"I want to see Kumamon."

Mizuki Yui got out of bed, looked at the unchanged scenery outside, and muttered this sentence.

She was drooping on her slippers, and her hospital gown felt baggy on her body.

But after only standing by the window for two or three minutes, Mizuki felt a little tired, so he rolled over and got into bed again.

Thinking back to yesterday Mizuki Katsuta and Tsukasa Higashino, she inexplicably felt a little happy, although she didn't laugh out loud, but her mouth was cocked.

But just by smiling, her expression changed a little.

As Katsuta Mizuki said, Yui Mizuki is indeed a little precocious, and coupled with her serious illness, she is also sensitive to other people's emotions and attitudes.

So she can also feel that Katsuta Mizuki has a different attitude towards herself recently.

Katsuta Mizuki is smiling, but it always gives her the feeling that she will cry when she laughs.

Mizuki Yui knew, but she didn't say it, because didn't it make Mizuki Katsuta even more worried when she said it?

"I really want to see Kumamon," Mizuki muttered again.

When I first met Kumamon, it was a magazine brought by my nurse's sister to prevent her from being bored.

She was fascinated by the cute action at the first time, and the overall simple and cute Kumamon.

The energetic Kumamon is so cute.

To this end, Mizuki Yui also asked Mizuki Katsuta to collect a lot of magazines and newspapers about Kumamon.

After reading it, she knew that Tsukasa Higashino was a person.

Immediately after, a sense of adoration rose from my heart - Kumamon was designed at the age of a high school student? It is said that if you are ambitious, you will not be old, will you have a chance in the future?

It can be said that Tsukasa Higashino's experience motivated her to continue her treatment to a certain extent.

And while looking at the news of Kumamon, an inevitable idea was naturally born from her heart - to go to Kumamoto Prefecture and see Kumamon.

But this is clearly unrealistic.

So when Katsuta Mizuki came to visit the patient once, he happily told himself about the time when he met Tsukasa Higashino.

Mizuki only had one thought at that time - I'm so old, you still want to lie to me? When I was a five or six-year-old child?

That's how my own brother Katsuta Mizuki is... It's always not in shape.

But what she didn't expect was that Katsuta Mizuki actually invited Tsukasa Higashino, and Tsukasa Higashino chatted with her for a long time.

Mizuki Yui looked at the picture book next to him.

Turning to the last page... It has the signature of Tsukasa Higashino and a portrait of Kumamon.

She looked at the autograph and the portrait like this, and after a long moment she sighed deeply—

"I really don't want to die..."

Mizuki Yui was supposed to be the age of 'she should have grown up to be a scientist or an astronaut', and the word death should have been far away from her...

In fact, Mizuki himself didn't know what 'death' meant.

But once she heard her mother cowering outside the door of the hospital room crying... Then she realized that maybe the 'death' thing was not good.

At least she didn't want to see Katsuta Mizuki sad with her parents.

If she really wants to die, she also hopes to find a place where her relatives can't see and die.

And—

"I really want to see Kumamon... What does it really feel like to be an entity? ”

It looks hairy, it must be easy to touch, right?

She half-leaned back on the bed, and finally sighed deeply.

This goal felt like it was destined to be unattainable.

And then...

The door opens –

Afterwards...

"Kumamon?" Mizuki Yui looked at the round and cute black bear standing by the door in astonishment.

This... The surprise came too quickly, right?

She touched her head, her face full of incredulity.

Is your goal achieved?

And... Higashino-sensei is also there?

"Higashino-sensei... This is...? Mizuki asked him incomprehensibly.

"Yesterday, I saw that Sister Mizuki liked Kumamon very much, so I made a special call to Kumamoto Prefecture, and the other party was quite happy to let Kumamon come to see you."

Listen to Tsukasa Higashino's explanation.

Mizuki Yui looked at Kumamon in a daze for a long time before he screamed happily.

She simply hugged Kumamon: "It's really a bear!" ”

It's so cute! It's so cute!

Looking at Mizuki Yui's happy appearance, Higashino Tsukasa also nodded secretly.

His arrangement was not in vain...

But soon, Mizuki Yui, who was hugging Kumamon tightly, looked at its round blush, and touched himself a little uneasily: "Higashi, Higashino-sensei, why don't you let Xiong Xiong go out first?" ”

"What's wrong?" Tsukasa Higashino asked curiously.

Isn't this the time to achieve your goals? Why did Yui Mizuki still let Kumamon out?

"Me, I haven't cleaned up much today... It's ugly. ”

Mizuki Yui showed an embarrassed expression.

Oh... I see.

Higashino Tsukasa looked at Mizuki's disheveled appearance, and also nodded: "I know." ”

He temporarily sent Kumamon out of the hospital room and casually asked, "Do you need my help in any way...?" ”

"Higashino-sensei... Can you come a little closer? ”

Mizuki lowered his voice.

What is this for?

Higashino didn't understand Mizuki's thoughts a little, but he still got closer to Mizuki's side.

Then, he heard Mizuki's voice.

"That Kumamon... It's Katsuta's brother, right? ”

Hearing this, Higashino's face showed a hint of dumbness.

He just wanted to deny it, but when he turned around and found that Mizuki's only face was a serious questioning expression, he had to laugh helplessly: "It's exposed..."

Yes.

The Kumamon just now was indeed Katsuta Mizuki pretending.

Even Tsukasa Higashino, when this kind of Kumamon is in urgent need of promotion, does not have the authority to mobilize professional Kumamon actors to perform, after all, Kumamoto Prefecture is now short of manpower.

In the depths of the twilight, Qiren was able to urgently transfer a set of Kumamon puppet costumes to Tsukasa Higashino, which was already benevolent.

"How do you see that?"

Since it was exposed, Higashino Tsukasa didn't mean to continue pretending, and he asked curiously.

Mizuki Katsuta was wrapped in a ragdoll costume and was impermeable inside and out, how could Mizuki Yui see at a glance that it was the Kumamon played by Mizuki Katsuta?

"Higashino-sensei..."Mizuki Yui laughed, and then asked rhetorically: "How can there be a sister who doesn't even know her brother?" ”

She looked at the door, as if she could see Katsuta Mizuki, who was sweating profusely in Kumamon's bloated ragdoll suit.

"Why don't you call him brother when you're face-to-face?"

Before, Mizuki Yui was still full of disgust for Mizuki Katsuta.,He likes to brag about what he says.,One by one, Katsuta screamed.。

Why is another brother called affectionately at this time?

When she asked this question, Mizuki Yui was also obviously stunned, but she quickly came back to her senses and shook her head with a smile.

"No, no, no, you can't usually call that guy, he's easy to get carried away... He's such a person, I know him. ”

Belch... Tsukasa Higashino couldn't refute this.

That's true.

If you usually call it Mizuki Katsuta, maybe the other party's tail will have to be cocked to the sky.

"And..."Mizuki Yui muttered in a tone, his big black and shining eyes revealing mixed emotions: "I actually know that he doesn't usually brag much... He's really amazing, Musashino Art University... I heard from my sister nurse that it was one of the five major art academies in Tokyo. ”

"He's really good... He..."

Mizuki choked up as he spoke.

"Higashino-sensei, you said I... Will I ever see him again after surgery? ”

Higashino only sighed lightly when he heard this, and didn't say anything more.

He didn't know, so he couldn't answer irresponsibly, and naturally he couldn't give Mizuki only hope irresponsibly.

"I really don't want to see my brother in the future, and I don't want to see my parents in the future..."

Mizuki Yui's low voice trembled a little, and she held Higashinoji's palm.

Visibly trembling.

Tsukasa Higashino could only hold her palm in the same way.

In this way, after a minute or two of letting Mizuki Wei vent her emotions, she finally calmed down.

After calming down, she looked at Tsukasa Higashino in front of her, and after a long while, she burst into tears and smiled: "Mr. Higashino, I found out that you are different from others. ”

Well?

This made Higashino Tsukasa confused again.

Why did your brother say that I am different from others, and you also came here once, and also said that I am different from others?

"What's the difference? Can I have one more pair of eyes and two mouths than others? Tsukasa Higashino smiled.

"No... Just to say that... Higashino-sensei doesn't seem to like comforting other people... Oh no, it's not a big fan of being irresponsible and comforting other people. ”

Mizuki Yui said it several times, and finally got it right.

"Yes?" Higashino didn't notice this, thought for a while, and then smiled and said, "Maybe." ”

"And Higashino-sensei is not the same celebrity I imagined." Mizuki paused and said again.

Are you looking for a difference here?

Higashino Tsukasa couldn't help but be a little funny, but he still accompanied her and asked, "What's the difference?" ”

"Hmm... I feel that if you are the kind of person who really wants to be famous, you should be followed by a large number of media and reporters everywhere you go, and most importantly, am I not a good hype material? ”

Mizuki only analyzed seriously: "Shocked! A sick and weak girl was saved by Kumamon... Isn't that the best news headline to hype up a product? ”

Hearing this, Higashino Tsukasa couldn't hold back, and directly knocked her on the head: "You're thinking too much." ”

Indeed, Mizuki Yui is a good material for hyping Kumamon, and the mascot saves the girl... This is indeed a point worth hype.

But Tsukasa Higashino didn't do that.

Although it was also said earlier, Tsukasa Higashino frequently shows his face on TV and in interviews in order to earn fame.

But using Mizuki Yui to hype Kumamon, Higashino Tsukasa didn't do it so far.

This is also the principle of Tsukasa Higashino.

Since his debut, Tsukasa Higashino has never hyped up sensational things.

It's like the death of the Higashino family's parents, and the only sister in the family also suffers from mental illness... As long as there is a little hype, you can add a miserable young man to Higashino Division, who was born at the grassroots level and counterattacked to become a talent.

But has Tsukasa Higashino done anything hype?

No! Tsukasa Higashino didn't even reveal Chihaya Higashino and his family situation to anyone in the outside world.

This is a matter of his own principles.

There is no need for him to be like some singer talent show contestants in his previous life, "My parents died when I was a child, and I don't have the money to receive formal music education, but I have a heart that loves music" to forcibly sensationalize and forcibly hype himself.

Because this kind of behavior is both despicable and immoral.

Meanness is the fame gained by such improper behavior.

Lack of virtue refers to those relatives who are used as hype material and their own dreams.

Tsukasa Higashino chatted with Yui Mizuki for a long time.

"Mr. Higashino, thank you for this arrangement... I'm really happy. Surgery... I'll do my best. ”

Mizuki Yui naturally knew that Higashino Tsukasa had helped a lot this time, and she reluctantly made a half-bow gesture to Higashino Tsukasa: "It's very troublesome for you." ”

Looking at her pale complexion, Higashino Tsukasa naturally just smiled and nodded: "It's best if you can be happy, I hope you can recover soon." ”

He just did the brother and sister a little favor, and didn't do anything big at all.

The rest is all about the siblings.

"Can you please not tell him, Mr. Higashino, I already know that he is pretending to be a bear... There is no need to let him be disappointed in this matter as well. ”

Mizuki Yui made another request.

"I see."

Higashino agreed to the other party's solemn request: "Then I'll call him in now?" ”

He stood up and was about to walk to the door of the hospital room when he heard Yui Mizuki's voice.

"Higashino-sensei. Actually, Bear is not as soft as I thought... And it feels hard to the surface... But..."

She held back for a while before she could barely speak, and showed a sweet smile: "I like it very much." ”

Yes... She really likes it.

Kumamon, Katsuta Mizuki, and Tsukasa Higashino.

These people have gone through a lot of effort and given her courage.

She suddenly had the confidence to face the next surgery again.

At least for their sake.

......

It had been an hour before Katsuta Mizuki's disguised Kumamon withdrew from the hospital room.

During this hour, Higashino Tsukasa did not use the pestle there as a light bulb, but gave Mizuki Katsuta enough time to spend with her sister.

"Whew... It's really..."Katsuta Mizuki sweated profusely and took off the hood of Kumamon and fanned the wind with a sketchbook.

"How does it feel?" Higashino asked somewhat.

"How...? Well... Sure enough, it should be said that it is worthy of Kumamon, and Ah Wei is really happy. ”

Katsuta Mizuki patted the Kumamon hood next to him, looking a little happy.

But soon, he lowered his head again and sighed heavily, feeling a sense of helplessness: "I just don't know why Ah Wei can't be so happy when he plays with me." ”

"......" Tsukasa Higashino.

Thinking of Mizuki Yui's previous request, he didn't say much at this time.

One wants to hide the fact that he is pretending to be a Kumamon.

The other already knew the fact that Kumamon was pretending, but he still pretended not to know.

This brother and sister...

"You're in a really good relationship."

Tsukasa Higashino said.

"Huh? Not bad? Higashino-san? Where did you see that? I'm going to be scolded to death by Ah Wei. ”

Mizuki Katsuta looked at it complainingly.

In this regard, Higashino Tsukasa only smiled at him-

Didn't say much.