So, yesterday at the same kissaten where we agreed to meet, I tutored Niko in math and chemistry. Her SAD, hikikomori tutor is really improving! No tears, no shaking. I told Niko I went over her tests. I didn't say "long ago, and three years worth." Before she goes back to school there has to come The Time. I dropped a couple of hints while we were studying. I was so relieved. She stared at me a lot. This is important. Even if she will never remember me, as long as she thinks it's a good idea to be with me, that's fine. I may dress in a flirty way next time. How funny, because everything I know in that line I learned from Niko. Your own knowledge turned against you, Niko.
The Time is going to be put off for at least two weeks. Next week Niko has to have a lot of surgeries and she'll be in the hospital for at least a week after that. I think mama Yazawa is going to tell her about them tonight. I think she needs to have a week of no school and PT after she gets out of the hospital, so really three weeks. About what was estimated before she went to school on her own and re-injured herself.
Shirojima-sensei called me. She has a very bad feeling about the talent agency. She says don't agree with anything they say if they want to settle liability for what they did to Niko. She said they sounded more suspicious than a polluter pretending he didn't poison the community's water. I am shocked. We never expected them to even deal with anything, since it is close to admitting how sleazy they are, so why turn down an unexpected gift. I will say, though, that this woman makes you trust her and her instincts. So I phoned mama Yazawa, and I told her roughly what had happened three years ago, and what Shirojima-sensei said - put them off till we resolve the train issue, basically - and that she can't say Shirojima-sensei is our lawyer.
