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It's a blurry memory.

I think it was not long after I got up to elementary school.

I caught a cold and had a terrible high fever.

In a hazy consciousness, I remembered...

That's when my childhood friend stayed beside my bed all night and nursed me.

Let the hot forehead towel soak in the ice water, squeeze tight, and then put it on my forehead again.

That's what you've been doing to me all night.

Even when my mom or dad urged me to "take turns now and rest a little," he didn't try to listen.

- I'll cheer up Mariko!

and.

The next morning, when I woke up, my fever was completely up, and I remember my body getting lighter.

I lie down on the edge of my bed and sleep. Look at him. I swore...

- If one day you're in danger, this time I'll protect you!

And...

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"Ta-chan!

"Asako... who's around...?

"He's not here! Yukimura-san is paying me."

"Well... but don't shout too loud... because if they find out who you are, you're in danger yourself..."

Itcha...... No, now that she's back in "Asako Yagi," Hideyoshi, i.e. Taiichi Kondo's words are overflowing with tears and she's speechless.

Even now that he has been put at risk for her life, two things have crushed her heart: the kindness with which he guides herself, and the pity with which she cannot fulfill her vows at an early age either.

Considered to prevent sweat and the like from flying, the chin is thick and I don't know what the fattest looks like inside.

But from the rough breath that sounds small, I guess I have a fever and my breath is painful, even though I'm temporarily in better shape.

I have to at least call you something.

Such a sense of impatience tries so hard to move her mouth, but the key words don't come out.

Before coming to this day and age, I had just a conversation with no other love. Daily route to school.

There must be far more words in her breasts than there were then, but there is only one that comes to mind.

"Ta-chan..."

Then he spoke with a voice that seemed to disappear from the top of his class.

"Asako... I only need one favor..."

"What...?

One breathing taichi.

This habit hasn't changed since childhood either.

That's...

The moment you speak of your determination not to give in.

"If anything happens to me... I just want you back in your old days"

"What...!?

All the emotions and thoughts of Asako stop.

But Taiichi left her and went on.

"And... about my father and mother... do me a favor..."

"Ta-chan...! Uhhhhhhh!! Me... me..."

I have no words.

I really don't come out.

Words disappeared from her head as much as I thought I would have to speak up.

All that came out was a whimper... and his name...

But even while I'm at it, Tai Chi's words continue.

Asako despaired at the distance from him as he kept walking away.

And he finally threw a decisive word at her.

"Mariko... I'm sorry... and thank you..."

Totally cloudless, clear, icy words pierce her heart.

I regret myself back then when I opened my mouth and I was just saying novels.

I could have talked more about it.

We could have laughed together more.

More... we could have stayed together more...

"Ta-chan! Don't die!! I want to be with you more!!

What finally came out of her mouth was like a wasting baby.

But Taiichi across the street returned it peacefully without making a fool of herself.

"Sounds like... if you're the one who always... complains about 'you're going to get sick because you're careless'..."

"No more... don't be mean at times like this"

"Ha... you're back a little bit... that's fine..."

"Ta-chan..."

"Oh... so don't make me want to... be my usual hemp foster child... because I..."

While I'm free again.

That's a signal for him to take a breath.

And Taiichi told him.

"'Cause I always liked Mariko's' smile 'next door"

The shock running into Mariko's chest releases the emotion she was crushing.

And it sprung up...

A smile that just shines...

"Thanks, because I don't cry anymore. Because I'm waiting for you to get better. I can't believe you cured your illness so quickly!

"Oh... he said he knew"

I did see her smile in Taiichi's eyes.

And her eyes seemed unwilling to see him waving flirtatiously.

That's the usual sight.

of breaking up in front of each other's houses...

Nature and words come out of her mouth.

"Well, I'll be there."

"Oh, it's getting cold. Don't catch a cold."

"Because that's my usual dialogue!

And she stood up slowly, leaving the spot behind.

But...

Looking back three steps, he said aloud toward the back of the pocket.

"I like Ta!! So get better for me!!

Behind the vibrations are quiet and unresponsive.

Asako suddenly embarrassed herself and, looking back again, started walking early enough.

... and that was then.

"I know. Don't worry about it."

That's a thin voice that's going to disappear.

His habit when the lights are hidden...

Her thoughts did arrive.

And he's trying to respond to that.

That was the moment when Asako and Taiichi's heart went through.

And people feel it when they get to know each other.

Happiness.

The footsteps leaving her room were hopeful sounds that represented her happiness and desire -

◇ ◇

Yichai left, and after a while came before the...

"Hideyoshi. Ah! You must not die! Thousands must not die!

"Shh, Chihime! Closer than this, now Princess Thousand is in danger!

"Get off me! And I don't like you!!

Chihime and Kirikitori were original.

Apparently, Kirikitori and Yuan, who had stepped into the room by herself, bought the table and left.

I blued with a thousand princesses who blushed over my face and imagined the original. I couldn't help but laugh.

Then the voice of a thousand princesses rang.

"Hideyoshi? Are you laughing now?

"Oh, a thousand is always good"

"Mmmm! How can Hideyoshi laugh!? Thousands are so worried. No!

When I'm happy, I smile like the sun, when I'm sad, I cry like a storm, and when I'm angry, I inflate my little cheeks like balloons and complain.

Is it because of her naive personality or because of the environment in which she has grown up that she can express her emotions so innocently in the future?

I don't know, but she's so dazzling and loving.

"Ha! I'm sorry, a thousand. I always worry about a thousand people."

"Laugh again! If you're so well, get out of that room quickly and play with a thousand sings!

"Ha! It's another thing that's been pushed by the impossible."

"Mmmm! Hideyoshi doesn't like playing with a thousand so much!?

Why......

Just having this conversation with her keeps her cold heart and body warm.

Nature and words play in...

"Thousands, thank you"

The thanksgiving words that come out with your mouth also come in bright colors like cherry blossoms.

The conversation is not engaged at all.

Still, I felt 'happy' in my conversation with her.

For a while, words stop coming from the mouth of a thousand princesses.

And she shrugged.

"If you get better, would you sing a thousand and many?

"Oh, it's a promise"

"If you get better, would you like to eat a thousand made 'nigiri rice'?

"Oh, it's a promise"

"If you get better, would you go out to Kyo again with Thousand?

"Oh, it's a promise"

The words gradually get damp.

When the emotion she was pushing to kill began to sprout again, it finally exploded.

"If you get better... Ugh... Wow! Hideyoshi!

"Thousand princesses! So don't get any closer......! Wow!

"And I don't like it!

- Dgowong!!

And the original jaw sounds blunt, struck out with an iron fist.

- Oh, finally he's the bait...

When I put my hands together in my heart, the laughter came up from the bottom of my stomach again.

"Ugh haha!!

To a laugh so loud, Pittari and Thousand Princesses stop crying.

I kept laughing.

Tears shine through your eyes.

Of course it's the tears that come out when you laugh. It's supposed to be...

"Hiya, Hideyoshi?

"Thousand!! Laugh!! We've been laughing no matter what!! Ha ha!

"So, but... at a time like this..."

"Thousand!! It's good!! I like a thousand smiles! So if you want to revitalize me, laugh!! Ha ha!

Then I heard a little laugh, "Kusu......"

It was Kirikitori.

He must have noticed my sincerity.

You make a world of laughter all the time, even if it's the time of day.

That's one of the "dreams" that I, Hideyoshi Toyotomi and my father, Hideyoshi Tai aspired to.

"Wahahaha!

"Ha ha!

When the laughter between the two began to tangle exquisitely, the laughter also leaked "hehe" from nature and the thousand princesses.

And...

"Wahahaha!!

"Ha ha!!

"Hahaha!!

And he was surrounded by laughter as if it were a great chorus.

I stared at the ceiling, leaving myself to it.

And proclaimed high toward heaven.

- Are you watching this? Father, water! Brother! This is Toyotomi Hideyoshi's life!!

With such a loud laugh, Ichiba and Yodo, as well as Souyoshi Ishida, rush.

And I said with all my soul, anticipating that everyone had come before me.

"Everybody laugh!! Blessed are the laughing gates, bye!! Ha ha!!

- Hahahahahahahaha!!

This is the life of the heir to Tai Chi.

See!! Tokugawa Jiayang!!

I will not lose!! You will never lose!!

In such a strong determination, our laughter spread all over the school and to the whole of Kyo.

They shouldn't all know why they're laughing.

But that's okay!

Bury the world with a 'smile'! That's mine...

It's a dream.