Psychic Detective Yakumo / Shinrei Tantei Yakumo

Epilogue

-

'Hey! Doing well?'

Haruka went with Yakumo to Masato's hospital room.

At the reception, they ran into Masato's aunt and heard in brief about his condition.

He didn't have any major injuries and didn't seem to remember the time when he was possessed by a ghost, but he was very healthy besides that. He was only in hospital for a check-up and would be able to be discharged tomorrow.

Masato's aunt apologised again and again, saying, 'I apologise for the trouble we've caused.'

'Ah!'

On the bed, Masato looked incredibly healthy. His expression brightened at once.

The inside of Haruka's chest felt warm when she thought about how this child could smile like this now.

'We're going back today so we thought we'd visit before then.'

'You're already leaving?'

Masato's voice went down.

With the fuss with the incident, Haruka hadn't been able to talk with Masato at length. She felt a bit guilty.

'We'll come another time, when there's no case,' said Yakumo, running a hand through his hair.

'You say that, but you didn't come, right?'

Masato pouted.

'We'll come next time. Promise.'

'Really?'

'Yeah. I have to visit my grandmother's grave too, so I'll visit you along the way.' said Yakumo.

That was right. Rin was Yakumo's grandmother. Yakumo's background had been a mystery until now, but a lot of that had been revealed with this case.

'Along the way?' said Masato, sounding dissatisfied, though he didn't look like he really cared that much.

'Not happy with that?'

'Well, it's fine.'

'Let's eat soba at my house then,' added Haruka.

'Your house gives out rocks as food,' said Yakumo with a discouraged expression.

Haruka's father, Kazuhiro, had given Yakumo an actual rock while calling it sobagaki.

'That was...'

'What's up with your dad anyway? Yesterday, he suddenly forced himself into the room with some rice rine.'

'You're kidding!'

Haruka hadn't heard about that at all.

'He stayed until morning. Even though I was tired - it wasn't welcome.'

What on earth had they talked about? Haruka was curious, but on the other hand, she was too frightened to ask.

'Hey. Are you two dating?' asked Masato with a wide grin.

Haruka hadn't thought that Masato would ask that question.

Her body heated up all at once.

'E-er, that's...'

Haruka was fumbling for words to reply when another boy Masato's age ran in.

She'd seen him in a photo before. It was probably Tomoya.

'Masato! I'm so glad you're OK!'

Tomoya leapt onto the bed and hugged Masato.

'Tomoya-kun, that hurts.'