"I've fallen in love with him! But he acts like such a boy! I don't think he is interested in me, he's just using me," Mitsuko dabbed at her eyes with a napkin and took a sip of chamomile tea that was intended to calm her down.
"Well, have you talked to him?" Ino asked her as she sat across from her at the small metal table behind the shop. It was the first thing you came too as you gazed at the garden. Ino's garden was ten times better than Itsuki-san's.
"No, but I doubt it would make a difference. He'd probably reply with 'I don't know' or lie about it to make me feel better," Mitsuko crossed her arms angrily and sniffed.
"Then he is probably not worth the time," Ino huffed, "But, I advise you tell him how you feel before you do anything drastic like kick him out or something. You need to stop feeling bad for him now that you've sewn him back together. Now he is just a moocher."
Mitsuko bowed her head, her eyes watching the pavement below her. "He's so good looking though..."
Mitsuko walked through the door and saw that Hidan had fallen asleep on the couch. She smiled sweetly and pulled a blanket over him. She pondered whether to kiss him or not. She was quickly interrupted by Haru as he came into the room.
"Ah, you're home. So how was your visit?" Haru asked her as he leaned against the wall.
"I went to Ino-san's and talked to her about Hidan," Mitsuko came up to her brother. He had the aura of their father and it struck a respect towards authority in her. "I'm gonna tell Hidan how I feel and if he does not feel the same about me, I'll tell dad to kick him out."
"It's about time you tell him. But didn't dad say he wasn't his problem?"
"Yeah, but... I'm afraid to do it myself," Mitsuko confessed.
Haru laid a comforting, firm hand on her shoulder. "You won't be doing it yourself, you'll be doing it with your family."
Mitsuko gazed up at her brother, lovingly. "Thank you, nii-chan."
Hidan snuggled the blanket up closer to his chin in an attempt to forget the awkwardness of being there while they talked about him, but it didn't work. He did care for Mitsuko, that why he was killing people who looked at her the wrong way. He was doing it for her but because she didn't know about it, she couldn't appreciate it.