Back to the darkened tavern, I sleep in bed.
The orphanage is watching over Emil and Rufaus now staying in, but you can't be sweet about their generosity forever.
In the near future, I'm leaving here.
That said, it's virtually just a move because it's not a raw breakup, and you just have to move your stuff.
Still, I had to feel somewhere lonely for this room I've been in for a while.
In a dark room, touch the flowering.
I gently glanced at the petals made of cloth with my fingers.
What does this flower mean?
Originally, this room belonged to Yu's brother.
Was this flower making something to do with it?
……
I can't sleep.
When we say goodbye to this place again, the loneliness of the earlier days gradually swells up.
The days I spent with Yu, Lynne and Karen were short, but they were the ones who still supported me back in the day, not to mention them.
Is there anything I can do about them?
"... Phew"
Breathe.
I get out of bed, I get down to the first floor.
And out of the entrance and exit on the ground floor, I felt the wind in my body at night.
The moon is illuminating the clock tower.
The lights of the houses illuminate the quiet city.
The world, which was inherently dark, was full of warm light.
If I could, I would have noticed a little earlier.
"Yes. Can't you sleep either?
Turning around, there was Lynne smiling and talking to me, as usual.
Once she turned her gaze to me, she turned her gaze to the moon like I was watching.
"I'm kind of blind, too. I slept to death during the day."
"As long as I envy you."
"Ha, don't say that. Sleep by day and wake up at night. That's the tavern."
Well, I answer her words.
Then the silence worthy of the city at night engulfed the city.
But I didn't feel strange and stuck with it.
"Hey."
"Hmm?"
"You've changed. It's not what it used to be."
"Really?
"Oh. Somehow, you say you've become human... You're out of a bad mood, anyway."
"Ha ha, what is that"
"... Ha, right. What are you talking about, me?"
I guess I have a sense that I've said something that's not even a pattern.
She turns bright red to her ears, gets nagging and shuts up.
I was kind of adorable how she looked like that, and I laughed.
"... Phew"
"What the hell. If you have something to say, say it. Kill me. Kill me, please."
"Thanks."
"... what? Oh, whoa."
I merely expressed my gratitude, but she opens her eyes as if she had eaten.
... you can tell her already.
"The clock tower, I came from there... from the future, I came here"
"Apparently."
"The view I saw there was a world where someone would die much more than it is now. It was a world where someone cried. He... no, I've been hostile to a lot of people too"
……
"That's Lynne...... and Yu is no exception"
"I see, that's why you were letting yourself kill against Yu at first"
"Oh. But now I really appreciate everyone. That's not the only lie."
"Mm-hmm."
That's all she says, look at this one and smile.
That's what I was eating at her for.
"'Really?'... Was there anything else you wanted to say?
"What, you want me to say something worse or something? Buh, buh."
"No, that's not it..."
"Then take it honestly. I'm telling you, I don't hate you right now, okay? That's everything."
"Everything, huh?"
"Oh. It's nothing else. I say it. I forgive you, if only you'd be saved with it."
Show me your teeth and laugh innocently, Lynne.
Was I trying to hurt such a sweet girl?
She even hated her. She forgave me.
- Thank you.
"What the fuck are you doing, you?"
"... was Niya on?
"Oh, it was on. Wow, that was disgusting."
"Right. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha."
I distract myself from her, and now I look home.
I already said goodbye to them. Still, I need to ask you something.
"Hey, I'm talking about Yu's brother..."
"Oh, you're talking about my brother-in-law"
"How could your brother have died?
"I'm sick. He's been weak since he was a kid, and because of that, he passed away sick easily. Yu, leave me alone."
"Well, what happened to Yu's parents?
"I don't know. When Yu was still about Karen, he left this store to evaporate. At the time, my brother-in-law said it was due to the poor management of the store."
"... Was it"
"But hey, my brother-in-law still took over the store without giving up and managed to put me on track. I have this place now because of it."
"It's hard to say, the..."
You know what I'm trying to say, she keeps talking.
"Oh. You wonder how you can have children running a business that adults couldn't? The answer is simple, he was a genius, and he spared no effort with it, so to speak, a perfect guy."
"... perfect, or"
"You keep saying, 'If you're laughing, you can handle it', 'Never give up'. Truth is, he was amazing back then."
"You were amazing."
"Oh yeah. But two years ago, he passed away. After a sudden fall, it's as if the water flows"
I find the words trembling.
When I saw it, there was water spilling out of her eyes, and she relaxed and hid it.
"I realized that genius is a thin life. Really, you're gonna die first from a great guy."
"... right"
"But Yu was even more amazing. It's supposed to be the toughest, but I still take over the store without saying a single cry, and I live fine. I realized you were brothers and sisters."
"Oh. Really, Yu is a great guy"
"Your room, did you have flowers?
She points to my room.
Naturally, you can't even forget it.
"Oh."
"That's how Yu lives, not to forget how he felt when his brother-in-law died. Without withering, forever."
"... Yu is really strong."
"Oh. Strong. I carry it all on my own, and I still stand. I'm not proud of you, but I can't."
That's what I said, Lynne laughing as if to add.
But listening to her, another question arose.
"How long has Lynne been with Yu?
"I?"
"Oh. With that mouthful, we didn't live together in an orphanage, did we?
"... uh, you're not surprisingly delicate, are you?
... Really?
Lynne scratched the back of her head after a while as I was circling the question in her head and started talking as if she had been impatient.
"I used to, well, do so-called fucking mud. Both father and mother are missing. If I tell you, it's social rubbish."
"... that"
"I do. I know best."
... That's not true.
Everyone is trying to live strong.
As long as you feel that way, people can be people.
That's what I wanted to say, but she opened her mouth to block my words.
"One day I was on the verge of starving to death and I was down on the side of the road. But to me, my brother-in-law sifted through the food. I was just out of business."
"You were a good man."
"Oh. But, hey, here's what I told him. 'How could you not let me die!'." There's no way I can stand alive and have a beautiful future ahead of me! 'And then he smiled back and said,
"'Laugh first. I can only live a desperate life because I live a desperate face."
"Oh, he seemed like an idiot, his face. But still... still..."
That way, her tears fade constantly.
As if what I have endured has now been decimated.
"... anyway. Then I got along with Yu and started living with him. It's over. It's over, now go to sleep!
"Lynne."
"What the heck!
"You've worked so hard."
"... uuch"
I heard the girl's clear and gentle voice, and I felt a gaze as if watching over us from somewhere.