The wedding was in the autumn when they were both twenty-five.
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It was a mutual friend from the summer program. A girl named Ayumi who had been in Group Two and who had stayed in touch with both of them separately and who had decided, when she sent the invitations, that she was not going to worry about what might happen.
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Ren was there with Yui. They had been together for four years. They were engaged. The wedding was in November and they had booked the venue in June and Yui had already picked out the flowers.
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Saki was there alone.
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She had been back in Japan for four months. Before that she had been in Turkey and before that in Lebanon and before that in a place she did not talk about. She was thinner than she had been at twenty. There was a scar on her forearm that ran from her wrist to her elbow and she did not explain it and nobody asked.
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Ren saw her across the room during the reception.
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She was standing by the window with a glass of wine. She was not talking to anyone. She was looking at the garden.
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He did not go over to her for two hours.
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He went over to her at nine.
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She turned when he approached. She looked at him for a moment and then she looked past him at Yui, who was across the room, talking to Ayumi.
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"Congratulations," she said.
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"Thank you."
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"You look happy."
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"I am."
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She drank her wine.
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They stood by the window for a while. The garden was lit by paper lanterns. Two of the other guests were taking photographs.
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"Dance with me," she said.
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"Once."
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"Once."
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They danced.
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It was a slow song. He put his hand on her back. She put her hand on his shoulder. They did not speak for the whole song.
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When it ended she stepped back and looked at him.
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"Are you happy," she said.
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"Yes," he said.
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"Good."
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She walked away.
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He watched her leave. She went to the cloakroom and got her coat and went out the door and did not come back.
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He did not follow her.
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Yui came over a few minutes later.
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"Who was that," she said.
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"An old friend."
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"She looked at you like she knew you."
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"She did."
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Yui looked at him for a moment. Then she took his arm and they walked back to the table and sat down and the evening continued.
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The wedding ended at eleven.
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Ren drove Yui home and went to bed and lay awake for a while and then slept.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Ug2qWDVeu
and then Add to home screen.