Necessary

夕方、少しはからだ動かさなきゃなーと思って、家の外に出てみることにした。

７時になるところだったけど、まだ空は明るくて、これなら砂漠のほうまで足をのばして丘の上で夕日拝めるかも。。いやまてよ、米が食べたいと思ってたんだ。それも日本の米（により近いもの）が。

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近くのスーパーじゃ売ってない。中心街までバスで行くか。

ちなみにそれ以前に、チャリはとっくに却下されていた。なんたって、チャリが置いてある共同地下物置（本来の目的はシェルター、イスラエルの建築基準に則り）の薄暗い入り口の前で、何やらコーラのペットボトル抱え込んでスーハーしてる若者がいたから。はぁ〜。。

バスを待ってみた。、、がふと思い立って、中心街より向こうの、大型ショッピングモールにあるちょっとお高級なものが手に入るスーパーまで行ってみることにした。遠いので、実は今まで自分一人で行ってみたことが、ない。

広い店内、昼間のあまりのアクティビティの低さに、あれやこれや物色しようとキョロキョロすると、グア〜っとめまいがしてきた。せっかく来てみたけどなんか買いたいものないや。豆腐もあいかわらず見つからんし。でも絶対ここにあるはず！こないだ友達が私の目の前で買ってたもん。

探した甲斐あって、３個ゲット。１個300円前後なり。あと、帰りの道のりのこと考えると躊躇していた１kgの米も抱え、レジに並んだ。

レジのおばはんも、前後に並んでる客も、ロシア語。　　此処に戻ってきたんだな〜　って、妙なところでしみじみ感じながら、ふと横目に映った黄色い服の同じくロシア人のおばちゃん、、、、

相方の親戚だった。この至近距離で相手は気づいてないけど、間違いない。

声かけた。”シャローム？”　　もっかい。”シャローム！”

向こうはいつもどおり夫婦一緒だった。会えて超嬉しかった。熱い抱擁の後、この数ヶ月会ってなかった間のこと、片言のヘブライ語で確認する。

車で家までのっけて帰ってもらい、別れた。

家と至近距離に住んでいるにもかかわらず、相方からも長い間連絡をとっていなかった。ぶっちゃけ、私たちの間にはある事情でちょっとわだかまりがあったのだ。で、連絡しなきゃね、って言ってはいたけれど、残り３ヶ月そこらしかない（かもしれない）私たちの滞在期間中に、ほんとうに会うことができるのかは微妙だと思っていた。たくさんお世話になったのに。

偶然って、必然なんだろうな。

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In the evening, since I felt strong necessity of execise, get out of the apartment.

It was already 7 in the evening, but still sky was bright. So where to go? Possibly I can work toward the desert and reach to the top of the hill by the sunset, or, I wanted to eat rice, not just rice but good one which is more similar to Japanese rice!

It won’t be found in my daily supermarket, go to the central city by bus?

At before this moment, I’ve given up to take my bicycle. Because I met a young guy who was holding something like empty pet bottle and was breathing deeply, in front of the door to the basement where my bicycle was, I’ve heard the sounds. …

I attempted to wait for a bus, but somehow I thought of going to the big shopping mall, where they sell high quality(?), at least I can find unusual things which is not sold in our supermarkt. A little bit far, therefore actually I have never been there alone.

It’s quite huge floor, besides my level of activity has been too low, then I worked and looked around there, thus I gat dizzy easily. There were nothing to buy, I came from far away tough.. And I can’t find even TOFU, well, this is as usual. But at least I wanna get it! I’m sure they sell it because my friend got it here in front of me, before.

Finally I got it, for my efforts. I bought 3 of them, prieced ¥300 for each. And also got a package of 1 Kg of rice, which I had hesitated to buy thinking about the way back. Holding them, I lined on the register.

Everybody who was on the line, and in charged of the register, was speaking Russian. I did come back this town,,, Feeling that keenly, looked at a Russian woman who was wearing vivid yellow cloth, standing by me.

She was a relative of my husband. She didn’t notice me, but it was for sure that she was.

I talked to her, “Shalom?” ,,,,again, “Shalom!”

There was also her husband, as usual. I was really happy to see them. After hugging warmly, we talked about the things in the period that we have not seen, several months, in Hebrew.

Eventually they drove me to my house and said good by.

In spite of living very close, even my husband has not contacted to them for long time. Indeed, there have been some feelings between us, I think. At least for me. We were talking about that we would have to contact to them. but also I was not sure if we could meet them in these months, that we might stay in this country. Even though they took care of us very well.

It was by accident, but also necessary.