[Comprehensive] Manna's Summer

When the man was about to leave, Kugaoi opened her mouth sullenly.

"Cakes on the table. Remember to take them away."

"what?"

"What are you talking about! Just take it away!" Aoi buried her face in the pillow awkwardly, "Okay, hurry up, you are busy with work!"

The man was startled, and smiled wryly.

"...Yes." He stretched out his hand again, gently stroking Shangkui's cheek, "very busy."

His voice gradually dropped.

"I've never been a good father. Sorry, Aoi."

"Y-It's not that bad..." Aoi pulled the quilt up to her chin, blushing slightly, "Let's be so-so!"

The man smiled slightly.

"Take good care of yourself."

He finally said, touched his daughter's face lightly, picked up the pastry on the bedside table, turned and left.The moment the man put his hand on the doorknob, he heard a sound as thin as a mosquito behind him.

"...Dad." The girl's voice became weaker, "Goodbye."

"……Bye-Bye."

***

Unbeknownst to Kugaoi, that was the last time she saw her father.

She also didn't know that when her father left the office, there was only a white envelope and an empty but neatly placed food box on the table.

The only thing Jiugaoi knew was that when she woke up the next day, she opened the newspaper and saw the news that the Jiuwo consortium had gone bankrupt and her father committed suicide by jumping off a building.

The man who was not good at words finally chose to jump off the top of the building he had fought for all his life.

Kugaoi's world fell apart at this moment.

***

The dead don't come back, but the living go on.

The funeral took place as scheduled.That day, it rained heavily.

Jiugaoi knelt on the left column of the posthumous photo expressionlessly, her slender black eyes were wide open, without a trace of light, staring right at a certain point in the void, her face was as white as dead gray, so calm Creepy.Kaoru Kuga knelt beside her, casting worried glances at her from time to time.

Wearing black mourning clothes, Kuroko Mana walked up to Aoi after the worship, and gently put her shoulders on her shoulders.

"...Condolences."

Jiugaoi bowed numbly, and said "thank you" mechanically.Mana watched her worriedly, and when she was about to say something, Erica pulled her sleeve from behind and shook her head slightly.Mana had no choice but to swallow the words she hadn't said yet, and quietly watched Kuga Aoi for a long time, then sighed lightly, and patted Aoi's shoulder again.

"I'll wait for you outside." She said softly.

***

Mana followed Erika outside the house.Standing under the eaves watching the pouring rain outside.

"What did Mana-chan want to say just now?" Erica's voice was a little blurred in the rain.

And Mana just stared into the distance silently, Erika didn't wait for her answer, and continued talking on her own.

"It's useless to say anything at this time, Aoi won't listen to it. This kind of thing, I can only survive it myself, there is no other way."

Mana lowered her eyes slightly.

"...You're right." She sighed slightly, "It's my fault."

"Mana-chan, it's just a little bit too kind." Erika lowered her head and rubbed her toes unconsciously, "Aoi-chan doesn't look very good... What shall we do in the future?"

Yes, BIOS, what should I do?

Mana shook her head and said: "Now this is not important anymore, the important thing is Aoi's situation. She doesn't look like 'not so good'..."

The eyes of the two turned to Aoi who was thanking the guest mechanically, with a hint of worry in their eyes.

"Aoi sauce..." Erika murmured.

A few whispers reached their ears.

"Look at the leader, it's the eldest son of Jiu's family."

"Hey, hasn't he settled abroad?"

"If something happens at home, you have to come back, not to mention the current situation of Jiuga's family. After Mr. Jiuga's death, he will be the only one who can support the Jiuwo consortium. You can't let your young sister bear the family's debts, right? "

"Not one more..."

"Hey, what's the use of the second child? He ran away from home and went outside for so many years to make a 'punk'. He didn't make a name for himself. It is said that he didn't even finish high school! What's the use of looking for him, it's not as good as that Miss, at least she was raised as a serious heir, and she is also a girl, if she takes Jiu's name and finds a rich man to marry, it will be easy to raise Jiu's family."

"I said you, my lady is only 13 years old!"

"What's wrong with being 13 years old? When I'm 16 years old, how long will I have to worry about marrying with my surname? It's better than the second child. After so many years of wandering outside, my heart is wild, and I don't have any skills at all. Girls hate it when I marry it. He's poor. What can he do?"

"Hey, it's also fortunate that the eldest son of my family has returned after a long time..."

"It may not be a good thing that he came back. He has a debt of more than one billion yen. If he didn't have the ability to bring the dead back to life, let me tell you, he might be the next one to jump off the stairs!"

"Stop talking! It's scary enough!"

……

Mana worriedly looked into the room, but met Kuga Kaoru's gaze.

She took a step back unconsciously, subconsciously raising her hands to her chest in a defensive gesture.Kaoru Kuga looked away again as if nothing happened, but Mana did not let go of her raised hands.

The chill still remained in her heart.

The moment Kaoru Kuga just looked at each other, the look in his eyes made her shudder.

It was an extremely depressing look, complicated and indescribable, anger, grief, coldness, resentment... Countless emotions flashed in his eyes, and finally condensed into a kind of blackness without a trace of light.

There was a faint premonition in Mana's heart.

——Hey, Kaoru-kun.what are you thinking about?

***

The two stayed until the time of the funeral, and everyone in the hall was busy preparing to send the body to the crematorium.

Just when Mana was also assigned a few small tasks, there was a sudden commotion in the room, and Mana rushed in hurriedly, only to see Kugaoi being grabbed by two men in the crowd, screaming heartbreakingly "Dad Dad, Dad———————————————————————————————————————His hands stretched out like spasms, desperately trying to grab the sleeves of the corpse, wanting to keep his father by his side forever.

That shrill voice seemed to penetrate people's hearts, Mana's eyes turned red all of a sudden, and she squeezed into the crowd no matter what happened.With great difficulty, she squeezed to Aoi's side, and immediately hugged Aoi into her arms, no matter how many times she bumped into her when she was struggling, she still insisted on hugging Aoi tightly, gently stroking her long hair, Tried to reassure her.

"Don't cry, don't cry... Be good, don't cry..."

Kugaoi's force was so strong that it hurt Mana's ribs. She still coaxed the crying girl like a child, stroking her long hair and temples over and over again.

"It's okay... Aoi be good, don't cry, don't cry..."