"Moxi Moxi, is this Mr. Tokiwa?"
"Ah you are?"
"Mr. Tokiwa, I was the nurse who took care of Uncle Qianqiao in the ward that day. Do you still remember me?"
"Yeah, yeah - I remember, but since you called me now, that means Uncle Qiao..."
"Yes, he's awake!"
The young nurse who got this information from her friend on duty replied affirmatively.
So, after receiving the call from the nurse early in the morning, Tokiwa Shougo wiped his sweat and did not bother to continue exercising. He hurried back to the 9 to 5 room and knocked on Tsukuyomi's door.
Boom! Boom!
After two cautious moments, he shouted softly.
"Tsukuyomi, are you awake?"
Click!
The door was opened from the inside, and Tsukuyomi, who was wearing pajamas, looked strangely at Tokiwa Shogo who had come back so early.
"……Is there a problem?"
hiss--
Tokiwa Shougo looked at Tsukuyomi who had changed his clothes without a white cloak in surprise, and silently gave a thumbs up.
'Pajamas, great~~'
"Let's get down to business!"
"Uh, okay, don't be so fierce, let's talk about business." Facing the dark-faced Tsukuyomi, Tokiwa Shogo quickly managed his expression, returned to normal, and said seriously, "Hey, Tsukuyomi, you Do you still remember Uncle Qianqiao?"
"Of course, I also remember that you left him a Blank watch."
"Yes." Having said this, Tokiwa Shogo showed a big smile on his face, "Just now, I got news that he - woke up!"
"Really? Is it because of the Blank watch?"
"I'm not sure yet, but I think it should be like this. Otherwise, it would be too coincidental."
"Yeah, but how should this be verified?"
"It's very simple. Aren't we his 'relatives'? We will know after we pick him up and observe him for a while. If he really woke up because of the Blank watch, then there is no doubt that in the original history, he was A true Kamen Rider, the Rider Watch will definitely appear on his hand one day."
"Well, that's all we can do." Tsukuyomi nodded, "But who will pick him up?"
At this moment, the door was knocked again.
"Hey, no, the person who went to pick up Uncle Qianqiao showed up."
Tokiwa Shogo, who was closer to the door, turned around and opened the door with a bad smile on his face, pointing at Gates' stinky face that appeared in front of the door as expected.
"Let him go!"
"Well, that's my problem, Gates."
Tsukuyomi nodded in agreement when he heard this, then pointed to the door equally and said to Tokiwa Shougo and Gates that they could not refuse.
"Now, please, all of you, leave my room!!"
Bang!
Looking at the door that slammed shut just as he exited the threshold, Tokiwa Shougo couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth twice.
"...What day is it today? Why is Tsukuyomi so angry?"
"Gates, you..." He turned to look at Gates, but just in the middle of asking, he stopped, then waved his hand and said, "Forget it, go pick him up quickly."
"Huh?" Gates, who was confused, grabbed Shogo Tokiwa who was about to leave and stopped him in front of the wall with a 'bang'. "What on earth is going on? Tell me clearly, don't just talk about the results. Ah King of Time!!”
But after this operation, Tokiwa Shougo's head was buzzing.
Wall bang, damn!
You big man! I am also a big man! Is this appropriate?
"Let go!"
"No, you say it first!"
"Stop making trouble, let me go and I'll tell you!"
"No, please tell me clearly what's going on first!?"
The two of them exchanged words with each other, and in the end they just started arguing, which was so childish.
Then all this was accompanied by the sound of a door opening, and the world finally became quiet.
Tsukuyomi, who had changed clothes and walked out of the house, turned his head, his eyes swept over Tokiwa Shogo's face, Gates' face, arms, and the overall posture between the two of them, and the corners of his mouth were pulled back.
"Tsk!"
He smacked his lips, walked around them expressionlessly, and after leaving a light "You guys continue", he went downstairs without looking back.
Tokiwa Shougo quickly slid down the wall, got out from under Gates' arm that was leaning on the wall in a very embarrassing posture, and chased Tsukuyomi: "No! Tsukuyomi, listen to my explanation, it's not what you think. That’s like that——”
However, in the end, only the sound came out, because Gates, who was standing behind him, subconsciously grabbed Shogo Tokiwa by the back of his collar and kept him where he was.
Tokiwa Shougo: "What are you doing!??"
[○･｀Д´･○]
Gates: "... let's make things clear first."
Tokiwa Shogo... Tokiwa Shogo looked at Gates with an expression of disbelief, despair, and the desire to cry: "Say, I say! Isn't it okay if I say?"
…
…
At the breakfast table, Junichiro Tokiwa asked with some confusion: "Where's Gates? Didn't you ask him to come to dinner?"
On both sides of the somewhat dull dining table, Tokiwa Shougo groaned, secretly glanced at Tsukuyomi opposite, got up and pulled Tokiwa Junichiro out of the restaurant.
"Uncle, I remember there is an empty room upstairs in our house, right?"
"Well, that's right." Junichiro Tokiwa nodded and said, "Why do you suddenly ask about this?"
"It's like this, aren't you asking why Gates is not here?" Shogo Tokiwa rubbed Junichiro Tokiwa's shoulders flatteringly and said, "Actually, he went to pick up someone today. It was one of his uncles. It is said that he was a very good person. He's a nice person, so I told him that his uncle could let him live here temporarily for a while before he found another place to live. You see..."
Junichiro Tokiwa looked at Shogo funnyly.
"You--"
Originally, he felt that the house was too deserted for just the two of them, so he came up with the idea of renting out the empty room upstairs.
Now that someone else wants to move in, and he is a relative of someone he is already familiar with, he will naturally not object.
"Is there anything wrong with this? But since Gates has already gone to pick him up, does that mean his uncle will move in today?"
With that said, Junichiro Tokiwa handed the spoon in his hand to Shogo Tokiwa.
"No, I have to go up and clean up the empty room, and I have to get a set of bedding..."
Seeing Junichiro Tokiwa who was about to go upstairs, Shogo Tokiwa quickly stopped him.
"Wait, wait, wait, uncle, don't rush to clean up, I will help you later, so there is no time, eat first, eat first."
"But……"
"No but, let's eat first!"
As he spoke, Tokiwa Shogo pushed Tokiwa Junichiro back into the restaurant.
At the dining table, after seeing Tokiwa Shogo and Tokiwa Junichiro returning to their seats, Tsukuyomi picked up the tableware again and began to continue eating.
…
…
Hospital.
Gates, who successfully received Qianqiao, was surprised to find that Qianqiao didn't look like he had been in a coma for more than 20 years after a car accident when he was a child. He had obvious maturity and stability.
Even when asked, he could tell some stories about life after the car accident.
But when asked about the details, he couldn't tell.
Gates asked the doctor about this, and the doctor said that Qianqiao might have been asleep for too long, so when he woke up, the memory in his brain was chaotic, and some could not distinguish the difference between reality and dreams. After a while, he would alright.
only……
Do sleepers also dream?
