Haibara’s Teenage New Game+ Volume 3 [Complete] by Kazuki Amamiya

Author:Kazuki Amamiya
Language: eng
Format: epub

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After Hoshimiya finished drying her hair in the living room, the two of us returned to my room.

“We have a floor futon for guests, but where do you want to lay it out?” I asked her, opening the closet to double-check it was there. Hoshimiya’s a girl, so she might be scared to sleep in the same area as me. My parents won’t be home tonight, so we can bring the futon down to the living room.

I gave her a rundown of her options, and she shook her head. “I want...to stay here with you,” she replied, voice shaking.

I nodded wordlessly and laid the futon atop the carpet next to my bed. Hoshimiya took a seat on it, hugging her knees to her chest. I picked up the barley tea I’d snagged from the fridge earlier, poured it into a cup, and handed it to her.

“It’s... It’s cold,” she commented, sipping it slowly.

I sat on my bed, looking down at Hoshimiya, who was leaning against the side of the bed frame. I glanced at her smartphone screen—it was filled with missed calls.

After a moment, she murmured, “I should call them.”

“Yeah... You should at least let them know you’re safe,” I answered in agreement.

Just as I said that, she received another call. Displayed on the screen was, unsurprisingly, “Hoshimiya Sei.” She’d put her phone on vibrate, so although the call continued to flash on her screen, it made no noise.

“I’d better answer,” she said. Her face was pale, and her hands trembled.

I got down from the bed, taking a seat next to her. I grasped her free hand in mine and squeezed it encouragingly. She looked at me in surprise, but then gave me a firm squeeze in return.

“Hello?” she answered.

“Hikari?! Where are you right now?! I’ve been so worried!” Her father sounded considerably panicked.

He sounds sincere at least.

“I’m sorry.”

“Stop fooling around with this running away nonsense and come home this instant! Tell me where you are, right now! I’ll come get you!” he bellowed. Disregarding the actual contents of his words, not an ounce of kindness dwelled in his tone.

Hoshimiya’s slender fingers tightened around my palm. “Listen, papa... I’m not coming home.” Though her voice shook, her declaration was adamant.

“Hikari? Where is this attitude coming from? Is it because I told you to stop dabbling in writing novels? I said that for your sake. You should do something more worthwhile with your life. Surely you understand that? I know you’re a reasonable girl.”

“Stop dabbling in writing novels”? He told her what? “Do something more worthwhile”? What the hell is he saying?! His daughter’s been writing since she was a kid, and here he’s dismissing all her hard work for such a stupid reason?

“You’re wrong, papa. I’m not that kind of girl. I’ve just been suppressing the real me until now.”

“What are you saying? I don’t remember raising you to speak that way.”

“That’s right. I never intended to tell you how I feel because I’d already given up on just about everything.

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