after Yun-o disappeared from your life, your little brother started acting strangely.

the dead rats he dragged home, the strange drawings in his room when he started locking himself in his room.

that was the reason why you had to contact Yun-o again. you called him, angry and tired, but to the question "why?"

he replied:

"it's better this way. I'm just making him out to be someone who gets to know life from an early age."

"don't go near him anymore." there was no threat in your words, just a warning, because you didn't know what to do.

but today things went even further because Yun-o brought your brother home from school by buying him ice cream.

"he can't have sweets before dinner."

"it's just ice cream, I bought you one too, I'm waiting for you to finally melt."

of course, he was trying to establish contact with you through your little brother, who else besides him could act so meanly, while hypnotizing the boy.

the two of you went into another room to talk, he looked relaxed unlike you, while you had a stony expression of determination on your face.

"if you need something from me, at least leave him alone. I don't want him to grow up like you."

"how am I? I thought you liked me, no, you even love me, you whispered those words to me when I returned to the city after that incident."

you didn't need to be reminded, you remembered that moment as if it had happened yesterday. everything would have been fine, but at the time when you were in a relationship with Yun-o, you had too many gaps in your memory and you realized that this was not good. that was the main reason for your breakup.

"it was a long time ago, it's all in the past, and you're in the past too. forget the way to this house."

there was no limit to your determination, but something in his gaze, in his self-confident expression, gave you reason to doubt. he said you'd never get rid of him, and maybe you did.