Chapter 15 Black Funeral

The gray sky was shrouded in mist, and waves of mournful cries were heard by Haruka Ishikawa through the dense drizzle.

Today is the funeral of Kageyama's grandfather, Kageyama Kazuyo. Under the dark clouds, there was a dark and depressing mourning hall.

Haruka Ishikawa and Toru Ishikawa came to the Kageyama siblings in black formal clothes with white chrysanthemums in their arms.

Toru Ishikawa patted Kageyama Tobio's shoulders, and Haruka Ishikawa held Kageyama Miu's icy cold hands: "My condolences."

Kageyama Tobio's eyes could not focus, and he squeezed out a low whisper from his throat: "Yes." Haruka Ishikawa

looked at the boy with empty and lonely eyes. This was the first time she saw Kageyama Tobio wearing formal clothes, but she never thought it would be at a funeral.

It was less than half a year since she last saw Grandpa Kageyama, and she didn't expect him to pass away suddenly.

She can still remember the fragility and confusion when Kageyama Tobio called her two days ago.

Until now, she seems to still hear Kageyama's trembling voice.

Compared to the black coffin held high by the flowers, Kageyama Tobio was so small and distinct. Although he was black and integrated with the coffin, he broke through the entire mourning hall with a strong sense of loneliness.

Ikawa Toru whispered: "It's time to go back, Haruka."

Ikawa Haruka kept his eyes on the boy with his back to the body and his head bowed, and whispered: "You go back first, I want to stay a little longer."

Ikawa Toru saw that his sister was also obviously depressed, so he had no choice but to leave alone.

"Then come back early, I'll wait for you at home."

"Well, don't worry."

She wanted to wait until her grandfather was cremated before leaving, after all, she was also taken care of by this old man. In addition, she was worried about Kageyama Tobio.

Unlike the people around him who sobbed and covered their faces and cried, Kageyama Tobio did not shed tears or vent his grief.

His back was as straight as a cold pine under the snow, and only the drooping head and slightly rising chest showed that he was a living person.

Burning incense, saying goodbye, cremation, picking up bones. Haruka Ishikawa stood quietly at the door of the crematorium. She looked at Kageyama and his sister from afar as they were preparing to collect the bones.

Kageyama's parents were too emotional to collect the bones. As the eldest sister, Miu Kageyama should have taken her place, but her hands were shaking and her tears were dripping, and she couldn't wipe them away no matter how hard she tried.

Tobio Kageyama reached out and took the chopsticks to collect the bones: "I'll do it."

Tobio Kageyama carefully picked out the bones from the ashes, picking up the tiny bones slowly and carefully.

In this space made up of death, no one noticed that the boy who took the chopsticks from his sister was also trembling slightly.

After Kageyama picked up the last piece of bone, he couldn't help but walk out the door quickly.

The moment Haruka Ishikawa brushed past him, she found that his eyes were more desolate than ever before.

Haruka Ishikawa pursed her lips and followed Tobio Kageyama away with concern. Where was he going, it was still raining outside.

As Tobio Kageyama looked at the heavy rain, his mind flashed back to the days and nights that his grandfather had spent with him. They trained together, ran together, participated in competitions together, took naps together, and ate together...

They had clearly agreed to get well soon.

The swift raindrops hit Tobio Kageyama's face, and the rain flowed down his forehead, across the corners of his eyes, across his nose, and across his lips.

He stared blankly into the distance, and he couldn't tell whether the liquid on his face was tears or rain from the corners of his eyes.

Just as he looked up at the sky, a dark umbrella blocked his sight.

Tobio Kageyama turned around and found that it was Haruka Ishikawa standing behind him with an umbrella.

Haruka Ishikawa felt that no amount of comfort would be enough to overcome the grief of the death of a loved one. For the sorrow of the deceased, only time is the best medicine to heal everything.

She sighed, "Everything will be fine, go back."

Kageyama Tobio stared at Haruka Ishikawa dully. He could only see Haruka Ishikawa's mouth opening and closing, but he didn't know what she was saying.

Kageyama Tobio felt that Haruka Ishikawa in front of him began to have double vision. He hurriedly reached out and grabbed the umbrella handle: "Senior, what are you talking about? I have tinnitus."

Haruka Ishikawa's center of gravity was unstable, and she leaned on Kageyama Tobio's body. She raised her head and struggled to hold the shaky umbrella with one hand, and pulled Kageyama Tobio's tie with the other hand.

They were very close at this moment, and they could only feel each other's warmth in the cold and wet weather. Kageyama Tobio's empty pupils were filled with the figure of the girl, and he held Haruka Ishikawa's wrist tightly as if he was grabbing a life-saving straw.

"So warm."

Kageyama's murmur and his cold palm made Haruka Ishikawa react. She put away the heavy umbrella and hugged Kageyama Tobio in the rain to absorb each other's warmth.

Ishikawa Haruka hugged the trembling boy: "It's okay, everything will be fine."

Kageyama Tobio hugged the petite and warm girl in front of him tightly and buried his head in the girl's neck.

The raindrops in the sky fell mercilessly on the two of them, and the rain dripped down along their heads. The sharp raindrops wanted to get into the gap between the two people's embrace, but the boy hugged the girl tightly as if he was holding his whole world, leaving no chance for the raindrops.

Ishikawa Haruka gently patted the boy's back, and her neck could vaguely feel the heat. These "raindrops" were about to burn her!

In this noisy rain, Ishikawa Haruka silently gave the boy some quiet time. I don't know how long it took, but after hearing his sister's cry, Kageyama Tobio hurriedly let go of Ishikawa Haruka as if he had just woken up from a dream.

He opened his lips slightly and wanted to say something, but Haruka Ishikawa just pushed him into the house: "Go quickly, go back and have a good rest and don't catch a cold."

Kageyama Tobio nodded and followed the gentle force behind him to walk into the house.

Haruka Ishikawa looked at the direction where the boy disappeared and sneezed suddenly.

"Ah-choo! Ah-choo!" She quickly opened her umbrella and took a taxi to go home. She had to go back and take a hot bath!

Ishikawa's house

, Toru Ishikawa, his mother, and Aya Ishikawa who had returned home all exclaimed at the girl who looked like a drowned chicken.

"Haruka! Why are you soaked all over!"

"Tetsu, go and run the bath water!"

"I'll go make ginger soup!"

Haruka Ishikawa was carried to the living room by his mother to wipe her wet hair, and then she was pushed into the bathroom and ran in the hot water that Toru Ishikawa had prepared. When she came out, Aya Ishikawa handed her the boiled ginger soup. The three of them worked together, and after a set of combined punches, Haruka Ishikawa was already lying comfortably on the sofa.

Haruka Oikawa held the steaming ginger soup and acted coquettishly to Aya Oikawa: "Thank you, Onei-chan."

Toru Oikawa covered Haruka with a blanket: "Didn't you bring an umbrella?"

Haruka Oikawa smiled faintly, slowly drank the ginger soup and ignored Toru Oikawa's questions.

Toru Oikawa pouted and used a hair dryer to blow Haruka Oikawa's hair. Isn't it okay for him to stop asking?

Haruka Oikawa is this kind of person. If she doesn't want to tell you something, she will pretend not to hear it or simply shut up. Anyway, if she doesn't tell you actively, don't want to know the answer!

Ishikawa Haruka closed her eyes and enjoyed the blowjob service from Ishikawa Toru. It was so nice to be home~

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