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~Little sister’s Perspective~
From the day my brother was found not guilty, he stopped talking to me.
I regretted all the abusive words I had spat at my brother, thinking he was a criminal.
I wanted to go back to the good relationship we had before.
However, this incident has created a big gap between me and my brother.
No matter how much I tried to talk to him, he would either ignore me or respond with only a word or two.
He also locked the door to his room and would not let me in when I knocked.
He no longer lent me comic books or helped me study.
Even though we lived in the same house, my brother became like a stranger somewhere far away.
This is all because I didn’t believe in him
I didn’t listen to him when he insisted that he was innocent, and I joined the world in treating him like a criminal.
[You should at least believe in your family…]
[Being betrayed by your own family is the most heartbreaking thing…]
[I’m so glad I wasn’t born into a family like this.]
[I really feel sorry for Shinonome Tohru because his family betrayed him.]
[If I were Shinonome Tohru, I would distrust people.]
“…….”
Such words written on the internet accurately point to my heart.
The incident that took place at the Kisaragi household made the news, and afterwards articles with details of the incident were published in major newspapers and on the Internet.
There was also a lot written there about my brother who was involved in the incident.
Apparently, without my knowledge, a reporter visited the house for an interview, and my brother revealed to the reporter what his classmates and relatives had done to him.
As soon as the article was published on the Internet, it went up in flames.
What went up in flames was not Kisaragi Himehana, who had framed my brother, but our family.
When my brother was falsely accused, instead of defending him, we joined with others and attacked him, and we were already bashed by the public.
Abusive remarks against our family were posted daily on the Internet.
The blog that my mom was running was quickly identified and went up in flames.
And from there, the company that my dad worked for was also identified, and the flames spread.
The flames spread to many different places, and our family became more and more isolated from the rest of the world.
“Oh…it’s Mio chan…”
“Mio chan’s here…”
“Whoa…she looked this way…”
“I wonder if that article is true…?
“It’s true, I’m sure…..”
“I didn’t think she was that kind of girl.
After my family was exposed on the Internet and became public knowledge, my treatment at school changed.
Before the flames, I was the one with many friends, but now no one speaks to me positively.
I was treated like a tumor.
Just like my brother before when he was falsely accused.
“H-hey…why don’t you talk to me? Please include me in the mix like we used to…”
One day I couldn’t stand the loneliness and forced myself halfway into the group of girls I used to belong to.
The girl friends who had welcomed me with open arms before all turned their faces into delicate expressions when they saw my face.
“Mio chan…”
“……”
“Do you need something?”
“G-guys…? What’s wrong? Can I stay here like usual? Can I come in and talk to you? Could I stay here if I don’t need anything? Like we did before…?”
As I desperately tried to appeal to my friends, they generally gave me subtle looks.
“Ummm…sorry, Mio chan…”
“I don’t think we can see you like we used to…”
“I’m not saying it’s the best, but……I’d like you to refrain from doing something like this…”
“Eh…w-why…? Why is it?”
“Even if you said that…..”
“Because, you know?
“I read the article…..”
“I just don’t think it’s right.”
“H-hm..? What? Is there something wrong with me? If there is…..I’ll fix it…..”
“Mio-chan, even though you said you love your brother that much….?”
“But then you did that to your brother at home…”
“Even though he’s your family….that’s unbelievable…”
Your brother was innocent, right…..? How could you do such a thing….”
“I have an older brother too….but I don’t think I’ll be like Mio chan…”
“….”
The correct argument of my friends pierced through my heart.
I have been talking to my friends about my favorite older brother for some time.
I was happy to tell my friends about the things I liked about my older brother.
The article revealed that I had betrayed my brother.
My friends seemed to be shocked by my changed attitude toward him.
“I guess I don’t understand Mio chan anymore after reading that article…..”
“Mio chan, I don’t know what you’re really thinking…”
“I wonder if you might betray us in some way.”
“I’m sorry, Mio chan……I still think of you as a friend, but I don’t think we can be together like we were before……..”
“I see…….”
From the way these girls were looking at me, I could feel their will to want me out of this circle right now.
I left the group of friends I belonged to, thinking that I no longer belonged here.
And I was completely isolated from the rest of the class.
“Ugh…I’m so lonely…”
During recess, at lunch, and after school, the loneliness of not being able to play with anyone and being alone all the time was slowly eating away at my heart.
Tears often flowed at a moment’s notice.
In just a few weeks, my normal, happy life had hit rock bottom.
I experienced the loneliness and pain that my brother had been experiencing until he was cleared of the false accusation.
And the misfortune would continue on and on.
“Ah…what should our family do from now on…?”
“Eh…Mom? What’s wrong?”
One day I came home to find my mom crying in the living room.
I immediately ran over to her and asked her why. She was mumbling, [We don’t have any more money…we can’t pay the mortgage.]
“Eh, money…? What about Dad…?”
“He’s in the bedroom…asleep…drunk out of his mind…….”
“Why don’t we have any money…? What do you mean?”
“Your father……his company…ugh…”
I had a bad feeling.
Come to think of it, I hadn’t seen my dad at work recently.
I had a very good chance to see him at home drinking alone.
I thought he was taking a paid leave of absence or using some other company system, but maybe not.
“Hey, what’s going on…Mom, talk to me…”
“Umm…your father…he got fired…he had to leave the company because of the flames…..”
I asked my mom who was crying as I rubbed her back, and she told me that mydad had left the company after all.
The flames had spread to the company, and he was forced to quit like a lizard’s tail.
My mom lamented that if she didn’t do something about it, she wouldn’t be able to pay the mortgage on the house and car, and would have to leave this place.
“No way…”
I despaired.
I had no idea that this was happening without my knowledge.
What would my family do if we had to leave?
Would we move to a smaller room?
What would life be like there?
It is obvious that we will be poorer than we are now.
My allowance will be reduced.
There is a possibility that we will have to take on debt or receive public assistance because we won’t be able to eat enough.
Even if we didn’t go that far, it was obvious to everyone that even if my mom and I worked part-time, we would not be able to maintain our current lifestyle.
“Mom….what should we do….hey, what should we do….”
“I don’t know either ! !”
I cried along with my mom.
As I cried, I realized that my normal, everyday life was no longer there.
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Can the protagonist move in with either of his childhood friends? Because it looks like his family is going to get evicted at this rate.
Oh boi you better move out of there, MC, get a stable job ASAP
The Family is pretty much doomed the moment They joined against Tohru in the false accusations.
At least you aren’t getting cursed and bullied like your brother did you little shitty brat
At least She’s been left alone. Unlike The MC than He was constantly bombarded with insults and bulling on a daily basis.