72.Mieko was right.Kyuutarou meant for something else.Not until quite a while later did Kyuutarou blush in shyness，his head lowered，"Actually，I'm here to invite you to join me the graduation celebration party，to he held tonight in our school.So，I wonder if we could hurry up to finish the job two hours earlier to make for the party！I mean us two！Is that Ok with you？"
73."Want me to join your graduation party？" asked Mieko with expectation.
74.Kyuutarou nodded certainty，"All my fellows will go to the party in their folks' company.But as for me，besides my schoolfellows，only you I take my closest and dearest friend.So I'd love to have you accompany me to the party！Will you？Please！"
75."Thanks for your invitation！I am all alone，just like you.I am happy to go，of course！"nodded Mieko thrillingly.
76.For the whole day，they worked to their greatest length and would glimpse at each other after finishing off the work on hand.The instant they looked at each other right in their eyes，both can feel the fiery emotion lurking behind.
77.In the graduation party，Kyuutarou took Mieko' hand and led their way through the crowd consisting of friends，graduates and their parents.
78.In a pink dress，Mieko that night pinned especially a scarlet silk flower in her hair which made her strikingly beautiful like a blossoming sakura（cherry blossom）.
79.Introducing Mieko，Kyuutarou was saying aloud to his fellows，"This is my girlfriend Mieko！She comes here especially to attend the graduation party，please be nice to her！" just then，Mieko gave him a pinch，leaving the cheeky guy a yelp of pain.
80."Wow，your girlfriend is so gorgeous！Buddy！You are quite popular with beauties！How admirable！..."
81.The crowd whistled its admiration as they passed by.Mieko just kept replying politely，"Mieko，how do you do！" her hands folded.
82.In the party，classmates were busy in blessing and encouraging one another.
83.When the music was on，young boys and girls stepped up to the ballroom in couples，whirling round the dance floor.Among them were Kyuutarou and Mieko.
84.The young lovers danced merrily in the music and drew closer and closer in spite of themselves，leaving two brisk figures behind.
85.The party ran until midnight，and as usual Kyuutarou sent Mieko all the way back to the barbershop，holding her hands tightly unwilling to let go.
86.At that moment，flickering flames were seen clearly in his eyes.The pretty girl Mieko，on the other hand，was overflowed with tenderness and love.Under the streetlight，they stood together，hand in hand，looking each other right in the eyes for long，saying nothing，as if both of them hated to leave alone.
87.Finally，Mieko broke the silence，"I can't bear a lonely dark night！"
88.At this point，Kyuutarou was agitated to almost have his heart jumped out of his chest.Instinctively，he pressed her hand harder in case it is slipping away.When their hands were oozing sweats，under the stimulation of hormone，the strong emotions concealed on the bottom of their hearts released violently like a volcanic eruption.Kyuutarou then just took her waist with his arms on an impulse，tightly and closely.Mieko，lovely and tender，in turn，leaned conveniently against him.Thereupon，arm in arm，the young lover walked into the barbershop.Under the lamp lights in attic，their figures were seen clasping desperately together.
89.On that night，once again，Kyuutarou drew the small album and the letter from his bosom，describing to Mieko nestling herself beside him things，such as： Jiu Yueshuang，Kiyoha，grandpa on Hiroshima，the bodega，the orphanage，the adoptive primary school and middle school as well as the university he had just graduated from.When Kyuutarou got to his experience of being brought up in the central orphanage on Osaka，Mieko cut in，raising questions ceaselessly，"Is the orphanage with red door and white wall？Is it with Mom Aki？And the adoptive primary school，you mentioned just now，is there a tiny bell tower there？
90."What？You mean you too were once in that orphanage and that adoptive primary school？Are you serious？Is that true？" asked Kyuutarou with a big surprise.
91."How could it not be true？How？" answered Mieko while fetching an album from the bookcase.In a group photo，Kyuutarou recognized himself and Mieko in her childhood ——the "Damn' Foreign Girl" who had once been there weeping with him through hard times.
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92.Just that night，Mieko told Kyuutarou Hibachi her own story.
93.Nobuko，Mieko's beautiful mother，was born in Hiroshima.In the spring of 1942，she was enrolled to the musicological college of the Hawaii University，majoring in piano.Studying abroad，she luckily escaped from that horrible explosion in Hiroshima，but all her families were killed，leaving her as an orphan.But the loss of families did not affect her study too much，so she was still the best students among her classmates.
94.In the fall Hawaii concert in 1945，Nobuko performed a piece of piano serenade.Both her performance and her beauty were acclaimed by all participants in the presence.At that night，she met Bacon，a guitar master-hand in the army.Bacon played a piece of guitar music，which attracted her deeply.It was music that brought them together.
95.Beautiful beaches，coconut trees in the light of road lamps，and romantic evenings…
96.At the sea，a sail boat carried a pair of young man and young woman，floating around till afar.Music brought them into fervid love.
97.Every weekend，Bacon would drive to fetch Nobuko at the gate of the college.At concerts，music public houses and music museum… they left their footsteps everywhere.
98.Before long，Nobuko graduated and became a teacher at the same college.Once again Bacon came to Nobuko's dormitory，presenting flowers and congratulations to her.At the same time，he expressed his admirations to her in various ways，and made a formal proposal to her.