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“Did you wait long?”
“No, not at all. I just got here.”
I was getting used to meeting up like this.
The reason why I arrive earlier each time is that my new homeroom teacher finishes homeroom ridiculously early.
“Really? Then that’s good. Shall we go home then?”
“Yeah.”
We walked home side by side as usual.
The usual routine.
The only thing that has changed is that now that I know about the rumors, I’m more aware of Amane san than usual.
“Now that I think about it, how was Horii san? Did she say anything to you after that?”
“No, nothing special happened after that. I guess Ichinose san, who was sitting next to me, helped me when she was persistently trying to talk to me.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. She sent out a rescue ship. Thanks to her, Runa has returned home, so I was really saved.”
I was really saved at that time.
If she hadn’t given me a rescue ship, she would have talked to me endlessly until the chime rang.
“I’m glad you have someone in your class on your side too.”
“Really. It’s a little boring in class when you don’t have anyone to talk to.”
“No, you should listen to the class carefully.”
Amane san warned me.
I’m sure you’re right.
“I’ll be careful.”
“I know you won’t.”
“You found out?”
The class is too boring.
It would have been more efficient if I had studied at home.
“Don’t get a red mark for that, will you?”
“As expected, I won’t. I’ve been studying a fair amount.”
“Well, you’re serious in that area, so I guess I don’t have to worry about it.”
It seems that she has more than a certain level of trust in that part.
I’m glad to hear that.
“Sora? You’re Sora, right?
“Mom.”
As Amane san and I were walking home together, she suddenly called out to me.
It was the second voice in the world that I didn’t want to hear.
Today is really a bad day.
It might not be a bad idea to go to the shrine with Amane san a little later.
“Thank goodness ! You’re safe. We were worried about you, you know?”
She says something like that, white-facedly rubbing up against me.
Neither Runa nor my mother remembered what they had done until now?
Her attitude was so nonchalant that it seemed as if she didn’t.
“Don’t lie to me. What’s there to worry about? You’re the one who kicked me out, right?”
“Runa chan told me that Sora assaulted Runa chan, so”
“You didn’t trust me even a bit, did you? I’m done with this. You’re not my guardian or anything.”
“How can you say that? I’m your parent and guardian.”
She said it with dignity.
Don’t you know?
No, of course not.
“No, it can’t be true. Sora’s mother.”
“Who are you?”
I am Amane Towa. I’m the one who’s giving Sora his current home.”
“Huh?”
Amane san told her name proudly.
To be honest, it was a little cool.
“You and your husband have lost custody of your children due to neglect. Sora is now represented by a different person than yourselves.”
“How can that be acceptable?”
“Yes, it is. Because it was decided in court.”
Amane san always had an imposing attitude even though she was being stuffed down by her mother.
“I don’t approve of that !”
Saying that, my mother raised her right hand and tried to slap Amane san.
I was really disappointed in her.
“Stop showing your ugly behavior in front of me any more.”
I told her quietly, stopping the hand that was about to slap Amane san with my right hand.
I was really disappointed from the bottom of my heart.
It was out of the question that she would try to raise her hand in an argument with a high school girl.
It’s not something an older woman would do.
“Sora.”
“If you try anything more, I’ll sue you. I have the audio recording of what you just said, and I also have other evidence of your child neglect. If you pull out now, I won’t do anything. But if you harm or interfere with Amane san, Misora, or me any more, I will take you to court with this evidence. I’ll even leak this evidence to your neighbors. That would be the best thing for you public-acceptance freaks, wouldn’t it?”
If she backs down now, I’m not going to do anything more, because I owe her for raising me for the past 17 years.
But if she tries anything more, I will have her under the law and have a no-contact order issued.
“That’s not true ! I really care about you and Misora.”
“Don’t lie to me. If you really mean that, why did you kick me out of the house that time? Why didn’t you take action as soon as Misora left home? If you said we were really important, you should’ve taken some action right away. But you didn’t. That’s all.”
It’s ridiculous that someone who hasn’t taken any action since her daughter, who is a freshman in high school, doesn’t come home and says that she really cares.
“That’s…”
“That’s all I’m gonna say. As I said before, if you get involved with us any more, I won’t tolerate it. Let’s go, Amane san.”
I was not comfortable talking to my mother any longer, so I pulled Amane san by the hand and left the place immediately.
“Sora, are you all right?”
“I’m totally fine. I’m sorry for putting Amane san in harm.”
“No, that’s perfectly fine. Besides, you helped me.”
“No, that’s my mother’s fault. In fact, aren’t you hurt?”
“It’s totally fine. You stopped her.”
It’s not like I did anything serious.
But Amane-san was going to get slapped by my mother, so I just grabbed her hand and stopped her.
“I’m glad that’s the case. Amane san looked really cool.”
“You think?”
“Yeah. She looked really cool and imposing.”
She was really dignified and cool.
She kept talking to the older woman without being intimidated at all.
I don’t know if I could do the same thing.
“Then I’m glad.”
Amane san smiled a little happily.
I pulled Amane san’s hand and headed for home, admiring her profile.
I didn’t have the timing to let go of her hand, so I held it for a long time, but I’m glad she didn’t say anything.
I opened the door to the house, hoping that this would solve my troublesome mother problem.
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