บท 69: This isn't a goodbye

Once again, he has to be thankful for the endurance and durability that he has gotten from his Quirk.

It had been yesterday that he had been hit by thunder but with just asleep that he had become healthy once again.

"Open your mouth," Kanan said while trying to feed him.

"I'm fine, I can eat it myself," Brando said while showing her that he could move his arms.

"No, you've been hit by thunder, you need to rest first," Kanan still tried to feed him.

"....." Brando sighed and decided to give up. He opened his mouth and let her feed him.

"Good boy," Kanan smiled and fed him.

"..."

'Boy?' Brando would show her that he hid a beast inside his pants right now and that this girl wouldn't dare to say that he was a boy. He chewed his food and asked, "You're not with your father?" He knew that her father was also in the hospital.

"It's okay, he is quite healthy," Kanan said and continued to feed him.

"Hmm," Brando opened his mouth and chewed his food again. He remembered what had happened yesterday. He needed a ball to learn 'Spin' again since it had saved his life. He felt that it could be applied to medical treatment, fighting, cleaning, or a lot of things.

"Open your mouth again," Kanan said.

Brando felt that this girl had really treated him as a child but he didn't really mind. He opened his mouth and asked, "You're not going to train?"

"Well, tomorrow is our performance, it is better to rest rather than practice, it isn't like we will get better with just one day practice," Kanan said.

"That's true," Brando nodded.

Both of them talked for a while until everyone started to come to visit him. They started to reprimand him that it was dangerous to enter the sea when there was a storm and told him to not do it again.

Brando was too lazy to say anything and he knew that they would stop talking when they were tired.

---

Brando seemed that he had underestimated how girls could talk for a long time without getting tired. He had only said that he was okay and ready to go back to the inn. He showed them that he could jump around and walk normally.

They could only agree but still decided to follow him around.

Brando didn't really like the hospital and went back to the inn. When he entered the inn he was greeted by Takami and her other two daughters.

"Dio, are you alright?"

"I've heard that you've been hit by thunder, is that true?"

"Are you really alright that you can walk like this?"

Brando told them that he was alright but he was a bit hungry.

They nodded and cooked him some food and espresso. He drank his espresso again with quite a blissful expression.

"You really love our espresso, huh?" Chika smiled.

"Yes, I'd love to drink it every day," Brando said while sipping his espresso. He didn't notice that the girl in front of him had blushed. He noticed that someone had stared at him for a while, "Dia, what's wrong?"

"Dia? Y - You're younger than me! You should give -san or -senpai or -neesan before you call me," Dia said while flustered.

Brando only shook his head and didn't think too much.

"D - Don't ignore me, desu wa!" Dia complained.

It was a day before the concert for Love Live but they had decided to spend their days with him.

---

Brando nodded, "You guys are very cute." He had to admit that their costume seemed better.

"Thank you," You was happy since she was the one who designed it.

"Good luck, I will be watching you guys from here," Brando said with a smile.

They nodded and told him that they would show him the show that he wouldn't forget in his life.

Brando felt that they really had quite a big mouth but decided not to say anything. He was quite amazed since the stage was quite beautiful and it was standing on the sea even though there was a storm two days ago. He waited for a while and it was their time to perform on the stage.

(BGM - Aquors - Mijuku DREAMER - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km1u6bq__rA).

The music started to play and they started to dance beautifully.

"Even if we're always together."

"Our hearts lose their way when we can't explain our feelings"

"So let's forget our tears."

"And sing together."

Brando didn't say anything and felt that it might be something that he had seen during his stay here. He had to admit that all of them were very beautiful girls and it was very pleasant to watch them singing and dancing on the stage.

"Nobody knows what the future will bring."

"But I bet it will be fun."

Brando felt this song was quite nice since the meaning from the lyrics was very nice to hear.

The beautiful fireworks were shot during the last moment of this song making the nine girls on the stage became a real mermaid that charmed everyone.

The song was over and they went back to him and decided to tour around the festival having fun for the entire night.

They spent quite a long time and decided to go back since it was quite late.

Brando took out his luggage and decided to go back quite late at night.

"You're going back?" Takami asked since it was quite sudden.

"Yes, I need to go back now," Brando nodded.

"When you go back, you can stay here again," Takami said. She had decided to take him into her son-in-law.

Brando wanted to go back when he saw her burning eyes. He only nodded and walked toward the beach. He felt a bit chilly even though it was almost summer.

"Dio?"

"Hmm?" Brando turned and saw someone unexpected, "Dia? What are you doing here?" He saw that he was drawing something on the sand.

'Aquors!' 'I'm happy' 'Yes, I can join a Love Live.'

Brando thought that this girl must be really happy to perform on the stage even though she hardly showed it every day.

"N - No, don't look at it!" Dia tried to close his eyes so as not to see the thing that she had written in the sand.

"Okay! Okay! I won't look at it," Brando said while holding her hand trying to stop her.

Dia was red but the night made it hard to see it. She looked at him and asked, "What are you doing here in the middle of the night?"

"Well, I should ask the same question to you, right?" Brando said.

Dia was a bit embarrassed but said, "I - I can't sleep and that is why I came here."

Brando could deduce that she was very happy with the performance and wanted to let it out. He nodded and said, "I understand."

"What do you mean?!" Dia was very shy. She looked at her hands and asked, "H - How long will you hold my hands?"

"Oh sorry," Brando let her go.

Dia looked at him and felt a bit shy but she decided to ask, "Do you remember me?"

Brando blinked his eyes, "Have we met before?"

Dia nodded, "Yes, it was when I was a child that I got lost in Tokyo station."

"....." Brando observed her face for a while. His memory was good but it happened several years ago. He thought really hard until he remembered, "Oh! You're that forehead girl!" He remembered a girl that was crying when he was a child meeting her and annoyed by her crying. He had decided to help her but he didn't think much during that time. He didn't expect such a round child would turn into a beauty. He had lived moving around from town to town since he had been stealing to live when he was a child until Gran Torino caught him in the past.

"I'm not a forehead girl!" Dia snorted at him. She knew that her bangs were very short when she was a child but it didn't mean that he could say that he could mock her.

"My bad, that is quite long, I'm surprised that you still remember it," Brando said.

Dia suddenly turned red when she heard it. She looked at him and asked, "A - Anyway, what are you doing here?"

"I'm coming back," Brando said.

"....." Dia was shocked, "Going back? Where?"

"Tokyo, I have to go back now," Brando said and spread his wings.

Dia saw him wanting to fly, "Wait!"

"Hmm?" Brando looked at her.

"W - When are you going back?" Dia asked.

Brando thought for a while and asked, "Do you want to exchange our contacts?"

Dia nodded furiously when she heard it. She looked at him and asked, "Why are you going back?"

"I have something to do, you might see me on television later," Brando said while smiling.

"Huh?!" Dia didn't have time to reply and saw him start to fly very fast toward the sky. She watched him until she couldn't see him again. She clenched her phone and knew that they would meet again.

---

In the early morning.

"Mom! Where is Dio?" Chika asked.

"He went back yesterday and said sorry that he didn't have time to say goodbye to you," Takami said.

"....." Chika was stunned for a while until she shouted, "HUH!?" Her screams could be heard from far away.