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The sobs mixed with the sound of rain were the passion that spilled out from my heart.
I ran and ended up in a strange park. I don’t even know where I am, but that doesn’t matter now. I sat down on a bench, my body still wet from the rain.
I didn’t understand anything anymore. Everything that surrounded me seemed fake. The person I thought was my mother, the person I relied on the most, even my own body, I couldn’t believe it.
It was obvious to me after I thought about it for a minute. My father and I have a lot of similarities. My mother once told me that we had the same eyes, nose, facial parts, and even similar personalities. I didn’t understand it, but I didn’t know my father well. On the other hand, my mother knows my father very well. It was only natural that we should look alike because she said so.
My mother and I don’t look alike. We don’t have the same facial parts, the same personality, the same food preferences, or the same physical strength. We don’t resemble each other in any way. I kept looking away from this fact until now, because I didn’t want to admit it.
I had been taking advantage of the situation, but now that I thought about it, my unfaithfulness might be my father’s, too. Of all the people, he was the one I least wanted to be like.
Maybe even my mother was a lie. The truth is that she doesn’t really care about me, she’s just trying to make up the best of things.
“……aah”
I shut off my thoughts there, not wanting to think about it anymore.
I looked up at the sound of footsteps and shortness of breath mixed in with the sound of the rain, and there was Mao, holding an umbrella in her hands..
“…If you sit here without an umbrella, you’ll get wet.”
“……Please leave me alone.”
“I can’t just leave you alone. How many years do you think we’ve been together? …Reito-kun. Have you come to hate me? Can’t you believe me anymore?”
I remained silent in the face of Mao’s sad question.
“Reito kun. I am certainly here by order of Reiji-sama. My being near you, Reito-kun, is also because of the order. But this is also Junka-sama’s request.”
“….my mother?”
“Yes. Junka-sama’s body is weak and she is often in the hospital. She cannot see Reito’s growth. That is why Junka-sama entrusted you to me. I will watch over Reito kun’s growth. And to report regularly. Do you know why ……?”
Mao slammed me who remained silent.
“It is because Junka-sama is Reito-kun’s mother.”
“……Eh?”
“Even if you are not related by blood, even if she can’t watch him grow up with her own eyes, Junka-sama is Reito kun’s mother. It is natural for parents to worry about their children. It is not natural to be indifferent. For Reito-kun, his mother is Junka-sama, isn’t she?”
“But …… me and my mother are not blood related.”
“So what? If they’re not related by blood, then they’re not parents? …”
Those words, unusually powerful, conveyed Mao’s desperate feelings. I felt like I had been doused in cold water and was taken aback. There was no way my mother would abandon me.
“….You must be cold. Let’s go home and take a bath.”
I took Mao’s hand as she held it out to me.
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After returning to Mao’s house and getting out of the bath, I sat in the living room waiting for the rain to stop.
“It looks like it will stop raining soon. Do you want to bring an umbrella?”
“I’m fine …….”
“I see …… By the way, who told you about me?”
“Fumikage. She was reluctant, but give me this.”
I showed Mao the piece of paper with the address written on it. Mao sighed as if to say, “I thought so.”
“…She’s still as bad at hiding things as ever. That’s her bad side.”
“……What’s your relationship with Fumikage?”
“She’s my sister. Fumikage is like my father, but I am like my mother, so we don’t look much alike.”
So that’s what it means to have passionate parents. Something clicked within me.
“… Things are starting to calm down. Isn’t there still something you need to do? Shouldn’t you hurry back?”
“Yes. I’m going back. Thank you for your help …….”
“It’s all right. Reito-sama.”
“It’s fine as before. I’ll call you Hiiragi Sensei too.”
“I see. Then, Reito-kun, please take care.”
“…… Hiiragi Sensei, do you love me?”
“…Yes. I love you from the bottom of my heart. No matter what happens in the future, my feelings for you won’t change. No matter how much you get hurt, no matter how alone you are, I will always be by your side. Please, never forget that.”
Mao hugged me gently after saying that. The warmth of Mao’s hug reminded me of the warmth of my mother’s warmth.
“Thank you very much.. Then, I’m going to go now.”
“Yeah. Take care. If you have any trouble, I’ll see you later.”
I returned home, looking up at the clear sky.
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