Thinking about the story told by senior Yama, and also thinking about the questions that kept popping up in his head, made Eiji not sleep for an entire day. And even so, he and Shuta had to be late for school after Shuta caught up with him because he didn't come to the bus stop where they usually met to go to school.
"How can you wake up so late, Eiji!!" Shuta protested to Eiji, now the two of them were running in a hurry to enter the school.
Not only that, Eiji's mind is currently a little chaotic so it affects all his actions and even affects when he does math problems in front of the blackboard which was ordered by the teacher which made many of them laugh at Eiji's very good answer. beyond their usual expectations.
Time passed, history class began and at that time Eiji made a mistake again. "Shh… Psst… Eiji! …oi Eiji!!" Sawamura called to Eiji who at that time sat on a bench in front of him and was slight to the side from him.
Eiji ignored Sawamura's low call, which then made Sawamura have to call him again but a little louder, so the teacher wouldn't notice it either.
"Hey Eiji!" called it again, and it worked. Eiji turned to look at Sawamura who was now pointing at something he was holding. And it makesEiji tilted his head to ask Sawamura.
"Your book… your book is upside down!" Sawamura whispered to Eiji who now immediately turned his gaze to the book he was holding and sure enough, the book was upside down. Therefore Eiji immediately corrected the position of the book he had just confirmed.
It was Eiji's carelessness when history class arrived, and those are some of the mistakes he just made because basically there were other Eiji's mistakes that he made that day.
It certainly made his classmates feel that there was something strange about Eiji, and even the news finally reached the ears of Shuta and Jiro who were in the other classes. The news finally made Shuta and Jiro immediately look for Eiji's whereabouts to ask him how he was.
"Ah!" a shriek made Shuta and Jiro who were walking at the same time turn their gazes to the right and left, which finally looked straight ahead, where Eiji had just made another carelessness after he realized that he had chosen the wrong drink in the finding machine. was at the end of the hallway downstairs of their school.
Seeing him like that made Shuta sigh and immediately ran along with Jiro to go over to him.
"Oi! Eiji!!" Shuta's call to Eiji, made him turn his head to look at Shuta and also Jiro who came to approach him at the end of the hall.
"Eiji-chan…. Are you okay?" Jiro asked Eiji who now nodded slowly in response to the question, but that answer certainly didn't make Shuta and Jiro believe him.
"Why are you being so careless today?? I believe that something is wrong with you!" Shuta explained to Eiji, who was then given a nod by Jiro as if he agreed with what was said by Shuta who was now standing right beside him and was facing Eiji.
Hearing that explanation, Eiji sighed and then nodded weakly. "Yeah… today I made a lot of mistakes" Eiji explained to Shuta and Jiro, and he even added to it by saying, "Too late in, wrongly doing a problem on the blackboard, reading a history book upside down, giving Makato the wrong eraser, accidentally spilling sauce on my shirt and now choosing the wrong drink..." Eiji said explaining all his mistakes at length to Shuta and Jiro.
Hearing this, Shuta and Jiro could only shake their heads. "What really happened?? what are you thinking, Eiji??" Shuta asked Eiji who was now sighing and shrugging his shoulders.
Even though it was Eiji's reaction, Shuta was sure that his little friend was thinking about something, but he also knew that Eiji never wanted to open up about any problems and even like this at this time. Fortunately, however, Shuta is an open-minded person, and he respects Eiji's privacy as a friend.
Shuta patted Eiji's shoulder who was now smiling, "Whatever it is... I hope you can finish it, Eiji!" Those were the words Shuta said to Eiji who was now looking at him and then nodded his head with certainty.
"Okay! Then, let's buy some food at the canteen!" Jiro's invitation now called out to the two of them, and because of that invitation, they immediately nodded their heads in agreement and then went to the canteen together.
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Eiji lost his focus all day just thinking about storiesYama's journey, and because his curiosity continues to grow and never disappears, Eiji decides to go visit Yama once again. But this time, he went alone, not with Shuta because at the same time, Shuta had to practice at his baseball club, and it was the right time for Eiji to go visit Senior Yama who was reportedly still being treated at the hospital.Yamagata City Hospital Saiseikan.
After school hours ended, without delay Eiji went to the station and went to Higashine town to visit his Senior in Yamagata City Hospital Saiseikan.
During the trip to the city of Higashine, Eiji's mind never stopped to remember all the stories that Yama told yesterday, his curiosity was so intense that Eiji grimaced after realizing that he had become a strange person because he was curious about things that weren't necessarily true. on the life of his older brother.
"Tch… I'm stupid! Never mind, obviously… if that's not true, at least I'm not curious about the story he's telling." that was the mutter that Eiji said to himself who was now nodding his head in response.
Eiji's footsteps were now tracing the halls of the hospital, and in the end, he arrived in front of the room where Yama was being treated. Eiji was silent for a moment, before finally knocking on the door of the room three times, and because of that, the door was opened by Yuki who now looks confused by the arrival of Eiji who at that time came along with a basket of fruits for Yama, his little friend.
"Um… Eiji, right?" Yuki asked Eiji who was now nodding his head, and because of that Yama who was sitting on the hospital bed turned his head to look at him who now returned the gaze.
"Will you tell me everything in detail?" Eiji asked Yama who was now frowning and then realized that Eiji was a child who was still curious about the experience he had told his friends last night.
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