It's only been a few days since she moved in this little apartment with her mother, but Kumiko quickly understands that something is not quite right with the neighbours upstairs. Mom says not to get involved or tell others, and she will listen, of course, but... But still, Kumiko can't help but feel that there are people to save upstairs.

In which a funeral doesn't go as expected, and Gray is left with more questions than answers. Lyon himself is no stranger to loss, and he knows his little brother well enough to see that he definitely isn't coping well with it, so perhaps he can help. ...He will try, at least.

He hadn't gone willingly. It was only because everyone was being annoying and that the master was worried that Natsu had decided to go visit Gray. Before pushing the door open, he'd expected to find him in bed, pressing ice to his burns and lamenting his loss during their last fight three days ago. What he did find was something else entirely.

Father has decided it's time for his son to stop his silly rebellion and to return home, where his heart belongs. It's time his children learn their lesson. Making the good choices will get them the love they've been longing for all these centuries. And the bad ones will leave them - or those around them - sick or dead or just too broken to be put back together like before.