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How My Life Was Ruined 117: Words I Wanted to Hear The Most
By the time Hayami finished the tour to our house and we each took baths (separately of course), the sun had already set casting a dark veil of the night on the sky.It was 8 pm in the night. So, we decided it was time for dinner.Hayami waited at the dining table while I went to the kitchen to warm the food that Mochizuki-san had prepared for us.While the food was being heated, I brought out plates and placed them on the table and after ten short minutes, I served the food on the table.“Wow, this looks delicious,” Hayami muttered as she eyed all the dishes served on the plate. Even I felt that Mochizuki-san had made a bit too many dishes.Our dinner consisted of hakumai – steamed white rice mixed with mugi (barley) – with tsukudanai as toppings. We had miso soup for soup that included kombu, tofu, and shitake mushrooms which made for a rich flavor. For pickles, we had the vegetable and fruit medley of sanbaizu tsukemono and sunomono (vinegar-marinated vegetable).“Ugh, my stomach f
How My Life Was Ruined 118: The Date
"Let's go!"Full of teen spirit and energy, Hayami pointed up towards the bright and sunny sky with no clouds."Yeah!"I screamed trying to match her energy."Hee-hee. This is kind of fun." She giggled and flashed her teeth at me. It was such a contagious smile, I couldn't help but smile as well.Hayami wrapped her arms around mine and the two of us, glued to each other, walked out of the house toward our destination.We reached the train station and waited for our train to arrive on its platform.As we stood waiting for the train, I could feel all the eyes around us. Boys and girls alike were both looking at us in awe with their mouths hanging open. Hayami probably realized this as well as she scooted a little and whispered in my ears, with a hint of glee, "Everyone is looking at us, right?""Sure they are."Though rather than us, I think it would be better to say her. I was just a by-product.She was wearing a pink one-piece skirt that was slightly longer compared to other skirts. Th
How My Life Was Ruined 119: Before I Die
After waking up the next day, I went down to make breakfast.When I was preparing breakfast, Hayami had already woken up and was seated on the chair with her elbows on the table and palm supporting her chin as she hummed a tune I had never heard before though it sounded melodious.As I served the dish on the plate, Hayami said with a hint of surprise, “What is this sodden-looking toast? Hmm…bread with soy-flavored boiled greens?”Laughing, I gave the actual name of the dish, “French toast.”“Ohh!” She said with excitement and used her hands to eat them. I couldn’t help but chuckle at that.“Hmm? Is something wrong?”“Normally, it is eaten using a fork and a knife.” I pointed at the fork and knife I had set beside her plate.Her face took a red hue and then stuffing the bread in her mouth, she said, “It doesn’t matter. We are at home anyway.”She looked cute and I enjoyed that bliss for a moment. Looking at her face, and thinking that I could die with someone like her filled my heart w
How My Life Was Ruined 120: Suffering Because Of Me
I reached the train station a bit late than our scheduled time.On the bench in the waiting area was the person I had come to meet.She was wearing a half-sleeved blouse on top with the shoulders exposed and a simple white skirt that reached to her knees.I walked up to where she was.Upon hearing the sound of my boots, she turned her head towards me slowly.“I thought you wouldn’t come.” She said with a heave of relief.As I sat down on the bench next to her, I thought that the charm the usual Nakamura had was not present on her face tonight. As if something had diminished her radiance. I knew that I was to blame for that one way or the other.The time was 11: 30 at the night. She had asked to meet at 11 but I ended up being late because I wasn’t yet sure whether I should go or not. It was Hayami’s persistence that I came here even though I was half an hour late as a result.“Attention all passengers. The last train for today will be arriving in fifteen minutes. I repeat…”The static
How My Life Was Ruined 121: It's Too Late
When I reached home at around 1 am, there were two people at the dining table beside the living room.One was Hayami. And the other one was sitting with her back to me. Her long brown hair reflected the light in the room.“Aina?”I walked around and stood behind Hayami so that I could be face-to-face with Aina.She had dark circles under her eyes.“I will leave you two alone.” Hayami stood up and then climbed the stairs to go to my room.I sat on the seat Hayami had been sitting on and faced Aina.Silence settled in the room. I was confused and surprised why she was here. How did she know where I lived in the first place? All the students had been taken back to Tokyo after the school camp ended. So that means she came all the way here to Kyoto to meet me? And all alone? Why would she do that?Just about an hour ago, I had had a small conversation with Nakamura at the train station. Thinking that Aina had likely come here for the same purpose, I spoke, breaking the silence.“You are he
How My Life Was Ruined 122: Denial
“It’s too late.”Bam!Aina slammed the table hard with both of her hands and stood up simultaneously.“It’s not late. It is never late. You still have so much of your life ahead. You will always have a chance to make things right.”Even if I lived, I know there is no way I can make things right. In fact, I would only make things worse. Yeah, not even bad, but worse. That’s my ability. I can make things worse without getting them bad. Though no point in thinking about that.Unaware of my internal feelings, Aina spoke at the top of her lungs.“Don’t give up. We can work things out. So, it’s still not late. As long as you are alive.”I gave a smile to her in response, without actually intending to.“Yeah. That’s right. As long as I am alive.”“Yes, that’s right!”Misunderstanding my statement as agreement with her words, she broke into a smile only to break into a cold sweat with my next words.“But what do you mean by being alive?”“Eh?” She gave a quizzical look to my question.“What a
How My Life Was Ruined 123: The One Grave Mistake
After calming down a bit, I looked down to the dining area from the stairs. The old hag was sitting there waiting for someone. And I knew that someone was me.“Hayami, you go wait for a little longer.”“Hmm. Okay~” Although, she seemed reluctant after I gave her a kiss, she went back to the room. After hearing the click of the door locking, I made my way downstairs and sat in an empty chair facing the old hag.“Why are you here?” I asked.“We heard from Aina's parents that she had run away from home and would like our help to search for her. That’s why I am here.”So I was right that she had run away from home without telling anyone.“But, why are you here? How did you know Aina would be here?” Did she know beforehand that the only place Aina will head to after running from her home under the current circumstances will be my house? I could think of the old hag arriving to that conclusion. She was quick-witted after all.“No. We just followed her path.” She continued. “We checked the C
How My Life Was Ruined 124: I Have Never Hated you
For the next five minutes after my mom dashed to the bathroom, no one spoke. I feel like these long and short stretches of silence in the middle of conversations were happening a lot to me. Was it a meaningful silence or a meaningless one? Did the silence speak louder than the words or was it just and merely silence? I don’t know.“She sure is taking long. What must she be doing?” The old hag broke the silence with a meaningful question.“Yeah, I wonder what.”Although I knew what she wanted to hear from me, I played the fool. I knew what she was doing in the bathroom. She was without a doubt crying her eyes out hurt by the scathing words of her own son.The old hag gave me a smile as if she had seen that coming.“Putting aside your words that you being born itself was the root of it all, don’t you feel angry?”“Angry? Why?”“If you hadn’t learned what your mom had been doing, things wouldn’t have gone that out of hand. Let’s say if your mom hadn’t been cheating on your dad, if Nakamu
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