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2026年9月14日
A Summer Afternoon — Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Categories： On the Job > Cats
Surely today, too, he'd be hiding away somewhere out of sight.
It was a summer afternoon I met with such thoughts in mind.
When I happened to lift my gaze, Vyon-kun was atop the piano.
As though he were a piece of furniture that had always rested there,
he lay there, terribly still, in perfect balance.
And yet, it wasn't that he was unaware of my presence.
Without moving, he shifted his eyes just the slightest bit.
In a small voice, I tried calling his name.
Still, he didn't move.
From a little way off, I simply gazed at him.
And then, one of his eyes slowly began to close.
"You're not hiding today."
I murmured softly, deep in my heart.
That he was simply there
made me so very happy.
After a little while, his other eye, too, closed quietly.
Had he fallen asleep, I wondered?
Or else——
had he decided there was no longer any need to be wary of me?
Nothing special had happened.
On any other day, leaving only a trace of his presence,
he would vanish from sight — yet
that day, he was atop the piano.
He opened his eyes,
looked my way just the slightest bit,
and then slowly closed them again.
That was all.
And yet,
a summer afternoon
suits such a small moment so well.
Along with Vyon-kun's quiet presence,
that afternoon, too,
passed slowly by, as though nothing had happened at all.
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