Starting Over as a Kindergartener to Fulfill My First Love! - Episode 2.7

The moment I heard Tsune-chan’s words whispered in my ear, my face felt like it was on fire, my heart was racing, and I was standing at the entrance.

And so, overwhelmed by joy and embarrassment, I couldn’t meet Tsune-chan’s eyes and ended up going home with Shiho-san.

Tsune-chan, who walked me to the outside of the apartment, said this to me as she was leaving.

Thank you both for today… And Tak-kun, I was so happy because I never thought I would actually get to meet you. Please come visit anytime…

Come to think of it, when we first met, you said the word “really” too…

I felt a bit of discomfort with the word “really” that Tsune-chan said, but while waving goodbye with a smile, I left Tsune-chan’s apartment…

Tsune-chan kept waving in front of the apartment until we were out of sight.

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……Click

Thud

“Fuuuu…”

Tsune-chan, also known as Kaori Tsunetani, returned to her room and buried her face in the cushion for a while.

I was really surprised today.

I can’t believe that Tak-kun is really coming to see me…

I wonder when you’ll come next time?

I wonder if they’ll still come to play even when they grow up…

Kaori stared at the “letter” placed on her desk, thinking so.

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I am Isuzuka Kaede… Takashi’s mother…

I was very surprised at that time.

Yes, when I came to the station with that child to see off Professor Tokoya, at the very last moment of their farewell, that child proposed to the professor.

I was very surprised.

It’s not that I’m surprised that kid proposed to the teacher.

Since moving to this town, that child who had become so passive about everything was able to say such words to their favorite teacher…

Honestly, I was happy.

I felt like that kid had suddenly been “reborn.”

And I felt relieved…

I feel inferior to that kid.

Prioritizing our “dreams” as a couple and moving in the middle of the kindergarten year without considering the child’s feelings…

That child, who was so lively in the previous town, has become quieter since coming to this town and hasn’t been able to get along with the neighborhood kids.

As a parent, it was truly painful for me to see that…

I was filled with a sense of guilt.

At that moment, my sense of guilt completely vanished.

I was really happy.

It was hard to hold back the tears.

I only scolded that kid for using the word “ore” to cover it up.

Perhaps that child is wondering why they were scolded only for that…

But Mom wanted to cherish your feelings for your teacher.

That’s why I didn’t bring up the “proposal” thing…

And that child, who became an elementary school student, made a lot of friends and is working hard on their studies.

It seemed like he was particularly trying to memorize a lot of kanji.

He was so desperate that he even asked me about kanji he hadn’t learned at school yet.

Surely that child must have wanted to be able to read the paper with Mr. Tokoya’s home address written on it. And when that child becomes able to read the address, they plan to go to Mr. Tokoya’s house. I thought this as a “mother’s intuition.”

If it’s that child now, they must have looked up how to ride the train and gone to the teacher’s place.

There was 150 yen in the piggy bank, so I have enough for a one-way ticket.

Sure enough, two weeks ago, when I deliberately made it so that child would know “there’s a paper with the address in this drawer,” that paper was gone.

I quickly wrote a letter to Professor Tokoya while looking at the address I had noted on another piece of paper.

“I think Ryo will go to play at the teacher’s house during summer vacation…”

I don’t know if Mr. Tokoya will believe what I say. But that child will surely go to Mr. Tokoya’s house. Even if Mr. Tokoya isn’t there that day, I think it will still have “meaning” for that child.

And then, on the Saturday before I heard that she had made plans to hang out with Takayama-kun from the morning on Sunday, I thought, “She’ll definitely go tomorrow.” I hurriedly called Shiho-chan and begged her, “If possible, please pretend it’s a coincidence and go to the destination with her.”

Ryo… I wonder how it was?

I wonder if I was able to meet the teacher…

I always support you.

Even if it is a love that can never come true…