Anime: Desolate Darkness

"Why did Mr. Hiratsuka ask me this?" Kimura Takumi asked curiously.

"Ah, nothing much, I just thought we were in the same profession and were of the same age, so I wanted to hear your opinion."

Hiratsuka Shizuka waved her hands and smiled bitterly.

"If that's the case, wouldn't it be better to ask Kirisu-sensei? Including the two requests you just made, she's even a woman like you."

Kimura Takumi said as a matter of course.

Hearing this, Hiratsuka Shizuka looked embarrassed.

She couldn't tell the other person that she was self-aware and knew that her personality was more masculine, so she asked the other person questions, right?

"Well...I asked her!"

"Right! That's it! So, what's your answer, Mr. Kimura?"

From her flustered expression and excited tone, Kimura Takumi concluded at a glance that she was lying.

But whatever, just expressing my opinion.

Kimura Takumi shifted his gaze and looked at the students below the atrium, and said calmly:

"I will feel heartbroken, and in serious cases I might even cry."

This is what he really thinks.

Hearing this ordinary answer, Hiratsuka Shizuka seemed dissatisfied.

"And then?" she demanded.

"That's all." Kimura Takumi turned to face him again, his eyes revealing indifference: "Everyone will die in the end, they just go ahead. How long they can stay in my heart depends on their weight."

His tone was so calm that it was frightening. But he was not finished yet. He paused and continued:

"Life is spent in meeting and parting again and again. They are just passers-by in the end. No matter who they are or how good the relationship is, it cannot change this fact."

"I will not stop because of these things and never recover from this."

Staring into Kimura Takumi's dark eyes, Shizuka Hiratsuka felt inexplicably flustered. The person in front of her gave her the same feeling as the monster she encountered that day...

Maybe it's an illusion...

"Teacher Kimura, aren't you being too rational when you say this?" asked Shizuka Hiratsuka in a deep voice.

"Do you think there's something wrong with what I said, Mr. Hiratsuka?"

"No, that's not what I meant, it's just..."

She thought for a long time, but didn't know how to defend herself. "Well, forget it. Maybe it's really the same as you said."

Shizuka Hiratsuka finally compromised.

Then, she seemed to be relieved, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

She had tried to save them that day, but her abilities simply did not allow it.

Faced with such a huge monster, she could do nothing but watch her students die one after another.

What's the point of blaming yourself for something that you were powerless to do anything about from the beginning to the end?

The students will not be resurrected because of this...

"Thank you, Mr. Kimura, for helping me figure out some things."

My life is bad enough. I have grown up and I don’t even have a partner, let alone getting married.

If I were to be devastated by something, wouldn't I always be living in the past, unable to start a new life?

For the deceased, we just need to remember and cherish their memory. We should not let such powerless things affect our lives.

She needs to learn to accept, learn to let go, and learn to look forward.

Shizuka Hiratsuka looked up at the sky and found that the sky, which had been dark just now, had become clear, just like her heart.

She took a deep breath, feeling the fresh air and the beauty of life.

"You're welcome. I'm just expressing my opinion." Kimura Takumi said calmly.

"probably."

"By the way, at this time, Mr. Kimura shouldn't have had lunch yet, right? Do you want to go out for a meal together?" Shizuka Hiratsuka bared her teeth, pointed her left thumb outside the school, and said cheerfully.

From her words and actions, Kimura Takumi suddenly had the illusion that he was chatting with a man.

This may be one of the reasons why she can't find a partner...

"Okay, but I have to choose the location," said Kimura Takumi.

"Huh?" Hiratsuka Shizuka was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that the other party would care about this. "Of course, no problem. I trust Mr. Kimura's dishes."

After a while.

The two drove their respective cars and soon arrived at the Chinese restaurant that Kimura Takumi visited on his first day as a teacher.

In the private room, Shizuka Hiratsuka first looked at the strange decorations around her with curiosity.

After the dishes were served, she was a little surprised to see the table full of oriental delicacies.

"So Mr. Kimura likes this."

"But there are only two of us. Can we eat so much? It's not good to waste food."

"Don't worry, I have a big appetite. If Mr. Hiratsuka is worried about gaining weight, you can eat less." Kimura Takumi chuckled.

The rule for dinner parties here is AA, regardless of gender.

With so many dishes, if you eat less, you will inevitably suffer a loss.

But that was only under normal circumstances. Takumi Kimura never considered the issue of AA from the beginning.

If you ask what he lacks the least right now, money should be among the top three.

"Don't underestimate me! I can eat a lot too!" Shizuka Hiratsuka said excitedly.

After saying that, she picked up the bowl and chopsticks and started showing off wildly.

???

Looking at the older single woman who was eating voraciously opposite him, Kimura Takumi felt very confused. Where did this strange desire to win come from?

He thought to himself that he didn't mock the other person.

Nearly half an hour later, Hiratsuka Shizuka was defeated.

When her belly was so full that she didn't even want to move, Kimura Takumi was still eating slowly and leisurely, not in a hurry at all.

"No...no, Mr. Kimura, you...how many bowls of rice are you eating?" Shizuka Hiratsuka had difficulty speaking and stared at the other party in amazement.

Not to mention which bowl of rice it was, the dishes on the table had already been changed and the other party didn't seem to have any intention of stopping eating.

"14, what's wrong?" Kimura Takumi swallowed the food in his mouth and replied lightly.

What do you mean by "what's wrong?"! This is the problem! Who eats 14 bowls of rice in one meal?! Anyway, she has never seen such a thing in her life!

No! That's not right! More than 14 bowls! The other party is not full yet...

"Do you usually eat that much?" asked Shizuka Hiratsuka in disbelief.

"That's not the case. It's troublesome to cook so much food at home. I only eat so much when I eat out." Kimura Takumi said in an orderly manner.

Hiratsuka Shizuka nodded, thinking that what the other party said made some sense.

"It turns out that Mr. Kimura cooks for himself at home. That's amazing." She sighed.

I am almost 30 years old and a woman, but I am not good at cooking at all.

The most outrageous thing is that she can't cook and lives alone...

The future is dark...

"What happened, Mr. Hiratsuka?" Seeing the other person nodding his head and then lowering it, staring at the table with a heavy expression, Kimura Takumi was confused.

"Ah... nothing, I just suddenly feel that my life is such a failure..." Shizuka Hiratsuka leaned back in her chair, saying with a look of despair.

"That's true." Kimura Takumi agreed, thinking of the other party's current situation.

What does "That's right" mean? !

Shizuka Hiratsuka covered her chest and felt heartbroken!

How could anyone say that to your face?!

……