Gin Iro Ehon

Part 1

There was a festival held on Chizumi’s college. Her class opened a food stand, Chizumi worked as the waiter, and she was serving some customers. After the customers had ordered the food, Chizumi turned back, but she stumbled and fell down.
    "Sorry, but can you say the order once again. I have forgot them because of falling", said Chizumi to the              customers.
    "That child never learnt her lesson, always careless", said Miura, her friend. "Chizumi must be thinking of Fujiomi", said Sonobe, the other friend.

It appeared Chizumi invited Fujiomi to come to the festival, but her stand was very busy.
    "Chizumi, this is for table number 3", said another friend giving some food.
    "Can it wait for a minute?", Chizumi wanted to search Fujiomi.
    "AAA, it’s very busy ".
     "Okay then", Chizumi took the food.
    "But, um.., just a minute", said Chizumi after she gave the food to customer.
    "Aaaa, it’s so busy", said her friend again. "Okay then", Chizumi took the next food.
    "But, it’s just a minute….." ,Chizumi asked her friend again.
    "Today is really busy!", her friend gave the next food again. Miura and Sonobe saw all of that, so they asked Chizumi to go, they will replace her job.

    "Thank you, but let me clean this table first", said Chizumi.
At the same time, two guys asked her to count their bill.
    "Okay, 12 glasses of sake and 4 meat balls, isn’t it?",
    "What did you say? Look, there were only 2 glasses and 3 meat balls", said the guys.
    "But I remembered you asked for more….".
    "Do you want to said we were lying?", the guys shouted and made Chizumi surprised. The food on her hand was flown and arrived on the guys’ heads.
    "Sorry, I’ll take a cloth….", Chizumi took a cloth.
    "Chizumi, that’s for mopping", said her friend. Chizumi was surprised, she stumbled and the cloth was flown right on one of the guy’s face.
    "Wow, that child is quite clever", said Miura.
    "But it is not the right time", said Sonobe.
    "It’s all right, look!"

The guys were ready to snap at Chizumi but suddenly Fujiomi came and stopped the guys. He pulled the guy’s coat, some plates and glasses fell down from the coat. It seemed the guys hid some of the glasses.
    "What the hell is it? I do remember how much I ate. I asked for compensation!", said the guy.
    "A compensation? What is that?", Fujiomi looked at them. The guys became afraid and paid the food.

    "I came earlier so I took a walk and watched you were very busy. So I just watch you without addressing you", said Fujiomi.
    "So you know their action", said Miura.
    " Before come here, I met Komuro and was asked to come to his stand. You can follow, if you have finished", said Fujiomi to Chizumi.
    "I’m sorry but the man, who will replace me, will come soon".
    "It’s all right". "Um….you said that you were watching me from that chair".
    "That’s right".
    "Continually?".
Fujiomi smiled, "Yes, continually"

On the other stand, some women were trying to sell some books. Their leader, a big man, was selling the books to the walking people. Asako, one of the women was looking at junior high school student, she was reminded of her friends, Yatsu, Fumi, Ishidate, and then Fujiomi.
    "Hey!", their leader stopped Fujiomi , "uh? You are the man who can break the record tile, aren’t you?". At the tile stand, Komuro was asked not to invite strong man again.

    "Fujiomi…..he is handsome but when talking to him, he didn’t give any comment. We never knew what he thinks. The boys in our class were afraid of him. At that time, how many Senior High School student has been knocked down by him" Asako remembered about her friends’ comments about Fujiomi then she saw Fujiomi talking to her leader.
    "Fujiomi?", Asako asked for break and chased Fujiomi. When looking for Fujiomi, Asako met her ex-boyfriend.
    "Asako"
    "Fumitaka?"
    "What a coincidence. I want you take me around the college"
    "I have a promise with my friend", Asako went away but Fumitaka held her hand.
    "Hey, why do you refuse? I come here to see you"
    "We have broken off!", Asako pulled her hand
    "It’s you who wanted to break off. I still like you"
    "Lies! You don’t love me. You want me because your love to that woman has been rejected"

Suddenly Asako saw Fujiomi and called him, "FUJIOMI!", Fujiomi turned his head and looked at her. Asako hid behind Fujiomi’s back,
    "I was chased by a strange man. Please help me". Fumitaka didn’t want to make trouble so he left Asako and Fujiomi.
    "He has gone away", said Fujiomi.
    "Thank you, Kou Fujiomi" , said Asako.
    "Who are you?".
    "It seems you don’t remember me, doesn’t it?".
Meanwhile, Chizumi was looking for Fujiomi, she was forced by man to enter the ghost house. Suddenly, she saw Fujiomi.
    "It’s me…. Asako Yugi", said Asako to Fujiomi. Chizumi saw Fujiomi’s face changed.
Asako touched Fujiomi’s hands, "Do you still remember the past?". "No…".

    "C’mon. Don’t wait for him", the man pulled Chizumi to the ghost house.
Some ghosts appeared, Chizumi became afraid and shouted. Meanwhile, Asako told Fujiomi that there will be a reunion.
    "You are not the this college’s student, are you?" ,asked Asako.
    "Someone invited me".
    "Oh, so you have a friend at this college. Is it a woman?".
    "Yes", Fujiomi smiled and made Asako stunned. Chizumi tried to escape from the ghost house but the man kept on pulling her.
    "Fujiomi"!!, Chizumi shouted.
Fujiomi heard her call and went to the ghost house to help her. Then he took Chizumi to meet Asako. Asako just watched them, "The same college, huh? Well, this world is really small". Suddenly strong wind blew around them.

    "Um..how are you, my name is Chizumi" ,Fujiomi and Asako were stunned looking at Chizumi. Her hair was in disorder.
    "Chizumi, your hair…..", Fujiomi used his hand to tidy Chizumi’s hair up, but it stuck.
    "Fujiomi, you are too rude. It becomes worse", Asako smiled, she remembered herself and Fujiomi when still in high school.
    "Okay, see you later in reunion", then Asako left them.
    "You will have a reunion?", asked Chizumi to Fujiomi.
    "It seems so"
    "You can meet your old friends then. That woman is really beautiful, isn’t she?"
    "Yes, she has been popular since long ago"
    ("Reunion….I don’t know about Fujiomi’s world. I don’t know who was his girlfriend before Senior High School. How is Fujiomi when he was in Junior High School?")

Chizumi and her friends came to Fujiomi’s house. But Fujiomi came late so Sho, his brother showed them the Fujiomi’s photo album. Chizumi told Sho that she met a friend of Fujiomi, Sho asked her to point to the album. Chizumi pointed Asako’s picture.
    "This girl, her name is Asako Yugi, she is Kou’s past….." Sho stopped, then the telephone rang.
It was from Sho’s mother, she asked Sho to pick her up at the station so Chizumi and her friends left the house. After parted with Chizumi, Miura and Sonobe were having conversation.
    "I worry about her", said Miura
    "Me too"
    "How if we ask Gohoji, he is in the same Junior High School as Fujiomi"
    "How if we ask Komuro too, his school was in the same area"
    "But Komuro wasn’t in the same school. He will not know about that"
    "Gohoji also didn’t know then, he moved out from the school, remember?"
    "But he is Fujiomi’s, at least he ever heard something about Fujiomi"
    "Same with Komuro, he is Fujiomi’s partner too"
Miura and Sonobe were silent for a while.
    "Why do you have interest in Komuro?"
    "And yourself, why have interest in Gohoji?"

Sho told Fujiomi about Chizumi and her friends’ arrival. Then he stood up in front of Fujiomi’s room so Fujiomi can’t go in. Sho began to tease his brother again, "I know your weakness".
    "Brother, can’t you step aside?", asked Fujiomi.
    "Nope! I always win in quarreling with you"
    "Brother…."
    "Are you angry? You try to find excuses? Hahaha, in strength, you win. But in quarreling, I’m the winner. You lost!"
    "Brother….."
    "Huh?"
    "How old are you?"
Sho was speechless while Fujiomi was smiling, then Fujiomi went in.
    "Oh well, I lost this time"

Chizumi was shopping in a supermarket. When she went out from the store, she noticed one of the floor tile was flipped so she walked carefully.
    But suddenly the shop owner shouted at her, "Hey, child!".
Chizumi was surprised, her feet were stumbled on the floor tile.
    "Too late. I wanted to tell you about the floor tile. There are many people stumbled on it", said the owner.
    "Don’t call me then", thought Chizumi who has fallen down. Chizumi checked her bag, there are some eggs have broken. When checking the bag, Asako came and grabbed her hand, "Chizumi, wait!!".
    ("She is…") Chizumi was surprised then she realized she has dropped her bag, "The eggs…..".

    "Asako", Fumitaka called Asako.
    "That’s enough. I have said that I want to go with her. Don’t follow me", said Asako then she took Chizumi to a bus and left Fumitaka.
Fumitaka became angry but then he met his friends who were the customers on Chizumi’s stand.
    "Let’s have a drink at here" , said his friend and opened the café’s door but after looked inside the café, his friend asked him to go to another café.
It appeared Fujiomi and his friends were inside that café.

Komuro and Gohoji were trying to ask Fujiomi. But they always spoke in the same time.
    "What are you doing?" Fujiomi was astonished.
Komuro was asked by Sonobe to ask Fujiomi and so was Gohoji, he was asked by Miura. Finally, both of them didn’t say anything. Chizumi and Asako were still in the bus, Asako invited her to have a drink.
    "I want to ask about you and Fujiomi".
    "Okay"
    "I also want to pay for the eggs"
    "It’s all right. I have dropped them before. It’s not your fault, moreover not all the eggs were broken", Chizumi checked the bag.
Suddenly the bus stopped, Chizumi fell down and the all the eggs were broken.
    "So you always like that?", asked Asako when they were in a café
    "Um…"
    "It’s funny, isn’t it?"
    "Is that so?"
    "Did Fujiomi say that he likes your type?"
    "Huh??? No…Did he say that?" , Chizumi’s face became red
    "So he didn’t tell you anything?"
    "Yes, Fujiomi is not a man like that"
("It’s when I was in the first class of Senior High School. When the running competition, I got an instruction to run with my boyfriend. Suddenly he jumped and helped me who was confused. At that time, he didn’t say anything. As the time passed, I felt safe because he’s always beside me")

    "So you don’t know what make you interesting?"
    "Yes, I often hate my self who always be careless and panic"
    "Because of that, you two can get along each other"
    Chizumi was surprised
    "Sorry, I have the said the nonsense thing. Maybe that’s what made Fujiomi and I parted"
    "Huh?"
    "We ever walked together. Fujiomi didn’t say anything, did he?"
    "Yes.."
    "He always likes that. Listen, you aren’t afraid of Fujiomi, are you? At that time, all of the classmates were afraid and didn’t have any courage to be close with him"
    "Oh, I was also afraid when I met him at the first time, but after I knew him, he is as scary as his face"

    ("I also have known that thing. Our friends were always afraid and avoided him, although they have known it. They knew Fujiomi was kind. I have known it before you did. I have known about Fujiomi. I have seen his kindness. At this moment, I still remember his expression when I talked to him for the first time. No girls can be close to him except me")
Asako was reminded of her past, Asako made an appointment with Fujiomi to meet at Izumi’s Park. Her friends were surprised, They didn’t think Fujiomi would come. "Relax, he will come", said Asako.
    ("I just knew she was Fujiomi ex girlfriend"), Chizumi was busy with herself.
    "Chizumi, don’t worry….I have let Fujiomi to be with you"
    "It’s not that…"
    "I’m serious. I parted with him because we weren’t suitable. Is that clear, now? I just interested, he seems to understand you", Asako was smiling.

At Fujiomi’s house, Sho was asked to give the reunion invitation to Fujiomi, he remembered Fujiomi ever told him about a girl who asked to go out.
    "So there is a girl invited you. Who is the girl, is she beautiful?"
    "Yes, she is beautiful and also popular"
    "So you can be with her"
    "But I will be troubled, I don’t have any feelings on her"
    "Don’t think about that"
    "But…"
    "You are so stubborn", Sho hugged Fujiomi.
    "Brother, what happened to you?
    "Let me go there"
    "Huh?"
    "It’s not good to make someone waiting"

Sho gave the invitation to Fujiomi then he asked Fujiomi to give him the photo album.
    Before leaving, he teased Fujiomi again. "Kou, I love you", Sho kissed Fujiomi then ran as fast as he can.
    "BROTHER…..", Fujiomi wanted to chase him, but Sho has got in his room.
Fujiomi saw the invitation and remembered about the promise. On his way to the park, he was stopped by some guys. Asako has waited him for 15 minutes, it began to rain so Asako went under the tree. When Fujiomi finished all the guys, the time has exceeded for 20 minutes. Asako was still waiting under the tree, she remembered about her friends’ words. But then she saw Fujiomi came. A teardrop fell from her face. At that time, Fujiomi thought to understand a girl’s feeling.

Part 2--->;

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