After that, I felt that something could happen, whether it was physically; Or the surrounding scenery, so I closed my eyes and waited with bated breath for it to come, but this time it was as if nothing had happened, "Why?" Then I couldn't help but wonder if I was asking. However, before I could think about it, I couldn't help but be found by drowsiness, and my eyelids became heavier and heavier.

When I woke up the next day, my hair was messy and limp, and my shirt was loose and big. The door was open, and porridge and cheese were placed on a low table not far from the bed. There is also a sticky note next to it.

The neatly crafted words on it read, "If you wake up, remember to eat." "Immediately, I was surprised. Because I know it! — This is Natsume's word! Realizing this, I hurriedly put on my slippers, walked around the low table to the cabinet, grabbed the calendar and held it up in front of my eyes—"July 2022"

That's exactly what it says. That is, I succeeded? Coming back? Instantly, I was so excited that I didn't even know where to put my hands...... Of course I'm happy to be back in this home where I've lived with Natsume for a long time, and honestly, the feeling that she's still around makes me so happy!

Tears almost fell.

After taking some time to calm down, I picked up my phone from the tablet next to the bed and dialed Natsume without thinking, "Brother? Did something happen? Could it be that you fell?! As she spoke, her tone suddenly became tense.

"No, calm down."

I hurriedly comforted her and said, "I just want to hear your voice." Then, in his usual tone, he said. —It's true, and I'm satisfied to hear Natsume's voice again, even if she's complaining about me now. "Brother, can't you fall asleep? I'm in class right now! If it's okay, I'll hang up—"

After speaking, she thought for a moment and added: "Goodbye." But at the moment when she was about to do this, "Natsume! I couldn't help but interrupt her again. What? Suddenly, she became a little impatient. You're now—"

"Senior year of high school, or sophomore year of high school?" As soon as the words fell, I heard a strange voice on the other side of the phone that seemed to be startled, "Brother, is this some kind of prank?" Natsume couldn't believe her ears for a moment, so she asked me.

"Don't you know this best?" Then she came back with some doubts and worries. But it was immediately overshadowed by my voice, "You answer me first—" Natsume was stunned for a moment and sighed, "How can I still be a student after this." ”

After speaking, I couldn't help but sigh again.

"Brother, are you really a little strange today? Feeling unwell? If that's the case, I'll be right back on leave—" She began to worry again. "No, it's fine."

"Really? You're not pushing yourself, are you? ”

"Nope!" —Natsume believed me, but before that, she confirmed it several times in succession, "Really, it's true! So you don't need to come back. Before I knew it, she burst out laughing, and then, too, was amused by her laughter.

"Natsume—" and then hurriedly changed his tone to a softer tone, "What's wrong?" Natsume's tone became softer at this point. Thank you for the breakfast, it was delicious. In an instant she seemed to laugh again, "Really? That's good. ”

Then, as if we were hanging up at the same time, another name in the address book at that moment couldn't help but jump into my eyes - "Lola ......" and the memory of that incident gradually came back to my mind.

It was as clear as if it had happened yesterday, and as the memory became clearer and clearer, cold sweat began to break out in the palms of my hands—"I'm sorry......" Then, I brought my phone to my eyes and tried to dial the call several times, but I was surprised to find that —

Every time I tried to dial that number, my hands shook terribly. "Don't you want to save her?" At this moment, the voice that seemed to be waiting for me in the phone booth on the street every time rang in my head again.

"No, no! I want to save her, I want to save her more than anyone else! Then, I retorted hysterically in my heart. And for no reason I was annoyed with the voice. At the same time, I was a little curious.

At this moment, the door suddenly opened—"Brother, I'm back!" ”

As the door closed with a thick metallic sound, Natsume's voice reached his ears. "Brother?" She changed her shoes in the hallway, took off her coat, and walked down the hallway to my room, "Are you crying?" ”

"Did something happen?"

She approached me in surprise and asked, and suddenly I realized that I was crying, and quickly wiped my tears with my hands. However, they kept falling. "How strange! I didn't want ......."

At this time, I was desperately avoiding Natsume's gaze; While crying and laughing, he explained to her in a trembling voice, "What? But when I finally finished speaking, Natsume stared at me with a questioning face......

"Resetting your life? Brother, how could that happen—" I shook my head vigorously before she could deny it, "Yes. And told her firmly. Then she realized that I wasn't telling it as some kind of ridiculous joke.

"Really?"

She grabbed my hand and asked again. I nodded vigorously again......

Natsume stood up silently and pushed me to the living room. The two of us sat down on the couch facing each other, "So, brother, you disappeared that night because—is this?" ”

Natsume looked at the text message on the phone I handed her, and asked suspiciously. "But this kind of thing—" she asked herself, shaking her head, "I still can't imagine it, I can't believe it—" And then, Natsume seemed to be eager to tell me that it couldn't exist, but I was in a daze—

She also sent a text message and the result was ...... Nothing happened. "Look, brother, I'll just say it's impossible." Then she smugly shook her phone at me. "You're really sleepy, aren't you?"

In an instant, dumbfounded, it became my side. Then, relieved, she stood up from the couch. "Wait! That's impossible! I couldn't help but call out to her who wanted to go to the kitchen, "You still have to insist?" Honestly, brother, have you read too many novels? No matter how you think about it, that kind of thing can't happen in reality, right? ”

Her tone was a little crying and laughing, and she stared at my face and said. "Do you want to wash your face and sober up?" Then, jokingly, he asked me. "But when you disappeared that night, I was in a hurry, and I didn't sleep for days, and I was looking for you. Almost the whole town has been run......"

"And as a result, you told me this as soon as you got home?"

At this time, she seemed to be a little angry and made an awkward fuss, "Yesterday, I saw you fall at the door of the house, and it was very hard to move you in!" "And then, just like I was gushing, I was complaining." Believe me, I'm telling the truth! ”

Unexpectedly, Natsume still sighed heavily. The look of annoyance, impatient and not knowing what to say to stop me, I knew at first glance that she didn't want to talk to me at all. However, I still didn't give up telling her everything that had happened these days. "Brother...... So this kind of thing—"

She stood up and turned her back to me, "Even if what you say is true, how can you make me believe it?" Natsume's shoulders trembled slightly, and his voice was different from usual. If this is true, do you want to go right now? ”

"It's been a long time since we met!"

Finally, I realized why she was so angry, "Do you know how worried and anxious I was during the time you were gone?" Do you say that in your heart, I am not as good as that person? ”

She choked up as she turned to look at me. The shoulders shook terribly...... His eyes were full of tears, "It's too much, isn't it?" My brother ......" Then, she lowered her head and walked past me without a word......

Suddenly, I looked at the phone in my hand in a daze for a long time. - In retrospect, it seems like it was the first time Natsume and I had an argument. However, I have already decided. At the same time, I don't want that to happen again.

Moreover, Lola has also helped me a lot. Before I met her, I didn't even have a "friend". So, "I'll save you!" "I struggled to push my wheelchair back to my room while thinking about it all the time. Let such thoughts imprison my thinking circuit...... Until the moment of falling asleep.

Of course, before that, I had already sent out text messages...... All you need to do is close your eyes, right?