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VIDEO: Himatsubushi-hen | TIP 1: Phone Call with Yukie
BGM: Silence
SFX: Crickets
"..."
Whenever I headed out on assignment, she would ask where.
...Not just Yukie, but anybody would have asked the same question.
If it was a cold place, she would urge me to pack a thick jacket.
If it was far, she'd warn me to be careful on the drive over.
...It was just normal everyday concern that led to asking such an obvious thing.
I felt sad that I couldn't answer such a run-of-the-mill question.
"...Sorry. It's something that you can't talk about, isn't it... Please be careful."
"...Sorry, Yukie."
BGM: Lunch Time (Rena)
Yukie laughed as though she had realized something.
At times like this, Yukie had the magical power to see right through me.
"...It's already been quite a while since I was admitted to the hospital. Are you finally getting lonely?"
"D-Don't tease me. I'm too old to get lonely..."
"...Hee hee. Oh really? You actually like to be doted on, don't you...? Don't you start getting a little faint of heart when I'm not around? Hee hee hee."
"...Aww, geez... I can see the little devil horns sprouting from your head right now... You've always been like this."
"...You can't hide it, you can't hide it. If I don't play with you, you get aaaallll lonely. I can hear your tail wagging over the phone. Hee hee hee..."
Normally I'd poke her to hide my embarrassment and bring an end to the conversation, but I couldn't do that over the phone.
...Of course, Yukie was clever. She was teasing me because of that.
"...Hee hee hee. I wonder when I figured out that giving you grief was this much fun..."
"Give me a break... ...In any case, it's good to hear you so lively."
"...I know, right? ...Did I cheer you up?"
...Of course that was nothing more than a pretense that I, being shy, had come up with. It seemed that Yukie had long since seen through that act.
"...Yeah."
"Please phone again... When I'm not feeling up to it, I'll get my father to talk with you. ...Although, if you're talking with my father, I get the feeling that you'd be standing at attention on the other side of the line. Hee hee hee."
For a while longer, Yukie kept teasing me without letting me end the call...