Perhaps anyone would think that Shizune would answer Kurono's question, but both she and he knew that it wasn't necessary. So the simple nod she showed was enough for the subsequent conversation to follow the course that was already defined.
"I'm sorry if I spoke too directly before, maybe that aspect wasn't bad, but I was thinking of talking about the past as if it didn't need a bit of importance, which was something I really didn't want to convey to you." Maybe Kurono wasn't quite ready, especially since the situation was quite sudden, but at this point, he also didn't want to waste the time and attention that Shizune had given him.
"Don't worry, you can take as much time as necessary so that you know what to say, I'm not going anywhere." It was good for Kurono to hear these little supportive comments from Shizune, besides him, Kazumi was the only one who knew about his past, so it could be said that this was the first time he had tried to talk this way with someone else.
"Thank you, but let me start one more time." As he had done before, Kurono took a deep breath in an attempt to calm himself down enough, but this time it had worked a little better. "My family consisted of me, my mother, and my father. It was a couple that you might consider quite ordinary, both from this city, so I met the same fate. It was just us, all my grandparents had already left this world, and my parents had no siblings or distant family that they knew of, but I would say that was enough for us."
Shizune began to imagine the situation a little better, of course he couldn't do it perfectly, but she believed that this would help her follow Kurono's story and understand it at the same time.
"Part of my childhood had been that, enjoying a normal life with my parents as well as those happy moments that almost any child could describe... But all that would change when I was still six years old." Kurono was aware of Shizune's hand as she squeezed his a little tighter, it was obvious that what would come next was something quite important and it was still a painful memory, so he didn't think that small action on her part was strange. "It was during the summer, I remember how much I was insisting on Dad with the idea of going camping, it was an idea like any other with which a child would have his full attention occupied, the point is that my little wish came true. Dad had promised me to do it, surely I had jumped with excitement at that moment while I hugged Dad, and Mom laughed a little while she told us that there were many things to prepare."
Shizune was listening intently, but something distracted her a bit, something that made a kind smile appears on her face, and that was the result of the same warm smile that Kurono was showing, although that wouldn't last more than a few seconds...
"And as they had promised me, that day arrived, we got in the car and we went to the place that Dad had investigated and chosen so that we could camp. The trip had been very normal, I was in the back seat with the seat belt on like everyone else, and I had some toys to entertain myself with or simply talked to my parents about anything to make the journey more enjoyable, impatience grew with the idea of everything I would do once we got there, but… Everything would become blurry at that moment." Kurono closed his eyes, it was an action that Shizune had already gotten used to since this whole situation started, so she wasn't going to stop letting Kurono know that she was next to him, so she brought her figure closer while caressing the palm of his hand to try that he comes back to reality, which had worked.
Kurono looked back at Shizune for a moment before calming down, he had already reached the part where he had to use all his strength to convey what he wanted, and he wasn't going to keep keeping it to himself.
"It may sound like an excuse at first... But it's true, my memories of that moment seem to have been covered by some mist since I barely know what happened, all that was left with me was the result of the explanations of the adults and the policemen who had taken care of me, but in itself, it was also simple to define... An accident, my family had an accident during that trip, I had escaped almost unharmed, with only a few injuries in addition to my vague memories... But... But it hadn't been the same case for my parents..." Kurono's shoulders trembled slightly, he wanted to control as best he could what he was feeling... But in this situation, it was practically impossible.
Shizune felt her heart begin to ache the moment she finished hearing Kurono's words and saw everything that caused him, even if he covered his face with his hand, Shizune could still guess what he was trying to hide from her, so she couldn't bear to stay still and she simply wrapped her arms around Kurono before she felt his arms wrap around her as well and he buried his face in her chest. There was no other intention on Kurono's part than to seek the comfort that Shizune was now giving him, he didn't want her to see him this way, but now there was no reason to think about those things.
"I think I need to repeat to you the same thing that you told me a time ago… So don't keep enduring that pain, please. The best thing is that you let those feelings out, you don't know how much it hurts me to see you like this..." Now Shizune realized that it wasn't just her who was trying to get over her own past, Kurono hadn't said much, but anyone could notice the accumulation of feelings inside him, especially Shizune since she was being affected by it. She wanted to be the best emotional support for Kurono right now, and even though she was being affected by everything she just heard, she knew it was better to stay strong and be there for him…