A bad feeling came over her when he said that, but the girl only frowned and nodded, letting it go. There wasn’t anything else she could do besides persist further, after all. And he had made his decision clear.
“I want to play again, too. Maybe I can meet your family some day.” Eri didn’t know if that was a good idea or not, but she didn’t want to chase him away. He was the first friend she had the chance to make around her age, and it felt wrong to keep butting in with all this bad stuff, she didn’t want to dwell on that anymore.
Despite that, when he handed her the flower bracelet she stared down at it before putting it on her wrist, biting her lip for a moment before looking up with a smile. “Yeah, one day I’m gonna be your hero and save you, Hisato-kun. So wait for me, okay?” it felt almost like a game, saying that, but she meant it.
“O-okay. Maybe we can see each other again!” she hoped they would, anyways.
“I’d like that very much.” Hisato smiled and gave a confident nod and a thumbs up to match. “I’ll see you again real soon and everything! Just like friends do! Maybe when I find my little brother you can meet him too!” He giggled and found happiness in the though for them running around the fields of flowers again together. It’d be nice and she was a lot of fun to be around.
”We’ll see each other again soon. I promise.” He murmured, putting his pink out and lightly taking hers with it, making a pinky promise. “My little brother and I would make these all the time! A pinky promise! I never break my promises.” Hisato said proudly.
“And yeah, yeah I’ll wait for you.” The brunette’s big eyes shimmered with hope and faith but with that he let her pinky go and stood up, gesturing back towards the city with his hand. “Get home same kay? But I gotta go now. I’ll see you again one day Eri! Thank you for playing with me!” Hisato giggled and ran off back up the other side of the hill, waving back at her with a happy and bright smile.
“Goodbye!” And just like that the mysterious little boy was out of sight.