Jyunishi Comedy #104

I'm a big brother now

From last chapter to this, we see a little of Hiro's home life and just how lucky he was to have Satsuki for a mother. Last chapter's

"Go ahead and hold her"

"I can't do that, Hinata's a girl so... it's not possible."

"It's alright. That way I get to hold you both."

to this time where Hiro's watching over baby sister while Satsuki chats with Kagura's mother. "Hiro fits the role of "big brother" to a t. He's really dependable so it might be that Hinata will end up with a brother complex when she grows up." We get to see just how much Hiro's grown in this chapter. But the real central character for this chapter is scarcely to be seen.

It seems that a number of people have noticed Rin's absence and have started worrying about where she is and how she's doing. But for all she's supposed to have been hospitalized again, no one seems to know where; from Satsuki and Kagura's mother, to Yuki asking Haru if he knew how Rin was doing.

It seems Yuki found out that Rin'd been re-hospitalized from Tohru, and tells Haru that Tohru was worried about Rin and that the two of them seem to get along well.

"If it's no trouble, I wanted to at least visit but..."

Haru, however seems rather taken with the idea that Rin has made a friend. However, more importantly it seems that no one seems to actually know anything about her.

H: "But I don't really know either..."

Y: "Huh...

You don't know... You don't know where she's hospitalized or how she's doing?"

Yuki seeing Haru's lack of response worries over Haru who realises that normally he should be more concerned but that he's also still not completely himself. Even so, he tells Yuki to try to cheer Tohru up regardless.

Haru wanders off lost in thought from when he and Rin were so close and Rin felt that things would be alright because Haru was there for her, to her sudden turn-around and "I don't want you" and Haru wonders if he'd ended up causing her to regret things instead.

Kisa seems to still feel that maybe Hiro has feelings for Rin, her expression when she finds out that Hiro dropped by Kagura's on his way home from school to see if Rin was back... ^_^

"Ah... I see..."

And so the two of them decide to go to Hiro's. Hiro easily figured out that Kisa wanted to see Hinata to which Kisa admits to having bought Hinata a CD of childrens songs and wanted to give it to her, but realised that it might be too soon for Hinata to be able to understand yet.

"Thank you! No problem, I'm sure she'll like it

Even now, I feel that subconsciously she understands all sorts of things. It'll take a bit longer before she starts showing any emotions but... I hope she starts smiling/laughing soon."

"By then, I'll bet you'll be an even more dependable "big brother""

"I wonder... but... yeah. I'd like to.

...When I'm looking at Hinata

I feel like

such a fool...

Right before my eyes, is a life where good and evil are on completely equal ground,

A life in such balance being right there

Vanity or fear,

My constantly being worried about that sort of thing is

So petty

I can't help realising that I'm such a fool...

..........

So...
While not for that reason but...

Even so... There's something I have to tell you...

Something I've had to apologize to you about for a long time..."

However, unfortunately for Hiro, either he ends up walking in to Haru, or Haru walked into him. Hiro tells Haru that Rin's not back but Haru, still lost in his thoughts about possibly having caused Rin sorrow and regrets asks Hiro if Rin regretted things and had been hurt by things.

Hiro realises that Haru was referring to his comment from before and that Haru was worrying about something he shouldn't be, tells him that he'd een taken things out his own frustrations on Haru when he made that comment.

"...but

I know that she was suffering about something...

Haru-ni...
Rin

Rin was pushed out of the second floor window by Akito.

Her being so badly injured, wasn't an accident

Akito found out about the two of you and because of that

Because of that..."

*******

Kureno had noticed at the beginning of this chapter that one of the maids was taking food somewhere and decides to investigate. The maid tells him that no one was allowed to enter that building.

"...then why are you taking food to a place no one's allowed to enter?

I saw you bring food here before

...who is that food for?"

However, before the maid can really answer, Kureno continues that that building was reserved for the one possessed by the spirit of the cat. That no one else was allowed to enter and that no one would even think to enter anyways.

However, the maid says she can't say anything and that she can't do anything that might bring trouble to her father who is (being helped/employed) by the Sohmas.

*****

Hiro tells Kisa and Haru that that time Akito'd hit Kisa was his fault. That he'd angered Akito and that that anger was then directed at Kisa. Hiro wanted to apologize to Kisa and Haru about what'd happened but had been forbidden to tell them about either incident.

"Rin's trying to find a way to remove the curse. Rin's trying to find a way to free Haru-ni. From Akito and from Rin. That's why she broke up (with you)..."

*****

And we jump back to Kureno and the maid with Kureno asking her for the key. Kureno tells her that she should say that he forced her to give him the key and that he'll say the same. That this sort of thing isn't right, but the maid tells him that (the person inside) hasn't been eating for several days now and that if this continues they'll die. And instead she gives him the key and begs him to help that person.

*****

Back to Hiro and Haru... Hiro tells Haru to tell Rin that it's alright now because if she keeps going she'll end up ruining herself and that she'll continue suffering all alone otherwise.

Haru leaves Hiro silently but before Hiro can say anything more or go after Haru, Kisa crying, asks Hiro if he's been worrying about her having been hurt (injured) all this time. Even when she was smiling that deep down inside he'd been hurting. And instead Kisa apologizes to Hiro for always being so preoccupied with her own problems that she didn't realise that deep down he'd been hurting.

Hiro, taken aback by Kisa's apology tells her that she shouldn't apologize and that it was his fault... but instead those words that Hiro told Haru to tell Rin, Kisa tells Hiro. That it's okay (that he shouldn't blame himself anymore).

And in the end, Kisa wonders asking Hiro, where Isuzu was right then...? To which Hiro says he doesn't know. Just that he hopes she returns safe and sound...

[That which falls from Kureno's hands-- is it the tragic fate that awaits those who continue to resist destiny?]