I Lent Hospital Bills For Niece With Intractable Disease
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00:00My name is Shota, a 30-year-old office worker. All my life, I haven't lived
00:07anywhere but my parents' house, nor have I had a single girlfriend. I'm not good
00:13for anything. One day, when I came home, my younger sister Kanna was there.
00:20What's up?
00:21Hi, Shota.
00:23Um, I need to talk to dad.
00:27It was an unexpected visit. She acted strange. I went upstairs to my room not to disturb them.
00:36One hour later, she was gone when I came down.
00:40Where's Kanna? Is she gone? What happened?
00:45It's none of your business.
00:48Dad kept his mouth shut, but after my persistent requests, he finally opened his mouth.
00:55Well, Kanna's daughter has a rare disease.
01:01The treatment will cost fortune, and she can't afford it. So she came to talk.
01:08Oh no, rare disease.
01:12My one-year-old niece was suffering from a rare disease.
01:16My sister was running about to collect the treatment fee, but she was still 6 million yen short.
01:23I have 8 million yen in savings, which I never told anyone.
01:28It's not that my salary is super high. I can save a lot of money because I don't have hobbies,
01:34drink, nor smoke. I wouldn't say I don't want to get married, but I almost gave up.
01:40Besides, I don't have much material desire.
01:458 million yen. This is it. Now is the time to spend it.
01:51The next day, I visited Kanna and gave her the envelope of 8 million yen.
01:58Use this for her treatment cost.
02:01What? I can't. This is the money you saved. You should use it for yourself.
02:08You have your whole life ahead of you. That's why I didn't ask you.
02:13I haven't done anything an elder brother would do so far. So let me help you now.
02:20Shota...
02:21I promised to pay back.
02:24It's not easy to pay back 8 million yen. So don't worry. Use the rest to pay back to others who helped you.
02:33Thank you. I will return the favor.
02:36No need. I'm not expecting anything.
02:40Okay.
02:42Soon, my niece had a successful surgery and was discharged from the hospital.
02:48My family was back in peaceful days.
02:52After a while, I received a line message from Kanna.
02:56Hey, what's your plan for next day off? I guess nothing.
03:01My friend is interested in you, saying she'd like to meet you.
03:05She's very cute and 21 years old. You wanna see her, right?
03:10Stay home next day off. I'll bring her.
03:14What's this? Out of the blue?
03:172 o'clock PM then. See ya.
03:21It was so out of the blue.
03:23It is very weird that she wants to meet me without knowing my personality or appearance.
03:29Kanna must have told her about 8 million yen.
03:33Otherwise, no one would be interested in a guy older by 9 years.
03:38I couldn't contain my anger and texted Kanna.
03:42You talked to her about the 8 million yen, didn't you?
03:45Yeah, sorry.
03:47I thought so. I won't meet her.
03:50Wait. Think about it.
03:52You have such strong points that you never expect anything in return of huge amount of money.
03:59It's attractive of you. So I showed off in your place.
04:04But I have no more money.
04:06Anyway, she's so cute. You should meet her.
04:10Though I was still hesitant. I couldn't reject cute and 21 years old.
04:17On the day, she came on time.
04:20Wow, she is cute. Her gaze made my heart skipping a beat.
04:27This is Sana, 21 years old. She's going to stay here for a while.
04:33My old room is available, right? I got our keys from mom and dad.
04:38Really?
04:40Nice meeting you.
04:42We introduced ourselves briefly and chit-chatted.
04:46She's very friendly with a sweet smile.
04:50I'm sure I was grinning the whole time.
04:53We just met for the first time.
04:55But does this mean she's ready for marriage?
04:59Do her parents know?
05:01Sana's beautiful, isn't she?
05:03Oh, yes.
05:05Why don't you ask her out?
05:07That's silly.
05:08She wouldn't be interested in me.
05:11Kanna is a little pushy.
05:13Can this be her appreciation for 8 million yen, perhaps?
05:17But there is no way she can control Sana's feelings.
05:22This sure is a positive chance for me, though.
05:25For a guy giving up marriage.
05:28In this way, Sana started to live with us.
05:32She takes good care of housework.
05:34Her cooking is excellent.
05:37She brought a positive energy to our family
05:40and got along well with my parents.
05:42I'm going for a drive next weekend.
05:45Would you like to come?
05:46It's only with me, though.
05:49Yes, I would love to. Can't wait.
05:52I began to take Sana out with me on weekends.
05:56The closer we got, the more I wanted to know about her,
06:00which wasn't clear yet.
06:02Three months had passed.
06:04I pushed myself to ask her why she never talked about her parents
06:09and why she came to live with us.
06:11I'm a distant relative of Kanna's husband.
06:14When I was in the junior high school,
06:16my parents passed away with a debt burden.
06:20After that, I was taken around many relatives.
06:24I had to work, giving up high school.
06:27But all of my earnings were taken by the relatives.
06:31One day, I ran out of the house
06:33and asked Kanna's husband for help.
06:36What a hardship!
06:38Sana couldn't trust anyone when helped by my brother-in-law.
06:43She had been staying in Kanna's place till she came here.
06:48Eventually, I'd like to pay back to him, little by little.
06:52But all I can do now is to help others, like my brother.
06:56This way, I can show him my appreciation.
07:00Introducing you, Sana, to my brother has two merits.
07:04One is to thank him.
07:05The other is to find a place you belong with a great partner,
07:09which benefits you, Sana.
07:13This Kanna's thoughts of me moved Sana's heart to open up.
07:17It's surprising.
07:19Spending time with Shota's family made me realize
07:22how wonderful a family is.
07:25I want to make you happy, Shota.
07:29Could you stay with me forever?
07:32What? Marriage proposal from a woman?
07:37If you like me, yes!
07:39Let's walk the rest of our lives together.
07:42Shortly, my life with Sana became the newly-wed life.
07:47Money cannot buy happiness, but that 8 million yen was worth it.
07:52Rather reasonable, wasn't it?
07:54By the way, Kanna and her husband offered to pay me back,
07:59but I declined because this money saved my dear niece's life
08:04and led me to my wonderful wife.