Big Changes
The older man couldn't help complaining, "I was already having a bad day when I met you."
"I fell on the ground."
"I was in a terrible mood."
"And then you showed up..."
He casually stated that all of the older man's bad luck had been caused by this old man.
He was shocked, incredulous, and indignant.
"I asked you why you did that?"
"Do you remember how you answered me?"
The older man looked at the old man.
The old man didn't speak.
Just as expected.
And yet the older man still felt a little disappointed.
It was like he was performing a one-man show.
And besides...
Because the old man's appearance was so distinctive...
Even though he'd seen him with his own eyes...
The old man hadn't said a single word to him.
The older man couldn't help starting to wonder...
Was the old man standing before him really... real?
"You said..."
Fine.
If the old man wouldn't answer him, he'd ask and answer himself.
"Because I ate two of your peaches."
The older man watched for even the slightest change in the old man's expression.
So many years had passed...
Did the old man himself ever feel that his younger self had been somewhat ridiculous?
The older man secretly looked forward to the old man's reaction.
Unfortunately.
He was disappointed again.
The old man still—
No.
The older man noticed something.
When he mentioned the two peaches...
The old man seemed to react a little?
The older man smiled bitterly.
Two peaches...
So many years had passed...
And the old man still cared so much about those two peaches.
Were they some precious variety he knew nothing about?
The older man could no longer remember how those two