NOVEL WEB Chapter 101: Justice
"Maybe I should reprimand you… But I also feel satisfied after hearing what you did. I just hope you haven't acted that way again." Shizune took some time before saying that, she also thought that Kurono could have acted differently, but the past couldn't be changed anymore. "But tell me, what happened next of that fight?
Shizune hadn't forgotten the main issue of why all that happened, so she needed Kurono to continue explaining what happened next, although what she heard made Shizune not know how to feel.
"Well... As I told you, the teachers arrived at just the right time and we were both judged for our actions, although I guess since I was the one who started it all, I got the worst part since they even resorted to expelling me from the school." Kurono had a rather calm expression despite what he had just said, but it wasn't the same case for Shizune, although he didn't let her say anything either as he kept talking. "But leaving that part aside, the situation regarding Kazumi-nee was resolved since during the small interrogation that they did to us I mentioned the reason why I had done all that and that subject did not deny it either since at that very moment some of Kazumi-nee's friends and she came to advocate for me."
And remembering that, Kurono told himself again that what he had done was worth it just for the results, maybe that's why he liked the saying that it's better to judge the results than the method to reach them... Although he preferred not to apply it too much in his life as it could be worrying at times.
"It is a pity that this did not help me to be forgiven, after all, I had made that decision and I had to take responsibility for the consequences, I only found out that they called the parents of that idiot and he ended with a suspension of several days since his parents intervened a bit. In my case, the director was also called, but she simply asked me what I wanted to do, and I told her that I would accept the punishment without complaining." The image of the director had reappeared in Kurono's mind, always had a strange relationship with her although he was practically under her care, and although he did not want to accept it, after Kazumi, Aoi was the closest to what he could consider as his family. "After that and for everything that word of mouth among the students, the situation regarding the rumors about Kazumi-nee was greatly reduced once the general situation was known, I also remember that that idiot didn't just was beaten up by me, which was nice to hear."
Shizune was seeing that somewhat worrying smile on Kurono's face again, but she had gotten used to it by now, so she let him have fun remembering all of that.
"Of course, on the day of the fight I also received a scolding from Kazumi-nee once we were at home… I could also see her shed some tears, although I couldn't guess what exactly they meant because she had recovered that usual smile at the same time we had given ourselves some time to talk calmly, letting out some thoughts that were in our minds, and the end, I apologized for everything, for the way I had treated her the last year, for what an idiot I had been, and for not having realized before how much she was suffering… I also told her that she was my family, and that from that moment on I would support her wholeheartedly and leave behind all unnecessary thoughts that only made our relationship more complicated."
"So..." Shizune could tell that what Kurono had just expressed was some kind of turning point in his life.
"Yes, although it hadn't been instantaneous, I told myself that I would give up on the feelings I had for Kazumi-nee. She had made her own decision and path to follow a long time ago, so I didn't want to continue being stubborn since it would only hurt both of us." It had been a while since Kurono had replayed those memories in her mind, she considered that it had been quite a lively time, and that had made him grow as a person in a way.
"I... I feel that it was quite mature of you even though it must have been difficult." Shizune couldn't feel Kurono expressing any feelings of sadness after he told her all that, so there was no need to comfort him, but she still had to praise him a little since he was able to overcome that small chapter of his life.
"Yes, I also think that was the best decision I could have made. Everything related to how Kazumi-nee's situation was resolved reached my ears thanks to her and some of my friends or friends of hers who had thanked me for beating up that idiot, so I could rest easy." Kurono leaned a little more in his seat to rest some of the slight fatigue in his body. "As I said before, I had ended up expelled from the school, but not definitively. I would have to wait for the start of the new school year, so I had practically been condemned to miss a year, a year that I took advantage of to help as much as I could in the orphanage as well as get some jobs, one of which was also very important concerning the future since it was directly related to what I do now."
And so, Kurono began to tell Shizune about her little adventures during that period, also about the fact that Kazumi had graduated and had reached the age where she had the chance to become independent, and with it, it indicated that Kurono had returned to school once more.
"Fortunately, Kazumi-nee didn't have much trouble getting a job, maybe it would have been better to continue with her studies and go to university, but there weren't the necessary resources for it and she wasn't really interested. Maybe that's when she found some kind of love with the world of exercise since she worked in a gym." Kurono was simply telling everything that came to his mind, but that was still quite entertaining for Shizune since she could learn a little more about the past of the sibling duo. "And in my case, I had just started my second year of high school once again…"
Suddenly, Kurono paused as he had reached that important part, he had been too entertained with the stories of the past that he had not realized what was coming next, but just like he said before, he could no longer turn back after you've come this far.