"Haruki Murakami is to blame for this!" I said with a smile to break the little silence, and Melly couldn't help but laugh when she heard me. "Probably because we all like to read the same book!"

"I love Midoriko Kobayashi in the book!" Melly stopped turning the glass, looked up, and looked back into mine, "Really like it!" Anything unhappy can't affect her mood, it's very refreshing, she will do whatever she wants to do without hesitation, and she will pursue it when she meets someone she likes, I really envy her, but she's a little too much! It would be nice if she could have a little more tenderness like Naoko. ”

"These two people have their own characteristics, so they have their own charm!" I echoed.

"yes, it's like a kangaroo and a bear!"

"Huh?"

"But kangaroos are cute too!" Melly paused and said, "Kangaroos don't bite, do they?" I haven't seen it with my own eyes. In order not to get bogged down in the embarrassment of kangaroos, she added, "Bears and kangaroos, you can write a fairy tale!" ”

"Well, I can probably write it!"

"Then I'll wait for the fairy tale you write!"

"Wow!"

"In the future, I will definitely go to the zoo to see kangaroos, it must be fun! But I have a kitten now! That's it! ”

"What about your kittens?"

"Hmmm! I picked it up, a homeless kitten! It was not long after I was born, and I was very pitiful. ”

"Oh!"

"A thin layer of fluff all over the body, like a small ball of wool, small, so cute!"

"How did you find it?"

"That day, when I was returning to my dormitory from the library, I met a classmate in the dormitory on the way, and she insisted on taking me to a lecture on modern poetry, but I couldn't resist her, so I had to go with her. On the way back, when we passed near the cafeteria, we saw a small thing moving in the grass on the side of the road from a distance, so we walked over to see that it was a white kitten! We held it in our hands and looked at it for a long time, a very restless little thing, with its eyes closed and trying to crawl around, meowing, I guess it must have been abandoned. ”

"I see!"

"It was going to be dark, and it must not have eaten, so we had to take it back to the dorm!"

"Then it doesn't have a nest, what should I do?"

"We made a small nest for the kittens out of cardboard boxes, and we also lined them with cotton! The students in the dormitory also bought milk powder, and it was fun to raise kittens! ”

"Well, it deserves a home!" I said it in all seriousness, and my words made Melly laugh.

"You're serious even when you're joking! However, any life, no matter how small it is, should have a nest, a small home! You say, don't you? ”

"Yes!"

"If you always put it where it doesn't belong, it won't be happy! After a long time, it may get sick and die, so when it grows up and can run around, I am ready to let it go where I picked it up, let it live freely, and let it find its own world, what do you say? ”

"Hmmm! Should! It's a good wish! ”

Melly was now looking at me with her chin in her hands, her supple hair hanging down the sides of her cheeks, and her eyes flashed with a warm gaze that I had not seen for a long time, and occasionally flickered, and her expression showed a smile of happiness that she could protect a small life, a pure, serene, heartfelt smile, and a face that was more beautiful than I had ever remembered; The clear stream is flowing happily again! I looked at Melly in front of me, and my heart swelled up with an ungraspable and unprecedented heartbeat. Before that, when we met by chance, the most we did was wave our hands and nod our heads. I never thought she would be so talkative and sit here talking to me about a kitten.

"Guess what, what was I thinking?" Melly asked.

"This ...... Can't guess! Tell me about it? ”

"I'm wondering what you'll be like when you're a grandfather many years from now?"

"Huh? What does it look like? I asked with interest.

"Hmm...... Bending over, wearing reading glasses, holding a cane, walking tremblingly, and coughing twice with a white beard from time to time, it must be quite funny! ”

"Then I'll be old tomorrow, so why don't you just see it?"

"Hehe, you're really good at making people happy!" Melly laughed.

"Growing old may only be a matter of moments!"

"Time flies so fast, I'm already a sophomore in a blink of an eye, and I can't believe it, alas, ......"

"A little sad?"

"Yes, year after year, a person gets old like this, it's scary to think about!"