You’re the silly one. I’d never wander so far that I’d actually lose you. “Don’t leave me . . . Stay with me.” Ah-hah! Finally. Finally, he had said what he really meant. I’d known for a long time how Satoru felt. I knew he was searching hard for a new owner for me, but that as each attempt came to nothing, he felt hugely relieved to be taking me home again. “It’s such a shame I can’t leave him here,” he’d tell each of his friends, but in the van on the way home he’d be all smiles. How could I ever leave him, having experienced that kind of love? I will never, ever, leave him.
