readx; The darkness whispered to me......

Nothing will come back......

What is broken, can no longer be restored......

Those who die can never be resurrected......

The only time to give up is now. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

None of this can be solved with the help of others.

Only time can soothe everything.

Only time......

……

Click, click, click......

Didn't answer, but continued to dig the earth.

What a boring guy......

I cursed myself, and my voice disappeared into the darkness as soon as I spoke.

All the soil in the flower beds was dug up.

Throwing away the shovel, I lay down in the grass.

The night sè is getting thicker and thicker.

I thought the dawn would come soon, but now I don't know where it is.

Surrounded by the smell of earth, I tried to adjust my breathing.

In the cloudless night sky, the stars gather densely......

Much more than what you see on the street.

One by one, they flickered one after another, as if they were playing a serene tune.

The eyelids fought, and finally he simply closed his eyes.

The starlight seemed to be obscuring through my eyelids, getting closer and closer to me......

When I opened my eyes again, the stars were back in the distance.

It was like this for a while.

Suddenly, a star fell onto the lawn......

"Huh? …… What the? ”

I sat up from the grass.

On the manicured lawn, pean-sized dots of light slowly rise.

"Fireflies?"

The light is faint, flickering and dimming, as if telling something.

It's so light.

There is no way to know whether it is warm or cold.

The only thing that is certain is that it does exist.

The faltering, pure point of light.

I couldn't help but get closer to the past......

It was really a fragment of a star.

Could this be ...... Dreamland?

Is it an omen? Or is it an afterimage of memory?

The point of light finally began to dim.

Before I knew it, I reached for it.

When I touched it, it was warm, as if I had a deep bond......

And just like that, I fell asleep.

……

I woke up to the sound of birdsong.

When I opened my eyes, I saw a clear blue sky in front of me.

“……？”

Not to mention that the quilt is uncomfortable, it is still cold.

I reached out and touched it, only to realize that it was wet grass.

Why would I sleep in such a place?

…… By the way, this is the courtyard of Kotomi's house.

It seems to have been a dream.

Is that......

Just as he was about to catch the remnant of the dream, it deftly slipped away from it.

“…… Alas, no matter what......"

He stretched out and straightened up.

After a night of sleeping, the body is very relaxed.

Squinting in the morning light, looking at Kotomi's room.

Quietly, it still looks like no one lives.

"Good morning, Kotomi."

Then, I looked around at the courtyard, which was still being tidied up.

I'm going to have to find a way to do it today.

"Let's get started."

I stood up.

The main job in the morning is to prune the branches.

Looking at the book I bought yesterday, I fiddled with the shears I used to prune the branches.

It's not professional, but I feel much better after cutting the branches short.

Once all the eye-catching branches are cut, the sunlight will be able to shine throughout the garden.

I don't know if it's elementary school or kindergarten, but the children are noisily passing by the door to go to school.

The sound of the truck rang out and stopped outside the hedge.

I put down my scissors and walked towards the courtyard gate.

Sure enough, there was a truck parked with the words 'RI Grocery Store' written on it.

A tall boy who looks like a driver is staring at the door number.

"Good work."

Mr. Okazaki...... Right? ”

"Yes, yes."

He looked at the name on the door number again, and seemed puzzled by the difference.

"I've got you some of the items you ordered yesterday."

"Can you put it on the doorpost? I'll do the rest myself. ”

……

"Hoo ......"

After moving all to the corner of the courtyard, exhale.

Humus, fertilizer, flowers for replacement, and a bunch of bags with tools and other small items that I was missing.

It's something I bought with all my possessions.

The flowers are bought by mixing all the varieties you see in the gardening corner.

The flowers in the plastic bowl are full of life, and the garden seems to come back to life all at once.

I used a hose to bring the water from the tap.

The black and dirty bricks in the flower bed were carefully washed.

Pour on the humus soil.

Mixed with the dirt dug up last night, stirred well with a shovel, and dried in the sun.

Then it's about trimming the lawn.

There's no time to change the turf, but it's still possible to cut it short.

Replace the blades of the lawn mower and fill it with oil.

Move the lawn mower to the end of the lawn and press down firmly on the handle.

Click-click-the sound of the belt driving the blade to rotate.

Green blades of grass sprinkled into the collector like a spray of water.

It took a long time to get the whole yard right.

Just cutting the grass in the yard short already gives it a new look.

The courtyard, which was still full of sinks just a moment ago, now looks spacious and bright.

Finally, there are the flower beds.

Take out the flowers from the plastic bowl and plant them one by one while considering the sè.

Wrap the bricks in a gentle curve.

The first blooming flowers, the fragrance of bright water and sè ze.

A short, neatly cut lawn.

In their zhongyāng, there is a white table and two chairs.

I carefully put together the fragments of the memories in my dream, and they matched unbelievably well.

Without thinking too much about it, I continued to concentrate on repairing the courtyard......

A little after noon, all the work was done.

Restored to the original courtyard.

This was an important place where Kotomi and I first met.

I can't believe that I can do this job.

Although subtle things like the type of flower and the length of the grass may be different......

But that's all I can do.

There should be nothing left behind.

No, it's not.

There is one more very important thing that has not been done.

But if you want to do that......

We can only wait.

When the work is done, a feeling of fatigue wells up all at once.

Sleepiness struck him, swirling around his eyes.

But I can't sleep yet.

There is still work to be done after the courtyard is restored to its original state.

Approaching the chair, which was as white as ever.

On the sitting side, he pressed his finger to see if the paint was completely dry.

Then, sit down slowly.

I put down my sleeve and looked in my pocket.

There, with the book Kotomi handed me.

Cover wrapped in leather.

Like with an old dictionary, the corners are rolled up.

Flipping through the cover, I took a cursory look inside.

The pages had faded and were a burnt brown of toast, and there were marks of insect damage everywhere.

Why would Kotomi want me not to read this book?

The answer, it should be in this.

"I'm sorry, but I still have to take a look......"

I muttered to myself, shaking off a slight feeling of guilt.

Turning the title page, I began to read.

This is probably a collection of short stories.

Due to the obscure translation, it is not at all easy to read.

After the first few skimmings, new chapters emerge.

A girl who claims to be from the future meets a middle-aged man...... story.

“……”

Soon the mind was not in the book.

"Whew~......"

Stretched a big lazy waist.

Can't help but go to sleep.

It must be because it feels so comfortable to stay in this courtyard.

Turn your gaze back to the book again.

“……”

When I came back to my senses, I realized that I didn't even have my fingers in the book.

The breeze was blowing, and the pages snapped back.

I couldn't help but close my eyes.

A hazy sleepiness gradually set in.

Like a cháo, distant memories flooded back.

Then......

By the way, Kotomi and I ......

No, it's not.

The book was newer, bigger, and better bound......

Like retreating, consciousness blurred again.

The day before yesterday it was a bunny......

Where this is, and when it is now, is no longer known.

Yesterday was a fawn......

The moment I was about to fall asleep, I finally thought about it.

Ah, right.

It's not that the book is too big, it's that we ......

We're too small......

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