Ema's younger brother

"Eh... brother-san?"

Asahina, who was talking with her colleagues in the temple, saw Hinata Motoshi walking down the mountain, but... what happened to that walking posture that would fall to the ground at any time? !

"Sorry Tanaka-kun, something happened to my brother." Asahina looked at Goji Tanaka with a little apology, "I have to go and see."

"Ah, it's okay, Asahina-kun, hurry up, he looks very bad."

Goji Tanaka urged Asahina Kaname with some worry.

Wanting to nod his head, he hurriedly ran to Hinata Chen who was staggering along with his head down: "What happened? It's dangerous for you to walk down the mountain like this."

He grabbed Hinata's arm.

After being caught, the young man stopped in his tracks, as if his fangs had been pulled out, his sharp claws had been lost, and he could no longer find a trace of determination in his body: "...what does it have to do with you."

——This sentence exhausted Asahina's last trace of tenderness towards her new family.

The monk in purple clothes shook the boy's arm with a cold face. He thought that the boy would leave him immediately, or sneer at him.

But Hinata Chen's reaction was beyond his expectation——

After repeatedly confirming that the strength he used was not too much, Asahina looked at Hinata Chen who fell on the ground with some confusion. He wanted to question the boy and swallowed it after seeing the tears that hit the ground drop by drop.

"...Hinata Moto?"

Asahina wanted to squat down.

"Master...is dead." After hearing his name, Hinata Chen responded, "His body...disappeared in front of me."

"I can't keep anything..."

The young man who raised his head was crying uncontrollably. His dark red eyes were misty, blurring his usual cold and hard eyes, making him so fragile that it hurts his heart.

The pear-yellow hair was like frost-beaten eggplant, which had lost all its luster and vitality, and was stuck to the master's head dejectedly, making the delicate face with traces of tears even more embarrassing.

"...Your master, does he like you very much?" Asahina hesitated for a moment, but gently stroked the boy's hair with his hand, "He must love you very much."

——"Xiaochen, you have to protect yourself, if you get hurt, Master will not be happy."

Thinking of what Bei Daozhi said while pulling his cheek when he saw his injury, Hinata nodded in a daze.

"So, he definitely doesn't want his death to be the cause of your pain." Asahinai was about to withdraw his hand to appease Hinata, his solemn and pious appearance caught Hinata's eyes, "I don't want to either... . . to see someone break down over the death of someone important."

The monk who had always been frivolous now looked sad and blamed himself, adding a bit of sadness to his handsome face.

——Hinata Chen gradually stopped the rushing tears.

He once encountered a ghost named Fuyuka Shiraishi, and he knew a boy named Kiori Asahina who was deeply in the shadow of his girlfriend's death.

"Do not be sad......"

Ryu Xiangchen sat on the ground, his dark red eyes were as pure as the rising sun in the sky.

"Obviously I am comforting you."

Asahina wanted to look at the boy in front of him with tears on his face, and shook his head with a broken smile. He stretched out his hand and wiped Hinata Chen's face.

......

The reflexively straightened body gradually relaxed.

Hinata's slender eyelashes trembled, and she didn't stop Asahina from wiping away her tears.

"Okay." After wiping the boy's cheeks clean, Asahina raised her lips with a frivolous and gentle smile, "Beautiful brother-san, do you feel that Oni-chan's impression has suddenly become taller?"

Hinata, recovering from his emotions, raised his eyebrows and looked up and down at the monk in front of him, before giving a light snort.

"Ah, what a disappointment."

Asahina, who has several tsundere younger brothers in the family, wants to say that she can see that Hinata Chen's attitude towards him has softened a lot, and it's not appropriate to tease him too hard just now.

"Let's go home together."

Asahina wanted to reach out her hand to Hinata, and slightly raised her eyebrows.

Ryu Xiangchen lowered his head and fell into silence. He couldn't perceive human emotions, but the flowers and trees around him told him: This is a very good person.

They expected him to accept the man's advances.

——The young man stretched out his hand slowly, and placed it on the man's palm.

The feeling of skin contact made him move his fingers involuntarily.

Asahina wanted to be quick with her eyes and hands, and held the young man's soft and warm palm the moment Hinata Chen approached him, and she felt the boy's move to withdraw his hand as expected.

The monk calmly clenched his hands tightly.

Hinata Moto: ...I regret it. 【Tangled.jpg】

The road down the mountain is a bit steep, gravel scattered on the side of the road, luxuriant tree branches layer upon layer, forming a quiet shade, the breeze is gentle, and the grass is swaying.

The warm sunlight fell on Asahina Kaname's body, adding a bit of touching warmth.

"Brother Sang, the road ahead is a bit difficult, so watch your step."

He turned around, and his ying-colored eyes met Shangri Xiangchen's slightly confused gaze.

"Brother Sang...?"

"I'm fine!" Hinata Chen replied in a panic, and then tripped over the gravel in the next second and fell on Asahina Kaname's back.

Hinata Moto: ...I remember you, Gravel.

"puff--"

Kaname Asahina still couldn't help laughing.

Hyuga Shitaojiao Chen expressed that he didn't want to talk to this new brother anymore, he calmly put away his annoyance and shyness, and gave Asahina a cold look.

Yao: ...I don't know why I want to laugh even more.

The way back to Asahina's house ended with Sannan Yao's restrained smile and Hinata Chen's indifferent face.

"Chen, why did you come back so late today." Ema, who was waiting for her younger brother to return at the door, was stunned when she saw Asahina asking for it, "Thank you, brother."

She bent down and bowed.

"Sister-chan, you don't need to be so restrained."

To lightly smiled.

"Hey... I think this kind of etiquette must be done well." Ema raised her beautiful face and returned a sweet smile, but silently separated and Asahina required boundaries.

Her gaze froze for a moment when she saw Asahina's hand that was about to shake hands with Hinata Chen.

—— Hinata Chen awkwardly shook off Asahina's hand.

Looking at the depressed Ema and the inexplicably guilty Hinata Moto, he narrowed his eyes with interest: "Ah, I remembered that I'm going to tutor Yusuke's homework, so let's go first."

In spite of Hyuga Chen's fierce stare, he messed up his hair, and left Hyuga boy with a chic back.

"Chen, when will we see?"

Ema walked up to Hinata Chen who was staring at Asahina's back.

"...What?" Hinata boy blinked, and began to play dumb without any pressure.

"When did Chen... get so close to brother Yao?" Ema held the hand that Asahina was about to shake just now, "Ming Mingchen and I are the closest."

The girl looked at him with eyes as clear as glass, her grievances covered up all her paranoia.

"......No."

Hinata Chen denied that his Asahina wanted to get close.

"Why did Chen come back holding hands with Brother Yao?"

"......nothing much."

Hinata, who was a little confused by the questioning, decisively pulled Ema's hand away, and walked towards the door of the apartment—but was hugged tightly by Ema again, causing him a little pain.

"The dust is mine."

Ema lowered her head, the tail of her hair brushing the back of Hinata Chen's neck.

Hinata Makoto, who was sworn in as sovereign, pursed his lips. He hesitated for a moment, but pushed Ema away forcefully: "You'd better...don't get so close to me."

Ema staggered and opened her eyes wide in disbelief.

"You'll be very happy here...I'll be moving out in a while."

Hinata Chen forcibly suppressed his inner emotions, turned his back to Ema, said his decision in a calm and steady voice, and resolutely walked into Asahina's apartment.

Ema, who was standing still, clenched her fists tightly, her nails sank into her palms, and there was a burst of pain.

"Why does Chen... always want to push my sister away."

Her gentle voice was suppressed a little weirdly, and her eyes were even more cloudy.

"Aren't we the most intimate existence?"

The girl's murmur was scattered in the wind, but no one heard it.

"Yo, I'm back."

Hinata Chen who had just walked into the room had no time to feel sad when he saw Shiraishi, female ghost and Donghua occupying his bed without any hesitation, floating leisurely on it.

"...You don't need to rest and lie on my bed!"

Hyuga's expression was a bit bad, but luckily he had already planned to move out, otherwise he would have to sleep in this bed where the ghost had been lying on.

"Well, don't be angry." Baishi Donghua floated in front of Ryu Xiangchen, and gracefully brushed the long hair next to her ear, "I'm so pitiful that I can only float on the bed."

Ryu Xiangchen frowned and glanced at her, then gave up struggling and sighed.

"It's up to you... Also, I'll let you meet Kiori tomorrow."

"Eh?" Baishi Donghua blinked, a little surprised, "Is it okay...? You still haven't healed from the wound you were haunted by a ghost last time?"

"Anyway, giving you blood will hurt you." Ryu Xiangchen walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, closing his eyes tiredly, "It can be regarded as thanks for helping me deal with the blood stains that day."

"Hmm. Knowing how to repay kindness is a good character, young man."

Baishi Donghua came over and rubbed his hair, her lake green eyes were full of gratitude and excitement.

Hyuga Chen, whose hair had almost turned into a chicken coop, slapped off the ghost's hand expressionlessly, curled up on the bed and prepared to sleep and rest.

After all...it's too hard to lose someone important.

The author has something to say:

ohh~

My sister is going to explode.