:52:06
And if you tried to keep from looking shocked by him, he threatened
you by saying ``You want to get beat up?''
:52:14
I hated it and could hardly bear it, so I was looking forward to the
Summer vacation--we wouldn't be able to change our seats until then.
:52:25
When we danced the "Oklahoma Mixer" {yes, the American square dance},
I hated to hold his hand,
:52:32
and I also hated how he forced me to lend him my notebook when he
didn't bring his homework.
:52:40
The girls gossiped about Abe-kun, whispering things like
anti-contagion hexes .
:52:48
However, at least I didn't join that group. Because I felt it was the
worst thing to hate someone by talking about them behind their back.
However...
:53:04
Before the summer vacation, it was time for Abe-kun to move to another
school again, and our teacher decided that all his classmates should
shake his hand, one by one, to say good-bye.
:53:18
The feeling that no one really wanted to do this spread out
immediately.
:53:25
Some lines of dirt were visible on Abe-kun's palm.
:53:32
He walked around shaking everyone's hand, but it was obvious that
Abe-kun was being teased a lot.
:53:46
He was supposed to shake hands with me at the end. But when I reached
out, Abe-kun said,