CH 3

"I'm sorry for the trouble that I've caused you. I know it's the kind of thing that you'd prefer to avoid, but you still offered to help me."

"No, no, you didn't trouble me at all... 'm sorry for being noisy."

"You don't have to apologize. To be honest, I was starting to think I was in trouble... I thought that whatever I said to her would just make her more angry. But it doesn't mean that I would just be quiet in that situation, because that would be the worst thing that I would do."

For many years, I had the impression that teachers didn't want to admit that they were helped by their students.

Kishikawa-sensei shattered that impression with a single word.

"Thanks to you, I was saved in that situation. Thank you... will you allow me to express my gratitude in anyway?"