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Orange sè sunlight shines through the eaves, walls and windows.

I rang the doorbell.

Two, three, four......

There was no movement.

I didn't even hear the doorbell itself.

Strangely, I took two steps back and looked, and there was not a single room in the house with the lights on.

But I'm well aware......

Kotomi must be in the house right now, lying quietly like a wounded kitten.

In this case, the door would never have been opened from the outside.

It's not anyone's fault.

It's just a convention that Kotomi is keeping.

Along the path, I walked around the courtyard.

The sound of insects came and went.

A small Kotomi garden.

The traces of happiness that once overflowed are now gone. I stood silently in the grass, my mind blank.

Flowers and trees grow in a mess, as if their world was completely forgotten a long time ago.

As if to rebuke me as an intruder, it surrounded every corner of the courtyard.

I tested the glass door to the living room with my hands.

Yesterday it was open, but today it's locked.

I rang the doorbell one last time.

Still no response.

sighed, just as he was about to leave.

"Okazaki."

Who called me......

Looking back, it was Lin Yu......

"This is the home of Ichinose-san, right?"

Looking at the somewhat barren environment around here, Lin Yu asked.

"yes......"

You must have noticed the atmosphere here......

This is a house that has not had a happy reunion and a warm dinner for more than ten years.

Such a house is too big for one person to live in.

"Speaking of which, how did you know about this place?"

I asked Lin Yu.

"I'm sorry, I checked some information from the student union, so I came here......"

Is that so?

It seems that Lin Yu is also worried about Qinmei......

Always put other people's things first, that's the special thing about that guy, right?

"Lin Yu, take three days off for me, I won't return to Sakura Village and school in these three days."

With that, I made a decision in my heart.

"Well, I understand, work hard, bring her back to school, only you can bring Ichinose-san back, I have this premonition."

What kind of eyes are that?

Do you trust your friends?

"Ah......h

I nodded.

"Well, then, I'm taking my leave."

With a wave of his hand, Lin Yu left.

"Be careful on the road."

Under the sunset, the shadow pulls long.

I'm left with myself again.

I looked at the sunset reflected on the ground.

I may not be able to do anything now.

I may not have the qualifications to do this without Kotomi.

It's just that......

I don't want to leave this courtyard pitifully deserted.

……

The next ri, eight o'clock in the morning.

I came to Kotomi's house.

Since I wasn't going to school, I wore civilian clothes.

Rang the doorbell.

No response.

"Alas, it's ...... too"

She's not going to come out anyway, but she'll always notice if I do something.

"So...... Let's get started......"

The sun hasn't yet shone into the courtyard.

As soon as he stepped into the grass, Chaolu immediately wet his trouser legs.

The white butterflies flew up from their feet and swayed over the roof.

Stand next to a rusty table.

Looked around.

I couldn't help but sigh.

In the morning light, it looks like an uncultivated grassland.

Only a few flowers and plants remained near the low wall, which were quite passable.

I picked up the chair that had fallen to the ground and put it back in its original position.

It can be regarded as a kind of swearing-in ceremony for his next actions.

Then take off your coat and roll up your sleeves.

The first thing to do is to pull the weeds.

Uproot those obvious weeds.

Unexpectedly, a small grass has a very tight grip on the ground, and it is really hard work to pull them out.

After a while, I was sweating profusely.

The sun is rising higher and higher, and the neck is also hot.

His shirt was wet with sweat and stuck to his back, and his arms were all bruised, and even his fingers were torn.

"If only I had brought a glove or something."

Wiping his sweat, he began to blame himself for his recklessness that he had not made any arrangements beforehand.

I remember that the garden was always very tidy, and I thought that taking care of it was an easy job.

In this way, such a neat garden must have taken a lot of effort to repair.

"What should I do......

I just care about pulling weeds, but in fact, other turf has grown very long, and it is too inefficient to go on like this.

“…… Oh yes......"

Thinking of something, I stopped what I was doing.

Took a walk around the house.

Next to the faucet are hoses, bamboo brooms, and lawn mowers.

On the other side, there is a small utility room.

Open the door and take a look.

Sure enough, there are a lot of gardening utensils in it.

Shovels and sickles, as well as medicine and fertilizer bags, were neatly placed.

On the hook behind the door, hang two aprons that they wear for work.

This must have been something used by Kotomi's parents.

Pick up the scythe and take a closer look, the blade is full of reddish-brown rust.

"It doesn't work......"

Then, take the long-handled scissors that cut the grass.

This blade is also covered in rust, making it very inflexible to use.

I looked around the hut again and found a small whetstone.

I don't know the correct way to sharpen my knife, but it's better than not sharpening at all.

So I crouched down and pressed the blade of the scissors against the whetstone......

With the sharpened scissors, I returned to the weeds.

Click......

With a more blunt resistance than a paper cut, the tip of the grass fell neatly to the ground.

"This will work ......"

Soon the sun was climbing high and the temperature was rising.

I cut and walked, so that my shadow always fell on the area where I worked.

I worked all the time, only occasionally stopping when I was sweating.

……

The scissors have been cut dull.

When I looked up, it was already twilight.

Since I kept my head down, I felt that even the red sunset was so dazzling when I raised my eyes.

I looked at the sunset for a while.

His waist and arms were as heavy as lead, and his throat was so dry that it was smoking.

I took a look at today's results.

The conspicuous weeds were all pulled out, and the height of the grass was cut to half of its original height.

The garbage was also collected in a corner of the courtyard.

It's changed a lot compared to the morning.

But there was no sense of accomplishment at all.

After a whole day of busy work, the courtyard is still far from what I remember.

The sound of insects sounded again, and it felt a lot noisier than yesterday.

"It's been hard for a day, and it's not working......"

I can't help but initiate a prison sāo to come.

The lawn that has been cut so hard will change back to its original state if it is left unattended for a few days.

Shoved the scissors into the ground and wiped the sweat from his neck.

"There's tomorrow, there's tomorrow."

The lines that cheered me up were drowned out by the cries of bugs.

"Tomorrow......"

I looked at Kotomi's room, which was getting dark in the twilight.

Behind the glass doors, the dimly lit living room is quietly displayed like a mural.

There is no light in the windows on the second floor.

It must have been dark in the room.

Look around again.

The chaotic grass and trees gradually shrouded in shadows.

It was as if countless evil thoughts had climbed to the surface and lurked.

This is the courtyard I visited countless times as a child.

But even though Kotomi has told me a lot, she still remembers very little.

It was as if the scabs of the black sè were firmly covering the wound and obscuring the memory.

Or, am I really willing to recall those things?

Does it mean anything to the present?

Nothing can be undone.

I'm not the same person I was anymore.

Kotomi has also lost the happiness she once had.

All of this is just wishful thinking on my part.

It may be in vain to persist any longer......

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