JUR-736 I thought you were being forced, weren’t you…? My aunt, Kana, whom I had secretly admired, had already been taken in by a local older man… Widow BSS — I was supposed to confess my feelings on the first anniversary of her husband’s death, but she had already been taken away long ago. — Mito Kana

I had admired my aunt Kana for as long as I could remember, so when she got married, I felt both happy and a little jealous. After she lost her husband in an accident, I wanted to support her through her grief, so after a while I moved nearby and often stopped by to check on her. I would visit her home hoping to be of help, but it seemed the neighborhood association leader, Nakata, was taking care of everything, leaving no real role for me. Even so, I kept visiting regularly, and one day, when I dropped by Kana’s house without an appointment…