That night, Ichika went back to the track and ran until her lungs burned. Not to surpass Yui's records anymore, but to carry forward the fire Yui had quietly passed to her.
Yui looked at the shoes in her hands. "Every second. Especially the moments I shared with you." Yui Nagase declares her retirement. Ichika Mats...
"You never told me you were hurting," Ichika said, sitting beside her. That night, Ichika went back to the track
After the conference, Ichika found Yui alone in the athlete's lounge, unlacing her training shoes for the last time. "Every second
If you’d like, I can write a short emotional story based on the idea of and how Ichika (a close friend or rival) reacts.
"I have decided to retire from professional competition," Yui said, her voice steady. "My body and heart have given everything they could. Now, it's time to listen to them."