Riki's Diary_Last Will

People who keep hedgehogs are apparently called "hedgehog owners" in society. Among those owners, I remained a complete amateur. My hedgehog's name was Riki.

That's right. Even though I lived with Riki for four years, I have nothing to tell others about hedgehogs.

Since Riki was a hedgehog, there is no way he could have left a last will and testament. However, there are things that Riki left behind for me.

Riki passed away due to illness in the end, but he was a hedgehog who never lost the will to live until the very last moment.

His hind legs stopped moving, and even though he couldn't move freely, he went back and forth between his nesting box, exercise wheel, feeding area, water station, and sand bath.

Even though he couldn't drink water or eat food, he would go right up to them and face them properly. He repeated this for tens of seconds at a time, and then returned to his nesting box.

Naturally, the number of times he moved decreased, but he kept acting until the very moment he passed away.

What exactly was it that he showed me and my family, and left behind with that tiny body of his?

My wife said something the other day. When Riki passed away, I was away on a business trip. Moreover, I was at a business dinner, so I couldn't see Riki's final moments.

Riki was in his sand bath at the end, and when I checked to see if he was breathing, I was told the observation camera was running.

Only my eldest son and second daughter could check from the outside. I assume one of them must have been checking on Riki.

Everyone watched over Riki and worried about him. Riki passed away amidst all that, and I believe each member of the family received some kind of last will from him.

I definitely have a last will that I received from Riki.

I won't write it down as words on note for now, but thanks to Riki, I gained several realizations.

Whether I make use of this in my future life or throw it away is up to me, but I would like to make use of Riki's last will if I can.

The little kojuro inside my heart muttered softly.

After all, Riki left it for you.

I intend to continue with the title "Riki's Diary," but I think it's about time I start writing my usual, useless "monologue diary" that has nothing to do with Riki directly, though it seems I haven't yet recovered from Riki-loss.

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If you would like to join, please leave a comment to that effect on Teruto-san's article.

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After that...

You can just spend your days gazing at it. You can post your miniature ikebana works in an article. You can obtain new vases. You can just collect them. You can do absolutely nothing at all.

It is completely free.

The Miniature Ikebana Club. There are no restrictions whatsoever. It is completely free.

From behind me, my wife muttered.

Koji-kun. Shall we move on from the loss soon? Follow my example.

...

What are you talking about?

As I turned around to tell my wife about all this, she pointed at her legs and said with a laugh.

Koji-kun, while praying for Riki tonight as well, shall we do a double masser(Note 1)?

………

My wife is always in a good mood when I give her a massage.

When my wife is in a good mood, our home is peaceful.





Therefore.





This is fine.

(Note 1) Masser is short for massage. My wife, Sacchan, says it that way, abbreviating it. Giving Sacchan a masser is my most important daily routine.