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“Ara, Sendo-kun, welcome home…..”
When I returned home, I found Yamanashi there as usual. I was so surprised to hear Yamanashi’s voice fade away, as if she sensed something was wrong when she saw my face. I guess I looked that bad.
“….What’s wrong? your face? Is something wrong?”
“….Well, a lot of things. I’m tired from the daytime.”
“……Sendou-kun. You can’t hide it as expected. What’s going on? Is it something you can’t tell me?”
I kept my mouth shut. If I told her that I wasn’t related to my parents, I would have to tell her everything about me. Perhaps I could tell her how I really felt
But I didn’t. I was afraid. I was afraid of rejection. I was afraid that the woman, Yamanashi Anri, would lose her trust in me.
“Just as you were for me, I want to be your support. If there’s anything that’s bothering you or bothering you, please let me know.”
“…… No.”
“Why? What is wrong? Am I not good enough?”
“Not that….. I just want you to leave me alone for now.”
“Sendo-kun,……”
Her sad voice just hurt. I knew it was wrong to say something like that to her after all she had done for me up until then. But right now, this was all I could do.
“…… Okay. When you’re ready to talk, just let me know. I’ll be waiting for you.”
“…..”
With these words, Yamanashi left the room. I could only watch her back and rack my brains.
I let myself go listlessly to the sofa. The person I had always thought of as my mother was not my mother. Sendou Junka was not my mother. That fact stabbed me to the heart.
It means that my father was having an affair. In other words, what’s flowing through my body belongs to my father and the person with whom he had an affair, whose name I don’t even know. Just thinking about it makes me feel like I’m a filthy thing, and I’m enveloped in a sickening sensation like an insect crawling on my body.
Just as I was writhing in disgust, my phone shook in my pocket. I picked it up and pressed the call button to answer the call. As usual, I heard a cheerful voice.
“Oh, hello, senpai? Can I come over to your house today? My dad bought me some delicious snacks! …… senpai?”
“…… Oh, I’m sorry. I’m a little out of sorts right now.”
“……What’s wrong? Is something wrong with you? Is something bad happening to you? Are you having a hard time? Then you can …… tell me.”
“…… sorry. Leave me alone for now.”
I hung up the call. I don’t want Miyabi to see me weak. I always want to show her how strong I am. I let my shallow feelings and temporary melancholy get the better of me, and I rejected the call.
I threw myself on the bed in my room and fell asleep, blocking out my thoughts.
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The next day. In a sudden downpour of rain, I walked up to an apartment building. I shoved a piece of paper in my pocket and pressed the intercom. Soon after, a woman came out from inside.
“Who….., Reito-kun? Why are you here ……?”
“……I’d like to ask you a few questions, Hiiragi-sensei.”
“Please come inside for the time being. You will get wet here.”
I was urged to go up to her room.
The inside of the room is neatly laid out, and for a woman living alone, it seems a bit small in terms of furniture. I sat down on a chair and Hiiragi-sensei offered me a cup of coffee. I just stared at my miserable face reflected in the coffee.
“It’s a sudden downpour today, and you’re in trouble. It must have been hard to get here, right?”
“……Sensei. You dyed your hair, didn’t you?”
“……, where did you get that?”
“I asked …..Fumikage”
Hiiragi-sensei gulped. That reaction convinced me.
“…..I heard that you’ve been spying on me under my father’s orders until now. Hiiragi…… no, Kageno Mao.”
“No,…….”
Kageno had two daughters. Fumikage was my personal caretaker. The other is Mao, who was my mother’s personal maid. Mao was the watchdog sent by my father. The way she was upset and her jade green eyes were the best proof of it.
“Until now, you’ve been around to keep an eye on me. Is that why you came to the academy with me?”
“It seems I can no longer hide from you, …….”
“Even you, my mother’s personal maid, can’t go against my father. …… though she’s not my mother any more.”
“!? Where did you get that?!”
“You, you cheated on me!”
“No, I’m not! I’m …….”
I ran out of the room without hearing a word Mao said. Seeing her reaction, Mao also knew about the relationship between me and my mother. She knew it, but she didn’t tell me.
I no longer trust anyone. Even Mao-sensei, whom I trusted the most in the school, I couldn’t trust anymore. I started running aimlessly in the downpour.
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