That night...

Ichimatsu lay his head down on one of the less comfortable pillows on the green sofa in the living area. His family still had no idea that he was even gone. It's like he didn't exist in the first place.

As soon as Ichimatsu had reached home, he stood in front of the mirror with Karamatsu and Jyushimatsu again, but the could no longer see him. Finally, Ichimatsu could really say he was all alone in the world.

With a depressive sigh, Ichimatsu closed his eyes, breathing in and out, trying to calm himself down so he could sleep. Yet despite how exhausted he was from wandering around town all day, sleep wouldn't come.

Sitting up on the sofa, Ichimatsu rubbed his eyes sleepily the stood completely up, stretching.

"I might as well see what everyone else is up to," he thought, creeping down the hallway towards his bedroom where his five brothers slept peacefully.

Ichimatsu stopped in the doorway, listening the the sounds of his brothers snoring happily. It was a calming sound, yet also irritating. Was that even possible? Heck if he knew.

Quietly, despite not being able to be noticed at all, Ichimatsu sat down in between Jyushimatsu's and Karamatsu's futons.

With both of his hands, he rested one on their heads, trying to calm himself down. He wasn't sure why, but being in contact with the heat pouring off of their bodies seemed to soothe his weary soul.

"I wish you would understand..." Ichimatsu said bitterly, staring at each of his brothers. "I wanted to be so much more than I was, you know...? I wanted to be the brother you didn't all hate. I wanted to make myself useful in this...new life. But now you can't even see me. How is that fair...? Was I not trying hard enough to better everything...? Probably so. I never seem to try hard enough...even if I feel like I am. That's trash, am I right?"

Ichimatsu lay down on the floor in between his two brothers sleepily.

"This was all just a big mistake...I'm only hurting people now. But I still want you guys to be happy, you know? I don't want you to live life miserably. Now that I'm gone, maybe it's better. Maybe, Jyushimatsu, you can become best friends with Homura all over again. You'd love that, right? And, Karamatsu, maybe you'll be able to actually make friends. Now that I think about it, you were a lot like..."

Ichimatsu fell asleep in between his two beloved brothers.