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Longtime Yesterday (Caleb Tender Moment)
Main Character: I didn't expect your teacher to move here after retiring. The scenery's nice.
Caleb: This is actually his hometown-used to point it out to us whenever we passed by.
Caleb: We're here.
Caleb: Professor Louis, we thought we'd stop by and... Why are you guys here?
Gideon: Oh, what a coincidence.
Blythe: We were just talking about you. You even brought your friend along?
Main Character: Gideon, Blythe! Long time no see.
Blythe: Hi! The last time I saw you was when Caleb just joined us. Patrick, have you met Ivy before?
Patrick: No, but I know her well enough. Caleb's talking about her all the time.
Patrick: If you walked around here, a lot of people would probably recognize you.
Caleb: Stop talking nonsense.
They all laugh and invite us to sit. A variety of dishes are on the table.
Caleb: Where's Professor?
As if on cue, Professor Louis walked in with a plate of braised chicken wings.
Professor Louis: Looks like Caleb was the last one to arrive. You'll help me clean up after we eat.
Professor Louis nods at Caleb before turning to me.
Professor Louis: Please try it, young lady. Caleb said you liked this dish. So, I wonder how mine compares.
I pick up and eat a chicken wing under their expectant gazes.
Main Character: It's delicious!
Professor Louis: Oh? Then do you prefer today's chicken wings or the ones Caleb makes?
I pretend to think about it.
Main Character: Both are tasty.
Main Character: But it's been a while since I had Caleb's. Maybe the nostalgia will give him an advantage.
Professor Louis: You two really are alike. Caleb was always the quickest thinker in my dynamics class.
I glance at Caleb who wipes the corner of my mouth with a napkin.
Main Character: What?
Caleb: Are they really that good?
Caleb: Give me a piece.
Main Character: Why don't you serve yourself?
I pick up a wing covered in sauce and place it in Caleb's bowl.
Caleb: Hmm... Not bad.
Professor Louis looks at us.
Professor Louis: Caleb used to be more disciplined. He watched his diet even when there weren't any training exercises.
Professor Louis: What changed?
Caleb: Well, we're on vacation... And you cooked the food yourself. I couldn't resist.
Caleb picks up another wing and adds it to his plate.
Caleb: I don't want to waste anything that shows up on my plate.
Main Character: ...You asked for it.
Professor Louis: You can't blame her.
Caleb: I won't. I'm indulgin' myself, which means I'll have to run an extra six miles tonight.
Professor Louis: Eat up, then. Everyone, make sure you try everything. Don't let my hard work go to waste.
As the sun sets, the table is cleared of its dishes amidst laughter and chatter.
Patrick: I guess those lunch boxes weren't refused because of missions.
Main Character: Lunch boxes?
Gideon: After graduation, we all joined the Aviation Administration with Caleb.
Gideon: He received different lunch boxes around mealtime for his shifts. It was never the same one.
Blythe: But he claimed he had to go on a mission and needed his standard in-flight meal. And so, each lunch box was returned untouched.
Blythe: Luckily, "Miss Apple" was there to help fend off his admirers. Or else it would've kept going.
Main Character: "Miss Apple?"
Caleb: My job as a fighter pilot comes first. I didn't think of anything beyond that.
Main Character: (As if. You asked me to help you fend off those girls.)
Under the table, I make a "five" with my hand and lean toward Caleb.
Main Character: When we were in school, you used me to fend off your admirers by pretending I was your girlfriend. I can think of five instances off the top of my head.
Caleb: Sure, but you were always ready to go out and eat with me because of those couples' discounts.
Main Character: ...There's a difference between mutual benefits and using someone! And that only happened two or three times.
Caleb: Do we need to keep track of that...
Caleb takes my hand under the table and adjusts my fingers to show a new number.
Caleb: And it was six times, actually.
After leaving Professor Louis's house, Caleb and I head back. We need to catch a flight to Linkon City.
I'm so tired that I sit on the suitcase. I let Caleb
push me through the airport.
Main Character: I feel like I'm a kid again.
Main Character: It would've been nice if you pushed me home like this when I was in school.
Caleb: But you never really asked me to carry you after middle school.
Main Character: ...It's not the same.
Main Character: Oh no, my scented candles.
Caleb: Did you buy three sets of the same scent?
Main Character: I need a set for my dorm and another for home. The last one is for your room.
Main Character: Applewood can improve your sleep. I hope it helps you rest well after tonight's run.
Caleb: Should I thank you now?
Main Character: No need. Consider it your payment for pushing this suitcase.
I lower my head and reach out to fix his messy hair.
The dusk's light dances at the ends of his hair. A warm glow is cast on his profile with sharp features.
Caleb: What... I-is there somethin' on my head?
Caleb grabs my hand. He looks up as the sunset illuminates his eyes.
Main Character: ...No. I just remembered something that I've been meaning to ask.
Caleb: What is it?
Main Character: During the dinner. What did you mean by six?
Main Character: When did I cover for you that other time? Be honest.
Caleb: Why are you making a fuss about it, pip- squeak?
I recall the dinner conversation.
Main Character: Ever since you joined the Aviation
Administration, you have so many little secrets.
You even had a "Miss Apple."
Main Character: ... And you had me fend off your admirers.
What if that affects my own love life?
Caleb smiles and looks into my eyes.
Caleb: I thought we've been affecting each other's love lives for a long time.
Main Character: What is it?
Caleb: Remember that hair tie I borrowed from you? The one with the silver apple-shaped beads.
Main Character: Wait, that's my favorite hair tie! So what did you do? You still haven't returned it.
Caleb: I wore it for a while when I was in the Aviation Administration. Thanks to "Miss Apple," fewer people tried to befriend me with lunches.
I pull my hand back and hop off the suitcase.
Main Character: ... Give it back to me next time.
Main Character: Helping you when we were in school was one thing. At least I knew what was going on.
Main Character: Now you're using my hair tie without telling me...
Caleb stands up. He holds my hand and slides his bracelet onto my wrist.
Caleb: Let's use this as collateral. We'll keep borrowin' from each other for a while.
I touch the bracelet which still holds Caleb's warmth.
Main Character: There's no reason for me to make a deal with you, though.
Caleb: You need a reason, huh... How about "mutual benefits?" Like you said before.
Caleb: Besides, I only want your hair tie. I'm not interested in other people's feelings.
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