Even if it's not justified, I forgive it

Akiramenai

Dad is still shouting and scuttling all over the place.

Dad:"Boys! I'm going to the hospital with yer mother-stay home and don't cause trouble." He shouts.

They leave, slamming the door behind them.

Amane looks through his window and watches as the ambulance lures his mom up into the vehicle; he feels a bit concerned about mom.

Tsukasa:"AM-A-NE!" He hears from downstairs.

He takes this as a warning to act quickly.

He sprints to his door and locks it before Tsukasa could even enter.

Tsukasa:"Open the door Amane! Amane? Amane? Amane? Amane? Amane? Amane?"

Amane tries to keep silent.

Tsukasa keeps repeating this until he gets bored and leaves to go downstairs and watch television but Amane still leaves the door locked just in case.

Amane feels dizzy from the dent he took to the back of the head and the shouting from mom and dad.

There is blood on his pillow case.

He stares at it angrily as If the pillow itself did something.

"What is the point of someone like me?"
He whispers to himself.

All this time, he imagined that he was helping Tsukasa keep the remains of his sanity but it seemed to him like he had just gotten worse.

He opens his bedroom window and gently climbs out.

He runs.
Past all the fireflies.
Past all the chirping crickets.
Past all the roses.

He's chasing the moon but he can't catch up and is stopped when he comes across the sea.

Amane pants, holding his knees,knowing full well that he shouldn't of ran since he was an asthmatic. But he didn't care.

He puts one foot into the water; It's still icy cold despite the summer heat.

"If I was to disappear-" he mumbles.
"Would that be okay?"
He puts the other leg into the water.

"Bye bye Tsuchigomori Sensei, Yashiro."
He walks a bit further, even though he is no doubt afraid, until the thought of the baby pops into his head.

He stops walking now.
"But if I disappear..." he lowers his eyes sadly.

"Will you be safe?"
The sound of the tide crashing further up snaps him out of the trance, making him realise what he was doing.

(Sigh)
He turns away from the from the sea and takes a deep breath, making his way back up the 3 stair stairway. He shivers from the coldness.

He begins making his way back home, admiring the floating lights (fireflies).

...

Amane was sleeping in his soaking wet clothes until he heard the sound of the door unlock.

He unlocks his bedroom door with caution.

Mom and dad are back and so is the baby.

In her arms was a bundle. A little head poked out.

"Boys this is your new baby sister-Momo chan." She smiles.

Dad scratches his head, looking uninterested and goes upstairs.

Mom lowers the baby so Amane and Tsukasa could see.

Amane smiles a genuine smile and pokes her soft, little rosy face gently.

Mom:"Tsukasa? Do you want to see?" But Tsukasa's focus is on Amane-his eyes burn the back of his head.

"No thank you." He smiles innocently and skips away.

Mom:"Such a weird kid."

...
It didn't take too long until mom kind of lost interest in Momo.

Momo would cry and Mom would scream for Amane to take her and make a bottle.

Amane didn't mind though.

Dad:"Sakura I need to get out of this hellhole-I'm going out for a while."

Mom:"But what about Momo and the boys? You just gonna leave me to do all the work myself?" She flings her hands in the air hysterically.

Dad:"Pretty much, yeah, you're the woman." He says snootily while slamming the door.

Amane watches out his window as dad jumps into a car with a younger looking woman. He pities mom.

Mom wipes her tears.

"Two could play at that game."

"Amane! Tsukasa!" Mom shouts.

They come running.
"Take Momo."

Amane carefully lifts Momo, confused on what Mom was doing.

She starts to do her makeup-powdering her face and putting on lipstick.
What was she doing? She doesn't usually go out.

Her dress is somewhat revealing.

"I'm going to the club for the night."

Amane:"Mom?"

Mom:"Relax, I trust you honey." She kisses him on the cheek.
Amane could never read her-her mood changes are unpredictable that sometimes it seemed like she cared.

"Look after your brother and Momo, okay? There are snacks on the table."

She says that as if Amane liked snacks.

Bye then
She ruffles Tsukasa's choppy hair and clucks around in her heels out the door with a champagne bottle in hand.

Momo starts to cry .

Amane:"Yosh yosh." He rocks her up and down,whispering softly, and adjusts the antenna on the telly before sitting down.

Momo finally drifts to sleep and so Amane rests her in the cot carefully.He goes upstairs to grab the baby blankets.

However, walking back downstairs, something just didn't feel right. The air felt thick and heavy.
Something felt out of place.

Everything seemed to be happening in slow motion.

And then-that was why.

Tsukasa was standing over the cot Momo was placed in holding something sharp behind his back.

Tsukasa:"Are you dead Momo?"