Tokyo Ghost Diary

Jingle bell——~~

"Hello? What's wrong, Mom?"

In the living room of the Hoshino family, Hoshino Rin answered the cross-country call from his mother and paused the game on the TV screen. After all, it was already late at night, and the little girl Tamamo Mae had already gone back to her room to sleep.

The voice of mother Tilina soon came from the other end of the phone: "Rei, it must be late at night in Tokyo now, right? I hope I didn't disturb your rest."

"No, it's around eleven o'clock in the evening. It's just the beginning of nightlife~" Hoshino Rin joked with her mother with a smile.

"Nonono, this is not okay, Ruiyi, you should understand that staying up late is the biggest enemy of beauty."

"Of course I know that, but mom, you called me at 11:30 in the middle of the night just to remind me not to stay up late?"

Tilina's voice on the other end of the phone obviously paused, and then she sighed helplessly: "You know Ruiyi, I'm not a parent who would do such boring things, it's just..."

"Well, I should tell you the truth. I called your brother last night, but unfortunately I couldn't contact him. Then I tried again just now, and he was still not in the service area... I think Do you know, has your brother changed his number now? Or, um... I mean, has my number been accidentally put on the blacklist by your brother? "

Listening to the hesitant, nervous and somewhat uneasy words of his mother, who had always acted neatly and decisively, Hoshino Rin couldn't help but pursed her lips.

Of course she knew why her mother became like this once she talked about her brother. Her mother always felt that she was very sorry for her brother, and in fact, Hoshino Rin also felt that this was true.

After all, she and her brother are both her mother's children, but think carefully about the kind of life she has lived over the years, and then think about her brother...

Hoshino Rin looked around at the entire home at the moment. The home now has more of a life atmosphere, and there are also some warm and cute decorations, but those were all added after she came back and after Tamamo Mae came to this home. One year When she stepped into this house, she had not forgotten the empty and deserted scene inside.

While he was happily queuing up at night in the manor and castle, surrounded by many relatives and friends, my brother was probably facing this cold house alone.

When, in addition to her mother, she had a bunch of aunts, uncles, brothers and sisters vying to accompany her to participate in parent-child activities at school, facing her brother who also had similar campus activities, he was probably calmly asking for leave from the teacher and going home.

Thinking about his brother's abilities, and considering that he had only been close to his brother for two months, he had already gone home with injuries several times...

Hoshino Rin knew what his brother was facing outside. However, no matter what storms he experienced outside or what kind of pain he suffered, in the end, he just returned to this place with an expression that he didn't know whether to be calm or numb. In an empty house, a person quietly waits for the "wound" to heal.

It's been like this every day, every day, every day for so many years.

Even as the one who was selected as the "second choice" that year, Hoshino Rin felt that this was too unfair and too much.

But facing her mother, who seemed to have given her almost unreserved love along with her brother's love during these years in England, she really couldn't say anything too extreme.

After a long pause, Hoshino Rin said: "Brother... I have something to go out now, and I also went out yesterday. Maybe it was because it was inconvenient to use a mobile phone."

"That's it... then Ruiyi, do you know what Xiaoyuan is doing when he goes out?" Tilina's voice contained a sense of relief, as if she was really afraid that her son would blacklist her just now. .

"I don't know." Hoshino Rin said truthfully, and then couldn't help but asked curiously: "Mom, why are you looking for my brother at this time?"

"...Well, on the day I attended Xiaoyuan's parent-teacher conference in Japan, your brother promised me that he would come to England during the summer vacation..."

"Eh? Is it true?" Hoshino Rin opened her eyes wide in surprise. She didn't know this at all!

"Of course it's true!" Tilina said with great certainty. She wrote this on the title page of her event book! And every day when she opens the event book, she will take a look at that line of words, and then her mood will be one or two points better than before.

Hoshino Rin was also a little excited. After all, compared to Tokyo, London, where she grew up and grew up, was her home ground. Going back to London with her brother... Just imagining it made her feel that she would be so happy that she couldn't sleep tonight!

"Then don't worry, mom, as long as it's something my brother promised, it will be completed!" Hoshino Rin also said firmly.

"Huh...that's great. By the way, Rui Yi, you seem to have a very good relationship with your brother now?"

Upon hearing this, Hoshino Rin suddenly became proud: "Of course!"

"Then do you know what your brother likes? Before he comes to London, I will prepare a perfect room for him."

"Ah... well, let me think about it." Hoshino Rin pointed his chin with a delicate white finger, thought about it seriously, and said, "Brother likes to play games, especially the recently popular "Ruby Land"."

"My brother also likes to watch anime, and his favorite is "Crayon Shin-chan"."

"Brother's favorite colors are black and white."

"My favorite food is Chinese food, and my favorite drinks are Coke and hot milk with sugar."

"..."

Hoshino Rin was talking one by one, and while she was talking, she heard the "rustling" sound of the pen tip rubbing against the paper from the other end of the phone...

After talking like this for five minutes, there was no sound of impatience from Tirina on the other end of the phone. Even after Hoshino Rin finished speaking, Tirina couldn't help but ask: "Is there nothing else?"

Hoshino Rin's answer was: "Even if there is, it's something I don't know. Anyway, I told my mother everything I know."

"Huh... forget it, these are barely enough. Remember, when your brother comes back, don't forget to tell him about coming to London... It's best if you can get him to call me back."

"I know, I know, I won't forget it!" Hoshino Rin said helplessly.

"Also, can mom ask you a favor, Rei?"

"Huh? Why are you so formal all of a sudden? What's going on?" Hoshino Rin blinked and couldn't help but sit up straighter.

"If you and your brother have such a good relationship now, can you help your mother persuade him after you return to London with your brother...so that he can agree to stay in London in the future?"

"..."