Inaba|October 7th|afternoon|central shopping district

[crusheternity]

[if you are in the shopping district this afternoon, you might see something somewhat out of place in the form of a young woman in full gothic lolita, obviously looking for something. And looking angry.]

Where is he...

[and then she is coming up to you] Have you seen a man named Kuzuki Isao today?

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[forgive_me_my]

[Oh, hey grumpy sister-in-law!]

Oh, hello Yukiko!

Um, I haven't seen him yet today, actually. Have you checked the shop he works at?

[crusheternity]

No, I have not.

[forgive_me_my]

[She points to its direction.]

Y-you may want to try there.

Ah, you're here to visit him, then?

[crusheternity]

Yes, I am.

[forgive_me_my]

I see.

H-how are you?

[Is it just you, or does she seem a bit meeker?]

[crusheternity]

Well enough. And you? [oh she noticed]

[forgive_me_my]

[Well, now you'll notice it harder.]

...I guess I've been better.

[crusheternity]

...what happened? [still cold and crisp] Does it have anything to do with Takanawa?

[forgive_me_my]

...Well, a-a bit, but it's not his fault.

I ended up breaking it off with him. After that, over the course of a while, I... had a lot of arguments with my parents. They disowned me about a week ago.

[crusheternity]

[Yukiko's face hardens, setting colder]Tch. ...so they forgot their own responsibility as parents for ambition.

[forgive_me_my]

[She just nods.]

...

[crusheternity]

You're better off without them, if all they expected you to be was a puppet dancing on their strings for the rest of your life.

[forgive_me_my]

...T-that's why it happened, I guess. I couldn't just live a fake life.

[crusheternity]

Now you can build your own life.

[forgive_me_my]

[She nods.]

I know.