“Hey, that's him right?” Himiko pointed at someone in the park.

“Yeah, I think so…” Anzu said.

They went to Hiroshi who is planting a tree.

"Ah, who are you? Do you want to help us?" the granny said.

They are a bit hesitant to help, but finally, they choose to help. They plant a tree around the park.

"Why should we help them? This is just a waste of time," Himiko complained to Anzu in a slow tone.

"Heh? I thought it was a Daymare job to help people?" Anzu said.

"Ergh, I know, but not for this…" Himiko said.

"Do you two happen to know Hiroshi?" the granny asked.

"I'm his teacher. And this is his friend." Anzu pointed at Himiko.

"Ha? I'm not-"

"Who are you to him? Are you his grandmother?” Anzu blocks Himiko words.

"Oh, no, no...I just happened to find him sleeping in this park at night one day...and I brought him back to my home…” the granny said.

"At night? Isn't that dangerous? Isn't there any Nightmare at that time?" Himiko asked.

"I live there…" the granny pointed at a small hut in the middle of the park, "I heard some weird noises outside, when I checked from the window, I could see someone lying down on the ground…"

The granny shares the story while planting the tree.

"I know it can be dangerous, but I couldn't stand looking at someone who looked helpless and ignored him to be a victim to Nightmare. So, I went to him, woke him up, and offered to let him stay at my house for one night."

Doesn't he have a desire to kill this woman? I thought all Nightmares should have it…

"I asked him many things but he never answered. I thought he is mute because he never said anything...is he? If you are his teacher, you must know it, right?" the granny asked.

"No, he's not mute. He is just shy…" Anzu said.

"Oh, I'm glad then…There you are! I really thought that you were a mute person. Aii, we already know each other for two months, yet you still have not opened your heart for me huh? Hahaha!" the granny yelled in a jokeful tone at Hiroshi who came to her.

Hiroshi bowed his head down and left with an expressionless face as always.

"Huh...that boy, it must be hard for him to live alone at his age…"

"Do you ever come to his house?”

"Yeah, sometimes I follow him back after he helps me here. You know, since that night he always comes back everyday even for a minute to visit me. So I decide to accompany him to his home. Surprisingly, he has no parents...so sometimes I'll cook for him at his home and clean his messy house.

"Oh, I see…"

He seems like a normal human in her eyes…wait...

"What do you mean messy house?"

"Hiroshi's house, of course. It's always messy like there's a kid playing in his house even though he lives alone. Just last week, his sofa got clawed by something like cats and it's inside gets thrown off…"

"Oh, I forgot auntie, there's something I want to tell Hiroshi. May I have your permission to leave?" Anzu said suddenly.

"Hahaha, you don't have to ask to leave, you are the one helping me...you can go wherever you want," the granny said.

"Alright then, thank you then Auntie…"

"Kiko...call me Auntie Kiko," the granny said while smiling.

Two of them go back to Hiroshi's house.

There's no sofa in his house earlier, there must be something we overlooked. Anzu thought in her mind.