I work as a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

Chapter 260
In the convenience store, after saying goodbye to the two uninvited customers who came suddenly, Reya Hazuki, who stood at the cashier counter and watched their figures disappear, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It was completely unexpected that such a thing would happen.

To meet the student of that teacher in Tokyo who is far away in Kyoto?It's too much of a coincidence, right?

Does it mean that if this has something to do with that teacher, the probability of coincidence will be greatly increased?
It was quite a coincidence when I met him on the street before.

——But let’s forget about this kind of coincidence, it almost happened by accident.

By the way, just curiosity rather than concern - what is the state of that teacher right now?
Successfully resigned, or what?
Hmm... Judging from the state of the student named Shinohara just now - he didn't ask about the teacher's affairs, and he didn't show any concern.

Probably, as he planned before, he left the job after saying goodbye to the students for the last time, right?

Hazuki Reya guessed so.

As for whether the guess was wrong... I don't know, and she couldn't ask the teacher for confirmation.

——Speaking of which, the two of them have met so many times, but they haven’t exchanged contact information once. The meeting is all by chance, meeting in a convenience store, or bumping into each other on the street——if she finishes her part-time job or the route of action is slightly staggered, then Can't see you anymore.

Well, it is indeed a coincidence.

It's amazing.

And sure enough, what she said just now was correct, it was just a "acquaintance", so it doesn't matter if the contact information is irrelevant, it is not right to call it an "acquaintance".

"—Yue Yue."

Just when Hazuki Remi was distracted and immersed in messy thoughts, he suddenly caught a very familiar voice by his ear.

"--Yes."

After hearing the voice, Hazuki Riya immediately responded, raised her gaze that was hidden under the peaked cap with her head lowered, and looked forward.

A middle-aged woman, about 40 years old, stood in front of the cash register and looked at her.

"..."

It's the store manager.

"The store manager... next, good afternoon."

After reacting, Ye Yueli Yaben's obedient face immediately showed a bewildering and obedient smile——

Anyone who knows the character of this girl—for example, Tetsufumi Hirakawa—would feel that such an appearance is too confusing.

"What's wrong, what are you thinking?"

"This...it's nothing." Ye Yueli shook his head, and then, "Speaking of which, it's time to get off work now, right?"

The store manager crossed his hips and smiled helplessly: "Can you only think of getting off work when you see me?"

"By the way—" Hazuki Remi remembered, and said with a smile, "Salary."

"……You."

"Hey." Hazuki Riya continued to smile cutely.

"Give."

"Thank you, manager." Hazuki Reya took the envelope from the manager with both hands, "Then I'm off work?"

"Well, let's go."

……

Reya Hazuki held the envelope and came to the staff room of the convenience store.

She walked in, first took out the backpack from the storage area, and stuffed the envelope into it.

The wages at the convenience store are paid daily, and there are several identical envelopes stuffed in her backpack.

After stuffing it in, she closed the zipper of the backpack, turned and walked to the changing room next to it.

After closing the door, he took out the regular clothes he wore when he came to work today from the cabinet, took off the employee uniforms and peaked caps on his body, and hung them aside. After changing, Reya Hazuki walked out of the changing room.

Put your backpack on your back and bid farewell to the store manager.

"Manager, I'll go first."

"okay."

Walked out of the convenience store.

In fact, normally, she has to work until night, but at this fixed time of the week, she still has something to do.

The cold wind outside the store made him feel a little uncomfortable after walking out of the warm convenience store. Reya Hazuki stretched out his hand, but he didn't touch the peaked cap.

I had no choice but to stroke my hair that was blowing in the wind and quickly became cold.

She raised her eyes to look at the sky, and then took out her mobile phone from her pocket. On the screen, several cracks spread from the corners, and she saw the time that was split into several pieces by the cracks——

It's five past seven.

……

At [-]:[-], Hazuki Riya caught the tram.

Very good, there is still some time before the rush hour for office workers, and there are still vacancies.

Reya Hazuki, who had been standing for a long time because of part-time work, immediately walked over and sat down.

It wasn't until she sat down, breathed a sigh of relief, and felt the soreness coming from her legs, that she began to pay a little attention to the girls around her who looked like rich ladies—

Moriya?

When he caught a glimpse of the badge tattooed on the left chest of the uniform, he froze for a moment.

I blinked my eyes several times curiously, and because I was worried that I would take it back when I was offended, I began to mutter silently in my heart:
Why is Moriya's student again?
I remembered the two people I met at the convenience store today.

How can there be so many schools in Kyoto when they are obviously Tokyo schools?
Thinking about it this way, I caught the key words from the small chatter next to me——

'It turned out to be a school trip. '

Hazuki Riya understood.

From Kanto to Kansai, from Kansai to Kanto, this kind of school trip is very normal.

Some time ago, the school trip location voted by her class was Tokyo - she just didn't go.

So when I saw those two at the convenience store this afternoon, I didn't think about the school trip... I thought it was something else.

……

The winter sky was getting late quite quickly, even on the tram it didn't take much time, but when Reya Hazuki walked out of the tram stop and looked at the sky again, the sky that was still shining with light was already dark.

The clouds under the dark night are gray and heavy.

Hazuki Reya withdrew her gaze and walked towards her destination.

is a hospital.

……

Under the illuminated street lights, Hazuki Reya first went to the self-service deposit machine next to the hospital to deposit the money she saved from part-time work into the bank card.

After depositing the money, there were several empty envelopes.

It's a full 5 yen this week.

Hmm... This kind of income is of course an illegal part-time job. If you expose it, you will be found by the police.

But the store manager still took the risk to let her stay, thank you very much.

After depositing the money, Reya Hazuki walked into the hospital.

……

The lights in the hospital are very bright, bright and majestic, driving away all the dark night in winter.

With the smell of the hospital lingering on the tip of his nose, Reya Hazuki walked into the ward area.

Skillfully circling around, the sound of footsteps echoed in the corridor of the hospital, and soon arrived at the destination.

Hazuki Riya stopped in her tracks.

This is a single room.

She was carrying a backpack, standing at the door, looking at the closed door of the ward.

"..."

She pushed the door and walked in.

……

In the ward, there were still bright lights that looked a little pale, and the lights outlined the picture in the ward.

The dark windows, the white hospital bed, the man lying on the bed, the woman beside the bed, and the gloomy faces that the light cannot dispel.

"..."

Hazuki Riya quietly and gently closed the door.

After closing the door, she turned around, and she saw the woman beside the bed staring at her.

His eyes were stiff, and the whites of his eyes were bloodshot.

"..."

Hazuki Riya's footsteps paused slightly.

She opened her legs again and walked over.The woman's neck didn't move, and her eyes followed her figure smoothly, without leaving her.

came to the body.

Hazuki Riya looked down and met her gaze.

"..."

"I am coming."

"..."

"Go and have a rest."

"..."

There was no response, but her mother got up anyway.

With a sluggish look, he walked to the side.

"..."

Hazuki Reya took her mother's seat.

She glanced at the people on the hospital bed roughly, not daring to take a closer look.

The white quilt covered the body, only a head was exposed.

His face was haggard and his eyes were closed.

Hazuki Reya's eyes left.

She looked at the mother on the side, and the mother, who seemed a little slow, took out a change of clothes from the closet next to her, and walked out the door quietly.

Reya Hazuki withdrew her gaze, staring at the white hospital bed and bedding.

……

It was half an hour later when her mother came back.

"Reiya."

It was dry, like an old machine that hadn't been lubricated—the noise-like sound came from her mother.

Reya Hazuki stood up and looked at her mother who had changed at the door.

"Yes."

"Come out."

"……Yes."

Looking at her mother at the door, although she didn't know what was wrong, Reya Hazuki walked over.

In the process of walking over, her mother's eyes stared straight at her.

Her mother didn't look away until she came to the door and walked out.

"Let's go back for a while." She said suddenly.

"What?" The voice was too dry to hear clearly.

Her mother's hand grabbed her arm: "Go back."

"..."

Now Hazuki Reya heard it clearly, she turned her head and glanced at the person on the hospital bed through the gap of the open door of the ward.

"Just fell asleep, didn't wake up so soon."

"……Oh."

"Bang." The door was closed, blocking sight.

Her mother grabbed her arm and walked forward on her own.

Some dry hands hurt a little from grasping through the winter clothes.

Hazuki Riya pursed her lips and followed.

But not a few steps.

"mom."

Ye Yueli took her mother's hand.

"..."

Her mother's footsteps stopped suddenly, and her head suddenly turned around, staring at her stiffly.

Hazuki Riya pointed to the clothes in her mother's hands: "Your clothes are still there."

"..."

She reached out and took the clothes.

"Shall I put it back?"

"..."

After a dull stalemate, her mother grabbed her hand vigorously, slowly released it, and watched her go back to the ward.

Putting the clothes away, she came out of the ward again, and stared at her again until she walked in front of her step by step.

Her mother grabbed her hand again, turned around without saying a word as before, and walked towards the outside of the hospital.

Hazuki Reya continued to be pulled forward.

"Why are you going back?"

After walking a few more steps, Hazuki Reya finally asked this question amidst the empty footsteps echoing in the corridor.

But couldn't get an answer.

Her mother still walked forward without saying a word.

Hazuki Riya closed her mouth, and walked forward in silence.

……

A wind blew in the night.

The evening wind in December in Kyoto only feels cold when it blows head-on.

Hazuki Reya took a look at her mother's clothes which were not too thick.

Still just got out of the shower.

'Will it be cold? '——The words she was about to ask, followed her gaze to her mother's pale side face, and somehow got stuck in her throat amidst a little uneasiness.

"What are we going back for?"

Hazuki Reiya asked again.

The only answer to her was the whistling cold wind.

……

The two people standing at the entrance of the hospital stopped a car in front of them, which was a taxi.

Hazuki Riya looked at the taxi, and then looked at her mother's outstretched hand, which seemed to be frozen in mid-air, beckoning the taxi with puzzled eyes.

"mom?"

"..."

Hazuki Reya shouted in surprise, but her mother just glanced at her.

"boarding."

A few syllables popped out of the jerky machine.

"..."

……

Taxis in Japan are expensive.

It's definitely expensive to get back home from here.

It's not too expensive to afford, but it's definitely an unnecessary burden... There is still one person lying in the ward.

Reya Hazuki stared at the odometer in front of her with some anxiety, and then at her mother who was sitting with her in the back seat and was still holding her arm.

The dim light in the taxi made her mother's already gloomy face look a little scary.

"mom--"

Hazuki Reya shouted again, hoping for an explanation.

Her mother, however, didn't move her eyes, didn't even look at her, staring at the backrest in front of her.

……

Hazuki Reya was indeed uneasy.

She struggled slightly with the grasped arm, but couldn't break free.

"What's the matter?"

When she came to the front of the house, her mother took the key out of her pocket with one hand.

"mom?"

"..."

Amidst her inquiries and the clanging of keys, the door was opened.

……

In the dim home, her mother pulled her into it.

"Go and change clothes."

Once inside, before changing her shoes, her mother gave the order.

Hazuki Reya looked at her mother.

In the darkness, her mother's eyes reflected a faint light.

Reya Hazuki reached out and turned on the light.

The light suddenly turned on, and her mother's face and eyes suddenly appeared in full view.

"Your school uniform."

Her mother popped out the second sentence.

"……Uniforms?"

"Take a bath first." The third sentence came out of her mother.

"..."

Hazuki Riya hesitated for a moment, and combined three sentences into one sentence: "Take a bath, and then change into school uniform?"

"Ah."

Her mother nodded stiffly.

"..."

Hazuki Reya felt more and more uneasy.

The pale face under the pale light, the dull eyes,

"Why? What is this for?"

She asked again, no answer.

……

Brightly lit, in the bathroom, Reya Hazuki had finished taking a shower.

Through the frosted glass door, it can be seen that her mother has been guarding the door of the bathroom and has not left.

"..."

Hazuki Riya changed into Uyama's school uniform and opened the bathroom door.

As soon as he went out, the coldness eroded his damp body.

Facing her was her mother, staring at her.

"Let's go."

"...where are you going?"

"..."

Her mother reached out to grab her hand and dragged her abruptly towards the door—during this process, for a moment, Hazuki Reya seemed to finally realize what was going to happen.

Her face suddenly lost its color.

(End of this chapter)