YUHI
"I already know about grandfather's condition."
Yuhi blinked in surprise. "You do?"
Sumire nodded. "I know he has a deadly illness that can only be cured by obtaining the blood of the heir of the Ibuki main family. At present, there is only me. But considering the time frame of his hostile behaviour, it seems like I was always going to be the heir."
"You didn't realize?"
"Truthfully, my parents behaviour was so strange. I think my mother did love me but it was much harder to say with my father. He always prioritised my sister, and didn't spare much of as a glance at me. There was a time I was convinced that he forgot I even existed."
At those words he pulled the girl onto his lap and hugged her. Sometimes comforting words don't help, sometimes what others need is to be held.
