Fourth Encounter (A smile from the past)

  Taki quarrelled with Yuriko and left after getting hurt but he gave her a good share of wigging.. Leaving her sunk down in her thoughts, feeling guilt & down of her behaviours. Will she reflect on herself?

Fourth Encounter (A smile from the past)

  Taki left the flat while holding his bleeding hand to his side leaving the startled big girl on the ground thinking again what she did wrong in her life.. She cried a lot that night thinking of her late mother

 Taki returned to the Hospital, one nurse helped him with the bandages over his hand He smiled as ever “Thanks, Tamiko-san”

Then he went to Little Mayu’s room to see Another Muscled large bald man sitting by her Taki called “Kamishta-san”

“Oh, Taki-chan. How is the school?”

“Very nice!”

“Your hand?”

“No just side problems. How is Mayu?!”

The Man looked to the little girl sleeping peacefully in her bed

“I don’t know what to do if sth. Went wrong with her surgery, She is my only family, I promised my mother & the Old man to protect her forever, But I couldn’t”

“No Kamishta-san, You did great beside she is going to have full recovery, You should work on how you gonna compensate her for the lost last 3 years”

“Thanks, Taki.. Really Thanks, Taki-chan.. I don’t know what would we do If you weren’t here for us..” The man cried his tears in silent bowing to the slim boy as a way to show his gratitude

  Taki walked out in the hallway to see an Older man wearing His doctor’s gown in a care-free way with small beard & unkempt black hair -round 34-. He walked liked a drunken dude but its really his normal way in walking. He spotted Taki & shouted funnily “Taki-Kuuun”

“Kazama-Sensei!!”

“Oh, Your hand, Who did it to you?”

“No one, I just tripped on something sharp”

“Taki, Taki.. That can pass on Tamiko but Don’t try to fool a doctor especially if he was a great surgeon like me.. Hahaha” the man laughed sarcastically

Taki looked down “A Girl”

“Oh.. That’s good, that’s good. When a girl harasses a boy, It means she likes him”

“Hhhh” Taki laughed

“How is your homeroom teacher, I guess, Its Ichihara”

“You know her?”

“Yes, Actually, I requested her specifically to be your homeroom teacher. Once she had An Aniki =(Older brother) here but.. It was too late”

“Ah, that’s why she hates me most. It’s fine, I’ll do my best”

“Save her for me”

“Okay, I’ll go now”

“Ha!! Where do you think yourself are going! You won’t go tomorrow. You’ll undergo some check ups in the morning. Now go sleep”

 

  Next morning in the Classroom

Yuriko came to see everything were tidy & clean in the class

She gasped ‘No way, Did he.. after he left my house?!’

Ichihara-sensei entered the class to take attendance till she called “Kimura Taki.. So he left. That’s good” Ichihara sighed

Izumi looked back with bit saddens while Yuriko panicked for a sec. Before the boy entered the class “Sorry, that I’m late” he shouted cutely, some students laughed

“What brings you here.. ?!” gasped Ichihara

Taki stopped for a sec. remembering what happened this morning in the Hospital

{After Taki finished his check-ups so early in the morning, He begged the nurses to leave but Tamiko sighed “Please, Taki-kun. You can’t do this”

“Please, Please, I won’t get my self in trouble”

“Let him go, Tamiko-chan” A man said from behind the door

“But Kazama-sensei. The Director__”

“I had permission from the old man”

“You did!” Taki gasped

“Of course, it’s time to presume my authority as the head chief of the surgery department” Kazama laughed in sarcastically devilish tone

Taki stood & fixed himself up & went to his school}

“Alright, just sit in your desk” Ichihara called him out of his thinking

The boy laughed naively while smiling towards Izumi who calmed down then he waved to Yuriko with his hand

The girl avoided his dumb smile feeling guilty from the sight of his bandaged hand

 

 At the Hospital after couple of hours

Tamiko called the carefree cat Man who was wandering round the hospital “Kazama-sensei! You shouldn’t let him go, Even he got little better”

“Leave him his way; He knows what to do, Tamiko”

Sighed the Woman then smiled “You are really fond of him, Aren’t you?”

“Of course, I am.. Without him.  Many could have died.. personally whenever I think about it. I’m glad I met him before I leave. He was the one who Saved my life”

Tamiko smiled to the serious man with Bit of sadness in her smile

“Okay, lunch break. Shall I bring some Noodles from the Conventional store with me”

“Oh, Not again. You should look after your body”

The man went & bought what he wanted, waiting in the row to the Vendor.. he glimpsed a Familiar blonde head in front of him she was buying chips, buns & pack of cigarettes

The vendor asked her “Anything else ?”

Kazama interfered “Oh, Wait a sec.” He took back the cigarettes & added his noodles & paid for all

Outside the store Ichihara sighed long then grimaced at his face “What brings you here?”

“You should stop smoking. Just where did you get such a bad habit from?”

“From someone I used to have a crush on when I was young.. but It all ended cuz he never kept his promises” The blondie Answered while giving the slight bearded man her back

“You know, I gave up smoking 5 years ago.. beside, It was no one’s fault don’t burden yourself with it”

“You liar, You didn’t save my Big brother back there.. listening to that Fool’s words letting him go on that trip. You know he won’t survive but even though, You let him go cuz of his foolish smile & stupid cheerful personality”

“Just Like Taki”

“Don’t begin with me now.. Why the hell you let that boy out of the hospital. He should just waited his end there on a bed”

“Oh, You really hate the boy that much, Does he remind you with Ideguchi”

“Don’t say my brother’s name on your foul mouth. It has been 10 years since he died then Another foolish boy come to my school with that same idiotic smile up on his face.. why would he smile like that.. How could my brother laugh like that?!” The woman turned to face him shouting desperately

Kazama called seriously “If You really thought your Brother was such an Idiot who would laugh stupidly over nothing, Then you are the Idiot here”

“What are you talking about?”

“After Ideguchi’s Death, I’ve gone in slump for 5 years till a 12 years old kid with the same kind smile pulled my hand out to the light. He cheered me up & brought me back to my usual self. That was The 12 years-old Taki..

If you still inquiring about your brother’s smile. Give more attention to Taki & You’ll know what Ideguchi tried to do.. till then *Kazama laughed in his usual sarcastic free-cat way* Take care of him Ichihara-Sensei” 

 

 After school, All the students had just left, Taki is a lone in the class, He began mobbing & whipping the dirt all over the class

“Why are you doing this?” Someone called

Taki answered without returning to the voice’s owner smiling radiantly “Its no big deal, I just feel happy whenever I got to see their smiling faces”

Then he turned to see Ichihara-sensei is disdaining him with her eyes

“Why, Why would you smile like that?” Ichihara whispered to herself

Taki looked to her Smiling “Do you mind telling me the best restaurant in the Town”

She was slightly taken back “Its down the hill after the Conventional store behind the Hospital, Why?”

“Thanks...  Nothing, Just a friend of mine will be discharged soon, I want to invite her for a dinner.. would you like to come Sensei?!”

“No, spare me” The woman left in confusion

Unable to understand what his foolish smile for... Ichihara left thinking of her Late brother

Author's Note

forgive me for the bad editing,, but what do you think of the dialogue?

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

The editing is fine. I notice no error. I just enjoyed the story. Each adding to the story line and you are making the characters interesting and worthwhile. I like this chapter. Testing this Ichihara. I do like this. Thank you for sharing the amazing chapter.
Coyote

[A.Tarek]

Thank you, Coyote.. you always give me support, feel free to review more
Have a good time reading🤗

[Coyote Poetry]

I will read some more later today. A very good tale and you are welcome.,