50 – What Happened?
Perhaps the best expression would be that the eyes were turned upside down.
Ever since Ina’s voice had calmed down a bit, she felt something strange. She even sounded vaguely watery.
She asked if she was crying just in case…… She told Inana to help.
She doesn’t like to reveal her weak side. It must mean that she is cornered enough to openly express her feelings.
I don’t know what happened. For some reason, she had no way of knowing who was to blame for the tears. It might have been better to ask what was going on first.
But more than that, her body reacted first.
It’s just that the eyes are turned upside down.
I ran at full speed to the front of Ina’s house.
She knows the location, but doesn’t remember the lake. She doubted whether she could enter in the first place. She has no choice but to make her phone call to Inna.
At the end of her connection sound, Ina’s voice was heard.
“Hello?”
It was a subdued tone.
“It’s me. I’m in front of your house right now, can I come in?”
“Ah.”
Ina seemed somewhat hesitant about my question, but eventually she said, “Yes. Come in.” She replied.
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It was the second time I came to Ina’s house. She
Judging by the fact that she let her in, I wonder if her parents aren’t home.
She visited at an unexpected timing last time, so she was not prepared mentally. This time she had the same experience as the previous one, so she decided to enter the house without being nervous.
I made up my mind.
The scenery of the house was completely different from then.
“What is this… ….”
I wondered if an earthquake had occurred.
Clothes, furniture, and all sorts of odds and ends are scattered all over the floor. The first time I visited, it didn’t feel like it was unorganized, even though it lacked a sense of life.
No, no. It wasn’t that this was unorganized.
When I thought about it that far, I could roughly understand what had happened.
“Sorry. For making me come to you at a time like this.”
After Inna opened her door, she lowered her head and looked down at her floor. She looks quite unsteady at first glance. It looked like she would disappear any minute.
Ina held onto her sleeve lightly as if to support herself. A slight tremor was felt in her hand.
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She held Ina’s trembling hand and opened her mouth.
“What happened?”
“… ….”
Ina was silent for a while, but she soon raised her head as if she had calmed her heart.
“I’ll explain in the room.”
Ina’s room was nothing different from back then. There was no particular mess in her, and her room was just as plainly furnished as it was back then.
I sat next to Ina, who was sitting at one end of her bed. Her hand was still held.
“First of all, let me say the conclusion.”
Having been so lucky, I took a deep breath in and continued her backstory.
“Her parents were fighting a while ago. Although he left separately right before you came.”
“Mmm.”
I expected it to be roughly the same.
“Throwing things while fighting…… Did you?”
“I don’t know. It was already like this when I got home. I think it probably will, though.”
“Was it already like this when I got home?”
Then it means you’ve been arguing for quite some time.
“And the reason.”
After saying that, Ina paused for quite some time. Even though I opened my mouth, I closed it again, and I opened my mouth, but I hoped that no sound would come out several times.
“I think you noticed our relationship.”
“Our relationship?”
“Yes. You found the coupling you matched the other day…….”
“Ah.”
I didn’t consider that.
I decided to keep it at home because I thought that if I had a coupling, my friends and teachers would notice. I had no idea that anyone at home would notice.
“Is that why the two of you had such a big fight?”
“…… I think so.”
Ina answered like she was downcast.
It’s strange. It’s so strange.
How would she react if a parent found out that her daughter had a coupling ring?
There will be people who will congratulate you, but well, there will definitely be people who will be angry. The student said that he was dating instead of studying.
But it was hard to imagine that it would lead to a couple fight. Didn’t that go beyond the level of a small argument?
Maybe the two of them needed an excuse.
Couldn’t it have been her intention to find a reason to criticize and put down her opponent, and attack her with that?
She is, but has she ever lived in an environment like this?
Her head hurt. She asked, rubbing her forehead.
“Did you really fight so hard over that one thing?”
“I don’t know, but I don’t think so. For example, the last time I lied and went to play. It must have had an effect that the dismissal time was delayed after entering the newspaper club.”
“…… Okay.”
It’s hard to believe that there are parents who take issue with such things. Did you hurt Ina with this? She felt anger welling up in her chest.
But now the problem is not at that point. Her first priority was to think about what to do next.
“What happens if you fight like this normally?”
“Until now, he often came back in a few days and stayed in his room. There were times when he didn’t come for a long time, but I never lost contact with him.”
“Mmm.”
“In the meantime, I have been sending messages about things that happened at school. There were many cases where he would come back if I received good grades or sent him something that the teacher complimented me on…….”
Ina’s words made her heart ache more and more.
She spends what happened today like talking to herself to the person who doesn’t get an answer back. Even though she had something to celebrate, she never heard a word of congratulations.
Perhaps Ina has always lived like this.
“But this time, it seems like you fought a little louder. I don’t know if she’ll come back…….”
Ina let go of her words and bowed her head. She
Maybe she’s feeling some guilt. She did, but she didn’t have to. She is Inaga, who is innocent as much as a grain of rice, and she has no reason to harbor such feelings.
She squeezed Inna’s hand and opened her mouth.
“What are you going to do now?”
“How, Rani?”
“Are you going to stay here?”
She’s a mess with all the dishes and furniture. Does she intend to continue living here? She was worried about that.
“I’m thinking of doing that for now.”
And Ina’s answer was as I was worried about.
“From now on, I’ll just have to clean up a little bit. Therefore… ….”
“Hey, I’m sorry.”
I interrupted her and asked a question.
“Why do you want to protect this house so much?”
When I asked that question, Ina fell into trouble for a while.
“Well, if we abandon this house, our family will no longer be…….”
The afterword did not follow.
Anyway, Ina seemed to be still the same. She seemed unwavering in her idea of preventing the disintegration of her family by being a ‘good kid’.
I always did what Ina wanted and what Ina wanted. So, it would be better to follow Ina’s will this time as well.
So I followed Ina’s wish—
“No.”
―I couldn’t give it to you.
“No?”
Ina looked up at me with big eyes. I was very surprised because of my firm answer.
“Your room is fine, but even the living room is a mess. I don’t know where the glass might be broken. It’s too dangerous.”
“But… ….”
“Besides, the TV is broken and there are piles of clothes piled up, so it will take a long time to clean it up. Let’s leave it alone for now.”
“… ….”
Ina still had a doubtful look on her face. It’s like you didn’t understand what I was trying to say at all.
Why does she become such a fool when this guy gets involved with her family?
I can’t help it. Scratching my head, I summarized what I wanted to say in one word.
“I’m just worried about me.”
Ina was startled and her shoulders trembled.
“I’m worried about hurting my body, but I’m sure my heart is hurting too. If I leave it here, I think I’ll be crying alone. So no.”
Ina’s cheeks were stained red. Come to think of it, it was rare to express my feelings so directly.
She gazed at that face and spat out what she wanted to say.
“Then let’s go.”
Ina blinked her big eyes.
“To where?”
This is an odd question. Where are you? Of course.
“My house.”