The next day, I followed the address on the email with my sister to a coffee shop called Jey not far from my home, and it was tricky for Chihiro to enter the store because there were steps. What made him even more troubled was the sight of his surroundings - even if they weren't looking this way, the mood would turn bad when they happened to look at each other.

Fortunately, my sister didn't care about this kind of thing from the beginning, but she was used to it. Because, I can't help it...... "Wait, brother, I'll help you—" With that, she pushed the wheelchair up as skillfully as usual.

"I'm sorry." I smiled wryly. "It's a trifle! Besides, don't be polite to me! With that, she laughed with a look of anger on her face. Let's go, people are still waiting for us! "There weren't many people in the shop, except for a few customers near the floor-to-ceiling windows. So Lola's figure is particularly conspicuous, and at this moment she is getting up from her seat and waving to Chihiro.

"Here!"

And when Chihiro saw her, she was also stunned for a moment - is it a girl? And it still looks like the type I can't handle at all? With such confusion and apprehension, I greeted her after a period of confusion. "Did you send that email?"

"Yes."

Lola replied as she reached out and took off her headphones, then picked up the coffee on the table and took a sip. Then, put the cup back on the table. "Excuse me—" Chihiro carefully and carefully considered her words as she focused her gaze on the cheesecake in front of her. "Why do you know my email address?"

He asked, a little nervous and curious.

"I've been leaving a message under your updated novel—" After speaking, Lola generously showed him the screen of her phone, "You have been replying." So, strictly speaking, this isn't the first time we've talked. It's just the first time that we've talked face-to-face. ”

With a smug expression that she didn't want to show too obviously, Lola told Chihiro. "So, it's not surprising that I'll know your email address. Rather, I was surprised by ......"

With that, she stopped, her eyes falling on the wheelchair. Then, after thinking about it for a while, he swallowed back the rest of the words. "If I had known your physical condition, I should have gone straight to your house." After speaking, Lola lowered her head sincerely, "I didn't think it well enough to make such an invitation, I'm sorry." ”

"I'm used to it anyway." Chihiro shook her head and said. "And it's a nice place, isn't it?" With that, he cut a small piece of cake and tasted it as if nothing had happened. "The cake is delicious too."

My sister was about to say that, but I got the first shot. "Really? That's great. It was only then that Lola's expression showed some signs of relaxation. Who is this? Then, her eyes fell on the girl sitting next to Chihiro.

"My sister, Natsume."

"Because if my brother goes out alone, I'm a little worried. So, I came along. My sister laughed a little embarrassedly as she explained. That's right. Lola nodded lightly as if she understood.

"So, do you have any thoughts on that text message?" At this time, she stopped beating around the bush. "What do you mean?" Chihiro asked her after picking up the cup on her left hand and pouring all the water down her throat.

"Do you really believe that life can be done all over again?"

With a very serious expression, Lola changed the previous question to a simpler and more direct statement. "It's impossible to believe, right?" Chihiro gave the answer without hesitation, "This must be someone's prank!" Although he really wanted to tell the girl who was sitting face to face him for a moment, there seemed to be another voice in his heart that was diametrically opposed.

Desperately trying to prevent Chihiro from coming to such a hasty conclusion.

"yes, I think that's what most people would say, right? Felt like it had to be someone's prank or something. "Unexpectedly, Lola seemed to see through my thoughts and said that conclusion for me. Although before that, I had tried my best to hide.

This way of thinking and conclusion is normal. But—" Lola paused for a moment, taking a slight breath as if trying to calm herself down, before adding, "What if, true?" ”

In an instant, Chihiro's hand that wanted to hold the coffee cup ring stopped moving and froze there. "Do you really believe this text message? Do you believe that life can be started all over again? He asked with a look of great surprise, even as if he was taken aback.

Time cannot be turned back, what is lost cannot be remedied, and there is no so-called "regret medicine" in the world. I had always thought so until I met Lola, the girl who looked like she was only 17 years old, but after talking to her, I seemed to be more swayed than I thought.

"If it can be done, wouldn't you like to give it a try?" With an excited look on her face, she asked, "Perhaps, everything will change?" Why don't you reply to a text message? She suggested to me as she drank the rest of the coffee in one gulp.

And I, to be honest, have this idea - if I can have a sound body, my sister will be easier, right? - Once, my mother couldn't accept my physical defects at all, she was originally a dignified and generous woman, and she was also very beautiful.

It's like a person who has come out of a fairy tale. So, she couldn't accept my flaws at all—"Why can't you, Chihiro?" You're obviously my son...... "Whether it's academic performance or other aspects, she thinks I've failed her expectations."

However, the most unbearable thing for her was the fact that I couldn't walk.

My mother, who learned of this fact, always treated me coldly, and even quarreled with my father countless times about it. Over time, even my father's attitude towards me gradually cooled. — "Nothing would be the same without you!" ”

One time when he got drunk, he said something like this to me. Soon after, my sister was born. At that time, I finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the idea that I could finally leave this home...... "Maybe it had already taken root at that time, right?"

After that, I went crazy and stuffed my head with knowledge, barely sleeping. He fainted several times in the school hallway and was almost diagnosed as malnourished. Sometimes even I don't know why I'm trying to get to this point.

But sure enough, if I didn't, I would have been in a very bad mood.

Thankfully, I was able to get my wish to go to university, but I also got the news that my mother needed almost all the drugs to make ends meet. From her sister's letter, she said so.

"Brother, I don't want to do this......!"

On the phone a few days later, my sister said in a sad voice. "I don't want to...... "I'm not lying, although I don't have much contact with my father and mother now, I still keep in touch with my sister. And, quite often.

After that, both she and I were desperately trying to find common ground. Thinking about making the call as long as possible than the previous one, "That's right! Brother, congratulations on your promotion! Natsume congratulated me with a voice of envy.

"Thanks, what about you? There should be good news this year, right? ”

"That's right! I also made it to high school! Wait, brother, I'll catch up with you! On the phone, she said imposingly. It's okay, it's okay, you don't have to be so reluctant. After all, even if you don't do anything special in the future, you will definitely be able to surpass me. ”

I said as I leaned my back lightly against the back of my chair.

"Why?"

"Is this a gut feeling?" This kind of conversation makes me feel less guilty. And Natsume naturally didn't mention the recent situation of his father and mother again. Because she knows it's my scales. "What kind of answer is that?"

"That's it, brother—" She hung up, and I threw my phone on the bed. I sighed self-deprecatingly—and even now, I still haven't been able to hate everyone in that house without any scruples.

"That's all for today, right?"

As a result, it was already late afternoon when we came out of the café — "I think so, but it's you who decides." So if you approve of it, please feel free to contact me. Lola said this and turned around and walked in the opposite direction. When she finally disappeared around the corner, our stomachs both started to drum nonstop.

"Go home, right?"

My sister suggested, "That's right, I'm hungry—" and we decided to go home and cook our own meals, despite the fact that there was a restaurant next to the café. After that, Natsume really made a table of dishes, "Why do you want to cook so much?" ”

Chihiro looked at the amount that these two people must not be able to eat, and looked at her with a smile and asked. "I don't want you to taste my craft! So ...... on a whim," Natsume laughed with a somewhat embarrassed expression. As a result, both men undoubtedly ate enough.

"It's a pity that you don't go to a five-star hotel!"

"Thanks for the compliment!"

Natsume sat on the living room couch and burped constantly, turning her face to me. "I'm not complimenting you—" I immediately explained, with a look of disgust. After that, the two went back to their rooms as usual. However, Chihiro, who was already lying down, couldn't sleep anyway.

Today, at the café, Lola's words always pop up every few moments, "If it's not a prank, how about trying to reply to a text message?" Maybe everything will be different? ”

It was as if there was some kind of magical power to her words - Chihiro was still skeptical, but he eventually took out his phone and replied to the text message, "If I can really do it all over again, I want a healthy body......"

Once the text was edited, it was sent out. But after a while, I thought, "How is this possible?" I'm not stupid—" At this time, the body was gradually surrounded by more and more intense sleepiness.