Yukimura's shadow

"Thinking that the weather is fine today, Dr. Okubo asked me to take them out for a walk."

A pair of little hospital treasures, and a little guy who only dared to poke his head out from behind Nobuo's back.

Saying so, Harada pulled the little boy who had been hiding behind him, rubbed the boy's soft hair, squatted down slightly, and looked at him encouragingly, "Futa, what should you say when you see someone?" ?"

"Xing... Brother Yukimura..." He raised his head weakly, his voice was very small, but it could be heard that he was trying hard to overcome his shyness, his big eyes were wet, which was very similar to Masami at certain times.

Yukimura glanced at Masami, who was standing aside, showing great interest in the children.

"Good morning, Futa." Yukimura squatted down to meet his gaze level, and the little guy's guard gradually faded from such staring.

The little boy was born fair and clean, with a hairstyle that is very popular now. His bangs are neatly arranged, and he looks very well-behaved. He is wearing a very good blue cotton jacket. It seems that his parents treat him very well.At the slightly open neckline, you can see that he has tied a red string around his neck, presumably it is something like protective jade.

"How old is Fengta?"

"..."

The boy pursed his lips, raised his eyes to glance at Yukimura, then lowered his head to stare at Yukimura's shoes, his lips twitched as if he didn't know how to answer him.

"I know, I know!" Tsubasa on the side raised her hand excitedly, and even jumped up excitedly, for fear that Yukimura would not see it.She likes drawing very much, brother Yukimura is very good at drawing, so she also likes brother Yukimura very much.

"I know too!" Kana, who was always inseparable from her, puffed her cheeks, and raised her hands not to be outdone.

"That's great. But..." Yukimura patted the girls on the shoulder encouragingly, "I want to hear Futa say it himself."

He looked up and exchanged glances with Nobuo Harada, who expressed his appreciation for his behavior without hesitation.

Feng Tai still had a soft voice and looked very timid. If Nobuo was standing behind him, holding his shoulders, he might have to hide behind Nobuo again.

"Eight...eight years old."

"Ah...it doesn't look like it." Yukimura said with some regret, "You need to eat more and grow stronger."

"Will you get better if you eat a little more...?" He suddenly raised his head, there were some tears in his eyes, and there was a look of hope in his eyes.

Yukimura was taken aback for a moment, then nodded affirmatively, the smile on his face was as warm as a spring breeze, which actually made Futa look a little dazed.

"Yeah, so you can get better soon."

"...Hmm." Feng Tai looked away again.

"Good boy." Yukimura finally resisted the urge to rub his hair and stood up.

"I didn't expect Yukimura-kun to get along with children so well..." Masami sighed in surprise, because her personality was so quiet that when she got along with children, the children would always feel bored, and finally had no choice but to give up Let it go.

Yukimura didn't answer her, but raised the corners of his mouth subconsciously.Nobuo Harada moved his ears, but his expression remained the same and he didn't say anything.

While talking, the golden sunlight gradually receded from the clouds, and the clouds began to pile up slowly. As the light became weaker, the density of the shadows gradually faded. Yukimura couldn't help but glanced at Masami, just in time to see that her figure looked like The signal flickered a few times as if it was unstable, but fortunately it finally settled down.

The eyes of the two met, and each felt the other's relief.

"Cough." Nobuo covered his mouth with his fist and coughed lightly, "It looks like it's going to rain, can you send them back with me?"

"Hey... it should be just cloudy..." Yukimura didn't quite believe it, after all, it was still a clear sky just now.But he still agreed to Nobuo's request.

Intuition told him... Nobuo had something to say to him.

Pediatric sickness building is not far from here, Kana and Tsubasa originally wanted to hold Yukimura, but Futa went up to grab the surviving clothes.Although reluctantly, the girls graciously let Yukimura out.

Along the way, the two little guys dragged Nobuo Harada and chirped without stopping.But Nobuo was very patient, listening to them with a smile all the time, and occasionally asking a few questions.

"Does the wind like snow too much?" Yukimura also tried to find a topic.

"...I don't like it." Feng Tai replied sullenly.He paused again, "Why are you asking this?"

He raised his head, but Yukimura was momentarily at a loss for words.She still had that well-behaved look, but her eyes were fixed on Yukimura.

"...Because it's winter now, it's time for snow."

"...Oh." The little guy calmly withdrew his gaze.Yukimura could only shake his head secretly, unexpectedly he was quite vigilant.

"That, is it an amulet? I also wore it when I was a child." Yukimura pointed to his neck, Futa looked up at him, and then reached out to touch the red thread on his neck.

"Why should I tell you?" It wasn't a straight-forward question, but a really calm question, as if he really didn't know.

...I can't talk anymore.

"This..." Feng Tai touched the red thread, then held it tightly, then let go, quickly pulled the zipper of the coat high, and buried his face in the clothes, immature and small The child's voice came from under the clothes, sounding muffled.

"This is a very important thing..."

...

With Yukimura's help, Futa climbed onto the bed, while Kana and Tsubasa fought and jumped back onto the bed.

The children's wards are very different from the adult wards, although the rooms are smaller, they are well furnished.To prevent falls, the ground is covered with colorful sponge pads, and many cartoon characters are painted on the walls.

Next to the small bookcase is a big plush bear, which was sent by a certain elementary school in Tokyo during a charity donation event.The book is the same, donated by the society, and the patterns of various organizations are printed on each inner cover.

Yukimura put away all the books piled up in the place, and Harada was packing up their toys.

In addition to the three of them, there were two children in the room, but one of them went home, and the other was discharged from the hospital two days ago.Kana and Xiaoyi are the oldest children in the room, they were a little embarrassed to see their brothers cleaning up the room, and obediently jumped down to help.

"thanks."

Yukimura took the books from Kana and put them back on the bookshelf. He inadvertently caught a glimpse of Masami and found that she was in a daze again.

...This guy really dares to distract himself wherever he goes.Yukimura shook his head.Kana handed over another copy, and Yukimura flipped through it casually, the pattern on the inside of the cover was very obvious, it seemed that most of the books had this logo printed on them.

...can't remember which organization it was at all.

He closed the book and put it back on the shelf, but he didn't notice Yami's expression was strange.She closed her eyes tightly, rested her forehead with one hand, and frowned, as if she had seen something painful.

"Don't run around, the nurse sister will come to make rounds in a while."

Nobuo Harada held the door and instructed again.Yukimura stood behind him, waving to the children.

"Yeah!" The children agreed well, and then Nobuo and Yukimura left the room together.

Until the figures of the two disappeared from the door, Feng Tai, who was sitting on the bed reading a book, slowly put down the book in his hand, turned his back to the others, then slowly pulled down the zipper of his coat, and took out the book from the inner layer. On the red rope, there is a small ring hanging from it.

The style is very ordinary, with a small diamond in the middle, but there are some scratches on the surface, which is not very beautiful.There appeared to be two letters engraved on the inside, but they were indistinct.

Should be a wedding ring.

"Fengtai, what are you looking at?" Xiaoyi suddenly jumped over from the side and slapped the quilt heavily. Fengtai was so frightened that he hurriedly stuffed the things back, pulled up the zipper, and wanted to get the book, but gave the book to him. It fell off.

The pages of the book flipped over as they fell, and finally fell on the ground with the back facing up. Because of improper use, the back cover had long lost its toughness and spread out straight.

The relevant information of the book was originally written there, and now it is stamped with a red text seal.

"Kyoto Amanohashidate Nursing Home Presentation"

"Fengtai! Why did you drop the book!" Xiaoyi exclaimed, then went around and picked up the book.

Feng Tai blushed and couldn't say a word.But the feel of the ring on his chest against his skin reassured him.

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"Well... let's go back..." Walking in the corridor of the Pediatric Building, Masami couldn't bear it anymore.

The colorful children's paintings around, the children's toys in the corner, and the doors of the children's ward all made her feel uncomfortable, but she couldn't explain why.

She pulled the corner of La Yukimura's clothes, wanting him to pay attention to her words, and didn't care about the fact that there were still people around.

"...Nobuo."

"This is also the way back." Before Yukimura could finish speaking, Nobuo Harada took the conversation.He turned to look at Yukimura, and found that the other party was surprised, he was stunned and then reacted again.

"Ah. I told you before, I can hear you, have you forgotten?"

"Eh?" Yukimura frowned, "Can you hear us?"

Nobuo smiled apologetically, "Well... I didn't mean to eavesdrop... But I said it before, didn't I? I can hear, the voice of 'sheng'."

He pointed to his ears, then led the two of them a few more steps, and finally stopped at a corner.

"No one should be able to find out here."

He said so, then turned around and nodded slightly in the direction of Yukimura Seiichi. "Hello, Miss. I'm Nobuo Harada."

"You...you can see me?" Masami looked at Yukimura in surprise, Yukimura turned slightly to avoid blocking her sight, and nodded encouragingly, and then Masami hesitated to speak.

Nobuo moved his ears, then adjusted his direction again, this time he was really aiming at Masami.

"No, I can only hear your voice."

The author has something to say:... bitches, it was locked before... so scary.

☆、Famous detective