Adachi and Shimamura Vol. 5 by Hitoma Iruma

Author:Hitoma Iruma [Iruma, Hitoma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: light novel
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Published: 2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00

Interlude:

Yashiro Comes Calling

Part 8

“WELL, IF IT ISN’T Little. Where might you be off to?”

The first thing I hear when I walk outside isn’t the cicadas, but Yachi’s voice. I whirl around. The sweltering heat blurs all the buildings, but Yachi still looks crisp and cool.

“Oh, Yachi!”

“Little!”

We pat each other on the biceps—pat, pat, pat, pat. It’s too hot for this, but it’s what we always do.

“I’m going to the pool,” I tell her, holding up my pool bag.

She tilts her head. “Pool?”

“Wait, you don’t know? A pool is…a place with lots of water…”

Turns out it’s actually kinda hard to explain. It’s like a bath, but not really, ’cause it’s a pool… Oh, but I don’t think Yachi likes to take baths, because whenever I ask her to take one with me, she runs away. I always catch her, though, and then I give her a good scrubbing. Makes me feel like a big sister.

“Is it fun?”

“Uhhhh…yeah! Lots of fun!”

I flash my pearly whites at her. She flashes hers right back.

The pool at my school is open for the summer—until the Bon Festival, anyways. Mom said they’ve been shortening the days every year.

“What about you, Yachi? Going on a walk somewhere?”

She’s carrying a canteen and wearing a tall, thin hat made of twigs all woven together. I can see some leaves peeking out through the gaps, too. Really weird. But it looks great with the color of her hair.

“Heh heh heh. Nothing as minor as that.”

“Walks are minor?”

“I’m going out to search for my compatriot. I meant to do it sooner, but I completely forgot,” she announces like she’s bragging. “I was planning to spend a good three hundred years looking, but with the heat, I’ll give it three days.”

“Uh…okay…” I think maybe she just made those numbers up.

“Now then, I’ll see you around.”

And with that, she toddles off into the distance. That’s Yachi for you—she says exactly what she wants to say, then leaves.

“Hmmm…”

…So she’s going on a family vacation? I don’t think her mom and dad would let her go somewhere by herself. Then again, I’ve never met them. Never been to her house either. There’s still so much about her I don’t know.

I look down at the strand of blue hair still wrapped around my pinky finger. At night, when I’m in bed, I can spend hours losing myself in its faint glow. Sometimes I forget to blink, or even breathe. But I always turn out okay. Somehow this single tiny light has the power to make me feel like I’m at the aquarium.

Then the heat finally kicks in, and to shake it away, I start walking.

“Three days, huh?”

I’m used to hanging out with her every day, so it feels like a really long time. I don’t know how it happened, but Yachi’s a part of my life now.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.