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(Translated and Arranged by Saya)

This is a story about someone at my work.

I have a senpai (Note: a senior colleague) *1 at work who is very caring and supportive, and who, although he is not an outstanding worker, nevertheless has a reputation of being dependable that some of our clients even specifically commission him to do works for them.

But he has one shortcoming which is that he loves his family too much.

Once he starts talking about his family, he won’t stop, and if it happens to be after a holiday, he tells us what he did with his family, where they went, and shows off their photos to everyone.

He may sound like just an ordinary family guy, but the problem is, his wife and daughter are both already dead.

Apart from that, he is really reliable, and because his odd behaviour didn’t affect the work, none of us ever tried to do anything about it. 

And now, I will write about what happened one time at a bonenkai ( a year-end party) *2

That bonenkai was a particularly luxurious one because the company had made a relatively large profit that year.

The senpai was in high spirits and indulged himself in heavy drinking, which he never usually does. At the end of the party, he was past tipsy and could not even sit properly in a chair. 

We couldn’t let him go home alone in such a state, but the senpai kept saying he had to go home because his family was waiting for him.

The boss gave us an order to me and another colleague to take him home, and we had no choice but obey it.

The other colleague doesn’t drink at all, and as he came by his own car, we decided to take the senpai home in his car (the colleague said he could manage on his own but I felt it would be irresponsible of me to just leave them and go home).

The senpai appeared to be completely wasted, but he had somehow still managed to order a takeaway, and I remember seeing him clutching it tightly in his arms.

When we arrived at the senpai’s house there was, needless to say, no light coming from it. It was all dark.

By this time, the senpai was starting to sober up, and he said,

“They must have gone to bed already,” smiling.

“Come inside! I can make you some tea,” the senpai offered, but we were politely declining it by saying “it’s already past midnight…,” when:

Pat pat pat pat pat …. Click!

The front door swung open.

“What? You’re still awake? I have something for you ~ !” 

The senpai exclaimed happily.

“We are leaving then!”

As the senpai walked into the pitch dark house, we quickly got into the car.

We both sat shaking once we were inside the car.

“Hey…. What is that thing the senpai is living with in that house?”

Even now, the senpai often shows us blank photos that are supposed to be the photos of his wife and daughter.

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*1 What is a senpai: understanding the senpai-kōhai relationship

*2 Japan’s 'bonenkai' parties are the worst thing about the end of the year. Here’s how to fix them

Personally, I think both the senpai-kohai system and bonenkai should be abolished. Everyone was so happy during those three years when there was a restriction on eating and drinking out because of Covid, and companies refrained from organising a stupid event like bonenkai😆