Starting Over as a Kindergartener to Fulfill My First Love! - Episode 3.1

Summer vacation is over, and now it’s autumn…

In the end, I could only meet Tsune-chan that one time.

I was busy with school and household chores myself, but it was also because Shiho, who was supposed to be “the condition for going together,” had a lot of university commitments, making it difficult to coordinate our schedules.

However, it seems that Shiho-san frequently calls Tsune-chan and they are deepening their relationship.

I was incredibly envious of Shiho-san, but there was no way I could call Tsune-chan, and I couldn’t bring myself to give up…

However, while my desire to see Tsune-chan was strong, strangely, I didn’t feel any urgency.

It was probably because of those words Tsune-chan whispered in my ear when we met before…

“I remember what you told me, Tak-kun…”

I think those words are the source for me now, as I “start over as an elementary school student.”

And in the midst of all this, we were now immersed in practice for the October sports festival.

I’ve never disliked sports day. If anything, I prefer it.

Back in the “real world” days, I was quite fast on my feet since childhood and was often chosen as a relay runner.

However, I have no good memories of the relay race back in first grade…

As I’ve said before, people tend to forget enjoyable things quickly, but they remember unpleasant memories quite well.

And one of the most unpleasant memories for me was the relay race in the first grade of elementary school.

At that time, I was the first runner in the relay.

However, I fell at the same time as the starting pistol went off.

And of course, my class is last…

For a while, I was looked at coldly by the people in my class…

Even now, just remembering it makes my stomach hurt.

However, this time, in “this world,” I have been given the chance to take revenge for the time in the “real world.”

“I absolutely won’t fall this time…”

“Isuzu? Did you just say something?”

“Eh? No, it’s nothing…”

“Hmm… oh, really…”

This guy is Kenichi Takayama, who helped me meet Tsune-chan before. He’s very laid-back and has a very easygoing personality, but he’s a really good guy.

Takayama from the “real world” and I were together until high school.

As soon as we graduated from high school, I got a job, while Takayama failed the university entrance exam and had to take an extra year, leading us down different paths. We met less frequently, and after a few years, we completely lost touch.

Come to think of it, in the “real world,” when I was forty-five, there was a reunion. I was torn about whether to attend or not, but I heard that Takayama would be attending, so I decided to go.

At that time, I met Takayama for the first time in decades. He had married a woman he met in college in his early twenties, and they had two children together, but it seems they divorced after about ten years.

When I heard that story, I thought with a bit of a “jealous heart” that it was fine just to have experienced marriage and raising children, but now, in “this world,” standing in front of that high mountain, I feel complicated emotions.

I know this guy’s “future”……

When I think about it, I end up wanting to help in some way, but I can’t do anything for them, and I can’t say anything to them…

Well, all I can say right now is…

“Hey, Takayama… even if you get married in the future, make sure to take good care of your wife, okay?”

“Huh? What? Isuzu, what are you talking about? What’s wrong with marriage?”

“……….”

I vowed in my heart to tell Takayama the “same thing” every year…

That night, the phone rang at home. Mom answered it, but immediately called for me.

“Ryo, Shiho-chan is calling you!! It’s something important!!”

“Huh, Shiho-neechan has, um, something for me?”

I cautiously answered the phone, and Shiho-san, as lively as ever, said this.

“Ryo-kun, be happy!! Teacher Tokoya will also come to your sports day this time!!”

I was surprised. I never thought Tsune-chan would come to our elementary school’s sports day…

I hung up the phone and, overwhelmed with joy, did a fist pump in my mind.

I can meet Tsune-chan…

However, at the same time, I also thought this.

In front of Tsune-chan, I absolutely cannot fall during the relay…