Chapter 158: Discussion (1/2)

Five days passed ever since Amane met the man who appeared to be Mahiru’s father.

Amane did pay attention whenever he went out, just in case he did meet the man, but his worry did not come to pass.

He probably came to meet Mahiru, or at least, to check on her, and hesitated at the last moment. Otherwise, he would have approached her.

Amane asked Mahiru, and she never was contacted by him, nor did she meet him. Perhaps he did not intend to meet Mahiru at this time.

“…I don’t get it.”

Amane understood that the man wanted to visit, but not the motive. The strange mystery continued to leave goosebumps in his heart.

Despite that, Amane could not press the matter too much. He could not do anything until the man actually made contact.

“What’s wrong with you?”

“Just something on my mind.”

Itsuki was at Amane’s house, with his summer homework, and looked perturbed as Amane was merely grumbling away, looking at his assignments.

“It’s rare to see you voice your troubles…alright, tell your big bro here.”

“Aren’t you born later than me?”

“Don’t sweat the details. Come on.”

Itsuki probably was sick of doing his assignments.

He tossed the mechanical pencil onto the table, slapped his own chest, basically telling Amane to leave it to him.

…What do I do now?

Of course, he could not tell Itsuki of Mahiru’s family situation, Even though the latter was a good friend, he could not reveal things Mahiru had decided to keep secret.

Amane might be able to talk it out if it was his own secret, but he could not be forthfront and inform Itsuki of Mahiru’s secret.

Despite that, he was quietly frustrated that he could not come up with an answer.

After being silent for a while, he chose his words carefully, and said.

“If there’s one guy who always never contacted you, and suddenly showed up, what would you think of about that?”

“Is this about yourself?”

“No comment.”

“Oh? Sure.”

Itsuki showed a gaudy look at Amane’s comment, and seemed to have understood something. However, he did not pursue the matter further, and pondered.