Is
Shoko Fuyuumi is. Minami Fuyuumi was.
What 'is' interests Shoko. What 'was' does not.
Things that are, a thing that is is something that matters. The past was and affects things that are, but what was was and is not is anymore. The concours is. Her clarinet is. Her mother was, but her father's grief still is. Music is. Music always is.
Yunoki is. Hihara is. Keiichi is. Tsuchura is. Tsukimori is. Kanazama is.
Her loneliness always is.
Kahoko, though, is more than just is. Is implies existing and being, but Kahoko does. Kahoko laughs, Kahoko loves, Kahoko teases her and treats her with a smile. Kahoko lives, Kahoko enjoys, Kahoko dances, and Kahoko thrives.
Kahoko is. Their friendship is. Her beauty is. Her laugh is. The blush she feels when she calls her Shoko-chan is as well, as is the quick beating of her heart when she tosses her hair and gives her a smile.
Kahoko was. Kahoko is.
And for the first time, Shoko cares about what will be.
