My Girl by K-Ske Hasegawa

Author:K-Ske Hasegawa [Hasegawa, K-Ske]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: light novel
ISBN: 9781933164687
Amazon: 1933164689
Goodreads: 2406610
Publisher: Seven Seas
Published: 2008-07-08T04:00:00+00:00

Once more, Rikoko didn’t feel like going to school. She wandered aimlessly about town yet again, until she realized she had arrived at the park.

It was a rather large park, well stocked with playground rides and equipment. Rikoko remembered playing there when she was still in kindergarten.

Yanagihara spoke up. “Come to think of it, I remember falling off of the jungle gym. Hmm… Now that I think about it, I experienced falling at a young age. Although I didn’t die that time.”

He laughed at his own recollections.

That’s nothing to laugh about, Rikoko secretly retorted in her thoughts.

She sat on a bench, and Yanagihara stood next to her, as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

After a while, a nursery school teacher brought kids from the local kindergarten to the park. The children instantly ran to and fro. From everywhere, the voices of busy children rang out. A little girl innocently ran in front of Rikoko, tripped on a stone, and slid to the ground.

“Whoa…”

Rikoko ran to the child and picked her up. “Are you all right?”

With tears welling in her eyes, the girl answered, “I’m all right!” She was bearing with the pain desperately.

“Good girl,” Rikoko told her. She pulled a handkerchief from her skirt pocket and took the child by the hand to wash off her injuries with water. Finally, she dressed the child’s wound with the handkerchief.

“Now go to your teacher and get this sterilized, okay?”

“Okay,” the child answered. “Thank you, onee-chan!” The little girl waved her hand and trotted off.

“Hey, hey. Don’t trip and fall again!” Rikoko called out as she smiled and watched the little girl race away. Suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her chest, a reminder of “the thing” that troubled her.

The child ran to the teacher and hugged her with all of her tiny body. Then, pointing at Rikoko, she said something to the nursery school teacher, who quickly walked to Rikoko.

“Sorry to have troubled you. Thank you very much.” The teacher bowed her head in a sign of respect and gratitude.

“Oh!” Rikoko exclaimed. “It was nothing.”

Yanagihara welcomed her back with a faraway look in his eyes. “You’re so kind, Kagawa-san.”

“Not really. Well, if a kid went and dived into the ground in front of you, of course you’d help her out. And she was bleeding. And she was about to cry.” Rikoko scratched her head while she spoke, as if being praised for such a little thing was way too embarrassing to bear.

But Yanagihara said, “You think? These days, everyone’s so busy minding their own business that they don’t pay attention to things happening around them, don’t you think? They try to avoid things when it’s inconvenient for them. And everyone’s rushing. I wonder why everyone’s in such a hurry? There are a lot of people who don’t like to be inconvenienced, don’t you think?”

“Yeah,” she answered. “But I definitely think I’m one of those people, though.”

Rikoko rifled through her bag and took out her cigarettes. She popped one into her mouth.

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