Kagura Hikaru had returned home, alone.
He rang the doorbell.
He had thought his stepmother would come to open the door, but it was Ayakoji Chiyoko.
As she pushed open the door and saw herself, her expression darkened for a moment. It was only after she noticed that there was no one else by her side that she revealed a gentle smile, "Where did you run off to? You didn't answer my calls; I was really worried."
Such a smile didn't suit her at all.
Kagura Hikaru couldn't help but recall how Ayakoji Chiyoko had looked in the past.
She was cold, stern, like a soldier or a wild beast, hardly ever seen with a relaxed smile on her face; even if there was a smile, it was a mocking sneer.
She was a girl whose personality was so rigid that it left one unsure of what to say.
But in just one short year, she had changed completely, at least in front of him.
Is this fickle creature what they call a high school girl?
It really wasn't funny at all.
