there were also toy cars and others placed at there, and made me lowered my sight as I couldn’t look straight into it.
"He just lowered his head in front of my parents, and said nothing at all. Actually he was always there for my sister who always go out by her own decision. At that time I was thinking ‘Adults are really troublesome huh’ "
Hiyori was poker faced as usual, she wasn’t angry, nor sad, she just said it softly.
To Hiyori at that time, her parents perhaps looked stubborn.
However, for that irreparable thing, for that anger that had nowhere to be released, Hiyori’s parents couldn’t find anywhere to pour out their feelings, when I thought until here, I became speechless.
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Suddenly, Hiyori stopped down.
And right in front of her sight, was a teenage guy wearing a black half-sleeved parka, standing in front of a tomb while praying with his palms together.
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"That, is my sister’s tomb"
Hiyori said and stepped forward again.
As I quickly followed her, the teenage guy seemed to notice us, and he suddenly turned his head.
Tea-colored hair, with big eyes which gave people a deep impression, that guy kept staring at us.
"That tomb, is my sister’s. I’m very grateful, that you can visit her."
Hiyori lowered her head and bowed to the guy, after a moment, the guy suddenly looked at Hiyori with a surprised look.
"e-EH! EEHHH??!! YOUR SISTER!?"
"Yes. That, did you take care of my sister when she was alive….?"
The guy suddenly looked bright, and excitedly replied with an innocent smile.
"Uwahh, you really really look like her! Eh? no no, how can I even take care! Instead of that I was taken a llloooooott of care by you sister!"
The guy innocently smiled as he roughly said, suddenly “ah…….” as he realized something, he put his hand on his lips and coughed a bit on purpose, and straighten his body.
"Uhm, I accidentally became excited I’m sorry I’m sorry. Hmm, is this kid your partner?"
The guy asked as he turned to look at me.
"Ah, yes. Should I say partner, or worker…… haha"
After I said I blushed a bit, moved my sight, and scratched my face to hide my blush.
"Worker…….. mhmm……. it’s really hard right"
Towards this unexpected reply I turned to look at the guy again, as if he took my words as his matters, the guy sympathized.
"It’s troublesome right? Nah, I understand that pretty~ much too. I kinda always get simply assigned by a scary person everyday. Everyday I get punched and kicked………."
The guy gave a helpless look and spread out both his hands, showing that he felt troubled.
"T-that is really some hardships…… we are living hard…….!!"
"Mhmm……. we must live strong………"
We said as we clenched our hands, looks like we are pretty similar.
I thought I heard Hiyori saying “what is this”, but who cares.
"Well~ then. Goodbye, I need to go right now, sorry for my discourtesy. You two, are you busy after this today?"
"Eh? No, we aren’t busy, but we need to go home by afternoon…….."
"I see……"
Suddenly, after hearing what Hiyori said, the guy who used to have a smile suddenly turned gloomy.
But once I looked carefully again, the guy still had his smile like before. “Because I was so depressed since yesterday, so now I have the power to influence the others to become negative”, my worry for that, seemed to be another illusion.
Or to say that I will not want such non-constructive power. If I can gain a power, I’ll strongly choose the power to make my body invisible.
"Today is such a good day, it’d be nice to play outside for a while~. What a waste!"
The guy said and crossed his arms at the back of his head, and pout his mouth.
"Ahaha… that’s right too. If I play outside for a while, it’d be nice too"
Hiyori softly smiled, and replied the guy.
"Well, take care then! I’m going now. byebye"
The guy smiled at us again, turned his back and quickly paced away.
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"Seems like he’s a pretty good
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