I have pure love with them

Listening to Izumi behind her ending the call with his family, Toyokawa Shoko stared at the bushes, pursed her lips, and couldn't help asking a question.

"I thought you'd be more concerned about my ringtone."

"..."

Walking to the side of Toyokawa Shoko, Quan squatted down again and looked at Toyokawa Shoko's face, which was still a little pale but much better than before.

"You feel better?"

"……Um."

"Go back. I'll take you back."

"..."

Toyokawa Shoko's eyes dodged for a moment. Facing Izumi who had just received the care of her family, she thought of her father who did nothing and got drunk all day, and bit her lip.

Don't want to go back.

But she had nowhere else to go.

After adjusting her breathing, Toyokawa Shoko bit her lip and stood up shakily. Izumi, who was standing by, looked at her swaying figure and stepped forward to hold her arm.

What surprised Quan was that after he supported Toyokawa Shoko, she did not let him let go. Instead, she just turned her head slightly and avoided his gaze.

"..."

The two did not have any unnecessary exchanges, and Quan did not continue to hold the girl's arm. After confirming that Toyokawa Shoko was standing firmly, he withdrew his hand and walked in the same direction as the girl...

They walked for a long time. Since the attacker attacked when the subway was running at Yoyogi-Uehara, they only arrived at Tohokuze when the subway stopped operating urgently. It was still quite a distance away from where the two lived.

Although there are other subway and tram lines, Quan feels that Toyokawa Shoko, who is still frightened, probably won't have the courage to take other subways in such a short time.

So, it took the two of them a long time and a long walk before they arrived at Toyokawa Shoko's current residence.

The two stopped in front of the familiar residential building that was converted into an apartment.

"……Thanks."

Toyokawa Shoko looked at Izumi beside her. Facing Izumi who saved her in danger and sent her back home, she couldn't be so cold-blooded as to not even say "thank you".

“I’m actually very happy that I can go such a long way with my favorite band members.”

"..."

Looking at Izumi who was smiling in front of her and seemed not to take the attack case to heart at all, Toyokawa Shoko suddenly felt a little envious, envious of the other person's strong heart.

"Today, if it weren't for——"

"There are no ifs. Everything has already passed. Just let it go. The important thing is to look forward, right?"

"..."

For a moment, Xiangzi turned back into his 'weak' state. After hearing Quan's words, he pursed his soft lips and his eyes regained some light.

"Ah."

"Well, that's all for today. Good night."

"……etc."

When Quan was about to leave, Toyokawa Shoko suddenly called Quan, then slowly walked in front of Quan and extended her hand to him.

"You, you want her parents' signatures, right? Let's exchange contact information..."

327. Aine’s worry and concern

"I am back."

He pushed the door open and entered the house. He had just changed his shoes at the entrance and walked into the living room. Before he could react, he found someone coming towards him.

"Are you okay? Are you hurt?!"

"I'm fine...what happened?"

Seeing his mother coming to him to show concern as soon as he got home, Quan was a little confused by her worried expression. He looked around the living room and found that his father had also stood up from the sofa, looking at him carefully with a worried look.

Chihaya Aine, who had previously spoken to Izumi on the phone, was not as nervous as the other two. She just breathed a sigh of relief in her heart after confirming that there were no signs of injury on Izumi's body.

"See for yourself."

Chihaya Aine, who was originally sitting, saw that her brother seemed to have not reacted yet, or perhaps she wanted to play dumb so as not to worry her family. So she picked up her mobile phone, walked in front of Izumi, and played a video in front of him.

The video is a bit blurry, and it shows a familiar subway car. With bursts of exclamations, a group of people are running in the crowded car. In the brief moment of the video, Izumi sees himself protecting Toyokawa Shoko.

Although the picture quality of the video itself is not very clear, anyone who is familiar with Quan can recognize that this is Quan at a glance.

"This video is circulating on SNS. This video alone has been played 7.8 times. I think a lot of people know about it."

After the video ended, seeing that there was no change on Izumi's face and he was still calm, Chihaya Aine felt a little weird. She didn't know why Izumi could remain so calm and rational after encountering such an unexpected incident.

"Normally, people who encounter this kind of thing would be a little nervous and scared, right?"

"Do you want to see a doctor and get a checkup?"

Mr. Chihaya, who had been keeping silent the whole time, slowly spoke up after his wife and daughter had finished their concern, and asked Izumi about his condition.

"Because we were in the next carriage at the time, after noticing what happened, we quickly evacuated to other safe carriages, so we were not injured or hurt, and there was no problem."

"……Um."

After hearing Izumi's answer, Mr. Chihaya was silent for a moment and nodded slightly.

"The last time there was such a large attack was a long time ago, right?"

Chihaya Aine's gaze paused on her father, then looked at her mother who was protecting Izumi, and Izumi who had a calm face. She thought about it in her mind and suddenly thought of the famous attack incident about 20 years ago.

Although there have been many incidents involving subways, such an extreme attack makes it hard not to recall the case that shocked the world.

"There are some differences, right? The incident that happened today was probably an individual crime... Was there a specific number of casualties reported in the news?"

Thinking back to what happened at that time, the overly bloody scene made Quan frown, and he asked his sister in front of him about the casualties of the incident.

Hearing Izumi's question, Chihaya Aine recalled the news report just now -

"Just now the news reported that there were two people who were seriously injured and were being rescued, and another 2 people were injured."

"Ah."

After hearing about the casualties, Quan was a little surprised.

He saw the attacker committing the crime with his own eyes and thought that one or two people would die on the spot. But now they are seriously injured and are being rescued, which is much better than losing their lives on the spot.

"Did you walk back here? You probably haven't had dinner yet, have you?"

Mrs. Chihaya looked into Izumi's eyes and found that he reacted calmly. She thought that he was just frightened. She felt more concerned and sympathetic and asked him about his dinner.

"…No, I'm a little sweaty. I'll go wash up first. Don't worry about my share of dinner."

Although he remained calm, thinking back to what happened earlier, Quan had no appetite. He used taking a shower as an excuse to refuse the family's dinner and then walked towards the stairs. He wanted to go back to his room first and then go to the bathroom.

The three people in the family watched Quan's back as he left, their eyes filled with worry.

No one would think that Quan would have no reaction at all after experiencing such a dangerous situation. Everyone thought that Quan was considering the feelings of his family, so he acted so calmly.

His behavior of refusing dinner and going back to his room alone made the three of them think that Quan wanted to be alone and quiet to adjust his mood.

Chihaya Aine watched her brother's leaving back and pursed her lips slightly. Then, under the gaze of the two adults, she also ran towards the stairs.

"like--"

"Let her go. She's a younger sister, and she's different from us as parents. It would be more appropriate for her to comfort Quan."

Seeing that his wife was about to call their daughter, Mr. Chihaya sat back on the sofa and asked his wife to let their daughter go to find Izumi.

After hearing her husband's words, Mrs. Chihaya looked back at her husband, then nodded silently.

He walked down the stairs to the door of his room. Before he opened the door, he heard hurried footsteps behind him. The familiar footsteps made Quan stop opening the door and turn his head slightly to look towards the stairs.

The first thing you see is the long pink hair, followed by the girl's cute face.

"Well……"

The worried girl noticed the figure above her, so she slowed down her pace, stood quietly on the stairs, and met Quan's gaze.

She clearly had a lot of things she wanted to ask Quan and wanted to comfort him, but she was worried that her words might irritate Quan, so she pursed her lips and dared not speak casually. She stood on the stairs and slowly lowered her head.

"I'm fine. I just walked all the way back from Dongbei Ze. I'm a little tired. I just need a short rest."

"Really... are you okay?"

He slowly raised his head and met Quan's gaze. All the words in his heart finally turned into a simple question.

"Well, it's okay."

"...That's good. I was just... a little worried about you... Well, I'm glad you're okay. Then... I won't bother you for now."

Aine, who was concerned about Quan, found that she seemed to have lost the ability to organize her words at this moment. After clumsily speaking what was in her mind, she slowly turned around, walked down the stairs, and left slowly step by step.

"..."

He watched Aine leave and smiled softly. He felt much better after receiving the concern from his sister.

328. Can I come in?

At night, Quan, who had returned to his room from the bathroom, found that he had received quite a few messages, most of which were asking about his condition and whether he was injured.

As time passed and the incident fermented, many people had already learned about the subway attack. Later, people who knew Quan also saw Quan in the video and asked him about his situation.

After opening his own line and looking at a bunch of eye-catching unread messages, Quan didn't think too much. He slowly clicked on one and edited his reply, then copied and pasted it, and then began to reply one by one.

[Quanjun, are you okay? Where are you now?]

When Quan replied one by one, he couldn't help but fall silent until he saw the news about Nagasaki Soyo.

"..."

Since Nagasaki Shoyo is already concerned about his affairs, it means that Nagasaki Shoyo has also seen the news and videos, and when he saw himself, he had already recognized Toyokawa Shoko, right?

Others might not recognize Toyokawa Shoko, but Izumi didn't think Nagasaki Shoyo would fail to recognize Toyokawa Shoko.

"Even if it's not as bad as 'turned to ash', it should be close."