
The dining room at the Narita residence that had looked so calm, now turned into panic when everyone heard Ryuzaki's words asking Aerith. Everyone was confused why Aerith suddenly had no wind, no rain, even crying. Aerith, who had been crying in silence and hiding her cries, was now crying loudly after being found out she was crying.
Everyone tried to ask Aerith about what happened to her so she cried. But instead of answering Aerith even more hysterical crying because constantly asked by all of them.Daddy Hoshi who saw Aerith was uncomfortable with the question they were thrown was asking everything to be quiet and give time to Aerith calmed down.
After the next few minutes, Aerith was already able to cope with how she felt at the moment. He calmed down and even smiled. Seeing Aerith who had calmed down, made all the mouths of the Narita family members who were in the room itchy want to ask Aerith immediately.
" Now can you tell us, what made you cry, son? " daddy Hoshi's asking looks very attentive.
" Looking at you is so attentive to me, it reminds me of my late father who always did the same thing you did. I miss them ", said Aerith smiling wryly.
Ryuzami's little heart was filled. He knew that Aerith was an orphan, but a year ago Aerith was taken care of by her uncle and aunt when both her parents died. But what's the reason Aerith took a job as a night-world worker, that's what Ryuzaki doesn't know. Perhaps here he could hear his story directly from Aerith.
" My parents died in an accident, and I was in junior high school and was left to my uncle and aunt. Aunty was the sister of my father, but they couldn't support me because uncle's job was just a driver and they had three young children and school.. Be me since then self-study with school while working. And I've long forgotten about the feeling of being noticed by parents... L am... I... "Aerith's speech was cut off when suddenly daddy Hoshi hugged her tightly.
In the arms of father Hoshi, Aerith came back crying. Even now his crying is louder than before. It was as if he was expelling all the grievances he had endured all this time. As strong as Aerith, she is still a daughter who needs a father and mother figure, especially father. As powerful as he was, it was just a shell he had made to cover up the weaknesses he had.
" You have us now, so consider us your family. You're my son from now on, and don't ever cry again for not having parents. We are your parents, and tell me if that spicy mouth makes you cry, I'll sew it up if it's necessary" said daddy Hoshi. Of course, Aerith finally laughed when she heard the last sentence that her father-in-law said.
After the show ended, Ryuzaki and Aerith were in Ryuzaki's room. Both are equally awkward, let alone Ryuzaki recalling what he saw last night, which left him unable to sleep well from imagining it. Be both now just silent, the one sitting on the sofa of the room the one sitting on the bed.
Ryuzaki wants to get rid of this awkward feeling, but he is confused about what to discuss with Aerith. He knew how Aerith lived all along from the investigation he had conducted. But, Ryuzaki is convinced that he must still miss something in Aerith's life. Moreover, seeing how she had cried just because of the small attention of daddy Hoshi.
" I'm sorry Ryuzaki san.. I was overreacting.. But I really didn't mean it that way. I was crying because I really felt.... "
Of course Aerith nodded, if it was just a question he would not refuse to answer either.
" Why did you choose to be a woman who works in the night world? Is it just because of money? " Ryuzaki looked into Aerith's eyes. He was very curious about it after seeing Aerith cry earlier.
" Of course it's money, what more could I expect from that job if it wasn't for the money. Unfortunately it's not because I'm hungry for money, but it's money.. My uncle refused to pay for my school when I graduated Junior High, saying he had no fees for my school. Because I was stupid, I couldn't get a scholarship.. Hehehe.. " Aerith grinned the horse. Although in his heart he was slicing but he did not want it to be seen by Ryuzaki's eyes. He did not want to be pitied by the misfortune that had befallen him since his parents died.
" But why is that? Isn't there sure to be insurance from your parents' accident, right? " Ryuzaki.
" Of course there is.. But I never accepted it. I don't know how much and where the money was, which I knew when they were funding my school. So I got out of the house and met my boss at an elite nightclub "the story of Aerith recalls the events of that night.
Flashbacks.
It was a cold night because it was winter. Aerith left her uncle's house because she was no longer expected there and there was nothing she could get there. Somehow later Aerith lives, she just wants to get out of there before her uncle makes himself an outburst of her vices.
Aerith sat in a closed shophouse resting her tired legs from walking away. That was when he met Mami Starla, a club owner who used to be visited by striped men and aunty excited to find satisfaction. Looking at Aerith, Mami Starla feels good and offers her a job.
" Just come with me, work with me, then you will no longer have any trouble thinking about your money and school.. Are you interested? " ask mami Starla.
A question that made Aerith worried at that time, but who could help her again other than this person in front of her. Whether Aerith should accept it, and why should she choose this path when she knows it is an insulting path that will surely make herself live in the scorn of people. But only this can bring welfare to him, because he can only make money from this job*....