Zongman: Dream with me

Yukinoshita Haruno left, leaving Kasugano Sora alone there until dawn.

The thrilling events of the past few days seemed to be just a small episode. To those who did not know the truth, Kasugano and the others just went to Tokyo for a vacation under the pretext of signing the contract.

Everyone avoids talking about that experience as if it never happened, but that doesn't mean the impact is over.

"Xiaoxue, don't you find it strange?"

In the Light Music Club, Yuigahama quietly leaned over to Yukinoshita and whispered.

"what happened?"

"Are Xiaoyou and Xiaoqiong a little too close?"

Yukinoshita looked at the two people who were huddled together, browsing something on their phones, while Mashiro was drawing seriously on the side, remaining silent about their behavior.

But every time she stopped writing, Mashiro would throw herself into Mu You's arms to rest without any reservation, and Qiong had no objection to this.

"……Feel sorry."

"Huh? Xiaoxue, why are you apologizing?"

Yes, why? Yukinoshita did not answer this question.

Because she can't tell you the truth.

Qiong's determined eyes that day, and Mu You's explanation later: She can tell everyone the truth, but once rumors spread and affect their lives, they will leave and start a new life in a place where no one knows them.

Yukinoshita Yukino argues with Muyou that this is just an escape, but Muyou tells her that Qiong doesn't care.

Because she had no solution.

During the conversation in the ward, Mu You admitted that he had also thought about letting Qiong gradually walk out of the shadow of the past and make more friends.

"I hope Qiong will be more attached to this world, even if it's because of me."

Muyou seeks a solution from Xueno, but she seems powerless.

Because she betrayed her own justice.

Even though she was watching her friend sink deeper and deeper into the abyss, it seemed that all Yukinoshita could do now was to conceal it as much as possible.

She had also thought about asking her sister, but for some reason her sister went abroad. Before leaving, she only asked her to stay away from Mu You and told her that they were not from the same world.

All these things made Yukinoshita lose sleep, and she was absent-minded every day. Finally, after she was distracted in class, she was invited to Hiratsuka Shizuka's office.

"Yukinoshita-san, you don't seem to be in a good state recently."

In the office, Shizuka Hiratsuka, who was wearing a white coat and had a capable demeanor and intimidated a group of students from General Affairs High School with her iron fist, looked at the good student in front of her with some concern.

"Are you worried about things at home? You don't have to worry too much about that. In fact, this time the Yukinoshita family can be considered a blessing in disguise..."

"It's not about family matters."

"What's that for?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Hiratsuka, I have no comment to make."

"Tsk, what a diplomatic rhetoric. Since you won't tell me, let me guess. Is it because of that Kasugano Yuu kid?"

Yukinoshita raised her eyebrows and looked up at Hiratsuka Shizuka, who placed both hands on her shoulders and said comfortingly:

"It's okay, I understand. Everyone has that person in their heart. It's not terrible to be heartbroken, but you have to cheer up and face the new life bravely. What doesn't kill me will only make me stronger."

"Teacher, is this the result of your recent failed blind date?"

Yukinoshita's cold words were like a heavy punch to Hiratsuka Shizuka. The latter spit out blood exaggeratedly and looked at Yukinoshita Yukino in disbelief.

"Is this betrayal? This must be betrayal!"

"I don't think so. I'm more curious about where the teacher heard the rumor."

"Um, this..."

"Teacher, don't you know that spreading rumors is actually illegal?"

"Yukinoshita-san, I'm the teacher!"

Hiratsuka spoke quietly and restrainedly, and what met Yukinoshita's gaze was Yukinoshita's increasingly cold one.

.........

When Yukinoshita walked out of the office, she was actually quite helpless in her heart. Why did her sister still have the heart to play such a joke on her even though she had gone abroad?

His temper is still as bad as ever.

Just as she was having a headache, she saw Miyazono Kaoru around the corner, holding a bag in her hand. When she saw her, the girl smiled as always.

"What are you doing?"

"Isn't it obvious? I'm waiting for you!"

"..."

Along the way, Yukinoshita Yukino's eyes always unconsciously looked at the girl next to her. She, herself, and Arima Kousei were in the same international class, and judging from their plans, it seemed that they would apply to a foreign music school in a year.

Miyazono Kaoru is a very special girl. She seems to be full of enthusiasm for everything and full of love for life. No matter what it is, she seems to be able to savor the fun in it and enjoy everything.

But why did she want to find me alone today?

"I heard that Yukino-chan and Kyon-chan were elementary school classmates?" Miyazono Kaoru asked Yukino curiously.

"Ah."

"Have you ever seen Qiong when she was little? Wasn't she very cute?"

"This..." Yukinoshita recalled the stunning long silver hair, snow-white skin, and slightly chubby face of Kasugano Sora when she was a child. She looked like an exquisite doll.

Yukinoshita nodded subconsciously.

"I see. I'm so envious of Yukino."

“I don’t think there’s anything to envy about this.”

Yukinoshita answered calmly, she was a little confused about what the other person meant.

"Did Qiong like to laugh when she was little?"

"Ok?"

Miyazono Kaoru looked at Yukinoshita tenderly, but after feeling the other's strange gaze, she withdrew her gaze and said as if reminiscing:

"The first time I saw Qiong was actually in the hospital, and at that time they had just experienced that car accident..."

Miyazono Kaoru couldn't describe how she felt at that moment. She felt as if she saw a zombie, stubbornly staying by the side of an unconscious boy.

She didn't know what was happening and didn't know what to do.

Fortunately, the boy woke up quickly and recovered soon after. However, the girl fell ill again due to excessive grief and needed to rest.

The boy would come to see the girl every day. Later, during a conversation with the nurses, she learned about the car accident that took away their parents. Then, when she ran into the boy after returning to school, she found out that he was actually from the same school.

He is also Kousei's classmate, his name is Kasugano Yuu.

And his sister is called Kasugano Sora.

"In my impression, Qiong rarely smiles. Due to her physical condition, she was forced to stay in bed most of the time.

But later, I became a fellow patient."

You was really busy at that time. He had to deal with relatives, spend time understanding the world, and write novels to make money.

"That was the most difficult time for the brother and sister. Actually, there were relatives willing to adopt them, but that also meant they would be separated."

After asking Qiong about her opinion, You politely declined those relatives.

"You know what? During those days when You was away, Qiong would ask me every day if You would abandon her. She would ask me every once in a while until You finished his business and returned to the hospital."

Yukinoshita listened silently. In Kaoru's story, she seemed to see a sick figure who, after losing his parents, could only lie in the hospital bed, looking helplessly at the sky outside the window.

Wandering, waiting, fearful.

Will he come today? Will he think I'm a burden? Will he abandon me?

A feeling of suffocation began to surge in Yukinoshita Yukino's heart.