Chapter 4 Part 1
Spring Break (2) ~ Don’t Show Me Your Tears ~
「I see, so that’s what happened, huh….」
A whole day had passed since Yuu woke up.
It was the morning of the fifth day since the Yuu of this world was hospitalized after being attacked by girls from the same middle school after the graduation ceremony and suffering head injuries.
At first when he woke up, he was confused, but now that he had known who he was after talking to the doctor and his mother, the sorting out of his memory was mostly done.
When he checked the current date, not only through the calendar in the room but also asking a newspaper to be fetched for him, he found that it was an era he was unfamiliar with, but if they went with the common era, he understood that it was exactly 25 years ago from the date of the accident.
Except for the fact that his own name, date of birth, and family structure matched, he was a different person who did not bear the slightest resemblance with his former self.
He wondered if this was the parallel world that he had seen in fiction.
In other words, he assumed that he, who was hit by a car in his original world, had probably died, and while the Yuu of this world was in a coma, he had crossed time and space and possessed his body.
Nevertheless, the beautiful Latin woman who was peeling an apple in front of him with a dangerous hand technique was incomparable to the mother Yuu had in his memory.
Her name was Hirose Martina.
She was a so-called half-Japanese, with a Spanish mother and a Japanese father.
If it had to be said, perhaps her appearance resembled that of her mother more.
Based on the fact that she had given birth to an elder sister who was three years older than him, no matter how he estimated it, she should have passed mid-thirties.
Generally speaking, from the Japanese point of view, adult foreigners looked older than their age.
However, Martina was so youthful that she only looked around 30 years old.
Perhaps this, too, was related to the fact that she was half-Japanese.
Compared to his own mother, who already looked like your ordinary auntie when he was in middle school, he did not not feel envious.
「Ufufu.」
Ever since Yuu called out to her, 「Mom?」, Martina had been in a good mood.
It seemed that the Yuu of this world was in a period akin to a rebellious phase and had long been taking a cold attitude toward her, avoiding talking to her face to face.
「Do you want some apple?」
Although he nodded his head lightly when asked so, perhaps she was a clumsy person, the way she handled her fruit knife was terribly dangerous.
Maybe the current Yuu, who had had a long experience of being a divorcee, could peel apples better than her.
However, watching her peeling the apple with her utmost effort, he felt uncomfortable asking her to let him do it in her stead, and from a while ago, he was on edge as he watched her.
And no matter how much he tried to search through his memory, he couldn’t find any images of her doing household chores, including cooking.
Partly due to the early death of Yuu’s father, since Yuu was in elementary school, she had been working outside the home the whole time, and it seemed that it was the housekeeper who took care of the housework instead.
For some reason, the housekeeper was replaced every year, and the most recent one, a rather cold-looking woman of about 30 years old, came to mind.
「It’s done!」
「Yeah…」
Martina, holding up the apple she had just finished peeling, proudly puffed her chest.
As Yuu’s eyes wound up being drawn to her huge breasts, which, as always, looked as if they contained two melons, he hurriedly looked away.
He then realized that the peels had fallen and scattered on the floor.
The peeled skin contained some of the fruit, so it was bumpy and poor in appearance.
However, it was something she had done her best to peel for his sake, with a hand technique she was unfamiliar with, so Yuu did not think bad of it.
After putting the apple, which she had cut on a small board that probably served as a cutting board, on a bowl she had taken from the shelf, she offered them to Yuu.
「Would you like mama to… Feed you?」
Right now, he had his bed reclined and his upper body upright, so it was not like he could not take it by himself.
However, his body had yet to return to its normal condition, so here, he decided to take advantage of the kindness of Martina, his mother.
「Err, please.」
「Great. Then, say aah~」
「Aah.」
As she held out a piece of apple to his mouth, Yuu took it in his mouth and bit it.
*Crunch, crunch* The apple was then chewed crisply in his mouth.
Yuu himself preferred crispy and crunchy apples to soft and fluffy ones.
In that sense, the apple she had peeled for him was to his liking.
「Is it good?」
「Yes, it’s delicious.」
「Whoa! Yuu-chan is! Yuu-chan said mama’s peeled apple was delicious!」
Martina, her face lit up, was so happy that she revealed her emotions like a little girl.
As far as Yuu, who was 40 years old in consciousness, was concerned, he saw her as someone younger than him, even though she was his mother.
That was why, as he looked at her delightful figure, he could not help but honestly thought, 「So cute」.
「Do you want, some more?」
「Yes.」
One after another, Yuu ate the pieces of apple she handed to him.
After he had finished half of the apple, Yu said…
「You should eat it too, Mom. It’s delicious.」
「Ah… yes.」
Upon hearing those words, Martina, for some reason, made a face as if she was overcome with emotion and looked at Yuu with moist eyes.
「Yuu-chan, not only did you regain your memory sooner than expected, for you to speak to mama like how you used to, mama is so happy that….」
Martina took out a handkerchief and wiped her eyes.
「Y, you’re overreacting.」
Thinking back, he remembered that the Yuu of this world did not talk with his mother much.
Back when he was around the same age as him, he himself thought that his mother was annoying.
However, he understood the feelings of parents who worried about their seriously injured sons, so he couldn’t be dismissive of her at this point.
Above all, the look of sadness did not suit Martina, a beautiful Latin girl.
What he wanted her to show him was a radiant smile, he thought.
Image-wise, the present Yuu had a dual structure of memory.
In other words, the main and surface memories were of Yuu who should have died at the age of 40, but if he put in his mind things that had connection with the Yuu of this world, such as family or school, the related memories would come to the surface from his innermost part, something like that.
Due to that, a time lag wound up occurring when he was engaged in a conversation, but pertaining to that, the doctor said that his memory must have been in disorder due to him losing consciousness after hitting his head, so the other party was convinced.
Nonetheless, the only person he had met since waking up, setting aside hospital personnel, was his mother.
It seemed that the middle school officials, including the principal, as well as the security company that had sent the male security personnel, had come to apologize, but Martina dealt with all of them and did not allow them to meet Yuu, saying that he was not allowed to see visitors.
「Speaking of which, where is big sis?」
「Huh…?」
With the intention of switching the somber mood, he nonchalantly thought about asking about his other family member, his elder sister, but as soon as he put it into words, he realized it was a mistake.
「E, Elena is… You know, she doesn’t go out, so…」
「Ah, yeah. That’s right.」
As soon as Yuu remembered his elder sister, he was bewildered by the feeling that rapidly welled up in him.
It was a strong feeling of repugnance.
Even though they lived in the same house, it seemed that he talked with his elder sister less than he did his mother, and if he inadvertently met her in the hallway or elsewhere, he would even throw disparaging remarks at her soon after.
What in the world happened between Yuu and his elder sister?
He tried to search through his memory, but it did not immediately come to mind.
At any rate, he knew that his elder sister Elena had holed up in her room for more than three months and was in no condition to come visit him.
「That’s right! The doctor, you see, he told mama that you are expected to fully recover in a month, but you might be able to make it in time for the high school entrance ceremony.」
Martina suddenly spoke in a cheerful voice, so Yuu snapped out of his reverie.
The injury required seven stitches to the head, but thanks to him receiving treatments from a surgeon whose skills were outstanding even in the hospital, it seemed that as they did their best, they had managed to make it as inconspicuous as possible.
Incidentally, the surgeon was a woman, and the old doctor he met just the other day was one of only two part-time male doctors in the hospital.
Come to think of it, men in this world are…
From Yuu’s memory, I’m aware that I’m in a world with a completely different society, but that is something I would have to confirm from now on.
For the time being, let’s try to keep with the conversation here.
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