However, the same was not true for Elena.
The more he avoided her, the more she was drawn to him. The more he pulled away from her, the more she pressed on him.
That's what I had heard from the housekeeper while I was away at work.
Even when I directly told Elena to carry herself with moderation as an elder sister, she only became more stubborn instead.
And then, last winter, on the night we held the Christmas party for Elena's last year in high school.
I didn't know when Elena had gone home.
I had long known that she loved Yuu so much that she couldn't stand it, but I never thought that Elena would do something like that….
Since then, a clear rift ended up appearing between the two of them.
Yuu came to hate Elena so much that whenever they met face to face, he would hurl insults at her or ignore her, while Elena herself stopped going to school and ended up shutting herself away in her room.
Even when I tried to ask what happened a couple of times, Elena shut herself in a shell and would not open her heart to me.
Until a few years ago, the three of us were living together as a family, but how did things end up becoming like this, I wonder?
It was at times like this that I wished Sakuya-san were by my side.
Perhaps unable to just watch me who brooded over and cried alone at night around this time, Yuu's attitude softened a bit and he would chat with me for a bit in the morning and at night, which was a silver lining of a dark cloud.
And yet, for something like that to happen on his graduation day!
I was at work when I got the call from the police, and I was so shocked I almost ended up fainting and collapsing.
When I rushed to the hospital, Yuu was unconscious and on absolute bed rest.
I was told that the cause was him falling from a pedestrian bridge and hitting his head hard.
Thinking that I wouldn't be able to keep on living if I were to lose Yuu, I was so distraught that I ended up being held down by several nurses.
Once the night passed, I was relieved to hear that there was no danger to his life, but at the same time, welling up inside me was furious anger at the middle school girls who had done this to him.
Just as I thought about going and making them bear the brunt of my anger, a police officer showed up at just the right timing and informed me of the details of the incident.
If such a despicable crime were to end up being pardoned, it would end up making life more and more difficult for men.
We will make every effort to strictly interrogate and levy severe punishments not only to the main perpetrators who planned the crime, but also the students who were invited to participate in it.
Hearing this, I had no choice but to lower my raised fist.
In today's world, crimes against men are subject to severe criminal penalties, even if they are minors, after all.
After leaving the matter in the hands of the police, all I could do was hope that Yuu would recover.
While he was in a coma, I threw away the job I was in the middle of and asked the company to let me take some time off from work.
That was because above anything else, Yuu came first.
Faced with my no-objection-allowed attitude, my superior smiled wryly, but she gave me permission to extend my leave. I was lucky to have such an understanding superior.
When I briefly went back home, I got a call that Yuu had regained consciousness, so I immediately rushed to the hospital, leaving everything else unattended to.
And then, when I entered the hospital room and saw Yuu's safe figure, I could no longer hold myself back.
I hugged him so tightly that a panicked nurse had to stop me.
Having only just regained consciousness, Yuu seemed to be somewhat absentminded, but I was relieved since his complexion didn't seem bad.
But shockingly, he didn't remember me…
「My mother is not such a young and beautiful lady! 」 he said, what on earth did that mean?
Somehow, I had mixed feelings about it.
He also changed the way he referred to himself from 『I (boku) 』 to 『I (ore) 』….
According to what the doctor said, due to him hitting his head and losing consciousness temporarily, there were probably some disorders in his memory.
In other words, the so-called amnesia, I suppose.
Other than the head injury, I was glad that he only twisted his leg a little and suffered no serious injuries, though.
I was told that since he was in the middle of recovery, we had no choice but to wait and see for a while.
As for the abominable incident in which Yuu suffered injuries, it was being investigated faster than I had expected, and I had them inform me of the progress.
It was great that since the incident occurred outdoors as opposed to behind closed doors, although there was low pedestrian traffic, there were witnesses, and Yuu's questioning was concluded after doing it only once in his hospital room.
After all, cases that caused harm to men are stipulated to be as unburdening to the men as possible.
As far as I am concerned, I hope they could have given the perpetrators capital punishment.
According to the confession of the arrested middle school girls, the crime was premeditated and extremely malicious.
Even though they inflicted such serious injuries, when it came to rape and abduction, it was deemed as a failed attempt, so their sentences were not that heavy.
Even the three main offenders were sentenced to less than 10 years in prison at most!
I wonder if those scum will ever be rehabilitated.
Who will take the responsibility if when they get out of prison, they start targeting Yuu again?!
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