Chapter 53: Answer Me, Yes or No?
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Although I usually cry a little, this is the first time I have cried like that.
I cried for a long, long time, and when I was tired of crying, I fell asleep, and when I woke up, I continued to cry......
It's dawn, and I'm still alone.
After washing your face, open the refrigerator.
It's full of food made by my mother.
I really want to eat apple pie.
I used the largest fork and desperately tried to split it in half.
Put the larger ones back in the fridge.
Of course, you have to leave half for Peng Yejun.
In the evening, Tomoya-kun will come.
Come and celebrate my birthday.
The apple pie is cool and especially delicious.
After eating, I finally had a little jing.
While I was climbing on the stool to wash the dishes, the doorbell rang.
I guess someone came to help.
But, however, maybe......
It's Mom and Dad, they're back!
I hurried to the door.
Open the door.
Standing outside were a few people they didn't know.
Just like that, I learned something I didn't want to know......
Mom and Dad's plane broke down and landed far, far away at sea.
A very important paper also sank to the bottom of the sea.
And in my father's study, there may be a manuscript of the paper.
That's very important for the whole world, so I'd like to go in and have a look......
The adults explained over and over again, but I never said anything.
Because the most important thing, I haven't figured it out.
"Where are my mom and dad? I used to say to them that I hated them, and I actually liked them very, very much, but I said things that I hated them...... So, I have to apologize, I have to say sorry to them, my mom and dad, where? ā
No one told me.
Everyone was silent, and the look on their faces was either resentful or sad.
I was suddenly scared.
I was very scared, terrified......
The door was slammed shut.
There was a knock on the door, and people outside were calling me.
I locked the door.
Then all the windows were locked.
Particularly special scared.
Because I had no idea what was going on.
My head was groggy, but I was desperately thinking.
But I still don't understand anything.
The knock on the door was gone.
But the phone rang.
Although I was terrified, I answered the phone anyway.
Because maybe, it was Mom and Dad calling.
I stretched out my arm and picked up the earpiece.
āā¦ā¦ Feed? ā
āā¦ā¦ I'm a newspaper reporter, and I'd like to confirm a few things about this accident. ā
There was an unfamiliar voice on the other end of the phone.
"I don't know anything!"
"Are you Kotomi Ichinose? So, allow me to ask a few questions, I know it would be uncomfortable for you to say this while your parents are still missing, but ......"
"I don't know anything!"
I hung up, but it rang again.
No matter how many times you hang up, the phone will ring immediately.
Even if I tried to cover my ears, the voice still kept ringing.
I'm very special...... Particularly special scared.
His fingers were shaking, and his teeth were rattling.
"Tomoya-kun...... Tomoyakun ......"
I called that name over and over again.
But Peng Yejun didn't come.
I took the scissors out of my mom's sewing box.
It was a big pair of scissors that my mother used to cut the cloth.
Then the telephone line was cut short with scissors......
Since then, the phone has stopped ringing.
I plucked up my courage and turned on the TV.
Because the TV doesn't suddenly ring on its own, you can turn it off when you want to.
Pictures of dad and mom were shown on TV.
"Mr. and Mrs. Ichinose recognized each other during their work in a university laboratory and eventually came together......"
It was a picture of Mom and Dad when they were younger, something I hadn't seen before.
āā¦ā¦ Due to the special lecture arranged by the society, the two of them were urgently arranged to go to the United States to participate, and they encountered the accident on the way......"
After that, more people were listed on it.
It was said on TV that the sea where the plane landed was very deep and very cold, and it was very difficult for a person to survive on the surface for five minutes.
"As things stand, there is little hope for the survival of the missing passengers......"
I turned off the TV.
The TV crackled.
My father taught me that it was static electricity, so there was no need to be afraid.
Still, I'm a little scared.
As soon as I turned off the TV, all the sounds were gone.
It feels like I've been sucked in.
I'm scared to be alone.
It's much more terrifying than the sound of the phone from the adults.
In the evening, Peng Yejun still didn't come.
I said I would come, but I didn't come.
I kept waiting.
Watching the courtyard outside the window darken little by little, I was terrified.
But even so, Peng Yejun still didn't come.
Perhaps, he was hiding somewhere in the yard.
Because Peng Yejun is very powerful when he plays hide and seek.
I opened the lock on the very edge and went into the courtyard barefoot.
Mustering up courage, he screamed softly.
"Tomoya-kun?"
No one answered.
"Friends are also gentle, friends are also gentle, friends are also gentle......"
Shouted over and over again.
"Tomoya-kun ......"
Then listen carefully.
Still no response.
I looked at the courtyard in front of me.
It's always beautiful in the evening.
I often chat here with my mom and dad.
I also play here with my friend.
But now I'm alone......
I don't understand why things suddenly turned out like this.
Because I mentioned to Kotomi that there was once a girl named Ibukiko who was in a car accident, it became like this......
Didn't come to school......
Even if I went to the library, I couldn't see anyone.
So far, it's been good......
Whether it's friends or reading......
It's just two people, and it's okay for one person to eat half of the bento......
The beauty of the koto that is slowly becoming more cheerful.
Why, all of a sudden, pushed everything away?
And...... I always feel that there is something I have forgotten in my mind.
What kind of memory is it? I don't know......
But that kind of memory is definitely a very important, very important thing......
"Are you dating Ichinose-san right now?"
āā¦ā¦ā
I went to ask the teacher Kotomi's home address, but I was asked such a question.
"If it's inconvenient to answer, let's change the question, have you ever thought that your existence has a huge impact on Ichinose-san?"
In a way, it's hard to tell.
"The simple answer is yes or no."
āā¦ā¦ Be. ā
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