I am a writer in Tokyo

Satake Kazuya's heart beat silently several times.

He always felt that this was directed at him, and the sudden pause of snow outside the door seemed to indicate that something bad was about to happen.

"So what happened?" Satake Kazuya tried his best to calm himself down and spoke in a steady tone, which made him appear to have an indifferent character.

He was surprised by what the boy did that night, expressed his heartache for the girl's insistence, etc. In short, Satake Kazuya's mood was very complicated at the moment. He originally wanted to scold him severely, but in the end he just said one sentence.

However, the boy did not pay attention to Satake Kazuya's character, or blame him for why he did not accept their request that day.

But in the midst of this suspended heavy snow, a new request was made again: "If possible, teacher, I hope you can help us leave something behind."

Leave something behind?
So do you want to leave a mark for your affectionate appearance and use this to prove your affection later?

In this world of ice and snow, Satake Kazuya's malice grew wantonly.

"For example, take a photo for us, or write an article." He bowed deeply and apologized: "This request does sound very rude, and I found your company, which will directly affect you. life, so I'm sorry for that." He had a tendency to do the same thing, but was stopped by Satake Kazuya.

"Do you care so much about this photo?"

"Yes, this is one of the few souvenirs in this world for us."

"So why are you building a snowman there?"

"She said she wanted to make a snowman and play. That is our child." The boy was a little embarrassed, but continued: "Because we have no future, so not only me, but also she is also looking forward to the future. If If there is a future, maybe we will have a child, and the child will call us... mom and dad."

Playing house between children?

It can be regarded as a kind of... expectation or extravagant hope for the future.

Kazuya Satake knew what children of this age were thinking about. He thought for a moment: "I'm willing to help and take photos for you, but only after I get off work. I'm very busy recently, so it will be very late."

Hearing what Kazuya Satake said, the boy was very happy and nodded in agreement. Then the two agreed to take photos for them tonight, the time and place where they first met.

Therefore, when the girl comes tonight, Mr. Satake will expose the truth in front of the two of them.

He will tell the girl very seriously that this boy is a person who does one thing on the surface and another behind the scenes. Leave him. He will live a better life than anyone else if you leave him. If not, he will only become a Just a victim of other people's designs.

After the boy left, the snow never fell again.

And when the lanterns first came on, the sky turned dark; snowflakes were flying all over the sky again.

It's cold before the rain and cold after the snow; it's even more cold when it's covered with snow and it's snowing.

After Kazuya Satake put the manuscript in the safe, he stayed for a while longer. After seeing that the time was almost up, he walked out the door.

The girl appeared on the street corner, but looking over from a distance, it seemed like two people had a dispute.

The boy was trying his best to explain something.

When I got closer, I realized that the girl was leaning on a telegraph pole, leaning on a cane, and her face was pale.

Seeing her like this, Satake Kazuya couldn't help but think of the Yuki Onna.

The snowman has not been repaired, and is still the same as it was damaged a few days ago. The girl lowered her eyes and fixed her gaze firmly on the snowman.

Seeing the editor teacher approaching, the two people quickly greeted Satake Kazuya.

"Why hasn't this been patched?"

Satake Kazuya was ready to take the lead and catch him by surprise in the true sense.

"It's impossible to repair it in such a cold weather. No matter how hard you try to repair it, there will be cracks."

"So, who ruined this kid?"

Kazuya Satake knew that they considered this snowman their child.Both men remained silent.

The girls are looking at the snowman, the boys are looking at the girls, and Kazuya Satake is looking at the boys.

"Did you bring your camera?"

Kazuya Satake decided to help them fulfill their wishes first.

After taking the camera, the girl took off the dark brown coat, revealing the washed white hospital gown underneath. Her skin was very pale, without a trace of blood.

In the viewfinder, the girl suddenly frowned and complained about the boy.

"Why don't you fix the child? It's obviously your own fault."

"Because I wanted to wait for you to repair it together."

"You know it."

"I know."

The viewfinder is filled with sad faces noisy in the heavy snow.

"Poor approach."

The girl pushed the boy slightly, and the boy scratched his head, and then the two looked at each other and laughed.

The heavy snow in the sky fell on the girl's body, covering up the blue stripes, and some fell on her head. Under the light, it looked like a snow-white gauze skirt.

Kazuya Satake pressed the shutter appropriately, freezing the time here.

"How about I help you develop this film and give you the photos then."

Kazuya Satake is now happy to help with this. This is a very meaningful thing. What he is exposing is not a sanctimonious thing, but a love affair.

The three of them agreed on a time and place again, and then the boy said that it was time for the girl to go back to the ward to rest, because it was a critical period of treatment recently.

In the stormy sky, the two of them supported each other and walked.

John Milton said in Paradise Lost that they walked hand in hand on their lonely road through the Garden of Eden...

Kazuya Satake took a day off the next day just to develop the photos.

But when they arrived at the agreed place at the agreed time with the developed photos, there was only that girl.

She was on crutches and panting, and she didn't know how she got here alone.

"There must be something wrong with him."

The girl looked at the tattered snowman and thought for a long time: "I'll come back in a few days."

"photo……"

"Teacher Satake, please give it to me when we are together. This is considered a completion."

In the following days, the girl would wait here every night.

But the familiar figure did not appear, and her body became weaker and weaker.

Even so, she still insisted on taking the photo when the two of them were together.

"He will definitely come!" (End of chapter)