Chapter 5 moon grass

A third student who did not go to school appeared in our class one and a half months after the start of the first semester.The guy who can fit into the strange tropical rainforest and the guy who can't fit into the strange tropical rainforest.It is the most dangerous period before the new sphere of influence is determined.But because the first two students who didn't come to school had never been to school before they were assigned classes, they were phantom classmates who hadn't even seen their faces.So Tachihara Rumina was really the first person to refuse to go to school.However, there are about half a million people like this in Japanese middle schools, which is not uncommon at all.

And the memory I can think of about Rumina is that her eyes are big and flexible.But thinking of her as someone in a convenience store or fast food ad would be a pain in the ass.In our Tsukishima Middle School, there is absolutely no beautiful girl like Kato Ai or Uehara Takako.Rumina's eyes didn't look bright either.It's like the squirrels and prairie dogs released in the wilderness, constantly turning in a hurry to warn against the attacks of the natural enemies weasel and owl.About one hundred and fifty short in height.It felt like her breasts in uniform were very large, but I don't remember exactly.Since she was such an unremarkable girl, I don't think anyone could properly think of the seventh or eighth cutest girl in the class.

On a Tuesday in mid-May, I finished class and walked out of the main entrance in the middle of the month.Stay with Chun, Dai, and Nao as usual. I heard that the main entrance was designed by an architect who likes Gaudi. It feels like the muscles of a bodybuilder are curved and three-dimensional, which is really disgusting.The students set their painted pottery on the smooth reinforced concrete surface, many of which were flowers and animals and boring paintings of computer games. The small backpack on my back contains the school year address book and homework handouts for Liyuan.Our school stipulates that twice a week, the unlucky ghosts of the same class will deliver.It's unfortunate that Rumina's apartment is built right next to mine.

We crossed Qingcheng Avenue and walked leisurely along Xizhong Avenue under the shade of willow trees.Dai made a resounding voice on the promenade that had been filled with assorted burning aromas since daytime. "I can't help it. Tilo and Liyuan are both Zhongnin, and because your home is so close to Rumina's home. That has nothing to do with me as a lowly ninja." I don't know who said it, but in our class, it is modeled on the popular ninja manga in the "Shounen Jump" magazine, and the family economic situation of the students is divided into three classes: upper, middle and lower.Perhaps because of its proximity to Ginza, the most prosperous street in Japan, the disparity between rich and poor in Tsukishima is outrageous.The ones classified as chunin are me, who lives in a mid-level apartment along the Sumida River, and Rumina, who lives in an old detached house.Most of the parents are white-collar workers.Straight man who wears Colorado, Rockies baseball cap to hide hair graying from illness says:

"Can't you just stop talking about the ninja and the ninja? It's just that my parents are rich. If I'm called that, I feel rejected." The hat Naoto is wearing is a souvenir from a family ski trip to North America during New Years.Straight people are of course Jonin.It is said that the houses in the skylight tower in the city on the Okawabata River were worth more than 300 million yen during the bubble economy.Pure winks at me and sneers. "There's no way around that. One month's management fee for Naoto's apartment is equal to the living expenses of Dai's family for the whole winter. The way of Shinobi is strict." Naoto raised his shoulders.

"However, everyone is the same in that they are all ninjas who have to endure certain things." "Yes." Chun and Dai replied together. Whether it's Jonin, the loneliness of being a middle school student is the same.Are we not bound at all times to obey the orders of our sovereigns—parents?Is freedom an excessive demand for Shinobu?Naoto quickly raised his hand, waved goodbye to us, and then turned to Xizhong Avenue on the right.In the sky of arcade slits, super high-rise apartments tower like future castle towers.Dai Dai disappeared into the alley between the mixed grills without a word.In the dank alleyway, where even passenger cars can't drive, there are still a few raised courtyards that seem to be uninhabited.Exposed to the smoke from the chimney burn, the windows turned the color of oil paper, and Dai's house was one of them.

In the past ten years or so, there has been a huge upsurge of Oyaki Yaki in Tsukishima, and hundreds of shops have opened.I find it incredible that so many people come from all over Tokyo to eat this kind of food.However, in the past, it was just a children's snack that elementary school students could eat for 50 yen after school. Jun and I walked leisurely towards the embankment of the Sumida River.Maybe it's because it's surrounded by the new Haipu land surrounded by reinforced concrete.Residents of Tsukishima love green.There are box-shaped flower pots and Styrofoam boxes that are not needed at the Tsukiji market in front of any house, and flowers and plants are planted.Pansies, Ponceaus, Cosmos, and Sagegrass to name a few.They are not delicate gardening plants, but the flowers and plants that can be seen everywhere in that area. Although they are close to the seaside, for some reason, they are swaying in the wind that has no smell of sea tide.

"Then, please send it." When we arrived at the avenue along the embankment, Jun bid me farewell and walked into the 3-chome residential street.His small figure became even thinner after he left ten meters away.I sighed and walked alone on the avenue lined with apartments.What appeared in front of me was a building with white brick walls. "Moon Island by the River" This is Tachihara Rumina's home.Entered the gate.The ground floor is the parking lot and entrance.For some reason, I feel nervous when I enter an apartment other than my own.Go through the first door, uncomfortably past the small window with the administrator, and find the mailbox.Around the corner to the right of the self-locking door, under dim fluorescent light, was a stack of stainless-steel letter boxes lined up side by side.I took out the handout from the small backpack and checked the room number. Room 1104, the second floor from the top floor.Li Yuan's mailbox was found immediately.After folding a bundle of A4 neutral paper for Japanese typewriters in half, put it into a cold stainless steel mailbox.

I remember that I didn't know why at first, but after I sent it, I ran back home like flying. The second time was after school on Friday of that week. It was a very sunny and a little hot evening.Take off the uniform jacket, only the white short-sleeved shirt inside.Like last time, I stopped at Rumina's apartment on the way home from school.Because it was the second time, I went to the mailbox of the destination without hesitation.I raised my hand and wanted to put the handout into the letterbox with Tachihara written in Roman alphabet on the nameplate.I planned to turn my body back immediately and turned half a circle.

Oddly enough, the inner lid of the stainless steel letterbox didn't move at all.Probably clogged with a mail order catalog or something.No matter how hard I pushed with my fingertips, the entrance to the mailbox still wouldn't open.There was nothing I could do.Bringing home a contact book for the girls in class is a nuisance.No way, I had to move to the operation panel installed on the wall to automatically lock the door.Press the keypad, and a four-digit number will appear on the red LCD screen.The music of the doorbell rang, and I waited breathlessly for an answer. "Hi, I'm Li Yuan."

The voice is very tender.It might be Rumina's mother.I put on the voice of an honor student. "I'm Kitagawa, a classmate of Rumina's. I sent the handouts, but the mailbox is full. What should I do?" There is a small window made of plastic on the oblique top of the operation panel.There must be a surveillance camera hidden there.I turned my eyes away from the black window.The tone becomes powerful. "It turned out to be Beichuan. I'll open the door now, can you please bring it up for me?" It turned out to be Tachihara Rumina's voice.At this time, there was a metallic sound, and the self-locking door opened. "Is it Rumina? Why do I have to send you up there?" "What's wrong, send it up quickly." I rushed through the automatic door just as it was about to close.The elevator lobby was silent, as if no one lived here.Take one of the two parallel elevators and go up to the eleventh floor.From the corridor outside, Tokyo Bay can be seen in the distance like a gray band.I pressed the intercom at Rumina's house. "..." A panting sound, as if practicing abdominal breathing, came from the walkie-talkie.I feel worried. "Rumina, are you alright?" "Well, it's okay. I'm sorry, please leave it at the gate and go back. I still can't meet you... I'm sorry." It was a very cheerful tone just now, but now it has become very sad.I'm facing a door beautifully set in tile.It's not so much a tool used to allow people to get inside, but it looks like a solid barrier used to isolate them from the outside world. "understood." I bent down and placed the handout in the hallway. "Beichuan-kun, I'm sorry..." Only the sound of exhaling lasted for a while. "...But, I must come again...please." "understood." After answering that, leave the intercom and walk back along the outer corridor.When I was about to enter the elevator, I looked at Rumina's house, but I saw the handouts held in a paperclip being blown by the wind on the eleventh floor. On my third visit to Tsukishima, my cell phone rang before I reached the mailbox.The caller music downloaded from the i-mode website is a new song.I took out my phone from my backpack and held it close to my ear. "Beichuan-kun..." It was Rumina's voice, which startled me. "Why do you know my cell phone number?" "Naito-kun told me. Just come up like that." Without even saying hello to me, Jun gave Rumina my cell phone number.This is against the rules.Because it's just a debt owed to me.The double-layered glass doors opened in front of me.I got into the elevator and got out on the eleventh floor.Still on the phone. "Just walked to the front door of my house. Because the door was not locked." The footsteps in the outer corridor stopped halfway. "What? Do you want me to come to your room?" "Yes. I told my father what happened earlier, and he said he would thank you well." We will be in room 112 soon.I hesitated to press the doorknob. "Forget it, I'll be nervous if I meet Rumina's mother." Laughter came from my ears. "Both my parents are working, so they are not at home during the day. Don't worry, come up. I've prepared a cake just for you, Kitagawa-kun." I said excuse me and gently opened the door.The door is very narrow like the rest of the apartments.The light came on automatically as soon as I stepped into the room with the stepping stones.The lighting on the ceiling casts light like stepping stones, and a latticed door can be seen in the corridor.However, there was no sign of Rumina anywhere. "Go straight in." I took off my sneakers and trembled through the deserted hallway.Although you can hear voices from the phone, you can't feel that anyone is there.It's really strange to visit the home for the first time, but no one is there.I opened the door silently.On the right is the open kitchen, and on the left is the hall where the spacious dining room and living room are combined.About the size of fifteen tatami mats.Two-seater and three-seater tan leather sofas are arranged in an L shape.A 40-inch projection TV can be seen on the diagonal of the sofa seat.On the table at hand, there are steaming coffee and a plate of cakes. The voice from the mobile phone is loud and powerful. "This is my favorite thing to eat. Chocolate cake from TOPS. It's okay with me, Kitagawa-kun, you can eat it all up." Standing in a living room with no one in it feels like a fool.He leaned the small backpack against the back of the chair and sat down. "Hey, Rumina, where are you?" I stared at the only door I could see on the hall wall.It was a door painted as white as the wall on which the cross was attached, with the same Roman lettering as on the letterbox - RUMINA.Since the other party didn't answer, I spoke. "Is Rumina's room behind the white door in the hall? I've already entered here, so you can come out." When I stood up and was about to walk to Rumina's room, Rumina made a panicked sound. "Absolutely not. Because the door is locked, there is no way to open it even if you come over. Forget it, Beichuan-kun, you can eat cake." There was a tone of refusal in the voice.I had no choice but to pick up a fork and cut from one corner of the cake.Through the satin curtains, the evening sun is projected into this room.Between Tsukiji and Ginza buildings on the other side of the Sumida River, the setting sun floats like a cracked egg yolk.I quickly finish the cake and finish the coffee in one last gulp.Say to the phone on hold: "Thank you for the treat. It was delicious. I put the handouts on the table and I'm leaving. Please say thank you to your mother for me." "Wait a minute. I can't talk to anyone all day. You can talk to me for a while." I just got up and sat back in the chair.Talking is okay.However, what common topics will Rumina and I have in common? Rumina said hesitantly: "Is everyone in the class okay?" "Well, it's probably okay." Let me answer that, I don't really know.Except for a few friends, my relationship with most of my classmates is no different from that of people who occasionally share the same car on the subway.The same goes for my relationship with Rumina.A sigh was heard. "...I hate the name Rumina the most. Because when I was in elementary school, I was teased that it seemed to be the name of the station building." If so, I remember it too.Shinjuku Rumina. "Yes! Maybe it's a little strange." "Also, I hate myself very much, too." I am speechless.After a while she let out a sob.Probably crying.I waited silently for her next words. "...I'm not cute, I'm not smart, and I'm fat... I often can't sleep, and sometimes the air turns white in the morning, and disappears as soon as the sun shines on it..." Clouds in spring.It's not just Rumina, like most middle school students, I sometimes have trouble falling asleep.At dawn, the apartments planted like thorns on the new land in Haipu became far away, leaving only the white screen floating in front of my eyes. "Imagine that, disappearing without being noticed by anyone... that's my dream now." I want to melt the dreams that disappear in the morning sun.There is no intermediate stage in Rumina, and the talk starts from the center of the topic suddenly.As soon as she heard her sobbing, she suddenly burst into tears.To me, her decisive personality is a little scary and a little dazzling. "Beachuan-kun, do you have a dream too?" I can't answer. "Don't know. Haven't found it yet. But I think there must be somewhere." I anxiously wanted to say that there might never be a way to find out, but I kept silent. "Sorry for asking such a sudden question." "It doesn't matter." "Will you come again?" "Because I am on duty, I will come again next Tuesday." "Just a while, please chat with me." "understood." turn off the phone.Walk quietly back to the corridor and out the door.When walking in an empty passage, it feels like returning from a visit to that hospital. The next four deliveries were the same.Puffs, melon juice bread, cheesecake.Although the sweets on the table were different every time, after I quickly settled it, I chatted briefly with Rumina on the mobile phone in two different rooms.Occasionally there are serious conversations, but mostly it's about school and the boring stuff of TV and comics. It was two weeks later that the appearance of the table changed.That day I went to Tsukishima's library to research materials for free research (the history of the town's construction work since the mid-Meiji period).Arriving at Rumina's house was about an hour and a half later than usual.It's raining and the sky is starting to get dark. "Sorry for being late today." Apologizing on the phone, he walked into the hall.There were actually two plates and two paper bags on the table.On one plate were whipped cream and Vanas cake, and on the other plate were two sticks of calorie nutritious food that looked like small building blocks and about ten pills.The drink is fruit juice milk, and Rumina's voice can be heard in my ears. "Because it's already evening, so I think we can have dinner together. I'm trying to lose weight, so I don't eat anything when it gets dark." "The so-called Rumina's dinner only has calories and nutritious food?" "Yes, the rest is some vitamins, calcium and iron." While I was looking at the empty space on the plate, Rumina's door opened quietly.There was an on-the-spot voice not through the phone from the door. "The weight loss is not finished yet, so please don't look too closely." look up.He tried his best not to let the surprised expression show on his face.The cheeks of the original round Rumina became thinner, the eye sockets were as round as eyeballs and sunken, the shoulders were thin and swollen, and the T-shirt hung limply like it was hanging on a wire hanger in a laundry shop. .The waist of the jeans, tied with a cloth belt, was about the size of the tip of a metal bat.I looked away in a panic and sat down.Rumina quickly picked up the remote control of the TV and turned it on.Start playing the evening news and bargains.Reports that everything is half price.I think Rumina's weight loss rate must be the same as the product's discount rate. With the TV on, I breathed a sigh of relief.Because there is a place where I can watch safely.Rumina sat on my right.I tried not to look at her, but her wrists stretched out over the table like steel pipes with gears at the joints.The surface of the steel pipe is covered with blue blood vessels. "Huh, huh, huh, it's so noisy." Rumina said that and turned off the TV sound with the remote control without any hassle.The sound of rain came into the house, and we ate in front of the TV.It took Rumina about fifteen minutes to eat a pack of biscuits.I finished talking first. "You seem to have become very slim. When did you start losing weight?" Rumina smiled happily.When she smiled like this, the tendons in her neck were tensed, and a line appeared from her neck to the base of her ears. "It probably started when I didn't go to school. Anyway, I will go back to school one day, so I want to use this time to do what I can do." "So this is ah." Like a cow suffering from periodontal disease, Rumina quickly drank the pills and fruit milk together after getting rid of the calories and nutritious food, and looked at me and smiled.I felt as if her eyeballs and teeth were beginning to smile.Rumina's voice sounded very excited. "With a little more effort, I can reach the goal of twenty-five kilograms. Until then, I plan to endure more. It's great to see Kitagawa-kun today. Do you know that when you first delivered the handout, I just saw you on the balcony. The reason why the mailbox can’t be opened is because I stuck it up with instant adhesive.” I don't know what to say.In the end, I said something to Rumina that even surprised me. "It's raining today so I can't go out, let's go for a walk together some other day!" The straight lines between Rumina's brows were so deep that one wouldn't think she was a middle school student. "Okay, I haven't been outside recently. But, how about going out together?" After watching the last news, I went back to the apartment next door. I can't talk about Rumina's affairs with Jun, Dai, and Naoto, and of course I can't let Rumina's parents, my parents, and the class teacher know.If I asked Jun, maybe he would easily tell me the symptoms of eating refusal, but I don't like to investigate such things.Rumina seems to have a crush on me, and I think she's just lost weight rapidly, not a disease.When I invited her to go for a walk outside, I didn't expect any effect. I just wanted to say that it would be boring to stay indoors all the time, so I wanted to change the place. The following Friday, I went home first and took off my uniform.Slim jeans, a blue long-sleeved T-shirt, and a gray sleeveless winter jacket.Stuff your phone and A4-sized handouts in your pocket.Run towards Moon Island by the river.Although it was still early, Rumina's dinner was already prepared on the dining table.Nutritious biscuits like white wood sticks, and cinnamon rolls for me. We sat side by side and ate while watching TV.I dispose of the cinnamon rolls with the speed of a garbage disposal and look at the plate next to me.A calorie nutritious food left untouched on a large white plate. "Hey, can I eat and see what it tastes like?" Because she nodded, I took the Calorie Nutrient, folded it in half and put it in my mouth.Cheese-like powder filled my mouth.Rumina ate the remaining half and stood up after taking the tablet. "I'll come to change clothes, please wait a moment." From the living room the white door disappeared.I watched the TV with no sound for the five minutes after that.Advertisements are like comic strips, which are switched one by one. "How about it?" Rumina made a sound.A step behind the opened door stands a weightless girl with her hands behind her.The light blue and green diagonal-striped summer dress wrapped around her like the Japanese flag when there was no wind.Sleeveless, open-front design, the depression between the clavicles seems to be as deep as water can accumulate.Rumina raised her face and smiled shyly. "Yesterday, I broke the goal of 25 kilograms. Finally, I can wear this dress." "Isn't that a good thing?" My face was flushed, but I don't know if Rumina noticed it. Walking on the road along the Sumida River, the evening wind gently blows past us. "I've been staying in the house all the time, and I haven't come out for a month. It's windy outside." The corners of Rumina's summer dress swayed.Between her thighs she could see the pavement full of pavement.I say: "Where are you going?" Tsukishima is full of residences and okonomiyaki, and there are almost no places like tea shops.The only fast food restaurant is a McDonald's in front of the subway exit.It's dangerous to meet familiar people there.Just when I was feeling my head hurt, Rumina said: "The wind is so warm, and I haven't come out for a long time, just take a stroll." So naturally we headed in the direction of the sea.Passed Kiyosumi Avenue and crossed the Asashio Canal.From Tsukishima to Harumi, the density of houses on the street becomes smaller, and the sky gradually becomes wider.Twenty minutes after the sunset had set on the bridge, the eastern sky widened.A vivid half-moon floated up against the blue glass panel.Rumina stood still in the middle of the high bridge, leaning against the railing.With her thin throat exposed, she looked at the sky and said: "Maybe we are like the moon. It's adults who shine like the sun. We just accept its peripheral vision. We can't do anything by ourselves. We can't decide anything. Not even a blade of grass grows." The stars. Ah! It’s so hard for two people to walk together, but they say such things. I really still hate myself.” Leaning shoulder to shoulder against the railing together.I stuck my head out and looked at the water below.The canal reflected the evening sky, darker and cloudier. "I don't like myself very much either. However, life in middle school won't last forever. One day, Rumina and I will change. Even if it's just reflecting the light and looking so beautiful, it's good to be the moon, isn't it ?" The bright moonlight is rippling on the water.When I looked up, Rumina was staring at me with a serious face. "Hey, Kitagawa-kun, change me!" I stared at Rumina, not understanding what she meant.The streets, bridges, canals, and sky of Tsukishima were sucked in by her large eyes.I don't know anyone whose eyes can become as big as the world.That feeling was the first time in my life.When I was in a daze, Rumina kept walking forward, she seemed to be angry from her expression, I hurried down the ramp to chase after her.We crossed an industrial road with four lanes on one side.Ahead of that road, the walls of the cement company stretched on and on, and we couldn't go any further.Directly in front of us was a long, thin park that seemed to be attached to a wall.It was Chunhai Park where I used to play when I was a child.Although street lamps were erected every few tens of meters, the surrounding area was completely darkened.Enter the park where there is not even a single person, and sit on a bench far away from the halo.As if a stranger was sitting next to me, I dared not peek at her profile.Rumina made a hoarse voice. "Beichuan-kun, you can destroy me and change me." Rumina leaned on my shoulder.Such a light head.All my nerves went to the shoulders.Although it smells like hair, it was the first time I smelled such a sweet sweaty smell.We just stood still.It took about thirty minutes from when I raised my right wrist to embracing her shoulders as thin as balsa wood.We don't know who started to kiss.The softness of the girl's lips, I probably will never forget it in my life.And the smoothness of that tongue as it curls in my mouth.The first kiss is the taste of cheese with calories and nutritious food. Rumina said after the kiss: "Let's go there!" Standing up from the paint-peeled bench, we entered the inner lawn.Make the sound of trampling the lawn.It seems that it has not been pruned for a while, and the leaves are lush and sharp.Rumina lay on her back on the lawn and closed her eyes.The summer dress line against the dark green background is just so beautiful.The corner of the skirt is turned up, and the other thigh can be seen.I sat aside, holding Rumina's hand. "Although it's a bit wet, it's more comfortable to lie down." I slept next to Rumina.Looking at the bright night sky without stars.Even so close to the ground the wind was blowing.The ends of the grass swayed in the wind.I squeezed my hands tightly with all my strength and fell on Rumina's body. Although we tried various methods from that time on, we still couldn't achieve it in the end.Maybe it was because Rumina was in so much pain, and I was very satisfied with just my first kiss.Not long after, he shook off the dry grass and dust and stood up, and the night sky had turned dark blue.When we walked out of the park holding hands, Rumina said: "I don't know why I'm so hungry." "I also feel dry mouth." Returned to Tsukishima from Harumi.This time we did not stop on the way across the Asashio Bridge.Ahead of the dark road, a convenience store looms in front of you like a lighthouse. "Do you want to go there?" Hearing my question, Rumina nodded with a smile and started running involuntarily.I don't know what's so funny, but I also laughed and chased after her.I was the one who opened the door, but Rumina who pushed me away entered the shop first. The store is very bright.Especially bright among them are the food counters.Rumina stared at the refrigerated cake as if tempted, then took the basket from the cash register, and threw the things she saw into the basket one by one.Puffs, Matera cake (MadeiraCake), custard and chocolate pudding, jam butter bread and sandwiches. Carrying two large plastic bags, I returned to Tsukishima by the river.Hand the bag to her in the outer hallway on the eleventh floor.Rumina said in confusion: "What should I do, I have no appetite at all, but I wanted to buy it all when I was in the convenience store just now. My stomach is still empty, and I seem to be a little dizzy." "What does it matter, I'm very happy today. It's almost time to go home." "Well, come back next week!" Rumina returned to the empty room, and I didn't leave until I watched her slowly close the door completely.On the way back to the elevator from the outer corridor, Tokyo Bay was stuck dimly between the brightly lit buildings.Even if there is no smell of the tide in the wind, even if the walls of steel and concrete stand in it, I think we will learn to love someone because it is near the sea. To be honest, that night, I did it twice by myself while thinking about Rumina.Although it was very comfortable, I was still completely unable to orgasm. The work of delivering handouts to Rumina lasted for another month, perhaps because that night was too hasty, and we hadn't touched each other's bodies for a while.I've heard rumors that someone in the next class has progressed to C, but maybe Rumina and I think it's too soon. On the way home from middle school, I took the handouts and stopped at Tsukishima by the river.This time it was my portion and my portion tripled dessert that was ready on the table.Sponge cake, Nagasaki cake, cream pie topped with raspberry sauce.Rumina no longer likes nutritious food and vitamin supplements, and it is said that she is now obsessed with sweet and soft things. Rumina's comeback in the class was towards the end of the first semester.I met Rumina at the promenade by the Sumida River that day because of Rumina, who was afraid to go to school alone.The July sky was reflected on the river, brightening the usually leaden water.While I was looking at the horizon across Manhattan that I saw in a movie, Rumina called out to me. "Beichuan-kun, have you been waiting for a long time?" Rumina, who was wearing a uniform, slowly walked down the inclined ladder built on the embankment.Short-sleeved summer uniforms featured diamond-shaped openings between the buttons, allowing a peek into the T-shirt underneath.The waistline of the skirt seemed to be tightly tied, and the inactive flesh above and below the belt seemed to be overflowing.There is no way to see the scenery behind from the gap between the thighs. Rumina has fully regained her weight.Perhaps it is more appropriate to say that the recovery has been overdone.Because it has become more than double that night.Probably about the same number of pounds as the strong jumping ability of Bug Rodman. Just like I didn't say anything to Rumina when I lost weight, I didn't say anything to Rumina who got fat.Because she was originally petite with a height of only 150 centimeters, she became quite plump when she exceeded 50 kilograms.Rumina put the hand holding the schoolbag behind her and looked at her toes. "Is it okay for me to look like this? I, won't I be gossiped in class?" I nodded silently and walked away.Maybe it's because I was also nervous about going to school together for the first time, so I couldn't speak smoothly.I walked three meters in front of Rumina, walking on the street in the morning. At the corner of Xizhong Avenue, my old companion was waiting for me.The representative who is usually late has also arrived.Could it be said that going from your own house, which is less than tens of meters away, to the gathering place is also a heavy labor?He wiped the sweat from his brow with a towel hung around his neck.Jun noticed Rumina who was walking behind me, and looked at me with a sarcastic look.I preemptively said: "I heard that Li Yuan will return to class from today." Pure sneered. "What. Is it Liyuan? I still want to say why I'm wearing a skirt instead." I could feel Rumina getting smaller behind me.Straight people smoothed things over for me. "Okay. It's been a long time since I left school, hey! Let's go!" In this way, we walked slowly towards the school.Jun, Dai, and Naoto talked very vigorously, but I didn't talk much because I cared about Rumina who was following behind.Occasionally looking back, Rumina hugged her school bag to her chest and followed behind with her head down.The short road to school is coming to an end.The number of students on the road is constantly increasing. (If you don't say it, it's no good... If you don't say it) I haven't mentioned Rumina to anyone.Turn the corner of the bakery and you can see the fake Gaudi's main entrance under the dazzling sky.I stopped and raised my voice as hard as I could.My feet seemed to be shaking. "I have something to tell everyone." Startled by the earnestness of my voice, all three turned their heads.Waiting for Rumina to stand beside me, I continued: "Li Yuan and I are dating." "is that true?" Pure cleverly asked back, while Dai was dumbfounded, and Naoto turned his face to the side in embarrassment.Students in mid-moon uniforms pass nonchalantly as we stop.Dai, who recovered from the shock, said: "When did it start? Why don't you tell this old man?" I frankly told them what was in my heart-I started talking when I took the handouts, and I didn't know when they started dating.Although my face was flushed, Rumina didn't seem to care anymore.Standing calmly by my side, occasionally smiling between conversations.Finally pure said: "Understood. Then Li Yuan will come into the classroom with us." Therefore, we just rushed into the classroom just before class, as if nothing had happened.Rumina no longer followed at a distance. The incident happened during lunch break.After the meal was over and the head teacher returned to the staff room, the atmosphere in the classroom finally became relaxed.In the morning class, Rumina did not act strangely.The other students also try not to get in touch with Rumina, who hasn't shown her face in class for a long time.Maybe that's just indifference. 外面是个好天气，半数的男孩子为了玩足球的迷你游戏都跑出去了，于是教室突然变得非常地安静。我们集中到位在后面纯的座位上谈论一些无聊的话题。中学生的生活中无聊的事情特别多。时而将视线转到孤单一个人坐在窗边的留美奈那边。每当我往那看的时候，代就用他那厚厚的手掌拍我的肩头。虽然不觉得痛，但是有点烦。 “住手。烦死人了，代。” 那么说了之后，我用手回打了代的背部一掌。是足以赤红地烙下我的掌痕那样的劲道。哄闹了一阵之后，我看了一下留美奈，觉得情况不对劲。圆圆的背颤抖著。那时留美奈突然回过头来看我这边。短短的头发像伞般地瞬间张开，穿过杂乱的前发，她用求救的视线拼命地凝视著我。 之后留美奈悲伤地摇著头。那晃动的角度只是仅仅几度，一定是除了我之外谁都不会注意到的吧。留美奈放弃了，她将脸朝著前方，右手伸入书包里。再度出现时的手里拿著巨无霸泡芙的袋子。当然在月中将点心一类带入教室是被禁止的。留美奈以势如破竹之势澌破袋子，将泡芙塞进了口中。一个成人拳头大的泡芙只花了三口就解决掉了。吃完了第一个之后又将手往书包里伸。就像魔法的袋子一样，两个、三个的巨无霸泡芙从黑色书包里出现。周围的谈笑声逐渐地沉静下来，教室里所有人的视线都集中到正要虎噬鲜奶油的留美奈身上。 眼看著桌上的六个空袋子堆成了小山，教室里残留著奶油的香甜味。留美奈在感到满足之后，才好不容易能有闲情去环顾四周。等著战战兢兢抬起头来的留美奈的是，有如在冷冻库里结冻的针般的班上同学们的视线。留美奈的视线环顾教室一周后停留在我身上。 嘴角还残留著奶油，用她那快要哭泣的脸孔对著我笑了。我也和留美奈有著同样的感受。 如果可能的话真想从那个场合消失掉。 （果然我还是不喜欢我自己啊。） 我好像是可以听到一直保持沉默的留美奈的心声。在那之后留美奈犯下那天午休第二次致命的失败。滴答滴答地，污水从老旧的污水管流下来的声音从地板上传了过来。留美奈摆出一副呆然若失、令人无法想像的脸孔，接下来的一瞬间打开圆圆的嘴巴。像是用电动抽水机吸上来似地，六个份的巨无霸泡芙从和我初吻的口中溢了出来。桌上堆成小山的塑胶袋被鲜奶油的重量压得扁扁的。男孩屏气，女学生则有好几个人发出惨叫声当场跑了出去。我像是麻痹似地动弹不得。 在呈现一副静止画面的教室中首先移动的是代。他将颈上的毛巾拿在手上，直朝著留美奈的桌子走去。 “立原，要不要紧？我偶尔也会因为吃太多而让胃感到不舒服喔。” 一边那样说著一边粗鲁地帮留美奈擦嘴巴。留美奈就那样一边被擦一边失神地看著我。眼睛变红了。或许马上就要哭了吧。直人拿著夹克靠到桌旁，很快地将鲜奶油和泡芙的碎屑覆盖起来。像是在擦桌面那样灵巧地将它揉成一团，然后说： “这就是所谓的可燃垃圾喔。” 拿起两边袖子打结、坚实的夹克，直人从教室的后方消失了。纯将手放在我的肩膀上。 “跟老师联络一下，送她回家吧。” 我回头看了纯。纯好像是故意地耸起肩膀点了一下头。他是在模仿最近流行的某个DJ的动作。 "thanks." “没有什么。与其要跟我说谢谢不如跟她说：明天早上，我们还会在西仲大道等她。请她和我们一起来上学吧！” 我看了一下纯。纯故意将脸转向校园那边。我有说不出的高兴。纯的台词还有代和直人的行动，给了胆怯的我勇气。我不再彷徨了。我站了起来，走到留美奈的身旁，拿起书包和留美奈一起走出教室。在回家的路上留美奈一直哭个不停。我将纯的话传达给她，是在我们回到房间，留美奈淋浴后换上新衣躺著之后。 留美奈早就不哭了，但是听了我说的话又轻轻地哭了一下。因此，我第五节课迟到了好久，不过那只是件小事。 隔天，我们会合之后一起去上学。没想到留美奈开始每天来上学了。即使是现在，她那体重就像小型的油轮一样，在通过河面之后总会掀起激烈的浪涛。但是无所谓。抱著瘦的时候的留美奈和抱著胖的时候的留美奈，感觉就好像是在抱不同人一样，我好像是在和两个女人交往似的，因为我喜欢四十一公斤加减十六公斤的留美奈。 译者简介： 王政钦： 一九六四年生，花莲市人，东吴大学日文系毕业、日本国立大阪大学日本文学硕士。曾任大阪箕面市第五中学非常勤讲师。译有（合译）（由新雨出版社出版）。