Chapter 64: The Angel and the Venomous Rose (2/2)
“…Yes.”
“That’s all. Don’t bother me with anything unnecessary.”
Mahiru answered softly, and the lady snorted before turning to leave.
She was walking to the elevator hall, and Amane went to the corridor with some awkwardness.
As they passed, she glanced aside at him, and left without saying anything.
Mahiru stood there, spotted Amane, and winced.
“…You heard that?”
“Sorry.”
He did not lie, and apologized earnestly.
He did not intend to eavesdrop, but he could not have left at that moment.
And he could not leave Mahiru in that state.
“Erm, who’s that?”
“…Sayo Shiina. My actual mother.”
Recently, she would show a tender expression more frequently, but she seemed more reticent than their first encounter. Her voice seemed to creak with every word she said.
“I knew my mother hated me all this while. There is no point worrying about it now.”
Her voice was flat and monotonous.
Amane concluded that she was acting tough, given that he spent much time with her, watching over her.
It was obvious that she was suppressing such emotions…the suffering, the pain, the sorrow.
She was about to silently retreat to her room, and Amane instinctively grabbed her hand.
But that instinct might be the correct choice.
If he let Mahiru be, her thoughts might take a turn for the worst.
Mahiru was dumbfounded, and showed a faint, feeble smile, wanting to shake his hand off. Amane held firm though, not wanting to let go at all.
He held her shockingly weak and helpless wrist firmly, yet not forcibly. That wrist was so shockingly feeble.
“Come with me.”
Amane said to Mahiru with a forceful tone, one he usually would not use, and she showed an awkward smile on her contorted face.
“…I, am fine, you know? You do not have to worry, Amane-kun.”
“I’m saying this because I want to be with you.”
Even he felt that he was being too arrogant, but he had no intention of retracting his words.
He stared at Mahiru intently, and her face showed an utterly feeble smile, before she stopped resisting.
He impudently took that as an agreement, grabbed her hand, and dragged her to his place.