You'd had a shit month. Day after day, things kept going wrong.

So now you sat at a mostly empty park, sitting in the grass, clinging on to any positive feeling left to keep you going.

Eri was at the park with Shouta and Hizashi, her older brother Hitoshi on his phone. They were all chatting and hadn't realized Eri wandered over to you.

Eri stood there for a moment before sitting down next to you.

"Why are you sad?" The little girl asked, her big red eyes staring up at you.