"So you live in Tokyo?" Sumihiko asked.
Tanjirou and Sumihiko were seen sitting together on the same bench where they meet yesterday.
"Yes" Sumihiko nodded with a smile. "Do you live in Tokyo too, Tanjirou?"
"No, I'm from Kimetsu Town" Tanjirou shooked his head.
"Kimetsu Town? never heard about it" Sumihiko replied.
"I guess my hometown is not so popular like any other towns" Tanjirou said again.
"How many siblings do you have?" Sumihiko asked.
"Well, I have five siblings, three younger brothers and two younger sisters. Two of them are in the middle school, another two are in primary school and the youngest one is in kindergarten" Tanjirou answered. "My younger siblings are rowdy sometimes, but I love them"
"So you're the eldest in your family?" Sumihiko asked again.
"Yes" Tanjirou nodded. "What about your siblings?"
"I have an elder brother, he's also in the high school as me. He's a quiet person but very kind" Sumihiko said. "He...he..."
Out of sudden, Tanjirou noticed Sumihiko almost cried. The hanafuda boy began to worry about him.
"Sumihiko, what's wrong?" Tanjirou was concerned about Sumihiko. "I'm sorry if I'm making you cry"
"It's okay, you didn't done anything wrong" Sumihiko shooked his head.
Tanjirou felt something was wrong about Sumihiko. It looks like Sumihiko was hiding something from him.
...
Lucas, the name of the black-haired boy and Philip, the the name of the white-haired boy. Lucas and Philip have become close friends after they meet under a tree in the "Realm Of Hypnos".
However, Lucas was shocked when Philip said he lived in Troy. The city of the Trojans has already fallen according to Lucas, yet Philip denied it and he even claimed that Prince Hector has succeeded his father, Priam as the king of Troy. And Lucas began to wonder if Philip is actually came from another timeline.
Sumihiko said he lives in Tokyo, but what about if he actually comes from another timeline too? Tanjirou probably could say the same thing to Sumihiko, but surely the hanafuda boy doesn't have evidence to prove it.
And speaking about the Realm Of Hypnos, how the author described it in the novel is exactly the same as Tanjirou saw in his dreams. The sky in there is cloudless and lighter brown in color instead of blue. The leaves on the trees are varying in color, from brown to yellow, as if autumn is the only season in there.
Could Andreas Heresios had already went into the Realm Of Hypnos before?
"Monjirou, what are you reading?"
Tanjirou soon noticed Inosuke sat in front of him, eyeing curiously at the novel Tanjirou was reading. His hand was holding a bento box wrapped in a purple cloth as usual.
"Ah, Inosuke" Tanjirou greeted him. "Just reading a novel, that's all"
"A novel? Aoko, Kanako and Shinobu loves to read those kind of books" Inosuke said. "Did you loves to read novels too?"
"Not really, but I found this novel is an interesting one, so I bought it" Tanjirou replied.
"Oh, I think I should buy one after school" Inosuke said again.
"You should buy one, Inosuke. It's fun" Tanjirou smiled.
As Tanjirou continued to read the novel, Inosuke spotted Takeo peeked from the outside of the classroom. The younger Kamado was checking if his elder brother was in the classroom or not.
"Gonpachirou, your little brother is looking for you" Inosuke said.
"Huh? My brother?"
Tanjirou then turned his face towards Takeo.
"Takeo! Wait a minute, okay?" Tanjirou quickly put the novel inside his bag before exited the classroom.
Inosuke then walked towards his desk as Tanjirou was talking with his younger brother in front of the classroom.
...
"On nom nom nom!"
The Kamado siblings plus Zenitsu, Kanao and Aoi just stared silently at Inosuke, who was eating two cheeseburgers at the same time. They decided to eat at a fast food restaurant as they just returned from the school.
"Inosuke, you're glutton" Aoi frowned.
"Looks like Inosuke-senpai is so hungry today" Nezuko giggled.
"Nezuko-chan, do you want to have a taste of my ice cream?" Zenitsu offered happily.
"Its okay, I still have my ice cream" Nezuko gently declined.
"But it taste good" Zenitsu exclaimed.
"Tanjirou, I forgot to bring your bento box today" Kanao said.
"Don't worry about it, you still can return it to me anytime" Tanjirou replied.
"Then I'll go to your house this evening" Kanao said again.
Meanwhile, Takeo has already finished eating his onion rings, yet he still craving for more. His eyes soon staring on Tanjirou's onion rings.
Well, since Tanjirou was chatting with Kanao, Takeo secretly sneaked his hand towards Tanjirou's onion rings, hoping that Tanjirou wouldn't noticing it.
"Takeo"
Takeo's attempt failed. Tanjirou saw it.
"Sorry..." Takeo pulled his hands away with sad eyes.
"Here" Tanjirou then took the empty paper bag and refilled it with some onion rings. He then gave back the paper bag to Takeo. "Just tell me if you want some onion rings"
"Okay" Takeo nodded. Kanao just giggled at them.
This just made Tanjirou realized about the dream yesterday. Sumihiko told him he has an elder brother, yet he almost burst into tears. Tanjirou wondered, what has happened between them?
...
"It's your fault, Sumihiko!"
That sentence kept lingering in Sumihiko's mind. Everyone kept blaming him on what happened in that evening, even Kanata and Touko.
It has been days since Yoshiteru fell into a coma after the accident. No one knows when will he wake up again. And Sumihiko only can pray that his cousin will be fine.
Sumihiko just stared silently at the photograph Yoshiteru, Touko, Kanata and himself with a sad expression on his face. The photograph was taken in an amusement park one month before the accident. How he wished if the accident didn't happen at all.
"It's all my fault!" Sumihiko finally cried alone as he clutched the photograph on his chest.
To be continued...