around this time ten years ago

We took the train to Tenjin. 150 yen. Four stops. Had dinner at Duo Pietro, an Italian restaurant on the 13th floor of the IMS building. Maya’s sister worked there and gave us free salad. She was the cashier when I paid the bill. “Date?” her sister teased her. Maya nodded embarrassedly.

It was night. We sat at Kego Park. There was a little pond. Next to the pond were benches. Around the benches were skateboarders. We sat ourselves at the back end of the park, overlooking the skateboarders and the benches and the many couples that sat here and there and the pond that was glittering under the lights. By that time, there was nothing to hide.