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Love before its too late chapter six Chapter 6: Visions of engagement When Ryo left the house to pick up the take-out, an awkward silence fell over her family as they sat in the living-room. Tare was seated far away from Mum and Dad, he was looking everywhere but at them; Miki could see her mother was trying to hold back her tears at her son’s rejection of his parents; Dad was staring at the floor with a blank look on his face. Miki might’ve gotten Tare out of his room, but she couldn’t heal the gulf that had cracked open between her family. It was like what Ryo had said, they really had been putting on the happy family face for him, the idea of having the former drunk and high menace possibly be their future son-in-law was preferable to deal with. And well, Miki couldn’t really bring herself to drag up the real issue again, she was too emotionally worn out now. But this silence was becoming unbearable to live with, and from the angry and upset look starting to reform on Tare’s face, she had a feeling that if