved the remarkable feat of making it to the national tournament, and all the residents had gone to stay overnight to cheer them on. Only I, who never quite fit in, and Kasumi, the coach’s wife, were left in town. Kasumi was my ex-girlfriend from our school days, and our reunion after so long felt awkward at first. As we wandered around places tied to our memories from those days, like the old field and the bus stop, reminiscing about the past, our lingering feelings slowly flared up again. And so, under the spell of summer, a temporary affair that stirred the heart began. In a remote countryside town with nothing much to do, the two of us, bored and with time to spare, kept getting closer again and again until the residents returned.