On one of the city's main roads, a dark gray car speedily moved on the tarmac, gliding through the night.
Both Izumi and Chiharu were already sleeping in the backseat, leaving only Himari to accompany Kazuya driving.
They didn't talk much until Kazuya broke the silence.
"Teacher Kato, about Chiharu... Are you really okay with it?" Kazuya asked quietly. He looked at her with a glance before he focused back on the road ahead.
"Do you mean about the picnic?" Himari accurately guessed his words.
Kazuya let out a soft sigh, "I'm sorry, she requests you to join us even though you have another plan. She never said anything like that before. I thought, she didn't really think about her father because... she rarely asked about him."
It was negligence on his part as Chiharu had always looked happy.
In fact, the child hid her feelings well.
"Although she is still small, she might already notice that her family isn't the same as her friends' families," Himari glanced at the backseat.
