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A few months after I started playing with Miharu kun, I stopped getting my period.
That meant life was born in my belly.
I had been waiting for this moment.
I hid it from my father at first, but when my belly started to grow a little, I told him.
“…..Well, then you can go wherever you want with the other man.”
My father, who had been angry with my sister, only said that to me.
I was expecting that.
“……,That’s impossible.”
I gave him a smile that I could tell was creepy.
“Because the father of my baby is Miharu kun.”
As soon as I said that, everyone in the room stopped moving and looked at me.
“Huh? A child with Miharu? What are you talking about? He’s only 10 years old, you know?”
It was my sister who spoke up first.
She did not seem to understand the situation.
“Like I said, it’s Miharu kun’s child, Nee san.”
I just told her the truth.
My sister snickered, as if she still didn’t understand.
My father tapped the desk hard and said,.
“You still love to lie. The same as you did 4 years ago. You disgust me…..what’s so funny?”
My father says, looking at me, who hasn’t lost my smile the whole time.
Then he turns his gaze to my stomach.
“……You don’t mean it, seriously, do you?’
“Fufu, fufufu.”
At first, my purpose was to make Miharu kun my own, but it had changed to the purpose of making my family despair over my disrespect.
I told everything nakedly.
I spoke vividly and clearly described the situation at the time and the date.
As I spoke, my sister and brother-in-law began to see that it was true, and their expressions turned blue.
My father’s voice was hoarse, but I couldn’t hear it.
At this time, all I could see was their faces as they turned to expressions of despair.
I left home as if I was being kicked out.
My father beat me and my sister kept verbally abusing me.
My brother-in-law did not say anything.
However, my mother was different.
On the day I left, she walked with me to the station.
We didn’t speak a word, didn’t even exchange good-byes.
And yet, the last thing I saw of my mother was a sad look on her face.
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“Yes, that’s it. The look in her eyes that time.”
The man called Miharu, and Hananoi Misaki muttered to herself.
“You have the same eyes as my mother did back then. Sad looks.”
The expression she looks at Miharu san is different from the one she looks at us.
If the eyes she looks at us are of hatred, the eyes she looks at him are fear.
“…..Aunty, you are a sad person. Your family destroyed your life and you lost your happiness.”
“Don’t look at me with those eyes ! Don’t pity me !”
Miharu san states only the facts in a matter-of-fact manner, but Hananoi Misaki does not seem to be listening.
Still, he continues.
“You have lost your ability to trust adults, and have developed affection only for children you know nothing about. And you must have crossed the line many times. I sympathize with your life. But I cannot tolerate it.”
His words seem to have reached Hananoi Misaki, and she glares at Miharu san.
“Don’t screw with me ! Then what your mother and father have done to me is acceptable ! Children are all I have ! They are the only ones who understand my value ! So–”
Hananoi Misaki continued to scream, and Miharu san gently embraced her.
The two police men let go of Misaki san’s hands.
Perhaps startled, Misaki san was able to move, but she refused to budge.
“…I should have come to see you sooner. I used the excuse that I was a child to distort you.”
“……What are you talking about? You did nothing wrong at that time. I was the one who attacked you, and I was the one who decided to have a baby with you.”
Miharu san’s words must have reached her, because she quietly spins out her words.
“……But you’re right. You were the only one looking at me.”
“Aunty, I–”
Just as Miharu san was about to say this, he was pushed away.
The two police were ready, but Misaki san raised her hands and said.
“I’m going to turn myself in.”
The two police were alarmed by her words, but they succeeded in handcuffing her without incident.
We were confused by the very unexpected end.
“Aunty……”
“Don’t get me wrong. It wasn’t because you told me to. I’m just tired of it.”
As she said, her expression was gloomy.
A look of resignation as she realized she could no longer escape.
Misaki san never looked at my dad and was about to be taken away.
“Wait.”
My dad stops her.
Perhaps reading the atmosphere, the two police officers stopped walking, and Misaki san glanced at my dad.
“I’m telling you, I married you because I fell in love with you.”
The unexpected words made all of us sit up and take notice.
Misaki san herself, however, was unfazed.
“You say that after your own son was attacked?”
“I regretted marrying you, that’s for sure. But when I decided to marry you back then, I was in love with Hananoi Misaki”
I was watching properly.
My dad’s words are filled with such feelings.
“….If I had been able to respond honestly to that feeling, something might have been different.”
With that, Misaki san walks out.
She never looked at Miyu.
Miyu also could not look at her mother’s face and turned her head down.
(Is it okay to end like this……)
Even though I thought so, I couldn’t move.
Miyu also does not move.
Misaki san was being taken by the police and was about to get into a police car when
“Mom !”
Miyu ran out of the house and shouted.
Misaki san stopped and turned around.
“What you did is not something that can be forgiven, and I think you have to pay for it. But–”
Miyu holds back her tears and exclaims with a smile.
“But the love you had for me was warm, because you are the only mother I have ever had ! I’ll always be waiting for you !”
Hearing those words, Misaki san’s eyes filled with tears.
She collapsed to her knees and stared at her only daughter.
Still, the police put Misaki san in a police car and took her away.
“……Why not sooner……”
Only the police officers could hear Misaki san talking to herself.
The police car with Misaki san in it disappeared from sight and the place became quiet.
I go up next to Miyu.
Miyu stares at the police car, which has disappeared from view.
“….I think you can cry now.”
“Don’t be so nice…….”
Miyu never cried.
Even though she is such a woman, she is Miyu’s only mother.
Even though she parted ways with her mother, she was being strong.
At that moment, I heard the sound of someone stepping behind me.
“……Let’s leave her be.”
With that, I left Miyu’s side.
When Miyu turned around, Miharu san was there.
“…..Erm, it’s been a while.”
“……Yes.”
It’s time for the parent-child relationship to come to an end.
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