Chapter 7 Section 7

Two days after meeting Heisuke in the library, Hashimoto Takeko came to the hospital with five children, three girls and two boys.They should be classmates who have a good relationship with Sami Nami. "I saw your name on TV, don't mention how surprised I was! At first I thought it was the same name, but Sami Nami's name is rare, and her age is also the same as yours. It must be you. In this way I thought, I don’t know what to do right now, I just burst into tears.” Said Kuniko Kawakami, a young girl who looked victorious at first sight.Although the expression on her face was smiling, her eyes had already started to turn red, which Hirasuke also noticed.Maybe it was the resurgence of the shock when I learned of the accident.

After hearing her words, Sami Nami, also known as Naoko, also began to get wet at the corners of her eyes. "Yeah... yeah, it surprised you. Kawakami and Sami Nami used to always be together, right? Sami Nami had the cheek to go to your house to disturb you on Christmas day, and you gave her such a big one when you came back cake..." she continued wiping the corners of her eyes while sniffling. "When we were in the car, Sami Nami also said that she would buy gifts from Shinshu for Kuniko and other partners to take back. I didn't expect this to happen..." She spoke in the tone of a mother who has lost her daughter.Hearing her words, Hirasuke felt the corners of his eyes heat up at first, but he soon realized the problem.The children and Takeko Hashimoto were looking at Sami Nami with strange eyes.

"Ah... yes, yes, Sami Nami. Before you left, you said you wanted to buy presents, right, Sami Nami, and Dad remembers that too, right, Sami Nami?" Reminded by Jing Heisuke, Naoko, who was pretending to have a beautiful appearance, was taken aback for a moment, and then immediately covered her mouth as if remembering something. "Ah, yes, yes. I'm sorry for making you worry." She faced her classmates and bowed her head deeply. "Is the body completely fine?" "Well. Thanks to everyone, I don't feel particularly uncomfortable." "No headache symptoms or anything? I heard that you often have such a reaction after a traffic accident."

"Well, there is no problem from the current point of view. But I can't say for sure now. I also heard that many people have after-effects after traffic accidents. But one thing is for sure, I will never dare to take a ski tour bus again gone." Although she may feel that she is careful enough when speaking, all the words from Sami Nami's mouth do not match her identity as a primary school girl.Hashimoto Takeko frowned slightly after hearing this, but soon returned to her smiling face. "I heard that you will be able to come to school from the new semester. Everyone is very happy. But don't force yourself, you don't have to come when you feel unwell."

"Okay, thank you. I'm so touched by your words." When Sami Nami bowed her head again to express her gratitude, a boy next to her took a step forward holding flowers: "This is what we gave you." "Ah!" Naoko's face immediately glowed.But in the next moment, her eyes were not on the flowers, but on the boy holding the flowers: Oh, isn't this Imaoka-kun? " The boy nodded, looking a little confused. "Oh!" Sami Nami exclaimed, "You have grown up so much! The last time I saw you was in the second grade..." "What a big bouquet!" Hei Jie hurriedly went to pick up the flowers, and inserted a sentence because she slipped up again, "After you leave the hospital, take these flowers home and display them at home. Haha, these flowers are so beautiful Is it right, Sami Nami?"

"Huh? Ah, yes. But I have to buy a vase." The conversation continued for a while, but Sami Nami's weird tone still didn't change much. It seems that she herself is also trying to speak in a child's tone, but the more she does this, the more unnatural she seems. A lot of people brought me condolences and letters of encouragement, that... I really feel the need to thank them, and I even kept thinking, should I buy them something... Really, the feeling of gratitude is really Unspeakable..." Can elementary school students say words like "unspeakable", Heisuke thought while listening with trepidation.

Finally, Hashimoto Takeko and the children got up.After they walked out of the ward for a while, Ping Jie also followed out quietly.They are waiting for the elevator. "Sami Nami is so weird today." It was Kuniko's voice. "Yeah, she talks like my mother today." The other girl agreed. "That's because I haven't seen each other for a long time, and I'm a little nervous." Hashimoto Takeko said, "In addition, I haven't spoken for a long time before, so some words are not good. It must be like this." "Oh, yes. Poor she is."

Hearing what Bangzi said, the other children also nodded in agreement. It seems that they finally figured it out in their own way, and the stone hanging in Hirasuke's heart finally fell to the ground, so he returned to the ward.In his heart, he decided to tell Sami Nami, no, tell Naoko, to speak like a child. Heisuke returned to the ward, grabbed the doorknob and was about to open the door when he heard Sami Nami's sobbing from inside the room.He groaned in his heart, and quietly opened the door. Sami Nami buried her face in the pillow and was sobbing.Her thin shoulders were trembling slightly.Heisuke approached her and put his hand on her back.

"Naoko." He called his wife's name. "I'm sorry!" she said in an indistinct voice, "I suddenly felt very sad when I saw those children. The children didn't know that Sami Nami was no longer alive. When I think of this, I feel that those children and Sami Nami It's all pathetic..." Hirasuke stroked her back without saying a word, because he really couldn't think of anything to say.