A faint smile rested on her face.
Su Yang understood. She had known all along.
After all, Toyomi was not an idiot. If Haruno had nothing worthwhile about her, Toyomi could never have remained friends with her for so long.
So he continued.
"First, consider when the fifty huskies incident happened."
"It was when Sister Haruno was seven. How terrible could a seven-year-old be? She gave her little sister fifty huskies."
"She simply thought her sister liked puppies, so she gave her what she liked. She did not understand moderation, so she gave her everything."
"So you got it wrong. Sister Haruno liked her little sister very much. She even poured everything her seven-year-old self had into her sister.
"I'd bet fifty cents those fifty huskies were bought with all her allowance. If she had had more money, she would have bought even more."
"Could it... be like that?"
Kaguya had never expected such a pure possibility.
But when she put herself in that situation.
It did seem right.
She found out her little sister liked something, so she gave her that thing. Because she was her older sister and loved her dearly, she gave her a whole pile of it.
That kind of thing could happen.
"So," Su Yang said, "Sister Haruno had always loved her little sister."
"But the fifty huskies incident probably got her lectured, so she learned moderation."
"Only, she did not learn it very well. That was why things turned into the current situation, where people thought she hated her little sister."
"But she still loved her little sister."
"Because otherwise, she could not have remembered it so clearly when I asked about it."
"Eh..."
As he spoke, he let out a soft sigh. "I want an older sister too."
"Meow..."
Before he could voice