Chapter 256 The Day of End and Beginning

Wednesday, May 2, heavy rain.

"Koizumi Aona" walked into the school building holding an umbrella.

When she was closing her umbrella, the rain from a boy's umbrella next to her accidentally wet the sleeves of her school uniform.

"Sorry." said the boy.

"Nothing." 'Koizumi Aona' smiled and waved, then walked towards the shoe cabinet.

The shoe closet is filled with love letters, more than when Toru Watanabe was controlling this body.

She recalled her conversation with Toru Watanabe in the third week of April, when the number of love letters had noticeably increased.

"Why don't you just give me your body? I'll definitely live a better life than you."

"Don't be too gentle to others and don't cause me any trouble!"

"Watanabe-san, how can you talk to the teacher like that?!"

"Teacher Koizumi, please stop being so arrogant."

I changed my shoes and didn’t go to the classroom.

She went to bed early today, and Toru Watanabe was once again taken away by her during morning exercise, so she had to help deliver the roses to the activity room.

The first morning exercise that grabbed Toru Watanabe's body was the day after that incident, a Sunday morning, and she couldn't wait to go to Tokyo DisneySea.

At that time, the willow trees and ginkgo trees along the moat road had tender new leaves.

Today, the leaves of the willows and ginkgo trees have turned a rich dark green, and the time has also changed from April to May.

Compared to the fifth-floor elevated corridor that Toru Watanabe likes, where he can overlook the sky, "Koizumi Aona" prefers the corridor on the first floor.

Here you can see the plants and flowers in the atrium.

It was raining heavily and windy today. The magnolia flowers fell to the ground, but the azalea flowers were very strong, and the pretty red petals looked even more vivid.

"Koizumi Aona" took out a rose from her schoolbag.

'I buy the most beautiful roses from Daejeon Flower Market every day and give them to you as a good morning greeting.'

When did you know about this?

There is no need to remember such uncomfortable things.

Don’t remind me of Toru Watanabe’s brain, I don’t want to hear it!

April 13th.

Still easy to remember.

She had deeply experienced the intelligence of Toru Watanabe.

Both the body and the brain are completely different from hers.

After putting the roses away and returning to the teaching building, I ran into Horikita Mai who was doing morning exercises with the wind band.

"Senior, please help me at noon as well!" The petite girl saluted like a soldier.

"Okay." 'Koizumi Aona' readily agreed, "Will you do morning exercises today as well?"

"Well, I hope to reach a level that will satisfy my seniors soon."

"Horikita-san is working very hard, I believe he will achieve it soon."

"Senior, Watanabe-senpai!" Horikita Mai ran in front of 'Koizumi Aona', "Isn't it time for you to tell me how far I am from reaching my goal?"

Horikita Mai's words reminded Koizumi Aona of coaching the woodwind section.

She knew nothing about wind music.

Everyone in the wind band can be her master in terms of playing skills.

To cope with this situation, Toru Watanabe taught her teaching tips.

When commenting, no matter whether the other party is good or bad:

'Please repeat the exercise.'

"Please blow it again. Do you find the problem?"

'No? That's a dilemma. Hmm - do you want to blow it again?'

For those who have questions:

" That won't happen here. Let's find a solution together!"

'It seems that everyone is not working hard enough. Please think about it carefully when you go back today.'

At night, Toru Watanabe would turn into a cat and tell her all the mistakes these people made - how to blow, how to finger.

Just like that, relying on her deceptive teaching method, those members of the wind band with superb skills have admired her so much that they want to follow her for the rest of their lives.

"Senior?" Horikita Mai called out.

"Sorry, what did you say just now?" asked Koizumi Aona.

"When will you tell me how far I am from reaching the passing line of my predecessors?"

"Well... today at noon."

"Really? That's great!"

Horikita Mai jumped away, her pretty little face looking serious.

"Every knight fights for his dream and to protect the ones he loves, and I will fight to protect the glory of the orchestra."

After reciting the lines and demonstrating the actions, the child was still humming "More, more".

at last.

"Transform!"

Even after three weeks, "Koizumi Aona" still cannot understand the charm of Kamen Rider.

Toru Watanabe enthusiastically recommended it to her.

Except for "555", which she could watch slightly because the plot was very similar to a melodrama, the rest were completely unacceptable to her.

"Senior, see you at noon!" Horikita Mai jumped away.

When he saw the discipline committee member on the way, he walked obediently again.

Walk into the classroom of Class 4, Grade 2.

Kiyono Rin was sitting at her seat reading a book, while Kujo Miki was sleeping on the table.

Neither of them paid much attention to her.

But in comparison, Kiyono Rin is a little better. For the sake of Watanabe Toru, she will chat with her for a few words.

Kujo Miki treated her as a complete stranger.

My future self hasn't entered the classroom yet. There's still some time before the morning meeting, and some students are gathered by the window, gazing at the overcast sky over Shinjuku.

Big raindrops fell on the campus, hitting the glass and making "pa pa" sounds.

“It seems to be bigger.”

“I hope it stops after school, otherwise I’ll have to give up riding my bike and take the tram back.”

"No way? You came here by bike this morning?"

It was the same conversation as usual, the only difference was her.

"Koizumi Aona " walked towards Watanabe Toru's seat.

"Good morning, Kiyono-san, Kujo-san."

Miki Kujo had no intention of waking up.

Qingye Rin raised her eyes from the book: "You came early today."

"Today is the last day." explained Koizumi Aona.

Qingye Rin nodded.

"When?" Kujo Miki's voice suddenly came.

『Koizumi Aona』 looked back, but still could only see her hair.

"noon."

After she finished speaking, Kujo Miki seemed to have a more comfortable sleeping posture.

After a month, the three of them failed to become friends and she was not welcome.

After a while, my future self walked in.

"Everyone return to your seats."

" Regarding the mock exam at the end of April, everyone should review the wrong questions..."

The mock exams were really a very tiring few days.

『Koizumi Aona』 did not sleep for several nights, and let Watanabe Toru take the exam by himself, saying that the teacher would never allow cheating.

As a result, I had to make up for my sleep during the day and was punished by the teacher to stand in the corner.

"Also, regarding the ball game on Friday, our class's men's team: Watanabe, Kunii...; women's team: Hiramura..."

The ball skills competition is on Friday. It looks like Watanabe will be in trouble again.

In the classroom, the only sound left was Koizumi Aona's sweet and gentle voice.

After it became quiet, the sound of rain outside hit my eardrums even more violently.

The sound of the wind became louder and louder.

Listening to the sound of rain, "Koizumi Aona" recalled that last week, she, her future self, and Watanabe Toru went to Sapporo, Hokkaido together.

It was the end of April, approaching May, and the cherry blossoms there were just beginning to bloom.

The two of them and the cat were walking along the cherry blossom path. She asked Toru Watanabe:

"Watanabe, how would you coax a girl at this time?"

"Teacher Koizumi, aren't you a teacher?"

At that time she snorted, looked around, and pulled her future self under a cherry tree.

"Aona, I'll give you a cherry blossom rain." She said in a super handsome voice.

Then she kicked the cherry tree.

With a snap, the tree broke.

Finally, a police officer on roadside patrol came over and suspected her of violence against women.

On their way to the Shiroi Koibito Chocolate Factory, Toru Watanabe laughed at her desperately!

Even her future self laughed at her along with that guy!

So embarrassing!

The morning meeting was over, and during the morning classes, "Koizumi Aona" stared quietly at the heavy rain outside the window.

That chemistry teacher is picking on us again.

If someone answered incorrectly, he would let that person stand there and then call on the next student.

These things have nothing to do with her.

This chemistry teacher is different from the classical Chinese teacher. He is not interested in the excellent students and only stares at the poor students.

Of course, the poor students here are much better than "Koizumi Aona" herself.

During her distracted time, she recalled everything that happened in the past month.

Confused, novel, throbbing, unwilling, sad, regretful, and happy.

Toru Watanabe's apartment is on the fifth floor, with a road downstairs, and is only five minutes away from Shinanocho Station.

On weekends, the place is so crowded with young people that it is almost impossible to walk.

But late at night, it was deathly quiet, without even a single person in sight.

There are only neatly arranged street lights and the occasional passing car.

At such a late night, she watched Kamen Rider with the cat that Toru Watanabe turned into, various science fiction films that were not available ten years ago, and "400 km from Iwate Prefecture to Tokyo".

The boy from Iwate Prefecture in the picture made her a fan girl.

The last scene, the boy's eyes closed in the sunlight dappled by tree shadows, was still vivid in her memory.

And the scene at the beginning, where Toru Watanabe casually pushes his hair back with one hand and puts on a hat, is also hopelessly handsome.

If Toru Watanabe was her boyfriend, she would make him do it for her every day.

The morning class ended and it was finally noon. She had no chance to listen to the boys' idle chatter.

Kunii Osamu hasn't given up trying to persuade Watanabe Toru to join the baseball club;

Keisuke Saito visited a game company during Golden Week and seemed ready to try his hand at making games;

The man with the glasses was still talking about some doctrine that she couldn't understand.

In the hallway not far from the teacher's office, she met up with her future self.

She heard that this was where she came from, so she wanted to go back here.

"I'll leave that matter to you," said Koizumi Aona.

"Yeah." Koizumi Aona looked at her past self and couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Don't cry, everyone thinks Watanabe bullied you." Koizumi Aona said with a smile.

Koizumi Aona's blurred vision could no longer clearly see her smile.

"Ah, it's almost over. A month has passed so quickly." "Koizumi Aona" looked out the corridor window.

The dream-like time is about to come to an end, and she will forget everything that happened in this month.

The rain has lightened up and will stop soon.

I don’t know if she can hold on until the rain stops. I really want to see the sun.

"Oh, right." She suddenly remembered something. "Watanabe wrote "Female Voice Actor Ichiban Kiku" in his notebook. You have to criticize him."

"I will criticize him severely." Koizumi Aona pursed her lips, tears in her eyes.

"I'm sorry for causing you trouble during this period. I spent a lot of money on you and caused you to be misunderstood by Akiko and Miyuki."

Koizumi Aona just shook her head.

Once she opened her mouth, she was afraid that tears would flow.

"What a pity." 'Koizumi Aona' smiled bitterly, "To you, everything I did seemed like a dream, not a real experience. The two of us are the same person, but we seem to be different people."

Koizumi Aona didn't say anything, just looked at her past self.

"I like Toru Watanabe." 'Koizumi Aona' suddenly said.

"I know." Koizumi Aona said reluctantly.

"It's okay to like him enough to become his lover." "Koizumi Aona" continued.

"I know." Koizumi Aona's eyes were swollen and her nose was sore.

The sad emotions overflowed and made her breathless.

There was a burning heat in my throat, and my vision became blurrier.

"Finally, do you have anything to say?" Watanabe Cat appeared.

"Of course!" Koizumi Aona smiled brightly.

She suddenly opened the window covered with water droplets, facing the sky that was about to clear, and shouted to the courtyard:

"In my next life, please let me be a handsome guy in Tokyo!"

She was breathing heavily.

The school building was filled with noise. In the corridors, classrooms, and aisles, everyone was talking in this direction.

Aona Koizumi can finally speak.

"Be careful on the road," she said.

"Well, I'm leaving!" Until the end, "Koizumi Aona" was still smiling brightly.

The cat Watanabe slowly disappeared.

The bright smile on Watanabe Toru's face slowly faded.

The sunlight shines straight through the thick clouds, and the Shinjuku area looks brand new after the rain.

Toru Watanabe turned his head and looked at Aona Koizumi.

Tears welled up in Koizumi Aona's eyes.

Those dreams from the past, those dreams that were separated by a layer, finally became her own experiences at this moment.

After a long ten years, the boy named Watanabe who had appeared briefly for a month in her youth appeared in her life again.

"I'm back." Koizumi Aona, with tears on her face, smiled brightly.

Watanabe Toru was stunned for a moment, then responded with a smile:

"Welcome back."

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Behind the school building, there is a corridor covered with vines.

It had just rained, and the floor of the corridor was covered with a layer of water.

As you walk, the soles of your shoes create tiny ripples in the water.

Here, Koizumi Aona handed over a letter to Watanabe Toru, which Koizumi left for him.

In order to prevent Toru Watanabe from knowing the contents of the letter in advance, Koizumi conceived the letter in his mind and asked his future self to write it.

Watanabe:

What a wonderful life in Tokyo.

Before I even left, I began to miss everything about Tokyo.

There are so many delicious and fun things to do that it’s hard to count them all.

By the way, there are always airplane clouds in the sky.

Whenever there are airplane clouds in the sky, you, as a cat, will always look up at the sky.

At this time, I will secretly watch you from the side.

Haha, if we were face to face, looking at each other, I would definitely not be able to say such corny words.

But, like now, I will not go to you again. Through writing letters, I have enough courage to convey my words and true feelings to you.

Tomorrow, I will embark on a journey through time to meet you again in ten years.

I won't miss you, I will put all my thoughts about you into action.

Work hard, really hard;