Thread:StarMiya/@comment-26113939-20170212182417/@comment-26113939-20170212191357

Basically, the guy who's taking care of Guren is Kaori's childhood friend. Kaori's death is crucial to Guren feeling empathy for the first time, thus it can't be avoided. Writing Ran as the guy's friend would require me to exert more effort into Ran's character than need be would drag out the plot too long.