There was a tightening in her chest again, and her throat hurt just for looking at the box, and at him. Tomoko wanted to say she didn't want anything from him - though that was a lie because what she wanted from him was his presence in her life after today and he couldn't give that to her, could he? And she wouldn't ask it from him, no matter how much she wanted to, just to see how he'd react. And yet she knew he'd already made a decision, knew that if she asked him to stay, she'd only get hurt if he said no. When he said no.

She reached for the box, and with trembling fingers opened it. And inside was--

"It's--" Tomoko lifted the bracelet from the box as though it was the most precious thing in the world, and right now, to her, it was. "It's so beautiful."

She laid it on her palm, felt tears clouding her vision again. It was coming, wasn't it? His goodbye. He was going to say goodbye to her under a meteor shower and it would be the most painful thing in the world.

Tomoko clutched the bracelet to her chest. "Thank you. I--I'll wear it everyday."