[Bungo Stray Dogs] Yokohama Renka

Under the strong advocacy of the head of the family (self-proclaimed), this year's Dazai family finally moved out the kotatsu that was stored in the attic and was not planned to be used.

Akagi Yu had just placed the kotatsu in the living room on the first floor, and took the vacuum cleaner to clean up the room. When he came back, he saw Dazai nestled in the kotatsu lying on his side.He probably curled up inside, with only his head exposed, like a lazy cat.

Obviously not plugged in... Akagi Yuu thinks so, but he can't help but move his body to Dazai's side, and kneel down on the floor where his head is facing.

She reached out and rubbed the young man's fluffy and soft brown hair along the direction of the hair rotation, and her partner hummed comfortably and rubbed her palm.This made Akagi Yuu feel soft-hearted, thinking that pampering Dazai once or twice is not too much, she plugged in the kotatsu, closed the doors and windows and went to the second floor to clean up.

After Akagi Yu finished cleaning up, she was a little annoyed and unsurprisingly found that Dazai was still nesting inside, not even changing his posture.

She puffed up her cheeks, bent down and pinched her unreliable husband's face, trying to wake him up.

"Master Dazai, you've been nestled in the kotatsu for over an hour, and you'll catch a cold easily if you lie down again, and I'm going to clean up the house now, it's very troublesome for you to lie here."

"Horrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr."

"It's useless to pretend to be asleep, and it was agreed today that you will pick up Nai-chan, and it's about time."

"Horrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr."

"Really, I'm going to pick up the kotatsu, you know I mean what I say."

"Cut—so cold, Xiaoyou has become more and more impatient with me recently. Is this the so-called burnout period?"

"Talking nonsense again, obviously I am playing my temper, I really want to lift the kotatsu?"

"Okay, I'm going to pick up Na-chan from the kindergarten right now. Yuu, don't turn off the power to the kotatsu before I come back."

After Dazai left, Akagi Yu finally let go, and she quickly cleaned up the first floor.Then, before the big one and the young one came back, she got into the kotatsu contentedly, rested her chin on the table and let out a long and comfortable sigh.

"Hoohoo, it's so comfortable - I'm going to buy some oranges tomorrow, and I need to put ice cream in the refrigerator... As expected of the devil in winter, this depraved pleasure is really unstoppable~"

Akagi Yu lay on the table for a while, feeling that her body was very comfortable being warmed by the stove. She lost track of time and was woken up dazedly by someone who poked her cheek with her index finger. Needless to say who it was, except for her husband, no one had such a leisurely heart.

Her daughter was lying on the opposite side of her, and she hugged Zhijun, who looked very unlovable, in her arms. The child also put his legs into the kotatsu, and stuck to his mother's legs intimately, because the temperature difference was slightly larger Soft and cool.Inari stared at her mother's rarely lazy face with shining eyes, and she found it strange.

"Xiaoyou~ You should be strict with yourself and others." Dazai said with a smile, and put an orange on his wife's head by the way.

"..." Akagi Yu tilted her head, and the orange rolled down on the table. She said lazily, "Peel it for me..."

In the entanglement with the strongest seal in winter-the kotatsu and the pain and happiness, the family ushered in the new year.

After Akagi Yu and Dazai went out to visit the president, they returned home and began to clean the snow that had accumulated in the yard.

Dazai was listless at work, but he was very enthusiastic about being affectionate with his wife: he hugged Akagi in his arms, and hugged him and walked into the house.He yelled aggrievedly that he was sweeping snow so cold and wanted to keep warm, but in fact he was simply rubbing his wife. In fact, he was dressed thickly and didn't feel cold at all.A small section of the road passed the yard, and he was stunned for 3 minutes before entering the house.

"Dad, Mom, welcome back."

Inari sat in the kotatsu, her little face was baked red and looked like a shiny fresh apple, which made Akagi Yuu, who was controlled by her daughter, immediately abandon Dazai who was still tired of crookedness, and hung up his coat After that, I ran to enjoy the kotatsu with my little girl.

"Nai-chan~ Mom is so cold, can you kiss mom quickly?"

Dazai looked sourly at his wife sitting on the kotatsu with her daughter in her arms. She rested her chin on the child's soft hair, smelling the sweet smell of baby powder, and looked very comfortable.

Sitting across from his wife and children, he couldn't tell which side he was more jealous of, but his wife definitely wouldn't say it, so Dazai had to change his direction, and he said to Inari righteously: "Nai-chan, mom just finished her work and it's very frustrating." Tired, it will be hard to hold you. Come to Dad, I'll get you ice cream."

Inari shook his head decisively: "No, Dad's legs are too hard, I don't want them."

But after eating the New Year's dishes, seeing Dazai's slightly tired face, she sat down next to her father comfortingly.

Akagi Yu looked at the two groups of fluffy seaweed heads of different sizes lying on the table with the same lazy expression, and suddenly blushed and heartbeat.

"What is this, isn't it so cute?!"

Thinking of this, she immediately took out her mobile phone, took a picture of this precious father and daughter warm scene, and set it as the screen saver of her mobile phone.

But Akagi looked at the phone screen, but always felt that something was missing.She thought about it, and immediately understood which piece was missing, and why her cat son was so quiet today.I don't know why Zhijun has been so clingy to her for a month, but today he didn't come to the family to enjoy the stove together.

After eating, it was time to prepare for New Year's worship. Inari was too young to stay up late, so so far on New Year's Eve, he was the only one who went to the shrine twice.

"I hope that Nai-chan can come together next year. The New Year's fireworks are so beautiful, she will definitely like them very much."

Akagi Yu held her husband's arm, she paused for a while, and blushed slightly: "...However, I also like the first worship with Mr. Dazai like this."

In the noisy long queue, holding hands tightly, because there are people who are connected with each other, the mind is at peace. This is a small sense of happiness shared only by two people.

Dazai smiled, lowered his head and kissed his wife's lips.

Just after the one hundred and eight chimes of exorcising evil, the fireworks celebrating the New Year illuminated his wife's face. He could never get tired of seeing her surprised and shy look, and he couldn't help squinting his eyes in a good mood.

This good mood lasted all the way home. When they got home, they unexpectedly found that the lights on the second floor were still on.

Akagi Yu asked Dazai to go upstairs first to check on his daughter's situation. He walked up the stairs and saw Inari in the corridor looking at the cat curled up on the floor with a puzzled expression.She knelt and stroked the cat's smooth fur.

"Father, Zhikun suddenly stopped moving, is he very tired?" Inari said blankly.

Dazai had a premonition, he squatted down to touch the still warm body of the cat, the soft body of the hairball had already stiffened, it was dead.

Although this day will come sooner or later, Dazai was still taken aback when it really came.

This is the first time his daughter has faced the death of a close family member and she will learn to start searching for meaning in life, so he is a little afraid of the child's reaction.

"Na-chan, Zhi-kun is dead." Dazai said a little stiffly.

"What does death mean?" Inari was still puzzled. "Zhikun is here, but isn't he here again? Will he return to the stars like the little prince?"

"...Na-chan, Zhi-kun is very tired, it just finished its journey."

"Is Zhijun no longer able to stay with us?"

"Ah."

Inari was silent for a while, tears welling up in his iris eyes.

"Would you like to say goodbye to Ji-kun?"

"Ah."

"Father, I want to cry, but Zhi-kun will be sad if I cry. You said I'm an older child, so I have to be brave, but I'm really sad."

"..."

"Will the journey of Dad and Mom end one day? Will I be sadder than today?"

"..."

Seeing his daughter's performance, Dazai thought of the beginning of the relationship. Every time he committed suicide and was rescued, Akagi Yu would unconsciously cling to him more.

The wife was too gentle, never blaming him for irresponsibly wanting to abandon her and leave this world, but blaming himself for giving him the idea of ​​self-killing.

He knew that Xiaoyou was sad, but he never said it out loud, nor could he show it in front of him.She would just pretend not to care, pretend that what he did was funny, and get along with him as always, as if nothing had happened.

I'm such a lousy man.Dazai thought, how much he made her sad before Inari was born.

"Nai sauce, father and mother will leave you one day, but we will always be by your side, as long as you don't forget us, we will always be by your side."

"Is it the same for Zhi-kun...?"

"Well, Nai-chan won't forget the time he spent with us, right?"

The child shook his head vigorously: "I won't forget it."

He wiped away his daughter's tears and looked out the window. The New Year's fireworks hadn't ended yet. This was the first New Year's Eve that Inari had been sober.

She will gradually grow up, meet all kinds of people and things, and become no longer their little girl.Although Inari looks like her father, her character is more like her mother. She will become very strong, right?But now, she's a little girl who weeps over the loss of her cat.

So before the little girl grows up, accompany her to grow up well.

The author has something to say:

After writing the matter of governing the king, I became depressed instead.Happy Children's Day everyone.

Thanks to Gus Morand for mine, Nansheng Beizhi and [-]% against the nutrient solution feeding, you are too polite... [Low and shrinking]