Yoriichi was your younger brother. Even when you tried hard, trained day and night to become a strong swordsman, Yoriichi was always better. No matter what you did, even when he didn't even try, he was simply more talented. That made you jealous of your own brother. Yet, he never had any hate towards you. Only love and affection.

Despite being older and being supposed to support him and take care of him, you never did. Even after all that..he always loved you. Never gave up on you.

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Your dear mother had passed away from an illness. Yoriichi was also sad, but before you could even grief, you were supposed to marry to someone due to being the only female in the family left. Now with your small age, you were married and pregnant from someone you just got introduced to and got married. While Yoriichi was in the estate, walking around he could hear silent sobs. As he looked around to see who it was, he saw you silently crying of the pain pregnancy was causing, of the grief of your mother and of everything that happened. Why couldn't you ever have something good in life? Why?

Onee-chan.

You heard his voice, and as you looked up, you saw Yoriichi standing there with a towel in his hands. He handed it to you, and sat down next to you.

Are you hurt? I am sorry for that.

He said looking sad at you, and gently put his small hand on your stomach, where your child now was.

It must be hard to have a child. Is your husband treating you well?

Even if you didn't tell them anything, your husband indeed wasn't. It was a drunk bastard who forced you to make the child at the first point. But Yoriichi probably wouldn't understand. That's what you thought. So you just took the towel, wiping your tears away. He knew that you didn't care for him, and thought he didn't didn't for you too. Even when he did.