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Chapter 3:
In My Heart
Shii- san and Haa-san went to a little café by the hospital for breakfast and it seemed that the old Shii-san was back. He was smiling and waving at people like he always did.
"So, Shii-san are you alright? You didn't seem like yourself when you were in the hospital," Haa-san asked as the meals arrived.
"Oh, I'm fine," Shii-san replied.
They ate silently and Haa- san kept thinking back to when they had gone to see Reiko. Shigure's eyes narrowed and his mind wandered to when he had first met Reiko. He looked at Haa-san and Haa-san looked up.
"She came to me in a dream. That's where we met," Shii-san began.
Flashback
"Shii- san! Shii- san! Wake up!" Aaya screamed in his ear.
"She was so beautiful," Shii- san whispered.
"Who?" Aaya asked.
"The girl in my dreams," he replied.
"Haa-san I don't think he's well! He's in love with a girl in his dreams," Aaya joked.
"Her name is Reiko."
Shii-san got up and put on his slippers and walked out of the room. His eyes looked like small little slits and seemed possessed. He walked to the front door and then he fell suddenly to the ground.
"Shigure's fainted!" Aaya shouted.
"Shii-san. Shii-san," the girl named Reiko's voice rang throughout the darkness.
"Reiko? Where are you?" Shii-san called.
He ran through the darkness and heard her singing a song full of joy and happiness.
"Oh! How the sunshine is above me! Oh! How he will love me! We're together 'till we die. Oh! How I want to be with him every nigh!" her voice echoed through the black.
"Reiko! Reiko!" he shouted.
"Shigure," she said when he met her.
He stopped in front of her and fell to the floor. The dream collapsed around him and he opened his eyes and looked around the room.
"Where am I?" he thought.
"He's awake! He's awake!" Aaya yelled as Shigure turned his head to look at him.
"Aaya? Where's Reiko?' Shigure asked.
"Reiko? Who's Reiko?" Aaya asked.
"Reiko?" a young senior in high school said.
They looked at her she was one of the most beautiful girl that Shigure had ever laid eyes on.
"Is your name Reiko? You look just like the girl in my dreams," Shigure asked from his hospital bed in the main house.
"Yes. I'm Reiko. My mother works for your family," she said.
"Do you ever have dreams about a man like me?"
"That would depend the man in my dreams is always hitting on me," Reiko replied.
"Yeah, that's Shii-san," Haa-san said.
"If it's alright with you I'd like to meet you for lunch or dinner sometime," Shii-san said.
"Whoa! Don't get ahead of yourself now, Tiger," Reiko said. "But, lunch sounds good."
She smiled at him and turned on her heel ready to stride out the door. She turned her head and winked at him.
"Catch yah later, Tiger," she breathed and left.
Flash Back End
"That was my most precious moment," Shii-san breathed.
Haa-san stared at him. Shigure's eyes looked like he was about to cry. Love had blinded him long ago and then when it deserted him of his own free will the pain in his heart never healed. For a long time Shigure was empty inside, broken man with a smile glowing on his face all of the time. They could never find him not frowning. Shigure seemed very happy all of the time.
"Shii-san," Haa-san sighed.