[DROP] Horimiya: Izuna Miyamura
10. Ogiwara Bayu (2/2)

After Sayu agrees to go with Izuna, she then walks towards their apartment followed by Sayu who walks slightly behind her.

"Hey Sayu, maybe this is pretty presumptuous, but can you tell me why you ran away from home? And also, where's your house?" Izuna asked.

On their way, the two did not talk to each other which made the situation quite awkward, therefore, Izuna tried to search for the topic of conversation but unfortunately she did not find it. Finally, he took a pretty bold decision by asking a pretty sensitive thing for Sayu at the moment.

"... Quite complicated if it has to be told ... But, the point is it's a personal matter with my mother and some other things ..." While lowering her head, Sayu said in a low tone.

His expression was quite melancholic with his gaze like it had already lost the light of hope. Izuna who was looking over her shoulder frowned in confusion.

'Like this was a serious matter looking at from his expression... Maybe I shouldn't have discussed it here Izuna thought.

Of course, he is not a man who cannot read the atmosphere of others, he can know if someone is angry, happy, or depressed. In fact, it was quite easy for him to read a person's identity, even with just a single glance.

Perhaps it was related to his past work, which required him to be able to know what other people were thinking, otherwise he would be very easy to be tricked and taken advantage of by others.

Sighing, Izuna then decided not to ask more, "Alright, I won't ask you too far. But, do you really not mind staying at my place? If you mind, I can rent out an apartment for your temporary residence."

Hearing her, Sayu slightly raised her head, looking at Izuna with a surprised look before she shook her head while waving her hands quickly.

"T-No need, i-it's totally overkill! Besides, I have no problem living in your house either!" sayu.

He is the type of person who does not want to owe others anything, which is why he always replies to what others give him.

That was also the reason why Sayu rejected Izuna's offer at first, saying that she might not be able to pay for what she gave. But, Izuna says that Sayu can pay by being a worker at her mother's shop, which makes Sayu think that the offer is not bad.

Besides, which girl would receive the help of an unknown person to stay in her house?

There ain't!

But, Sayu has her own problems. His relationship with his family was one of the reasons why he was able to cultivate this trait.

Walking for a few dozen minutes, the two arrived at the Izuna Apartment. Izuna immediately took Sayu to ride the elevator, and when they arrived at the elevator, Izuna pressed the button to go to the 7th floor.

Moments later, the Elevator Door opened, Izuna stepped out and walked out. He walked down the hall and finally arrived at a room with the number 704.

"All right, we're up. This is where I live." Izuna said as they stopped in front of the door.

Since he did not carry a spare key, he could not enter his current Apartment. Therefore, Izuna pressed the bell to knock on the door.

*tock!* *tok!* *tok!*

"Yes, I'm coming!"

After knocking on the door a few times, a voice from within could be heard by the two of them. A moment later, the door opened, showing Iori standing there.

"I'm home, Mother." Izuns.

"Y, Izuna? Why are you just coming home now? No, we'll talk later, first welcome home. Come in and take your friend with you." Said Iori.

Surely he could see Sayu who was one and a half meters tall standing right next to Izuna. And he also did not want to be like the fool who said "Who is Izuna?" or "Is he your girlfriend?" and sort of.

After all, it was quite natural for Izuna to bring a girl to her house considering she was a normal teenager. Ah, tdiak .. it might be like that if he didn't bring the girl home at night!

"good. Come in, Sayu, think of it as your own home." Izuna.

Iori entered first and headed straight to the kitchen, while Izuna there took off her shoes.

"Hmm? Why are you just standing there?" Izuna asked.

Looking at Sayu who was just standing still, she felt strange. Didn't he hear if he told him to come in?

"Ah, no? Sorry to interrupt ..." Hearing Izuna's voice, Sayu woke up from her daydream, she also took off the shoes she was wearing and walked after Izuna behind her.

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"Sit down first, I'll bring you a drink."

In the living room, Izuna told Sayu to sit down while she would bring him a drink.

"Sorry to trouble ..." Sayu nodded, and said in a low tone.

"No problem, no trouble at all." Izuna waved her hand, walking towards the kitchen to make drinks for Sayu.

While in the living room, Sayu looked around the room with a curious look. His gaze swept across the entire room with an interested look in his eyes.

"I'm home ... Uh? Any guests?"

A voice suddenly caught Sayu's attention.

He turned to the front door, where he saw a teenager one year older than Izuna standing there.

His appearance was quite striking because he wore heavy school uniform clothes; a white shirt with long sleeves lined with black suits that students usually only wear in winter, plain black trousers, and a black dress, and he wears thick framed glasses with shoulder-length straight hair.

With this appearance, it is not wrong to call it "Otaku", and that is what Sayu thought when she first saw it.

He seemed quite surprised to see his whereabouts here.

Sayu immediately stood up and introduced herself, "I'm an acquaintance of Miyamura-san, Ogiwara Sayu. Sorry to interrupt nights like this."

"G ... No, I guess ... I'm Miyamura Izumi, Izuna's sister. Umm, greetings."

"Ahh, greetings!" Sayu frantically lowered her head, perhaps out of surprise when Izumi suddenly walked towards her.

A voice suddenly interrupted them. The two turned their heads and saw Izuna carrying a tray with two cups on top.

"Oh, Miyamura-san. A-Is he ... Your sister ...?" Sayu asked doubtfully.

Looking at Izumi, Izuna tilted her head as her gaze turned towards Sayu, "Right. Is there a problem?"

"Ahh, no! It's just ... You guys somehow m.. no. .. similar ..." Sayu waved her hands in front of her chest quickly, but her voice slowly became small and small.

Hearing him, Izuna could not help but laugh, "Pfft—Hahahaha! I'm sorry, but I can't hold my laugh!"

Wiping the corners of her slightly wet eyes with one free hand.

"He's my big brother, and he always looks like this at school, but you might be surprised to see his performance outside of school." Said Izuna, she then glanced at Izumi while grinning, "did you see that Izumi? You have to be confident with yourself or you won't have a girlfriend later."

"Whisper! I don't need your advice!" Izumi snorted angrily as she walked past Izuna, walking towards her room.

Looking at Izumi who left, Izuna shook her head and her gaze shifted back to Sayu who was still stunned.

"What's up, Sayu? Are you all right?" Izuna asked in confusion.

Hearing Izuna's question keeps Sayu out of her daydream.

"Ah, no. I-I'm fine!" Reply quickly while stuttering.

"Okay, maybe drinking some warm tea can calm you down. Please drink." Izuna said as she put down one cup of green tea that she had just brewed in front of Sayu.

"Drink it, maybe it can help you a little calm and relax~" he continued.

Nodding, Sayu drank the tea made by Izuna slowly. His eyes suddenly widened and were surprised by the taste of the tea which was not too bitter but not too sweet as well, very fitting on his tongue.

"... It's tasty. Thank you, Miyamura-san." said Sayu with a sincere smile on her face.

Seeing her smile, it really fascinated Izuna. He replied to Sayu while saying, "No problem."

After drinking Izuna's tea, Iori then came up with a plate on top of which was 'Omurice'.

Omurice, its name comes from the words 'Omelet' and 'Rice'. As the name suggests, it is a white rice fried alongside tomato sauce and wrapped in omelette fried eggs. And on top of that Omurice, watered by ketchup that fell off the top of that half-baked omelet.

"This is for you to eat, you must not have eaten. And let Bibi introduce herself first, Aunt's name is Miyamura Iori, Izuna's mother." Iori said while putting the Omurice he made in front of Sayu.

"Wood .... My name is Sayu, greetings, Auntie." Sayu said slowly.

"Don't be so stiff, you can call me 'Iori-san' or something" Iori said with a smile.

"Yes, Iori-san..."

"Well, great. Now you can eat first, only then can we chat."

Sayu gave a small nod as she said "Yes", she then took out a spoon and inserted the Omurice that Iori made her featherweight.

"Hows it? Does it taste good?" Iori asked.

But, instead of replying, Sayu just fell silent, and after a few seconds, tears began to flow down her cheeks.

"E-Ehh...? Wh-what's this...? W-Why am I crying...?"

Sayu wiped her tears with the back of her hand, trying to make it stop flowing. But, his efforts were in vain because instead of stopping, his tears had instead fallen more than before.

"It's over, it's okay. We're here, you can be friends now."

Seeing Sayu who was crying and unable to control her emotions, Iori took the initiative to embrace her, let her head sink between her chest, she also rubbed her back gently while caressing her head and rubbing her head affectionately.

"Hiks ... Hicks ... M-Sorry ... I-I myself don't know why I'm questioning ... Even though I tried to stop her, t-but my tears kept flowing and didn't want to stop ...!"

Rubbing her head on Iori's chest, Sayu said in a sobbing tone, she even returned Iori's embrace and hugged her waist tightly.

"Already, it's okay Just take out everything you sniffed. We're here for you, Sayu-chan." Iori said softly.

Even though she did not know what happened to Sayu to make it like this, and even ran away from her house. But he knows one thing. Sayu needs someone to support her, she needs someone who says "I'm next to you".

Therefore, she hugged Sayu gently while rubbing her head affectionately.

She may have only known Sayu a few minutes ago but she already considered her own son.

After all, he used to want to have a daughter, but unfortunately, his wish was not granted. And as for trying it again, even though Iori wanted to, but she knew how life was in this country.

The cost of living in Japan was expensive, and if she had three children, while her family income was not great, they would definitely find it difficult to live in the country.

Fortunately her husband has a fairly high position in the company where she works, but because of that too, Naozumi often goes out of town or even out of the country because of her job.

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Izuna looked at Sayu who seemed to be asleep in Iori's arms quietly, she did not even once speak when she saw the two since then and just stood still and looked at them.

Izuna had no idea what Sayu was going through before meeting her, but she knew that it was a serious matter, considering Sayu was not even suspicious of her even though they did not know her at all.

There is also why Sayu ran away from her house, all she knows is Sayu has a problem with someone in her family, and who that person is, she does not know.

But it seemed, the matter with his family was the most serious, considering he had even run away from his house and made a considerable burden on his mind.