MaruMA:MaHon:SSS14
Murata x Yuuri[edit]
Shibuya's been going on about tickets for the opening game and in the meantime I was staring at the steel can in his hand worrying about the coffee inside getting cold. We were walking along a river bank at sunset on a spring day. Nearby were cherry blossom trees that had not yet bloomed and I suddenly speak as if I have just noticed them.
"That reminds me, Shibuya."
"Hm?"
"Wasn't there a really awesome cherry blossom tree by the school gate?"
"Yeah, yeah there was. It was hundreds of years old. But hundreds of years old is kind of like 'what's this JARO that these young whippersnappers are talking about?'" [1]
But it was amazing when it was in full bloom. One tree caused a flurry of cherry blossoms and if Touyama no Kin-san[2] appeared beneath it, he would praise the sight in his own way.
"Shibuya, do you know what's under the cherry blossom trees?"
After asking this whimsical question, he turned around and gave a short answer.
"The ground?"
"No, no, farther down in the ground."
"The roots. They're such big trees so it's a given that there are sturdy roots packed together under the ground."
"… No, that's not it… Alright then, why do you think that they can bloom so spectacularly?"
And then you answered while nodding without even giving yourself enough time to think about it properly.
"Well, you know, hard work."
"Huh?"
"Plants are secretly working hard. They're sucking up water and photosynthesizing. And on top of that, they're making oxygen for us. They're working hard in summer and winter, on rainy days and snowy days and cloudy days and then when spring comes they make their flowers bloom."
"Hard work…"
"Yeah, hard work. You can't really see it though. They say it a lot, don't they? That ducks that swim gracefully are kicking their legs around frantically in the water. Ah, and the principal that does maintenance in secret is admirable as well. Although, his speeches at the morning assembly are long and boring. When I enrolled…"
I had even forgotten to correct him and say that it was swans not ducks as I watched my friend speak with an animated expression. I just watched with a smile.
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- ↑ This was a joke on the old style of saying the word for 'to be/is' in Japanese 'daro(u)' which is jaro(u) and that sounds like JARO which is the Japanese Advertising Review Organization. The original was 'JARO tte nan jaro?' or what's JARO?
- ↑ Touyama no Kin-san is a character based on a samurai and member of the Tokugawa Shogunate called Touyama Kagemoto. He had a tattoo of cherry blossom trees on his shoulder.
