"It's really bad to say that," the brother sighed, touching his neck, "it's not an easy task to open the child's heart." ”

"I'm going to do it even if it's hard."

"I knew you would say that." My brother glanced at me, smiled with satisfaction, and stretched out his hand to rub my hair, "But your strength is also this dead brain." ”

"Is brainless a compliment?"

"But it turns out that the girl's name is Kotomi Ichinose," ignoring my dissatisfaction, my brother touched his chin and recalled, "Her violin playing is really unique." ”

"Hah, yes."

It's like a memory of yesterday, and if Kotomi could cheer up, I'd be willing to let me sit in the grand seat and listen to her play again.

"The surname Ichinose seems to have an impression," rubbing his temples, the elder brother lowered his head and thought, "Where have you heard that?" ”

"I heard that Kotomi's parents were very famous physicists."

If it's a famous celebrity, they should be featured in newspapers and on TV.

“… Ahhh ”

Suddenly, he clapped his hands heavily, and his brother suddenly shouted out in realization.

"Wow! What's wrong? ”

"I'll just tell you how the surname Ichinose sounds so familiar, but... How do you say it? ”

"Just say no," I urged, looking at my brother's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, "Is there anything bad to say?" ”

"Xiaoye, listen up, this matter of Sister Kotomi may be really difficult, provided that the physicist Ichinose and his wife who I know are really the parents of Sister Kotomi, then..."After a pause, my brother put his hands on my shoulders with a rare serious expression, "The couple passed away a few years ago. ”

Huh... Die?

My brain didn't react, and I stared blankly at my brother.

"At that time, of course you didn't know that at the time of their accident, there were reports of accidents on TV and in the newspapers, and it seemed that they were in a plane crash on the way to attend a society held in the United States. is 0. ”

"Because my grandfather and Mr. and Mrs. Ichinose are old acquaintances, I also accompanied the old man to their funeral, and I heard that Mr. and Mrs. Ichinose have a daughter who is still an elementary school student, but I didn't expect that child to be Kotomi's sister."

Listening to my brother slowly narrate the cruel truth, my eyes widened in disbelief, and my mouth opened and closed and squeezed out.

"That's... Kotomi next..."

"Later, I accompanied the old man here to find the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ichinose, and planned to adopt her as a child of our family, but well~" Letting go of the hands that were pressing my shoulders, my brother spread his hands and smiled bitterly, "That child doesn't want to come out of the house to meet us." ”

"Although I was worried about the child's condition, the old man happened to have an important meeting that had to be rushed back, and I was not studying in Japan at the time, but I heard that Mr. and Mrs. Ichinose had left a lot of inheritance to the child, and my friends in Japan often came to take care of her, so we only stayed for a day and left."

“…”

I didn't know that Kotomi had such a big inside story behind her, this is really...

"Hey, why are you putting on a more serious expression than me, instead of playing sad here, it's better to use your brain and think about what you can do for Sister Kotomi."

Nodding his forehead, my brother smiled and gave me a hint.

"Young master, you can't do physical work, so don't you plan to use it as your only advantage?"

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"That brother... Are you going to go in with me? ”

Standing in the doorway of the dormitory, I turned my head to look at the person behind me who was also raising his feet to climb the stairs.

"Of course."

"Actually, it's no problem to send it here," I hurriedly waved my hand to dissuade my brother when I heard my brother's affirmative answer. "I'm not going to leave next."

"I know, but since they're all here, I'll say hello to Misae by the way, after all, there aren't a lot of things that bother her."

Mmmm, it's really caused a lot of trouble for Misae, at least you have to say hello to her politely... It's big! If I hadn't noticed that the corners of your mouth were curved upward, brother, maybe I would have been pitted by you!

"Miss Misae must be preparing dormitory food at this time, so it's better not to disturb her."

If you put your brother in, it will bother Misae.

"Oh~ Is Misae cooking? Haha, it just so happened that I hadn't eaten dinner yet. ”

Hey, hey, why do you want to stay here for dinner? What about Hinino? Aren't you going back to pick up Hinata? Get back to me quickly, and don't trouble my neighbors!

"Oh, Izumi, you're back, I just happened to be wondering why you didn't come back at this time." At this time, the door of the dormitory was pushed open, and Misaeda, who was holding a soup spoon, came out of it and greeted me, but she immediately noticed her brother who was waving behind me, "Ah~ Poplar, you're here too." ”

Wow, the smile was replaced by a sigh.

"Send this kid back, you must be able to guess the reason."

"Well, if that's the case, there's really no way."

Why do you have an understanding expression on your face, Miss Asae?

"Xiaoye, aren't you going in yet?"

"Huh... Ah, I'll be right away, brother, aren't you leaving? ”

"It's rare to come, of course, I have to greet old friends."

"Ah, I know."

Nodding to the two of them, I opened the door and ran into the dorm.

Although my brother and Misae have been friends for many years, when I think of my brother's bad character, I sincerely pray that my brother will not do anything rude.

———————————— the point of view of Aspen————————————

After watching the door close, Misae turned to me and asked.

"What are you still standing here for? Obviously, I sent my brother back. ”

"It's really sad, it's rare for an old friend to come to visit you with this attitude."

"You just stopped by, didn't you?"

"Well~ indeed," I laughed as always, and I crossed my hands and looked at Misae's expression with interest, "But I didn't bring a gift." ”

"No one is a rare gift from you, it must be some kind of strange toy."

Immediately refused, which can be regarded as Misae's consistent style.

"Why are you so disgusted, I think you'll like it."

"yes, yes, I still remember the scarecrow you gave me."

"I think you just used it at that time, you think... The period of menstrual period. ”

"yes," Misae smiled dangerously at me, touching her cheek, "so do you want to try it now?" ”

Why do you think this look is saying, "I'll turn the scarecrow out when I go back in a while, put this kid's name in it, and try to hammer it in"?

"Ha, haha~ Adult, you're really joking."

Noticing that Misae's expression seemed to be serious, I hurriedly put away my signature smile and said haha.

"Ahhh~ It's all this time, and I almost don't want to leave."

I accidentally noticed that the hour hand on my watch was about to point to 7, and I scratched my head and sighed.

This time to go back Hina may be awkward again, a while to stop by the supermarket to buy some candy back.

"Eh, are you leaving?"

Misae stared at me in surprise, her mouth wide open and she forgot to close it.

"Oh oh ~ Isn't it reluctant?"

"Of course not, I just think your personality should be able to go home after dinner."

"It's a bad impression," I smiled self-deprecatingly, and I shrugged my shoulders with my hands outstretched, "but did you say that before?" I'm just here to see my brother back. ”

"You've changed so much," Misae smiled faintly, "If it was before, you would never have imagined it." ”

"The old me?"

"Hmm~ arrogant, improper... Troublemaker? ”

Miss Misae, don't look serious and say hurtful things, I'm a glass heart, be careful to cry to you.

"It's like a breeze that slips away if you're not careful... But now you're much gentler, at least the erratic feeling is gone. ”

It's the first time I've known that I've been seen so thoroughly.

"Time passes, and of course people grow with it," I looked up at the darkening sky, and I looked at Misae, "but you haven't changed much." ”

"Ha~ You're trying to hurt me again, right?"

"It's a mixed bag," he said, turning his head to Misae, who was now upset, and smiling, "but it's nice to come back here and find that there are still people who haven't changed." ”

"Huh?"

"My brother will ask you to take care of it."

She bowed down to Misae, probably because she didn't expect me to do this, and she was stunned for a moment.

So I turned around and walked in the direction of home when she was stunned and didn't come back to her senses.

Have I changed? It's too complicated, who knows.