The Reincarnators
chapter 39: origami roses

"i'm coming home" said Kazuto, who opened the door and showed himself drenched.

"oh, kazuto welcome, uh," said Leon who stopped talking when he saw Katia's figure who was also wet.

"sorry because it's disturbing" said Katia who also entered.

"ah, it's okay, please come in," said Leon who let katia in and used the bathroom first.

"kazuto get me a change of clothes for Katia, you can't let a girl wear wet clothes right," said Leon who told kazuto to take clothes and when it saw the aura around Kazuto that had slightly changed to become brighter.

"b-well," said Kazuto who immediately ran before he was stopped by leon.

"kazuto, are you okay, ?" leon asked who was replied with a smile and a nod then Kazuto immediately went to his room to pick up a change of clothes for katia.

"uncle leon, I've got it" said Kazuto, who put his clothes near the bathroom so Katia could wear them.

"by the way what happened to you, ?" asked Leon who looked at the expression of Kazuto who seemed to have found his light back, previously he had lost his family and the people he cared about, and had been in a very alarming and miserable state, honestly he almost thought that if Kazuto would not recover from his state /it would at least take some time for him to cover up the wound in his heart, but he has come back and he's sure he's grown up now.

"i feel if it's pointless if I keep crying over them, they won't come back no matter how hard I cry, it takes me time to realize it, she said, if I had found another place that I could call home," said Kazuto who made the smile on leon's face widen, as it seemed like his estimation was indeed correct, and right now it seems like kazuto has become more mature.

"kazuto, I'm done," said Katia who was wearing the clothes brought by the kazuto, a pair of t-shirts that were slightly larger than her size.

"yes, I took a bath first uncle," said Kazuto who then went and took a bath letting katia and leon alone in the living room to talk.

"by the way miss carnatia, what are you doing here, ?" ask leon.

"you know, uncle leon, I was walking, I was walking" said Katia who, diverting her back from Leon.

"if you want to lie at least do it right," said Leon who can immediately tell the lie perpetrated by katia, "besides, if you want to go for a walk, then you definitely won't be wearing your school uniform" she said, which made Katia laugh awkwardly until she scratched the back of her head.

"yes, I'm just." said Katia.

"you're worried about the boy, aren't you, that's why you went and skipped your class to come here" said Leon, who hit the target.

"yes, that's true" said Katia.

"huh, but even as soon as I said thank you, the boy seemed to have improved," said Leon who was heading towards kazuto who was still bathing.

"actually, I didn't do anything, I originally intended to give her a gift, but in the end the gift I wanted to give was wet, and you already knew what happened next right, right," Katia said.

"so that's it, by the way what kind of stuff do you want to give kazuto, ?" ask the curious leon.

"puppet bear" said Katia, who made Leon laugh.

"are you serious, hahahah, you intend to give a boy a teddy bear," leon told Katia who, while hiding her embarrassed face.

"yes I know, but I can't think of any other gift than that" said Katia, who can only think of a teddy bear that may be the only gift that can entertain kazuto.

"why, ?" leon asked the curious reason why Katia chose the doll as a gift for kazuto.

"it's been a long time, you know 3 years ago, when me and Kazuto entered the adventurer guild for the first time," Katia said.

"when that was me and Kazuto did a test that required us to fight against instructors whose strength and experience exceeded ours, and when that was I was completely humiliated by my opponent," said Katia who remembered that day that made her ashamed.

"so yes," said Leon who understood where this conversation was headed.

"i thought that with my ability as a magician I was strong enough to make a good performance, but the world wasn't that good, I was humiliated so badly and ended up getting the worst rank in the guild, after that I became depressed until the fool helped me," said Katia who had a sad expression on her face which was then replaced with a happy face.

"so now it's your turn" said Leon who had understood from the beginning that katia's purpose had come so far to comfort Leon.

"yes" said katia.

"then don't fail and bring the boy back do you understand,!" leon told katia.

"well," said Katia who then took the newspaper read by Leon and went to kazuto's room, while Leon himself he prepared more dinner because it looks like the rain will not subside in time quickly.

"uncle, where's katia, ?" asked Kazuto who had just come out of the bathroom who was not wearing any clothes other than pants.

"he's in your room he says he wants to give you something" said Leon, then Kazuto went to his room and opened it, "you're here," kazuto said that opening the door of his room and seeing katia who made something that kazuto could not see because it was blocked by his back.

"k-kazuto since when are you here, ?" tanya Katia who immediately hid the item she made and when it turned her body to look at Kazuto, but she did not expect if her friend at that time did not wear any clothes, she said, and when that blood came out of her nose, 'fuck, she's sexy, ' thought Katia who wiped the blood coming out of her nose

"katia, are you okay, ?" ask kazuto.

"yes, don't worry I'm fine" Katia said.

"but your nose is bleeding" said Kazuto, who began to approach Katia.

"if you want to help me quickly put on clothes so that we can talk" said Katia who was then immediately obeyed by kazuto.

"so what do you want to talk about" said Kazuto who sat opposite katia.

"this," said Katia who handed something to kazuto while avoiding eye contact with him.

"that's right" said Kazuto, surprised by what he got, an origami rose.

"sorry, I wanted to buy you a teddy bear before, but you know because my action was wet, and you know the rest," said Katia who at that time did not expect if kazuto approached and gave her a hug.

"k-kazuto," said Katia who was slightly surprised by the kazuto who suddenly hugged her.

"can we stay like this" said Kazuto who hugged Katia and closed his eyes.

"yes," said Katia who replied to Kazuto's embrace when it let out tears, she had already heard from lousse about what happened, and she knew very well that kazuto must be in a lot of pain, the feeling when someone important to you has been missing it must be very painful.

"kazuto, maybe these are just sweet words to help you but I want to say that now not only there but here is your home, where people accept and love you, that's home," said katia who hugged kazuto who became calm.

"it looks like he has returned," said leon who saw the kazuto whose face had currently been filled with peace, until his eyes narrowed slightly from seeing something interesting, "that." he said.

then after some time kazuto and katia came down from the room and had dinner together with leon.