At that time, when his eyes slanted in, he ended up snorting like an old horse pulling a cart, even though he felt an improvement, then when breathing when he stopped, to get back to all his strength.
As he looks down, Péngyǒu can see the toes of his sneakers, when he couldn't that last June, when it was his last day of school, when that was the last day of his class, when it was his last day at Princeton Classic High School.
If she didn't start exercising, she would soon with her sedentary life lose the physique that genetics gave her, if she ever had one, so soon she wouldn't be able to run, she should get into the exercise project soon of Tsuki Miki Delphos from the academy who were filling limited spots.
The T-shirt is clinging to her sweaty body, but overall she feels good, even though in June she feels like she's going to fall hard every time she gets to the top, even as she gets closer, she hears the screams of the kids in the playground , at the other end of the park, on the other side of the stairs to the left, in the distance comes the sound of a bat hitting a baseball, where the Senior League boys train for the Labour Day benefit game.
She's cleaning her glasses on the handkerchief she keeps in her shorts pocket for just that reason when she hears a voice.
- Hey, tomboy. - Come here a little, we need to talk. – A man in a kimono says, at the end of the stairs.
At that moment, when Péngyǒu puts his glasses back on his face, when the blurred world comes back into focus.
On the other side on a bench, coming from the shade, near the gravel path that leads from the stairs to the Oldest Gothic Castle Recreation Park , a person throwing crumbs towards some pigeons around, on which he is a man of real jade silk pants , jade green kimono a white shirt unbuttoned at the top, on top of his head he wears a beret, soon Péngyǒu would have nightmares about that hat.
The man was on the same bench every day that week, always reading the same book, about Buddha, something about his encounter with Mara, the principle of Buddhism, it's thick and seems exceedingly difficult, yet he had never spoken to her. until now. Péngyǒu watches him warily.
- I don't talk to weirdos and strangers. - She said.
- Well thought. - He said.
That strange man looks to be her father's age, about thirty-eight, and he's not bad looking, but wearing a silk kimono in the middle of a chilly September morning when that makes him look a potential nutcase, in Péngyǒu 's opinion.
After all, a coat was essential on those winter holidays.
- Was it your mother who spoke, at that age? – He was apparently teasing the girl, who looked more like a kid in skater clothes.
- No, my father. - She retorted.
Péngyǒu will have to walk past him to get to the playground, and if he's really crazy, he might try to grab her, but she's not too worried, even that fog, the strange cold of September, even if she remembers, had a defence course at school.
Since, moreover, that region is close to the stores and the shopping center, today, as her mother said, was a sale day at a women's store, among the outlet stores of the big store in the center.
So, as it was in broad daylight, after all, the playground is close by and it's quite full, and she's already caught her breath, she should be exercising, not even the chubby girls looked like they were going to get out of the park unscathed.
Even so, in this current situation. – The man in the black coat. - I will introduce myself. - He said.
- I'm Yusuke Yoshihiro. - He said. - And you are…?
She is in doubt, but then thinks that it won't hurt.
- My name is Péngyǒu Mùzhīběn. - She said.
- Perfect, now, we know each other. - He said.
Then, Péngyǒu shakes his head.
- Let's see, that now, we are known. - He said. - You just need to know the name we already know each other. - He said.
He tilts his head back and laughs.
This man is charming for his sincere good humour, and Péngyǒu cannot suppress a smile, yet she does not approach him.
The man points his finger at her in the shape of an arrow through her heart.
- That's really funny. - He said. – Now, dear Péngyǒu, you are a nice teenager. - He said.
- So, since we're on the subject, where did that name come from?
- How old are you? – He asks her.
- I'm 16. - She said.
- That's the name my grandfather gave me, even if the combination of two names that my father wanted to call me Kimiko, his grandmother's name, and my mother wanted Yuri, like a grandmother's, didn't work right. - She said.
– They stayed until my birth to decide, when they couldn't, when I was born, they had to appeal to another relative. - She said.
– So, the two ended up entering into an agreement, they went to my grandfather who is still alive, and chose the name of his own grandmother, which he liked very much. – Péngyǒu said.
- You're on vacation, sir. Yoshihiro?
Even if it seemed likely that they are in the Tomoeda, and the Tomoeda proclaims itself the Land of Vacations, due to the hot springs and the huge place where they are located that is surrounded by warm waters throughout the city, and this, being even one of the license plates.
Even in winter, the city's pools are warm due to the geysers and hot springs around the city.
- I have a kind of vacation, so to speak, in the meantime I travel from one city to another, from here to there. - He said.
- I went to Salem in a week, Pleasures Togashi on the other, then maybe a little hop to the City of Angels for a hot dog and a roller coaster ride. – I went to Lovecraft County to visit the zoos and reserves. - He said.
- I'm that you might call a travellers and wanderer, I travel the roads of Japan and where I live and traffic. - He said.
- Now, I went from one country to another, as we are in the colony of western China, so I'm on vacation everywhere. - He said.
- I keep an eye on certain people and come back from time to time to see how they are doing. - He said.
Chocho takes the bat in the field beyond the playground, and she hears cheers.
- It's been nice talking to you, sir. Yoshihiro, but I must…
- Let's talk a little more, they are the nice people that I always see who like to have an enjoyable conversation. - He said. "I look up to people like you. - He said.
That should sound sinister (and it does, a little bit), but he's still smiling after the laughs, his eyes are twinkling and drawn, and if he's Bag Man, he's hiding it well.
What she thinks the weirdest, stalkers would do. Do you want to come to my salon? – He said the spider to the fly.