Kyoto, Kita-ku, Oji Honmachi.Takahashi family."
Dad, what are you looking at?"
After dinner, looking at his father, who was sitting on a tatami mat and falling into a memory, the boy poked his head out curiously.Looking at the photo album in the hand of his father Takahashi Iiya, he couldn't help but ask."
Dad is looking at pictures from his childhood."
Hearing the child's inquiry, Takahashi's face showed a faint smile, and he flipped through the photo album in his hand and looked at the old photos inside, reminiscing."
Is it because of tomorrow's reunion?"
Holding a cup of brewed hot tea, he came to the kotatsu fireside, and his wife Miyu handed the tea to her husband while scanning sideways through the photo album, which was written in the second year of Heisei."
After all, I haven't seen you in twenty years."
Taking the hot tea handed by his wife, Takahashi took a sip lightly, looked down at the green faces in the photo, and the whole person fell into memories, sighing and saying, "I don't know how everyone is doing." ”"Dad, which one is you in the picture?"
In Takahashi's exclamation, the boy on the side curiously stretched out his finger and turned to his father to ask the young faces in the photo."
Haha, then you're going to have to look for it."
The child's innocent question brought Takahashi back to reality from his memories of his school days, and he turned his head to look at his son's curious gaze, and then he laughed and said."
I guess this!""
That's not right.""
This?""
Not really.""
What about this?""
Still not right!""
You kid, you're so active when you buy toys, but you can't even recognize your father's appearance."
After being mistaken for himself in the photo several times in a row, Takahashi couldn't help but smile and scold, and at the same time stretched out his finger and pointed to the head in the corner and said, "Remember, Dad is here, don't forget." ”"How do I know, Dad, you are hiding in such a corner......" wrinkled his nose and muttered in a low voice, the boy's eyes swept over the faces in the photo, and inadvertently found a figure with only half of his face exposed in a corner than his father, and suddenly stretched out his finger with some curiosity and asked Takahashi: "Dad, who is this person, why does she only show half of her face in the photo?"
”Hearing his son's inquiry, Takahashi's gaze fell on his face in the direction he was pointing, and the expression on his face changed a little unnaturally, and he prevaricated: "It's just a classmate of my father's country, nothing special." ”"Oh."
Hearing his father's answer, the child didn't care, nodded slightly, and then turned his attention to the other photos in the album."
Husband?"
On the other hand, his wife Miyu noticed the strangeness in Takahashi's expression, but before she could say anything, the phone in the living room suddenly rang.Jingle Bell - "It's so late, who will call?"
”Hearing the bell, the husband and wife couldn't help but glance at each other."
Could it be a company phone?""
I have already taken a leave of absence from the company, and I will go back tomorrow to attend the class reunion."
Puzzled, his wife Miyu got up and went to the living room to pick up the phone."
Hello, this is the Takahashi family.""
High ......
Takahashi ......
It's Takahashi...... ......" came out of the phone, a hoarse and weak voice, and the other party seemed to shrink into a corner and said in a very soft voice.“…… You guys......
Why can't you pay it back......
I've ......
I've been waiting for a long time......
Long......
It's been a long time......
"Is it someone who is attending the class reunion?"
In the staccato voice, Miyu's face showed a puzzled expression."
Whose phone is it?"
At the same time, Takahashi, who was sitting on the tatami mat, also cast an inquiring expression at her."
I don't know, I didn't say it on the phone, maybe it's someone who will attend tomorrow's class reunion."
Shaking her head, Miyu put down the microphone that was attached to her ear and replied with some uncertainty."
I'll pick it up."
Hearing that it might be a junior high school classmate from the class reunion, Takahashi got up and came to the phone, reaching out and taking the phone in his wife's hand."
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I'm Takahashi, are you?"
“…… Takahashi ......
Takahashi ......
Takahashi ......
I've been waiting for you guys......
I'm looking forward to it......
When I see you again......
I'm looking forward to it......
I'm looking forward to it......"
Hearing Takahashi's answer, the owner of the voice on the other end of the phone began to become excited, and she used a figure accompanied by a rapid gasp to intermittently express her excitement about the meeting of classmates, but before Takahashi could say anything, she hung up the phone without warning.Doodoo - Looking at the hung up phone in his hand and the beep sound coming from it, the expression on Takahashi's face was a little confused and dazed.He looked up and looked at his wife in front of him silently, turned his head to look at the child behind him who was still flipping through the photo album with great interest, and for some reason there was a bit of gloom in his heart about the classmates who would come tomorrow.…… Kyoto, Municipal Horikawa High School.At the entrance of the auditorium, there is a large sign that reads the venue of the Heisei 2nd year graduate reunion."
Isn't this Mrs.
Yamaguchi, it's been a long time since I've seen you, and I almost didn't recognize you?""
It's okay to call me Yamado, Akane-san, you still haven't changed much from the past, I'm different and I've become a mother of two children, and even my body has been out of shape......"
"I've heard of you, you're very happy now, Yamado-san, married to a husband who works in a big company.""
It's just average, speaking of which, we've all graduated for twenty years, and time flies so fast.""
Who says it's not, twenty years, at that time we were all high school students who didn't know anything, and as a result, everyone has been in society for so long in the blink of an eye."
In the school auditorium, the graduates of the second year of Heisei gathered in twos and threes to reminisce about their old school days."
Isn't this Takahashi?"
Holding the tea, seeing Takahashi standing at a certain table, a man who already looked like a Mediterranean couldn't help but step forward and patted him on the shoulder and shouted excitedly."
We haven't seen each other in twenty years.""
You are?"
Looking at the eye-catching hairstyle of the man in front of him, a hesitant expression flashed on Takahashi's face."
I'm Yagi, look."
Sensing the look of confusion on Takahashi's face, the man immediately covered the Mediterranean Sea over his head with his hand.With his move, Takahashi finally coincided with a certain face in his memory, and also showed an excited expression and said, "It turned out to be Yagi, you almost didn't recognize you." ”"Alas, after graduating from school, I worked hard, and although I succeeded in becoming the head of the club, I also paid a terrible price."
Hearing Yagi's words, Takahashi also subconsciously reached out and touched the top of his increasingly thin head, with an empathetic expression on his face.