[LCeh]

Chap 23:

Spoiler:

So flashback to 7 years ago, Haruto sees Eba in the midst of the crowd, crying, so he goes up to see if he can offer some help. Eba says she didn't want to come to this festival and doesn't want to go home either, and says the town is really boring. Haruto wasn't happy that she was dissing his town, so he wanted to bring her to some place cool.

He brings her to some lake that has flowers blooming once every year, and the flower he was talking about was actually fireworks (In Chinese, the word fireworks contain the kanji "flower" in it, so I assume it's the same with Japanese), and the lake has a clear reflection of the fireworks as well. When they returned to the town, they met up with the others and took the photo. When they were about to separate, Haruto tells her that if there is something bothering her again, she can come to this town any time for relief.

Anyway, turns out Eba remembers this event all along, and Haruto wonders why she didn't tell him earlier that they have met before, and Eba says it's a little embarrassing for her to tell him since he seemed to have forgotten. Haruto then remembers about what he told her 7 years ago and wonders if there was something bothering Eba before she came to this town for school.