The Summer Day When I Met You - Chapter 12 - The Day I Found Out About You
Chapter 12 – The Day I Found Out About You
I followed Kokoa’s mother and arrived at a hospital room with the name “Yamaguchi Kokoa” written at the entrance.
“You can come in.”
Kokoa’s mother then took me to the hospital room.
When I went inside, I saw a girl sleeping on the bed.
“K-Kokoa!”
I ran over to that girl──Kokoa
Then, Kokoa’s mother whispered from behind, “Kokoa…has only one month left to live.”
“O-One month!?”
“Yes… Ah, she’s awake. Good morning, Kokoa,” Saying so, the mother holds Kokoa’s hand.
“Good morning, mom… Hmm? Who is that person?”
Kokoa’s eyes met mine.
“This is Takigawa Hinata-kun. He seems to know about Kokoa.”
“Hinata…?”
Apparently, Kokoa doesn’t know who I am.
Why…?
Who was the Kokoa I’ve been hanging out with?
No matter how many times I look at it, the Kokoa here is the Kokoa I know.
But something is different.
Yes, that’s it… I don’t know anything about Kokoa.
I didn’t even know that Kokoa was in the hospital and that she has only one month left to live…
“Kokoa, don’t you remember?”
“…Have we met?”
Could it be that meeting Kokoa until now has been…a dream?
I can’t get a grip on the situation.
“Um, since when has Kokoa been like this in the hospital room?” I asked Kokoa’s mother.
“Since Kokoa was four years old.”
“She can move for a bit, but the doctor said not to move too much… Takigawa-kun, could you listen to me for a moment?”
“Y-Yes…”
Once out of the hospital room, Kokoa’s mother and I sat down on the sofa in the waiting room.
“Actually, you see, Kokoa has been calling your name in her sleep lately.”
“Mine? Is that why you led me to Kokoa’s room?”
“Yes, I was surprised when you said your name was Takigawa Hinata. That’s the name she says every day when she’s sleeping… and that’s Takigawa Hinata-kun. Other names that came up were Aida Rino, Hiromachi Sayo, Hasegawa Kensuke, and Nagano Karin, I think. I’ve heard those names mentioned.”
!!!
That’s everyone’s name…
“I was playing with Kokoa during the summer holiday. Maybe it was just a dream.”
“Then you’re the same with Kokoa. Kokoa also said she had a dream recently. Happy and joyful dreams… Then, Kokoa and Takigawa-kun may have met in that dream…” Saying so, Kokoa’s mother giggled.
“Maybe so.”
I don’t know how those days happened.
But I remember it well.
The days I hung out with Kokoa…
“Um, can I talk to Kokoa alone for a bit?”
“Sure, that’s okay,” Kokoa’s mother said and went off somewhere.
I went to the hospital room where Kokoa was.
Kokoa met me in a dream.
But Kokoa doesn’t remember.
Of course she doesn’t
The dream she had fades away day by day.
However, I remember my memories of Kokoa well, and if I talk to her, she will remember some of them.
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I had a long happy dream…
But that dream is forgotten as time goes by…
Takigawa Hinata-kun… When I heard your name, I had the feeling that I had forgotten something.
Even though I’ve never met you…