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?
*I don't know how exactly it goes though,*Itsuki shrugged. "I guess it." Amane noted wryly.
Considering what Itsuki had said, it was not strange for the man to appear, though the reasons remained unknown.
Amane did not know of Mahiru's father, how his personality was like, how he treated others, and he had no way to deal with this.
If there was, perhaps something happened with his mistress, or himself. He could not imagine any other reason why he wanted to meet Mahiru again.
"I don't know much, and I can't say much, but if it's me, I'll definitely be curious enough to try and contact him. I don't like to feel all gaudy and leave it be."
"It's you though..."
"Since you're more passive, why don't you wait for him to show up? I think he'll show up again sooner or later. If he's going to give up on making a direct appearance, he would have sent a message, made a call."
Itsuki said that they could only wait since they did not understand the situation, and Amane too made the same conclusion.
A major reason was that the man was looking for Mahiru, and Amane was helpless.
"I guess that's that." Amane sighed, and Itsuki's lips happily curled into a smile.
"...Yo, you're working hard for the one you love, young man."
"Wha?"
"You're easy to read. You would have said it's about yourself if it's really about you. Who else but Shiina-san's matters would leave you so frustrated?"
"...Shut up."
"I don't have the right to interfere with others, so this is all I'll go. Work hard for your cute girlfriend then, Amane."
Itsuki jabbed his elbow at Amane, who looked displeased, and muttered back, "I get that."
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