The weather was as hard as iron, so dull that it was impossible to breathe, and the cold weather did not make the sky transparent, but rather foggy, dark clouds piled up above the fog, but there was no sign of rain.

The snow in the cemetery has been swept away, and there are only small clusters of snow next to the tombstones, which have not quickly turned into droplets and moistened everything due to the weather.

"Whew...", taking out a breath of heat, the front foot was forced, the back heel was raised, Takuhisa squatted down, maintaining the same level of height as the tombstone, carefully studying the man on this tombstone, and the hostess on another tombstone next to him.

That's right, it is indeed two people, two tombstones next to each other, with a considerable distance, but they are closely connected.

"Shiina Memoto..."

Takuhisa first looked at another tombstone, his mother's.

In the photo, she is gentle and lovely, with a small jasper.

"It's beautiful..."

Just based on the black and white photos, Takuhisa can also judge the demure and beauty of this woman.

"Is this my mother?... No wonder I look so handsome, it turns out that I was born with genes. Takuhisa made a joke, but Nana Hashimoto didn't follow him.

She could see that Takuhisa was not in a good mood right now, and it was best not to speak at this time.

"Nanamin—" Takuhisa called out to her suddenly.

"Huh?"

With such an intimate salutation, Nana Hashimoto didn't react for a while, and after a few seconds, she knew that Takuhisa was calling her. She didn't dwell too much on the salutation, maybe she had to wait until later to correct it, so she replied, "What's wrong?"

"No, I actually just wanted to ask..."Takuhisa looked deeply at the photo and said slowly, "Did they go into the earth together?"

"Aunt Shiina has been here for a long time, and Uncle Shiina only moved in last year. Nana Hashimoto explained to Takuhisa in a not-so-sad tone, "My uncle stays here for half a day every year when the earthquake strikes before coming back. ”

"Why wasn't there a joint burial, since they were husband and wife..."

Looking at Takuhisa who was half-squatting from top to bottom, Nana Hashimoto said quietly.

"I stopped it. ”

"Why don't you share the burial?"

Although Uncle Shiina did not leave a will, he once said that he did not want to be buried with his wife after his death, but wanted to be next to him and by her side to protect her. ”

"Isn't it to go down together, but to continue to guard after death?" I really don't understand?" Takuhisa laughed suddenly, "But this is also normal, thinking is different from ordinary people, so there is the practice of sending sons to other people's families to raise, how can ordinary people do it, right, father?"

Turning towards his father's tombstone, the man in the photo is wearing Sven's glasses and showing a shy smile.

It was taken when he was in his twenties, and the photo shows him looking like Takuhisa today.

With his eyebrows, face, lips, and gentle smile, Takuhisa is different from him in that he has a bit of his mother's hard lines, which makes him not too soft like his father in the photo.

It's a real hammer, if this is not a father and son, it really can't be said.

Shiina Shinya, the name of the man engraved on the tombstone.

"Let's go, Nanamin. With a smile that seemed to be relieved, Takuhisa stood up, turned around, and grabbed Nanami Hashimoto's hand before preparing to leave.

"Is that all gone?" asked Nana Hashimoto, puzzled, "Don't you want to look at it for a while?"

Now that we're all here, you should see your parents more so that you don't forget, right?

That's what she thought.

And Takuhisa only stayed for a few minutes, which is indeed a little unimaginable.

"I've already seen it, and it's not interesting to watch more. Takuhisa shook his head, his free and easy appearance was fascinating, "Do I really have to kneel on the ground, bow my head and suffer my father and mother, I finally see you, I miss you and something like that?"

"Not really. Nana Hashimoto was not amused by his words, "It's just that I didn't expect you to leave so soon, I thought you would stand there for another ten minutes to remember the past or something." ”

"There's no need for that, is it?" Takuhisa skillfully pulled her down the stairs, "Even if there is really a connection in blood, I have never had any memories of getting along with them, and they all say that the touching between people is pulled by memories, and there are no memories, so naturally there is no excessive feeling." It's better to say that if they were still alive, maybe there would be a story like the one in the TV series. ”

"It's very unforgiving. ”

"I'll admit it, I've never felt like I'm a very emotional person, probably because I use my emotions on the people around me, right? When I get along with strangers, it's either hypocritical or completely indifferent. Takuhisa said self-deprecatingly.

"Is Uncle Shiina also the type of stranger?" asked Nana Hashimoto, unthinkingly.

"Count. ”

Her question, Takuhisa answered without hesitation.

"The answer was really fast. ”

"Because I don't have any memories, I seem to say it again, but it's true. ”

Nana Hashimoto didn't stop, and Takuhisa didn't exert himself, so he didn't pull her.

He looked back at her quizzically.

"You, like Uncle Shiina, are very cold people. She looked earnestly into Takuhisa's eyes, which were unquestionable.

The clammy air and the wind hit their connected hands, and the temperature of the two of them expelled the cold.

"Is this a compliment?" Takuhisa laughed.

"Sort of, of course, it doesn't matter if you take it as sarcasm, it's literal. "Nana Hashimoto is not like a child, and with the help of Takuhisa, she jumped down a step.

"On the third staircase, my father was also lying. Nana Hashimoto said indifferently, "There is one thing I want to apologize to you, I lied to you, in fact, I met my father, and it was in my childhood after having an impression, and I still lived with him." ”

But now...

Takuhisa could almost guess what Nana Hashimoto was going to say.

The other hand lifted the bangs, and Nana Hashimoto did not smile and was not in a low mood.

"Later, after he died, my mother and brother and I almost couldn't find a place to settle down and had to live on the streets, when I remembered that Asahikawa had a relative, so I tried to ask for help. ”

"That relative is my father, isn't he?"

"Yes, it's Uncle Shiina, that's easy to guess. ”

Nana Hashimoto glanced at the sky, it was still gloomy, but a few rays of sunlight close to dusk could be seen shining down.

"He took us in like that, but apart from us, he was so indifferent, neither things nor people, he didn't care, as if we were just exceptions. ”

"I think it's for some other reason. Takuhisa interrupted Nana Hashimoto as she told the story, her fingers waving.

"Do you know why? I've asked this question many times, and he won't tell me. Nana Hashimoto said without confusion.

"Because of you, Nanamin... Sorry, I just remembered to call your name... Hashimoto, maybe it's because you look a lot like my mother?" Takuhisa whispered his guess, "Since you said that my father was indifferent to outsiders, then he will also have the same person as I am, and this person must be my mother." After looking at the picture of your mother, you really look alike. ”

"Don't scare me, I'll be scared. Takuhisa's exclamation didn't seem to make Nana Hashimoto feel at ease, she looked at Takuhisa like what you were talking about, which made Takuhisa embarrassed for a while.

But there is something wrong with that...

"You can't recognize it, do you?" Or maybe you didn't notice it at all?"

Takuhisa's other hand touched her tall, fair nose.

"There are some things you can't see on your own, but in my eyes, you really look like my mother. ”

Through the look in his eyes, Nana Hashimoto didn't understand that Takuhisa was not joking.

"In my opinion, you really resemble my mother. ”

The cold wind suddenly blew on Nana Hashimoto's thin body with only a school uniform.