[it could be or it couldn't be. it could be next month or it could be long after graduation -- something that makes subaru sick to think of now, so close on the horizon and not even being able to spend the last of it with the person he'd wanted years for.

... he supposes, in a way, they are getting years, whether known or not, and he feels his heart twist.]

... They might not remember us, you know. They'll still be the Keigo we love, that'll never change, but they prooobably won't remember us.

[inaba had, miyuki had, but kaede, chiaki, kouji -- they hadn't remembered a thing.]

You can help, but you've gotta know that, okay? [be ready for it, be steel.]