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n???: “Hey, what are you doing?”

nA boy approached me who was sitting in the park while looking at a row of ants.

nReina: “I’m watching mister ants.”

nRyuuta: “Hmmm, what’s your name? I’m Ryuuta!”

nReina: “My name is Ichijou Reina, nice to meet you?”

nHe asked my name so I introduced myself as my mother told me that this kind of thing is important….my father for some reason doesn’t bat an eye everytime I greet him, though…

nRyuuta: “…Hey, I’ll tell you something much more interesting!”

nSaying so, the boy…Ryuuta-kun ran and came back while pulling the hose which extends from the faucet.

nReina: “Is it alright if you use that without permission?”

nRyuuta: “It’s fine! More importantly, look…”

nRyuuta-kun plugged the hose into mister ants’ nest entrance and began spewing the water.

nRyuuta: “See!? It’s fun, right!? The ants are drowning and getting out of their nests, see!?!”

nReina: “Heee~”

nRyuuta: “It’s interesting to pour the water in, right? It’s more fun than just watching at them, you know!”

nI see~, so this is a spewing 『play』? He taught me something nice.

nReina: “Hey, can I try it too?”

nRyuuta: “Sure! Here!”

nRyuta handed me the hose with a smile. My mother said that if someone is doing various generous things to me for our first meeting, then he’s either a good child or a dangerous adult, but Ryuuta-kun is not an adult so I think he’s a good child.

nReina: “Thank you, then I’ll try it too, okay?”

nRyuuta: “Yeah, but if we don’t look for it, the ant nest will be noーーーGAPHAA!?!”

nBecause I can’t see any other mister ants’ nest around here, there is no other way but to plug the hose into Ryuyta-kun’s mouth and do the 『Spewing play』.

nReina: “It’s truuue~ there are air bubbles coming out, I see?”

nRyuuta: “——— Gah hack?! ———— ??!”

nRyuuta-kun stopped moving within minutes of the 『play』that he taught. What happened to him? Is he dead like mister ants?

n???: “…Reina? What are you doing?”

nReina: “Ah, mother!”

nIt’s that time already! Mother has come to pick me up!

nReina: “Mother, look! This boy, Ryuuta-kun told me about 『Spewing play』, see!?”

nMother: “You…!? I have to call an ambulance right away!!”

nReina: “? What’s wrong?”

nAfter thinking that mother is contacting someone in a hurry, an ambulance came along with a loud noise and carried Ryuuta-kun away.

nReina: “You’re going home now? Bye-bye, Ryuuta-kun.”

nRyuuta’s Mother: “…………”

nGreetings are important, but Ryuuta-kun’s mother just stared at me without replying……father was like that too, why? Why is mother apologizing to Ryuuta-kun’s mother? Did something happen…?

nMother: “We will pay the money afterwards… I’m very sorry for today’s event, it was an oversight on my responsibility.”

nThe ambulance went somewhere after my mother spoke a little difficult language that I could not understand.

nMother: “…Shall we go home?”

nReina: “Okay! anone anone! About today!”

nI thoroughly told what I did today to mother with words that she can understand easily and then mother asked regarding Ryuuta-kun along the way.

nMother: “…Does Reina know what mister ants and Ryuuta-kun thinking when they were spewed with water?”

nReina: “? I’m not mister ants or Ryuuta-kun, you know?”

nWhat answer does she want to hear? I’m Reina, you know? It’s a great name that my mother gave me, you know?

nMother: “…Then, what if they did the same thing to Reina?”

nReina: “I don’t want it, though?”

nMother: “Right? Then, why did you do it?”

nReina: “Ryuuta-kun said that it was fun, you know? I liked that 『Spewing play』.”

nMother: “…………I see.”

nShe said while laughing as if she was troubled.

nMother: “Does Reina like mother?”

nReina: “More than that, you know!”

nMother: “Then, Can you hear mother’s request?”

nReina: “Okay!”

nMother: “Then, can you promise me that you won’t do spewing play to others?”

nReina: “? Okay?”

nWhy bother prohibiting it? I thought it was fun, but I still don’t want to do it that often, though…?

nMother: “So, promise?”

nReina: “Yup! Promise!”

nMother: “Thank you Reina, I love you.”

nReina: “I also love you, mother!”

nSaying so, we walked home while holding hands.

nReina: “…!………a dream, huh?”

nIt was a very nostalgic dream about my childhood… that was my memory with my mother before I was an elementary school student.

nReina: “It’s been a long time, mother”

nNow then, I need to wash my face from the tear marks on my cheeks and get ready to go to school.

nReina: “I’m going, mother.”

nI said my greetings to my mother’s photo and got out of the futon. Today is going to be a good day.

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