[Comprehensive] Kazuya's happy life

...Ah, he heard it?

Kazuya opened his eyes wide in surprise, while thinking in his heart: "No, my volume is turned up so loud? You obviously don't have hands-free, right? Today's communication tools are really unreliable." (Wait a minute for your reaction to be a little strange )

And he was immersed in the emotion of surprise that the current communication tools are so imprecise (so what is wrong with your reaction!), and he didn't respond to the other party's question immediately, which also made Tsuruga Lian feel The idea that he is acquiescing or even silently resisting is even stronger.

The violent emotion in the man's eyes was like a receding tide, and it disappeared completely in an instant.

"Answer? Uesugi-kun? Is your name 'Kazuya'?"

——I don't know if it's an illusion, but the other party's voice seems to be a little too soft.

Kazuya's gaze finally fell back on the other party's face again:

"What if I say 'yes'?"

He seems to be evasive.

However, the expression on Tsuruga Lian's face suddenly changed!

"Then, may I ask you, did you live in Kyoto in the summer eight years ago?"

His tone sounded softer.

"What if my answer is still 'yes'?"

"..."

Tsuruga Ren didn't speak any more.

His gaze was deep and deep, projecting on Kazuya's face, as if he wanted to see every inch of his face clearly...

He also finally couldn't stand it under such gaze offensive.

"You lost your temper first, Jiu Yuan."

He raised his hand to avoid the other party's pinching on his chin, which was so forceful that it hurt his palm, and he also restrained the smile at the corner of his mouth.

"The one who obviously didn't recognize me from the beginning is you."

"It's fine when you're in the studio, it's so far away, and there's a big booth full of people busy coming and going, I'm standing in an inconspicuous corner, and you're working, have you even noticed the space? I don’t even know about the extra person, and of course I can’t force you to recognize me immediately under such circumstances.”

"But just now?"

"The two of us are so close, have we communicated face to face for a long time? But you still didn't recognize me at all, so what?"

"On my side, even though the color of your hair and eyes is different from before, I still recognized you as 'Jiu Yuan' at the first sight, okay?"

"It's clearly agreed to be a good friend for life, right? But after we separated, you promised 'I will contact you'? What about the promised letter? What about the phone call?"

"You didn't do it all, did you?"

"Even so, I recognized you the first time I saw you, okay?"

"But what about you?"

"Jiuyuan Sisley? What about you?!"

"—Ah, that's right. I almost forgot. Your name isn't Jiuyuan, is it? Tsuruga Ren?"

"Even the only name left to me may be fake, and I haven't fulfilled any of the promises I promised, and I have to hear my name from others before I can 'suddenly realize' who I am... "

"Mr. Tsuruga, may I ask, what qualifications do you have to act like a victim and lose your temper with me first?!"

—a series of uninterrupted, relentless questioning.

Not at all like the gentle and cheerful Uesugi Kazuya.

Kazuya also knew that he recognized Jiuyuan—no, let’s call him "Tsuga Ren"—afterwards, his emotions have not been right.

But he has no way of controlling it.

After all, this was the first time he met in his childhood who had a similar temperament and a close relationship. Although they only spent a short summer vacation together, the two had already agreed to be good friends for a lifetime. Waiting for the other party's contact with full expectation, but in the day-by-day disappointment, I finally realized that the other party missed the appointment, and the trust and friendship filled with it were all extinguished by the cold reality, so I decided never to think of the other party's person again ah!

Even Kazuya, who returned to the present from the distant future, couldn't be completely calm.

And his series of questions also made Tsuruga Lian, who was indeed a victim, suddenly dumbfounded.

Under Kazuya's gaze, which seemed to be calm but was actually turbulent and turbulent, he slightly lowered his eyes at a loss and guilt.

An awkward silence quietly spread between the two.

For a long time, Dang He also thought that he would not be able to wait for a reply, and was about to turn around and leave, burying this past friendship and memories together, but suddenly heard Tsuruga Lian whispering as if she was aggrieved——

"...How could you recognize it?"

The man on the opposite side raised his eyes while talking, and with the familiar "smiley face" that made his heart tremble slightly, he was obviously smiling, but it felt like he was crying, and said the next thing. Come down to this passage, and the lines that Kazuya would rather he never say:

"I... have always thought you belonged to a girl, Ka-chan."

***

Kazuya met Tsuruga Ren... or rather, his friend "Kuuto" in his distant childhood memories, in the summer when he was seven years old.

At that time, together with Tatsuya and Konan, Shingo and Haruko packed him on the Shinkansen train and drove all the way to Kyoto.

At first the three little guys were very excited, thinking that this was a kind of summer vacation activity, commonly known as going back to their hometown for vacation.

But when they got off the Shinkansen and took a taxi, they drove along the ancient and historical streets of Kyoto all the way, and arrived at the final destination - a Japanese-style mansion that looked very classical and luxurious. Not what they thought.

——Although this place can indeed be regarded as the "hometown" of Haruko's mother.

In the room at the deepest part of the large and even somewhat empty and lonely house, Haruko's mother took them to see an old man.

An old... dying man.

The pale old lady lying under the thick quilt, even in such a hot summer season, was covered with several layers of thick quilts, and was introduced as Haruko's mother's aunt.

The person who watched Haruko's mother grow up when she was a child.

She has a very good relationship with Haruko's mother.

But now that the old man is nearly a hundred years old, it is inevitable that there will be various problems in his body.

Last winter, the old man suffered from a serious illness. Although the rescue was successful in the end, her physical condition has been deteriorating since then. Since March this year, she has gradually become unconscious.

For most of the day, the old man was in a comatose state, and when he woke up occasionally, besides his children and grandchildren, the name he chanted the most was "Xiaoqingzi".

Haruko's mother also got along well with her children and grandchildren because of the old man's relationship. This time, it was the old man's granddaughter and Haruko's mother's distant cousin who informed Haruko of the old man's situation and invited her to see the old man.

"It is said that if I don't see you now, maybe in the future..."

In Kazuya's impression, the mother who had always been cheerful and enthusiastic choked up, looking at the old man in the bed with such sad and tender eyes.

Perhaps sensing Haruko's arrival, the old man who had his eyes closed suddenly opened them, and murmured his mother's name.

Haruko's mother immediately stepped forward, barely holding back her tears, and took the old man's hand, but unfortunately, the old man seemed to no longer recognize her.

Haruko's mother finally couldn't hold back her tears.

It wasn't until a while later that his voice became hoarse, and he called Tatsuya and Kazuya to go to see the old man.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped forward, the old man's eyes were fixed on Kazuya and he couldn't move away.

She kept staring at him and shouted, "Xiao Qingzi, Xiao Qingzi".

——It seems that Kazuya saw the shadow of Haruko's mother when she was a child.

On the way, the children of the old man tried to communicate with her, but failed, and once Kazuya left her sight, the old man would become very agitated and disturbed...

So things developed to the end, and it became... He was also put on the women's kimono that Haruko's mother used to wear when she was a child, which was kept in the house, and her face was slightly modified (actually, it was light makeup→_ →), her hair was also neatly done, and she wore a beautiful headgear, she looked like a little girl... and stayed in this ancient mansion.

——This is also an unavoidable solution.

It's not that everyone has tried to dress Tatsuya in the same way. I hope the brothers can appear in front of the old man in shifts.

After all, it is too difficult for a child who is only seven years old to accompany a seriously ill old man all the time.

However, the old man just looked for Kazuya's version of "Xiao Haruko", and others...even the real Haruko's mother herself didn't buy it.

In the end, Uesugi’s parents had no choice but to leave Kazuya alone, and asked the old man’s children and grandchildren to take care of him—no way, Xinwu’s father still had a lot of work to do in Tokyo, so he just came with Uesugi’s family for a short-term Konan, who is traveling, can't stay in Kyoto for a long time.

He, who was left alone to accompany the old man, was also very sensible and did not make any noise. He was dressed up and sent to the old man's room full of medicine every day. He often stayed for a whole day without any complaints.

After a few days, this kind of reconciliation won the great favor of the old man's family.

Because the old man's waking time is limited, mostly concentrated in the morning and evening, so there is actually no need for Kazuya to stay by her bed all day long, and Kazuya's usual behavior is very sensible and well-behaved , So I got the permission of the adults, I can go outside for a walk and play properly during the day, and I don’t have to stay in the old man’s room and spend time silently alone.

After a few days of trials, it proved that Kazuya was not the kind of child who would run around so that people could not be seen and missed the old man's waking hours. The family felt more at ease with him, and only told him not to go to dangerous places He doesn't care much about where he usually goes out to play, and he doesn't specially send someone to follow him all the time to take care of him.

And so, Kazuya slowly spent his "special" summer vacation in Kyoto this year.

Until one day, He also had breakfast with the old man in the morning, watched her fall asleep peacefully again, and when the old man fell asleep, he went for a walk + play in the woods behind the house as usual...

By the small river where he stayed countless times, Kazuya also met a strange blond boy.

——Correction, it was an injured, strange blond boy.