[Haru looks at him so eagerly--and Makoto is actually amazed at how easy he is to read. Easier even, at this age, as if hasn't quite built up all the walls around his emotions yet. The unspoken questions sound out loud in his mind, but of course this is still Haru and they go unsaid.]

Were we? We went there a lot I remember.

[It had been a long time since he and Haru had gone to the playground, but he remembers spending several afternoons there, on days they had no swim club meetings, and even more before they started swimming.]

We can still go if you want, Haru-chan. I think it would be fun, though I might not fit on the jungle-gym as well as I used to.