Adachi to Shimamura - Volume 10 - Chapter 3

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Be Your Self

"Haa... I can't help but feel like I blew it."

"Right now?"

"When my daughter left home."

"Oh? Tell me more."

"And here I was hoping you wouldn't be interested and I'd finally get some peace..."

"No way!"

"Actually, let's take a step back. Why did you even come here in the first place?"

"My daughter moved out as well. That's why."

"You think that's a good reason? Sorry, but it's not."

"My friend!"

"Yeah, yeah."

"Want me to cheer you up?"

"...As in?"

"I was thinking about singing a song."

"Please don't."

"Why? Why not? Whyyy?"

"Please die."

"Anyway. You mentioned screwing something up?"

"Could you not switch topics like that? But, yeah. It's hard to explain..."

"Oh, that might be a problem. I'm not very good at paying attention to complicated stuff."

"You always make everything about yourself, don't you? Haa... I don't even know how to put it into words. It's just, I wanted to wish Sakura goodbye, but then it hit me that she wasn't ever going to come back. The more I tried looking for the right words, the more I realised that my whole approach was wrong. So, yeah. I blew it."

"Doesn't look like it was that difficult after all."

"Huh. I guess not..."

"So, do you feel better now?"

"I guess..."

"I knew I was a good listener."

"More like a bad listener if you ask me."

"Hahaha. You might feel proud of yourself for making that joke, but trust me, you're not the first one."

"Somehow, I'm not surprised in the slightest... Anyway, what about you?"

"Me? Hmm... I knew this would happen eventually, so I can't say that I'm all that shocked. Besides, I still have one daughter at home."

"Right."

"The years really have flown by. It feels like yesterday when Hougetsu was a little girl."

"True that. Time is the great equalizer."

"Do you have any regrets? Regarding your daughter, that is?"

"I wouldn't call them 'regrets' per se. It's more a general feeling of uneasiness."

"That's a good thing, no?"

"I suppose you could say that."

"For what it's worth, I personally think that you did a good job. She's a good girl."

"Is she? I'm her mother, and I honestly can't even tell."

"Come on, don't be so hard on yourself. You raised her to be able to stand on her own two feet. There are lots of parents in this world who can't say the same."

"......"

"Also, if she's not going to come back home, then all you need to do is go visit her, right?"

"I knew you'd say that..."

"Hmm?"

"Can you really not put two and two together? What do you think I mean when I say that she's not coming back?"

"That she needs some convincing, in which case you should go see her?"

"I give up..."

"No, don't!"

"Every now and then, I find myself getting jealous of you, and every time I do, I hate myself for it."

"That's quite the thing to say to someone."

"In any case, the answer is no. There is no hope for me and Sakura. Perhaps it's for the best for the both of us that we go our separate ways."

"Huh. Well, in that case, I guess I'm just going to give up. Hahaha."