A few minutes had passed before Shizune managed to calm down enough, but despite that, Kurono hadn't left her alone and kept hugging her lightly.
"I'm sorry, Kurono." Shizune apologized once more since she really didn't want to show herself that way to Kurono.
"Do you want to stop for today?" Kurono didn't accept or denial of her apology, but that was the question that came out of him.
"I know what you're thinking, but I don't want to leave this for another time, I feel like I'd just be running away again." Shizune had broken free of Kurono's embrace and then said those words, she had already reached that point, so she didn't want to cower one more time.
Kurono didn't say anything else after the answer he heard from her, so he simply waited for her words.
"Going back to before, the news that I was pregnant was quite complicated, both for me and my family." Kurono tried to imagine that situation since he could think of everything Shizune had gone through. "But despite everything, In the end, I had the support of all the people dear to me, my mother, my father, even from Akio's family, and above all from Hiroshi."
"So, just a month after I found out I was pregnant, we got married so that this way my parents would be calmer, plus we knew that it was the right thing to do." Shizune felt calmer after telling much of the story, but she knew he still couldn't stop. "Nine months passed like this quickly, there are a few things to mention, like attending school was somewhat complicated, actually the news of my situation reached everyone's ears incredibly fast, but apart from the rumors and nasty comments, I also received a lot of support from my friends and many of my teachers."
Shizune had once again been trapped in her memories while she was telling all this.
"Hiroshi also continued with school, he had always worked with my father in the family business, but besides that, he got several extra jobs at that time, and although we had told him not to overdo it, he always said that now he had a responsibility that he did not intend to escape, that he was grateful for the support of my parents, but that he also wanted to show that he could take responsibility for me and our son..." Shizune had closed her eyes before continuing and opening them again. "It could be said that all this was a unique experience, but I could not deny that, although there were those difficult moments, there was also the fact that there was a new life inside me, and that generated a happiness that is still difficult for me to describe.
Kurono was aware of all the changes that appeared in Shizune's expression as she recounted that, the small hints of joy, worry, and sadness alternated continuously, so it was obvious that he was attentive to any situation that might arise, but he also listened carefully to everything so as not to ignore anything.
"In the end, I had Rena without any problem, the happiness we all experienced was great, a new member had come to the family, and all the pain I went through was completely worth it..." Shizune stood up suddenly, then began to look for something before going back to Kurono and putting what she wanted to find in his hands.
Kurono took it carefully and could see that it was a small portrait with a photograph, Shizune had turned on a lamp that was in the room when she started looking for the photograph, so Kurono had no problem seeing the image.
There was nothing strange about it, it was the image of a young girl carrying a little baby in her arms while there was a beautiful smile on her face and both were hugs at the same time by who could be said to be the father of that little one. Perhaps for someone else it would be a normal image, but Kurono was able to perfectly identify who was in that image.
"And what exactly happened?" Kurono hadn't stopped seeing the image in front of him and let that question out since he knew what was coming next.
Those words completely reached Shizune, and she was also aware of that.
"It happened a couple of months after Rena was born... At that moment I was totally devastated by the news, it was so sudden and I don't remember how many times I wished that it was all a horrible dream... But there was nothing I could do." Shizune had She had returned to adopt that feeling that tormented her, but this time she wanted to end it all before she could no longer express what was on her mind. "Mom's look at that moment was one I had never seen in my life, the first thing that she had done was hug me tightly and tell me to listen to her… But as the words came out of her, and even though I felt her take my hands and try to comfort me as best she could, I had practically broken at that moment."
Shizune squeezed her hands tightly, before she already had vented a lot with Kurono, so she didn't want that to happen again.
"Yes, Hiroshi was no longer by my side… He had a complication in his heart… And the result of that was that he lost his life with nothing to do about it… It was so unfair… He was just taken from me without even giving me a chance to say goodbye to him…" Shizune's body was starting to shake once more, and it seemed like there was nothing to do this time.
Shizune had brought her hands to her face to cover that expression that she didn't want to show Kurono, several sobs came out of her as well as some words difficult to understand. Shizune still remembered everything she had cried in the past, all the times she wondered why all this had happened, and especially all the pain she experienced every day.
For his part, Kurono couldn't say anything at that moment, this time he knew that Shizune had to let out everything she felt so as not to hurt herself even more, but at least... At least he could get closer and let her find that little warmth she needed at that moment.