Indifferent • k. tsukishima •

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Two figures were seen a couple of feet away from where Y/n and Kei were walking. One's small, the other's tall.

"F/n-chaaan!" the tall one comes running to the girl's direction.

"Akiteru-san?" Y/n mumbled.

"Come on, I have told you before to just call me Aki-san. But anyway, how are you? How's your arm?" Akiteru asked.

"My arm's feeling better, Aki-san."

"That's glad to hear. But do you need anything, F/n-chan?" the smaller one walked closer and was revealed to be Mrs. Tsukishima.

"I'm fine Oba-san. I have all my meds with me."

"Then we should hurry home now. It's already late. Kiiro's already home, Akiteru and I picked him up a while ago."

Akiteru grabbed some of Y/n's bags from Kei to help him carry them.

With only the street lights as a light source, the four walked home.

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"Thank you for walking me home, Oba-san, Aki-san, Kei. Sorry for the trouble." Y/n said, getting ready to walk to her house.

"Eh? Aren't you going to spend the night in our home tonight?" Mrs. Tsukishima asked.

"N-no. I already gave you much trouble."

"You gave us zero trouble, F/n-chan. What if you struggle to do things on your own and hurt yourself? We'll worry too much if you're alone." Akiteru said.

"I'll be fine, Aki-san. I kinda got used to this after two weeks in the hospital."

"Fine, but at least eat dinner with us, you can't cook in that state. You haven't eaten, right?" Mrs. Tsukishima demanded.

"Kei and I actually ate some cake in the nearby pastry restaurant."

"Uh-uh, cake's not dinner. Now let's go." The woman gently held the girl's uninjured hand and pulled her towards their house.

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"It's really fine, Oba-san. But thank you."

"*sigh* Can't I really do anything to pursue you to stay here? Kiiro, what do you say about spending the night here?"

*woof woof*

"See? Even Kiiro wants to stay here. You really can't?"

"I'm so sorry, Oba-san. I really can't."

"Guess there's nothing I can do. Let's just eat for now."

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"It's time to leave, Kiiro." Y/n called out to her dog.

"Take good care of yourself, F/n-chan."  Akiteru said.

"Don't hesitate to call us if you need help or if anything happened." Mrs. Tsukishima said.

"Hai. Thank you for having me." The girl thanked and bowed.