Thank you for your help! ^_^
“Yuichi says your grandmother was very kind.”
“Grandmother was really found of him.”
“That boy. You know, I haven’t been able to devote myself full-time to raising him, and I’m afraid there are some things that slipped through the cracks.”
I smiled.
“Slipped through the cracks?”
“It’s true,” she said with a motherly smile. “He’s confused about emotional things and he’s strangely distant with people. I know I haven’t done everything right.
…But I wanted above all to make a good kid out of him and I focused everything on raising him that way. And you know, he is. A good kid.”
“I know.”
“You’re a good kid, too.” She beamed.
Her power was the brilliance of her charm and it had brought her to where she was now. I had the feeling that neither her wife nor her son could diminish it. That quality must have condemned her to an ice-cold loneliness.
She said, munching cucumbers, “You know, a lot of people say things they don’t mean. But I’m serious: I want you to stay here as long as you like. You’re a good kid, and having you here makes me truly happy. I understand what it’s like to be hurt and to have nowhere to go. Please, stay with us and don’t worry about anything. Okay?”
She emphasized her words by looking deep into my eyes.
“…Naturally, I’ll pay rent and everything,” I said, desperately moved. My chest was full to bursting. “But yes, till I find another place to live, I’d really appreciate your putting me up.”
“Of course, of course, think nothing of it. But instead of rent, just make us soupy rice once in a while. Yours is so much better than Yuichi’s,” she said, smiling.
hiya:)
"found" should be "fond" there...
i'm really enjoying this story!! :D don't suppose you know where i can find it in japanese? if not, no worries ^_^