Chapter 4
Mando POV
I couldn't do anything but watch. I hadn't felt anything… Was I supposed to? Okia cried and Aiko was stunned. She had been the one to watch her mother die.
" Aiko,"
She looked at me with her eyes wide with horror.
" You couldn't do anything to stop her. It's alright."
She didn't move.
" No it isn't…"
I tried to comfort her.
" Your mother chose to keep us safe we couldn-"
" Iyaiya CHIGAU! It's my fault she died! KUSO! I was too weak! If I was stronger…She would be here with us…"
I wrapped my arms around the two of them.
" She will always be here, we just can't see her anymore."
Okia looked up at me, face red from crying.
" Everyone we care about leaves us! First it was Sofu, then Sobo, then Hirashi ojisan, Mina Obasan, and now Okaasan!"
I held them tighter.
" I promise we'll always be together, I'll never leave you. I promise."
