A Ray of Sunlight

Chapter 11 - Complications (Haruto's POV)

Nooooo my confused child is sad 😔 

 An awkward atmosphere loomed over the dinning table. I have gotten used to eating with Kazuki and not my father.

"Soooo...are you planning on staying here, Kaito?" Kazuki asks, breaking the silence.

"Well, until I can find Katsunori. I thought he was gone for good but turns out not." Father sighed. There was a hinge of sadness to his voice.

"Well, you can stay at my house for now. I don't have another bed but you can sleep on the one I gave Haruto. It might be a little small though." Kazuki said.

Father gave a tired smile. "Thank you so much Kazuki."

It was back to being silent. I wanted to ask father about the ring incident Miss Sharotto mentioned. I wasn't sure if he knew about the incident or if he was in the mood to talk about it but curiosity won me over and I decided to ask.

"Father, do you know about the ring incident?"

"The ring incident?"

"Umm, if you don't know, it's okay."

"Who told you about the ring incident, Haruto?"

"I'm not sure if you know her but Miss Sharotto? Katsunori's mom?"

"Ahh, Miss Sharotto. The incident...that happened a long time ago. Let's see what I can remember." Father stared off into the distance. "Katsunori's invention, the plasma ring, went wrong at some point."

I gasped. I couldn't believe it! The popular invention was made by the infamous Katsunori?!

"The incident wasn't his fault but he was the one to be blamed." Father sighed. "I tried helping him realize that it'll be okay but he couldn't see any future after the incident. So he left"

The room was silent. I somehow knew that wasn't the whole story but seeing how tired father looked, I decided not to ask him to continue though after father said this, I was even more confused. What happened during the incident? Was Katsunori's formal occupation an inventor? What was the accident? What happened afterwards? My head was starting to become dizzy from all the questions so I excused myself and went to take a shower but the questions wouldn't stop coming.

It was currently 1:00am. My eyes are wide open. Father is on my left, lightly snoozing and Kazuki is on another mattress on my right. I couldn't fall asleep. All the things happening are starting to get to me. First, I died. Second, I got stuck on Earth. Third, this creep kidnapped a friend of mine. Fourth, my father's here with me and I still didn't have the courage to talk to him about spending time with me or taking me back to Sora. I sighed. I wish that I can go back to when things were simple and when I longed to be in the defense force. Now, things are so complicated.

Please ignore grammar mistakes 💀