Chapter 102 Sahara (1/2)

”I'm home,” Yuzuru said while entering her apartment.

”Yuduru!” Shouko hurriedly hugged her, she was really worried about her.

”Nee-chan!” Yuzuru was startled.

”Sowwy! Sowwy!” Shouko said.

Yuzuru was smiling, ”I'm sorry too, nee-chan-han.”

Shouko nodded and they hugged each other again.

”That's right, I want to drink grandma's perilla juice,” Yuzuru said.

Their grandma nodded and started to prepare perilla juice for them.

”Yuzuru, who is that guy really?” Yaeko came to them.

Yuzuru sighed, ”His name is Yuuki, he is nee-chan's friend, I don't know anything further about him, he really likes to tease me that he will marry Shouko in the future,” she said while grumbling.

”Hoo? Some boys want to marry Shouko?” Ito was surprised.

Ito is the mother of Yaeko and the grandmother of Shouko and Yuzuru. She was Shouko's and Yuzuru's primary caretaker after her son-in-law abandoned their family and Yaeko was forced to spend all her time supporting the family financially.

Shouko was blushing, ”N-no! Youki is my freenn! An-and, I em suor he hass alreeedy a gerlfrieend,” she smiled bitterly.

Yaeko, Yuzuru, and Ito were surprised it was their first time to see Shouko's to have this kind of expression.

”Oh, can you tell me more about him?” Ito asked.

Shouko nodded and started telling them about their meeting.

Yaeko felt worried about Shouko but she was very distant toward her, she wouldn't start to ask her, she didn't say anything and listened to her story.

Shouko told everyone that she met him when she lost her hearing aid, later, Yuuki helped him to search it and found it for her, but, her hearing aid was broken, he gave her a new one, she showed them his hearing aid on her ears.

Ito and Yuzuru were surprised, they thought it was her old one but it was new, they had never noticed it.

”He is a good boy, you should bring him here sometimes,” Ito said.

”No way!!! I'm sure he'll take Shouko later!!”Yuzuru didn't want him to come.

”Yies, I wial breng hiim lateer,” Shouko said with a smile.

”NEE-CHAN!!” Yuzuru felt betrayed.

Yaeko who heard the story about Yuuki felt he wasn't a bad person but she needed to know more about him, she knew hearing aid wasn't something cheap, it must be very expensive especially when she noticed Shouko could hear better when she was wearing his hearing aids.

Yaeko knew Yuuki must be from someone rich, she didn't believe in man, she had been abandoned by her husband because of her child, she knew the story of Cinderella where the poor girl being courted by a handsome prince was a big lie, she wanted to know his reason to get closer to her daughter.

Yaeko needed to protect them.

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The next day, Yuuki had prepared himself to go with Shouko to meet Sahara. He didn't really want to meet her and Ishida, especially, he walked to the train station where everyone was waiting.