A passionate daily life starting from the Tachibana family

The heavy rain outside the house also poured down after the rumbling thunder.

The coolness on the floor and the cold wind blowing in from the end of the corridor made the thinly dressed Okino Rinka come back to her senses with a jolt.

After reaching out to wipe away her tears, Okino Rinka slumped on the ground and let out a soft 'um'.

With his mind that was confused due to sadness, he thought about the remedy.

She remembered all of Brother Heshu's preferences and knew all of his habits.

Although my mind is not clear due to sadness and anxiety.

But after thinking for a while, she quickly thought of a way to make up for it.

She remembered that Brother Heshu liked to eat Dorayaki the most.

She remembered telling Brother Shu that as long as she ate Dorayaki, all the sad and sad things in her heart would be forgotten.

and so……

"Dorayaki..."

With cold hands, he propped up his numb legs.

Okino Rinka, who was anxious to repair the rift between the two of them, walked downstairs while holding on to the wall.

After taking out an umbrella from the umbrella basket at the entrance, I rushed straight into the rain without adding another piece of clothing.

Although it was not night yet, the sky was extremely dark.

The fleeting thunder and lightning was like a dragon or a python, coiled in the dark clouds.

Accompanied by a deafening thunder.

Under the heavy rain, a petite figure holding a transparent umbrella marched hard on the road against the wind and rain.

Feeling the chill in the cold wind, Okino Rinka's petite body drenched by rain trembled like chaff.

Thinking of his determination when his brother pushed him out of the room just now.

She couldn't open her eyes due to the rain splashing on her face, biting her white and bloody lips, she walked slowly but firmly towards the convenience store.

……

Clover convenience store.

Jingle~

Sounds are heard.

Because it was raining and there were few customers, Haruno Reito, who was waiting boredly for the store manager to finish talking to Sasaki, turned his head.

tick~

What caught his eye was a girl wearing her school's freshman uniform, soaked to the skin and dripping with water.

The girl's face was covered by wet chestnut hair.

So Haruno Lingdou didn't see her face clearly.

The only thing that could be seen was the girl's pale but swollen left half of her face, and her bloodless lips.

Not waiting for Haruno Lingdou's dull eyes to recover.

I saw this girl rushing into the store quickly, throwing the deformed transparent umbrella in her hand to the ground, and quickly rushed into the food area with dripping steps.

"This……"

Watch the girl disappear into the food area.

Thinking that he had met a homeless girl, Haruno Reito subconsciously wanted to turn around and tell the store manager.

But before he could turn around.

The girl, soaked and shivering, jumped out of the food area.

After throwing a handful of change at Haruno Reito, the girl rushed out of the convenience store like an arrow.

"This……"

Looking at the large and small coins on the cash register, Haruno Lingdou raised his head and glanced at the girl who disappeared in the rain curtain outside the door, coming and going like the wind.

Not knowing what the situation was, he scratched his head.

Just when he was about to tell the store manager about it.

Sasaki walked out of the room after communicating with Ayumi.

After patting the stunned Haruno Reito, Sasaki picked up the scattered coins on the table:

"Why are you standing there without taking money? Sister Kasumi is here?"

He looked up at the empty door and saw only a deformed umbrella falling to the ground. Sasaki blinked in confusion.

"No, just now I saw a girl wearing our school's first-grade uniform but soaked entering the store."

"She didn't say anything when she came in, she just ran into the food area."

"Before I could react, she threw a handful of change at me..."

He glanced at the dripping deformed umbrella and listened to Haruno Reito's description.

Thinking of what I said to her this morning.

Sasaki suddenly felt something bad in his heart.

Holding Haruno Reito's wrist, Sasaki interrupted him.

"Is that girl short and has chestnut hair?"

Haruno Reito, who almost screamed when he felt the severe pain in his wrist, heard the urgency in his words and nodded quickly.

Got a definite answer.

Sasaki jumped over the checkout counter and rushed towards the door.

Watching Sasaki rush into the rain without even taking an umbrella.

Haruno Lingdou opened his mouth, wanting to remind him to bring an umbrella, but swallowed it back

"It's so urgent..."

……

Fountain Park.

"Fuck, it's really unlucky. I just lost my money and it rained so heavily. You really can't get along with me, are you?"

Under the dark rain curtain, a few figures whose figures were extremely blurred by the distant neon lights came out with a curse.

Following those swaying figures, we walked under the street lights in the park.

Their faces hidden in the night were also revealed.

One is a bald old man wearing work clothes who looks quite old.

There were several scar-like marks on the old man's bare head.

It added a bit of ferocity to his already ugly face.

One is a middle-aged man with gray hair on his temples and an ordinary face, but has a vulgar temperament that makes people disgusted for no reason.

One is a tall and strong young man with short hair, long cheeks and sallow skin.

The last one was a fat young man with a wide body, pale skin, and short light purple hair that reached his ears.

What these people have in common is that they all wear dusty work clothes and have red faces.

Coupled with the shaky steps, it was obvious that they had just finished gambling and drinking.

And that curse was uttered by the youngest and strongest young man among the four.

After hearing what the young man said, the fat man among the four spoke with a slightly complaining tone.

"I told you to leave a long time ago. My salary has just been paid. If I don't want to vent, I have to gamble."

"I'm betting my own money. What do you mean? You don't have a penny now, either?"

The young man, who was unconscious after drinking, was immediately unhappy when he heard the fat man's complaints.

After stopping, I wanted to push him.

But he was stopped by the middle-aged man walking between the two people:

"Now that you are talking about this... eh?"

Halfway through the words, the middle-aged man seemed to have discovered something, squinting his eyes, frowning, and looking towards the roadside outside the park.

And his actions also attracted the attention of the other three people.

He touched the fat man next to him.

The bald man used the light on the roadside to vaguely see a petite girl running wildly in the rain with her head lowered not far away.

"Fat man, you have good eyesight. If I'm not mistaken, that's a girl, right?"

"Yes, that's a girl!"

He nodded firmly.

When drunk, the desires in the heart are not gone, and evil thoughts surge.

The fat man grinned and touched the bald man next to him.

But didn't wait for him to speak.

The middle-aged man among the four was the first to say: "Isn't this money?"

looked at each other.

The four people who wanted to go together held umbrellas and quickly ran towards the blurry figure passing by the park.

The evil light flashing in their eyes and the hot breath exhaled from their wide-open mouths made their already ugly faces look even more terrifying at this moment, like evil ghosts crawling out of hell.

As they ran quickly, the four people held umbrellas, blocking the girl's way home like a high wall.

And Okino Rinka, who had her head lowered, her strength getting weaker and weaker, and running slower and slower, ran headlong into the high wall that was unshakable to her.

pat-

The few stuffed in my arms are still warm and have not been exposed to rain.

Caught by the unexpected collision, she flew out of Okino Rinka's arms and fell in front of the four of them.

Sitting down on the wet ground.

Okino Rinka looked at the Dorayaki that fell in the puddle through her hair and the rain curtain, and tried to reach out for it with her hands and feet.

But at the moment when they are about to touch.

A big muddy foot stepped on the Dorayaki that was soaked in water and the temperature gradually disappeared.

"Little sister, I'm sorry, I didn't see it. You want to eat dorayaki, can uncle compensate you?"

The cold raindrops, mixed with malicious words, fell on Okino Rinka's delicate body.

Her already cold and trembling body couldn't help but shrink into a ball because of the bone-chilling chill.

Thinking that he still needs to go home and mend the rift between himself and his brother.

Okino Rinka grabbed the Dorayaki closest to her and ran behind her without looking back.

But with an average physique, she was able to run wildly in the rain for a long time without getting weak and falling down, just by relying on her breath.

Now after a sudden stop.

I'm out of breath.

The feeling of weakness that seemed to swallow her whole swept through her body like a wave.

Her feet gave way and as she fell forward, a big hand grabbed her wet hair from behind.

"Little girl, uncle hasn't compensated you for the dorayaki yet, why are you leaving in such a hurry?"

Pulling the wet and slippery hair in his hands, he ignored the girl's feeble cry of pain.

The middle-aged man pulled her to his legs and looked at her face, which was covered by hair, through the light from across the road.

"Tsk tsk tsk~ Who is so cruel to beat such a cute girl? Look, she's still bleeding~ tsk tsk~"