It was a two-month contract with an option to extend. It was editing work, not shooting, but it was steady and it paid enough and it was in Tokyo. She started on the first of December.
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She stayed in the apartment.
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It was not a decision. It just happened. She did not look for a place of her own because she did not know how long she was staying and he did not ask her to leave and neither of them brought it up.
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She slept on the futon for the first week and then on the second week he bought a second futon and they put them side by side in the living room and they slept next to each other without touching.
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On the third week she moved her bag into the closet.
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They developed a routine.
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She got up at seven. He got up at six thirty. He made coffee and she drank it standing at the counter and then she left for work and he left for work and they did not see each other until the evening.
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In the evening they ate dinner together. Sometimes she cooked. Sometimes he cooked. Sometimes they ordered food. They ate at the counter and talked about the day and about nothing.
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On the weekends the children came.
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The first time Saki met them was a Saturday in the middle of December. Ren had not told them about her. He had not told them anything. He had told himself that he would tell them when it was the right time and he had not decided when that was.
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She was in the apartment when they arrived.
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Mei was three. The older two were six and four. They came in through the door and saw a woman standing at the counter and they stopped.
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"Who's that," the six-year-old said.
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Ren looked at Saki.
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Saki looked at him.
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"This is my friend," he said. "Her name is Saki."
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The six-year-old looked at her for a long time.
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"Are you staying for dinner," she said.
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"Yes," Saki said.
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"Okay."
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That was the whole conversation.
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She was good with them.
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She did not try too hard. She did not try to be their friend. She just talked to them normally and asked them questions and listened to the answers. She helped them with their homework and she made them laugh and when they got tired she did not try to keep them up.
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The six-year-old asked her what she did.
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"I make films," Saki said.
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"Like movies?"
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"Like documentaries."
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"What's that."
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"It's a movie about real people."
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"Can I see one."
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"When you're older."
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"Okay."
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She fell asleep on the sofa during the movie and Saki put a blanket over her and did not say anything.
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Ren watched her with them.
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He did not say anything either.24Please respect copyright.PENANA9dQcAiRItM


