Opened || Kaedehara Kazuha

Chapter seven希望

希望
hope, wish, aspiration

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"They're over there!!" A boy yelled, pointing at you. Multiple people approached you as you sat on the grass. In front of you was a burning house, you sat, still processing what had happened.

Recall: After finding Kazuha, you entered a maze where you tripped and teleported to a different place. you found yourself in front of a burning house and a middle schooler approached you to help his brother, you charged to the burning house, meeting up with another middle schooler who told you about all his problems and his name was...Tomo?!

Back to present: multiple firefighters approached you, their hand approaching you but quickly stopping when you slapped them away. "You– get in that house! What the hell are you doing? Someone is still in there! Do your job, you useless prick!" You scolded the firefighters, shook from your sudden outburst, they nodded and quickly went back to work.

"Um... did you see my brother.......?" The kid asked you, and as you stared at him you finally saw the resemblance, Kazuha!

You slapped him. Mainly because of all the pent up anger you've had since he told Heizou to the part where you're here in this other world. He clutched his cheek, in shock. Then, you hugged him.

"Um!!" Kazuha pushed you away in shock, wondering why this random stranger was hugging him, then you noticed his dried up tears. He stopped crying while you were in there... "Did you see my brother?! Where is he???" He looked around.

You ignored him, and tried walked away.

"Hey!! Please don't ignore me!!" Kazuha said.

"He's dead! Stupid brat! Can't you see the house is fully burnt?" You yelled at him, holding his shoulders. Then he cried, "ugh, I've had enough of you middle schoolers, I'm going to remove all middle schoolers!" You walked away, trying to find a way to get back into the house.

"What are you doing...." Young Kazuha asked through his sniffs and sobs. That's when you realized he was following you.

"I'm finding a way to save your dumb brother since I know those idiots won't be able to do it in time." You said, motioning to the firefighters who seemed like amateurs who couldnt get the hose running.

"..It's all my fault...." Kazuha said, his tears running even more faster. "I didn't mean to tell him that... I don't hate my brother... I love brother!"

You sighed, "jeez, family issues. How did this fire even start?" You asked, running around the house for any small entrance or hole.

"I don't know... all I remember is my hand being burnt by the stove's fire, and then it's all my fault... I spread the fire onto the table out of panic and then it spread out throughout the entire house." He said, holding up his hand that was bandaged, the bandages soaked with blood seeping through it.

You then stopped, and looked at him. "How did you even get fire from the stove on your hands?"

"....my brother becomes unrecognizable when he's angry." Kazuha mumbled, and then it all made sense. There was an unresolved uncanny relationship between them, maybe it was the way Tomo envied him but there was that weird feeling that rose up. Kazuha had bruises all over his body, band aids and long strips of bandaid covering them.
"But it's okay. I deserve it, I deserve it for stealing all the attention my parents had on him for myself."