Mio paused for a moment after taking off her shoes and entering her home. It was before she even got to say she was home, her sister must have heard her coming in the door. Not wanting to simply shout to the other room, she quickly headed towards the lounge. And... there was her sister, slouched on the couch with a book. Mio was finding it hard to just sit and read at the moment, really... not with what happened to Kazuko.

"I'm sorry, onee-san," she began, calmly, "But I was going to visit Kazuko-san in the hospital, so I had to walk home."

The walk from the hospital to home wasn't exactly a short one, really. But Mio was certain this would be fine. Kazuko was her friend, and Mio planned to visit her until... well, until she got better. Every day until she got better. She knew her way home and she knew how to stay safe, so it wasn't as if there were any real problems with this, right? The uncommon desire for defiance(at least in Mio) was faintly present. If her sister didn't like it, well... she couldn't just leave Kazuko alone in the hospital every day...