Hey everyone! our author dear here. As you know, back in chapter 17 of the original book, I put up some pictures to choose the cover from, right? Great! Now, remember this picture?

Yeah, that little boy that's pouring water on Sanemi is your baby boy Shiro. 

But let's start from the start. How did this happen? 

Let's find out, shall we?

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It was a hot, sunny, summer day. (Y/N) and her friends are all on the beach to enjoy the day! They all agreed to come since they too wanted to spend their summer vacation with their friends instead of being cooped up in their home with nothing to do. 

"Mommy, where are you going?" Shiro asked as he played in the sand, away from the water since he can't swim just yet, he's only one. 

"Mommy's gonna buy some snacks at the store with Mitsuri and Kanae, want to come too, Shiro?" (Y/N) answered, wearing a beach cardigan and taking some money from her bag. 

"No thanks. But can you buy me ice cream, please." He said politely. 

"Okay! Behave! Don't go to the water without asking daddy first!" (Y/N) and the girls left, waving goodbye to Shiro.

Shiro was making a few sandcastles alone since his uncles were all playing at the beach and he can't go alone. He always listens to mommy. 'Hm... I want to swim...' 

He stood up, taking his bucket filled with water, and looked around for his father to take him to swim. After surveying the beach, he finally found his father, buried in the sand, sleeping soundly as if Uzui and Iguro didn't just make him some tiddies. 

Shiro kept calling and calling again but there was no response from his dad. He sighed, thinking of a way to wake him up. But then, he remembered something.

He remembered when he snuck in the place where his father worked, he remembered seeing someone soaking a sleeping student walking in the halls and he woke up.

So, he looked down in his hands, his reflection clear on the water.

Little Shiro smiled, excited to go to the water. 

But... at that moment, everyone who knew Sanemi felt a shiver run down their spine. 

(Y/N) had paused at her search for something on the snack aisle, as well as her friends. But they all shook it off, blaming the cold aircon at the store and they quicken their pace, feeling very anxious with zero reasons. 

Genya gasped, pausing from eating his unnecessarily-expensive-beach-ice-cream and looked around, trying to look for the source of his shivers. 

Uzui, a pro prankster to his friends lost the volleyball game he's playing with his girlfriends. He felt as if something cold just brushed up against his leg. He was on land, not on the water. 

Tomioka, however, was underwater and he felt something, but he just shrugged it off and continued on snorkeling. 

Yuichiro, Muichiro, and Koichi and stopped their swimming race and paused, as if whatever they felt was going to get them if they were to move. 

Shinobu didn't give a shit and just relaxed with Kanao, the two of them with coconut juice on their hand. 

Himejima stopped meditating and immediately stood up, knowing where the disaster's gonna struck.

"Shinazugawa." That one word from Himajima and they all snapped their head to where Sanemi was, their eyes widened in horror when they saw Shiro raise the water-filled bucket. 

Everyone panicked and the first responders were Genya, Uzui, and Himejima. 

They fucking ran with all of their might and, as if it was in slow-motion, Himejima managed to take Shiro away, Uzui taking the bucket and scooping back the water that fell and Genya blocking his brother's face from the few droplets that fell. 

"S-safe..." Genya sighed, standing up slowly and calmly, walking next to the two men who also sighed in relief. "We did it. Disaster avoided." 

"Avoided indeed." Uzui nodded in agreement, throwing the water back on the sand and placing the bucket down. "Time to add this in my 'nearly died' list." 

But little did they know, Sanemi was not the disaster that they were gonna face...

"uh..." The boys froze, turning their heads to the source of the cry. Shiro whimpered as tears formed in his eyes. "WAAA-"