Chapter 43
As Ryosaku stood in front of the entrance to the gymnasium, he heard the loud voices of children gathered for the Tanabata Festival.
Ryosaku took off his shoes and entered the museum with his socks on, and what he saw was... Just like last year, there were many bamboo trees propped up here and there with many strips of paper with wishes hanging from them... and he thought about it. It was the children looking on...the teachers watching over them.
As Ryosaku walked forward, his classmates noticed him and rushed towards him.
"Isn’t it Takada-kun!…Is your body okay now…?"
"Takada-san, we were really worried!"
"Thank you so much for coming...we've all been waiting for you!"
(This is···!)
Ryosaku couldn't believe it.
Until now...until today, when he was in sixth grade, he had never received such kind and warm words from his classmates.
"School lunch brother!"
The new first-year students who found Ryosaku also rushed towards him.
...Some of the children were crying and hugging Ryosaku.
"Onii-chan（＝ My dear brother)... Onii-chan, are you okay now...?"
"Play with me again."
"Onii-chan, I love you!"
Ryosaku cried uncontrollably.
"Everyone... Thank you, everyone. Thank you... Thank you."
