The only male protagonist in variety comics

The Kasugano family is not considered rich, and it is definitely not poor. They can solve the problem of food and clothing, they can maintain their lives even if Sora is hospitalized for a long time, and they can still keep everything on a normal track despite the addition of Rito Yuki. The Kasugano family can be considered a type of person with an above-average living standard in this city.

At this moment, Yuki Rito, led by Kasuganomoto, arrived at the hospital where Qiong was.

There are white walls, white beds, and doctors and nurses in white coats. The air is filled with the smell of disinfectant. The faces of the patients are not very good-looking. The hospital has never been a place where people feel relaxed and happy, at least. Not in this ward far away from the birth of a newborn, this is more like a white miserable world.

However, the silver figure on the hospital bed adds a bit of beauty to this white world that is shocking both physically and mentally.

"She is Xiao Qiong, Kasugano Qiong. I have already roughly told her about you. In the following time, you guys will get to know each other. I will go to work first. Remember to be careful when you go home."

Probably Kasugano Yuan considered the time consumption when he originally selected a hospital for Qiong. At the same time, because Qiong's frailty, which is not life-threatening, does not require too advanced medical equipment, the hospital she stayed in was far away from Kasugano's home. It’s not far away. Kasuganomoto is not worried if Rito Yuki goes home alone.

As Kasuganomoto leaves, only Rito Yuki and the silver figure who seems to be sleeping on the hospital bed are left in the ward..

This is a good single ward, and you can see the hospital courtyard through the window. If you chose it specially, Kasuganomoto also put a lot of thought into it. Yuuki Rito knew that the sick people in the hospital bed were as weak as elves. The girl was just pretending to sleep, and she didn't reveal it at this moment. She sat on the only chair in the ward and looked out the window, quietly feeling the birth and death of life, as well as the joys, sorrows, and joys of ordinary people, bit by bit.

I originally heard from my father that the adopted grandson Yuuki Rito came to the city to live with his father because of his grandfather's death. Qiong's psychology is very complicated. Part of it is the sadness of learning that his grandfather has passed away, and part of it is the sadness of his upcoming death. The joy of having people of the same age accompanying her was partly a touch of fear.

Qiong didn't know exactly what kind of disease she had, but her grandfather's death made her feel that death was so close and so terrifying like never before. After being hospitalized for a long time, she gradually understood that the hospital was not a good place. She was afraid that her life would end. Life in the ward was boring, but the outside world was wonderful, and Qiong wanted to go out and see it.

"Well……"

Under various complicated psychology, Qiong, who had pretended to be asleep just because he was afraid of life, finally couldn't pretend anymore and carefully made a noise to tell Yuuki Rito that he was awake.

Yuuki Rito recovered his mind, turned to look at the girl who sat up on the hospital bed, but lowered her head and did not dare to look at him, and spoke in a gentle voice that would not arouse any negative emotions in others.

"I'm Rito Yuki. We've met before. Do you remember me?"

It was a very brief meeting, just an introduction to each other.

"……Remember. Qiong gave a low response. Seeing this, Yuki Rito breathed a sigh of relief. Originally, he thought Qiong would ignore him or forget about him. After all, the two of them had only met once.

"I will live in this city from now on. Please give me your advice in the future. Qiong, you can call me brother, and I will protect you and take care of you with the attitude a brother should have."

"Brother?……"

Qiong murmured lowly, and then finally plucked up the courage under Yuki Rito's gentle attitude, raised his head and looked at the boy not far away.

A hair color that is different from her own long silver hair, a face that can make people feel good just by looking at her, and a gentle temperament that seems to eliminate fear.

The negative emotions in Kasugano Qiong's heart decreased at an extremely fast speed. Facing the other party's faint smile that seemed to be encouraging, Qiong took a gentle breath, and then said

"Can you tell me about grandpa and about you?"

Qiong, who has been hospitalized for a long time, is repulsive and curious about the outside world. She doesn't like to deal with strangers and has a certain fear of the world full of strangers. However, the sameness of living in the ward for a long time also makes her long for... To learn interesting things.

Being a story listener is a good choice. People who are not good at dealing with interpersonal relationships, or do not have much interpersonal communication at all, have discovered this.

"You want to know how I was adopted by the old man, how we lived together after that, and everything that happened until the old man passed away, right?"

"Old man?"

"It's a title with similar meaning to grandpa. I'm not used to such solemn titles as grandpa."

Seeing Yuuki Rito's slightly unnatural expression, Qiong couldn't help but smile, but quickly restrained it. His bright eyes stared at Yuuki Rito, waiting for the next chapter.

This is not a short story, but a long one. Memories, but Yuuki Rito has a lot of time, and Qaome seems to be very interested, so the entire morning was spent telling stories by Yuuki Rito

"It’s time for the patient in bed 64 to eat."

There was a gentle knock on the door, and a young nurse in her twenties walked in with a box of lunch. When she saw that there was another person besides Qiong in the ward, she looked a little surprised and didn't say much. , nodded towards Rito Yuuki, set up a simple dining table on the hospital bed, put the lunch box and left.

Qiong looked at the lunch box with obvious distress in his eyes, and then discovered the existence of Rito Yuuki. , his eyes lit up, he looked at Yuuki Rito and said

"Brother... Rito, thank you for telling me stories, I will give you my food."

After all, Qiong is still embarrassed to call me brother.

"Whether you are an older brother grabbing your sister's lunch, or a healthy person grabbing a sick person's lunch, it is not the right thing to do, right? I'll buy myself something to eat later, so you don't have to worry about me."

Seeing Yuuki Rito's rejection, Kasugano Qiong's eyes flashed with disappointment and distress. It was not like the emotions that would arise after a good intention was rejected, but more like the depression caused by having to face something that was resisted..