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Chapter 4 Selective mutism and my junior high school years
My neighbor
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My homeroom teacher changed seating every month. Seating was decided by drawing lots.
I loved one classmate girl. I prayed that I would be assigned to her neighbor. But my pray didn't work.
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One day, I was assigned to Y's neighbor as a result of drawing lots.
Y was a classmate girl. It may be rude to say this, but she seemed to be a quiet and undistinguished girl in my class. Maybe some classmates didn't know her. In a way, I thought that she resembled me.
But when I first seated next to her, my impression of her changed.
She spoke to me pleasantly. She was very friendly with me. Until then, I had thought that she seemed to be undistinguished. But when I got close with her, I first realized her pleasant personality.
One episode I remember was that she said an interesting thing to me. "I think Tomishige is funny at heart." I'd never met people saying such a thing. I was a child with selective mutism. I was an impassive at school. But actually when I went back home, I became a funny boy.
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Unfortunately, Y moved to Tokyo at the end of the school year.
I wanted to say something to her, but I couldn't.
(To be continued)
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