Some reunions don't feel
like reunions at all.
You simply find yourself
back in a place
you never really left.
久しぶりに会ったのに、
なんだか、
いつも通りだった。
My daughter's friend came from Kumamoto.
They've known each other
since they were two—
since their world was still
small enough to hold in tiny hands.
娘が2歳の頃からの友達が、
熊本から遊びに来た。
And there they were.
No awkward beginning.
No distance to cross.
Just the two of them,
as though the years between
had quietly slipped away.
久しぶりの再会なのに、
二人とも驚くほど自然だった。
They talked when they wanted to,
laughed when something was funny,
and wandered off into their own time.
Nothing needed filling.
話したいときに話して、
笑ったり、
それぞれ好きなことをしたり。
No one tried
to make the days memorable.
And perhaps because of that,
they quietly became so.
「せっかく会えたんだから」と
頑張るようなところがなくて、
家族みんな、
いつもより少し
力が抜けていた。
Days before they came,
the earth had shaken again in Kumamoto,
bringing old memories back with it.
But here they were,
talking and laughing.
And somewhere in those ordinary hours,
the worry inside me
grew quiet too.
少し前に、
熊本でまた地震があった。
昔のことを思い出して、
気になっていたけれど、
こうして一緒に過ごしていると、
そんな気持ちも
いつの間にか遠くなっていた。
The little girls they once were
have grown.
Almost without us noticing.
2歳だった二人は、
もうずいぶん大きくなった。
Different places.
Different days.
Different lives unfolding.
暮らす場所も、
毎日も、
あの頃とは違う。
And still,
when they are together,
something feels untouched by time.
それでも、
一緒にいるときの空気は、
あまり変わらない。
There was no grand moment
to remember.
Just ordinary hours,
softly passing,
with people who didn't need
to be anything but themselves.
何か特別なことを
したわけではない。
ただ、
みんなでのんびり過ごした。
Maybe some of the loveliest moments
are the ones
that ask nothing of us.
They simply let us be.
なんだか、
それがうれしかった。