It's raining.

The distracted Narumi got up and closed the window, and stood in front of the window to watch the rain.

This rain is as incomprehensible as the crows encountered on the way here.

Let's not mention the sadness or anything for the time being.

They didn't bring umbrellas and put them aside.

The weather forecast of the Tokyo Meteorological Bureau said that there would be no rain, but the weather did not give the Meteorological Bureau any respect.

That alone was enough to condemn it from angry Tokyo citizens.

Drip...... Drip......

Rushing......

The monotonous ECG chime is mixed with the faint sound of rain after the rain breaks through the clouds, which is reduced by the noise of the windows.

Narumi Yu turned his head and suddenly felt that there was nothing wrong with Shiina Miyo's sympathy for Kawakami's mother-in-law before.

The old man on the hospital bed was indeed a little pitiful.

In the last moments of her life, two high school students who had only spoken a few words were by her side.

So, isn't he a little too ruthless? Even when I think about this, I'm still thinking about how to get home.

Bite~

Under the monotonous background sound, the notes that suddenly jump out are a little abrupt.

It was the tone of his phone.

[March 7: It's raining.] ]

[Yu: Hmm.] ]

[March 7: When will you be back?] ]

[Yu:......]

He clicked the record button, released it ten seconds later, and sent it to the other party.

[Yu: Wait for the goodbye, then listen to the rain, the rain stops, and I'll go back.] ]

Long.

Wait for a short message.

[March 7: Okay.] ]

“……”

He was still waiting for the girl to ask about the situation with concern, so that the waiting time could pass quickly.

After thinking about it, he sent a message to a pine nut a few days after adding line.

[Yu: The University of Tokyo Hospital, can you pick me up tonight?] ]

[pine nut: ......]

[Matsuko: Please pay attention to your words, I am Miss's bodyguard, not your bodyguard.] ]

Second, it seems that he is accompanying Imadegawa Chisaka in the Seirai Chikale Hospital.

[Yu: Forget it, I'm also afraid that Imadegawa-san will get angry.] ]

[pine nut: ...... Some? ]

Agreed? Narumi Yu was a little surprised, and glanced at the time in the notification bar at the top of the phone screen.

[Yu: Half past nine, thank you very much!] ]

[Matsuko: No thanks, I'll write it down in my notebook and report it when Miss wakes up.] ]

[Yu:......]

The rain outside the window tends to get heavier and heavier.

Narumi turned off her phone, sat in front of the window, and looked at Shiina Miyo, who was guarding Kawakami's mother-in-law.

My mind gradually cleared up, and I didn't know what to think.

Wow –

The rain was heavy.

If nothing else, the Tokyo Meteorological Bureau has urgently revised the real-time weather forecast, and maybe it has even been broadcast on the Tokyo channel.

Drip......

Drip......

He imagined himself lying on his hospital bed, wondering if he would be able to hear the rhythmic "dripping" sound of the electrocardiogram connected to him.

I hope I can't hear it......

This cold, unforgiving mechanical prompt sound is too noisy for a person who is about to leave this world.

The sound of rain outside the window doesn't work.

It's as if the world is keeping him, it will arouse his nostalgia for the world, and if he doesn't do it, he doesn't want to die.

Drip......

Drip......

Narumi put her hands on her knees and counted the time.

At this time,

The old man and the Shiba Inu are probably already saying goodbye to each other.

……

……

Drip.

……

Wow......

The world is quiet.

It was so quiet that only the sound of rain remained.

Narumi Yu didn't go to see the old man on the hospital bed, nor did she take care of the girl who was guarding next to her.

I just stood up on my own, opened a gap in the closed window, tried to block the rain, and let the sound of the rain outside the window indoors.

Whoop –

It's all to blame for his good hearing.

The sound of rain, unlike outside the window, fell in his ears.

"Shiina-san."

“…… Well? ”

Choked sounds.

It is the rain that falls from the girl's heart.

"Mother-in-law Kawakami, she's laughing."

“…… Well. ”

"Then why are you crying?"

"But ......"

Probably, the best thing for him to do now would be to walk up to Shiina Miyo and hug the crying girl.

Or before that, he held Shiina Weiyang in his arms, blocked the girl's sight, and covered her ears.

But forget it.

The world is not as gentle as he has gone astray.

In this regard, he wants to learn from this indifferent world.

This kind of sad rain, it's enough to listen to one time, if it's too gentle, I don't know how many times I will listen to it later.

Woo......

The nurse ran in and agreed with Narumi that she didn't go to comfort Shiina.

And then there are the doctors.

Then there are some noisy sounds in the phone call.

Narumi didn't listen to what the person on the other end of the phone said.

Just watched as the nurse gently pulled out the painting in Kawakami's mother-in-law's arms.

The nurse looked at the white canvas in the frame, stunned.

He breathed a sigh of relief and walked out of the ward first, without calling Shiina Weiyang.

Even if there were comforting words to say, the girl probably didn't have the strength to listen at this time.

Life and death are extremely sad things for human beings.

Not to mention the ......

"Hey......! Is there any mistake? Why is there someone I don't know in my mother's hospital room? Get her out. ”

The voice on the other end of the phone was noisy.

The next moment, the voice was quiet, and the nurse turned off the speaker.

"I'm sorry......" Miss Innocent Nurse's voice said.

“…… It's okay. ”

Ten seconds later, Shiina Mio also walked out of the room, his head bowed in silence.

"Wait for me for two minutes."

He took a deep breath and re-entered the room.

Took the phone from the nurse.

"It's hard work, Mr. Kawakami."

“…… Who are you? Why do so many people have to disturb my mother's rest? Maybe it's all because of you! Hurt my mother! ”

"Calm down, Mr. Kawakami, I'm recording."

The annoying voice on the other end of the phone stopped abruptly and became flustered.

"You...... What do you want? ”

"Resign and go home."

“…… Want to scare me? Huh"

Narumi hung up the phone and let the ward clean up again.

Then he gave the phone back to the nurse.

It didn't matter what would happen in the future, and he wasn't at all interested in what kind of person Kawakami's mother-in-law's son was.

I just hope that the old man may not have completely left this world now, so let's try to be quieter......

He walked out of the hospital room and walked down the stairs with the silent Shiina Miyo.

Ground floor.

On the glass baffle in front of the hospital to keep out the rain, there is the sound of raindrops clattering and falling.

The girl still kept her head down, and walked towards the rain outside the baffle without hesitation.

A pine nut waiting next to him looked at Shiina Miyo, then at him again, and threw him an umbrella.

“……”

Narumi Yu, who took the umbrella, had no choice but to chase after him, and picked up the umbrella and walked into the rain with the girl.

……

"Yu-san,"

"What's wrong?" Narumi Yu replied softly, thinking of the words to persuade the girl.

I just walked with an umbrella, and I don't know how long it would take to walk back......

"Do you say, living people, trapped in paintings, die?"

“……”

In the heavy rain, the street lamps were dim, and the girl's voice fell in the rain, small and thin.

"The paintings of Kawakami's mother-in-law and Taro Jiro have disappeared, and they are not trapped in the paintings."

Narumi Yu replied to the question.

Thinking about what kind of reason, let the girl who couldn't bear to leave this world ask such a question to the dead Shiba Inu.

It's Kawakami's mother-in-law,

It's him

Or is it the girl herself......