Part 10 ~ How things began
[Isshi’s POV]
We sat there in silence as I quickly look at Akiina who looks down at her hands in her lap. Her face shows signs of conflict; I look down at my hands as I sat there in silence.
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[Akiina]
I look ahead at the wall, thoughts whirling in my head, constant conflict within.
~How did I get here? How did Isshi originally find out about my works? Why do I feel so conflicted? ~ A stronger thought came out of my lips.
“Where’s Itsuki?” I ask as I continue to look at the wall. Isshi remains silent as I turn and look at him. “Where’s Itsuki?” I ask again, my voice raised a bit as Isshi looks up at me.
“He…Itsuki didn’t want to be here, so he went away” Isshi says as I narrow my eyes at him.
“If your lying, I swear, I will not hesitate to hurt you” I snap angrily as Isshi kept his gaze.
“I don’t care if you hurt me, and I’m not lying either” he says in a calm tone, which made me think otherwise. I look at my hands again and observe the chipping black nail polish on it.
“How did I get here?” I ask suddenly as Isshi sat closer to me. I continue to look down.
“Me and Kuro found you in a state we couldn’t pull you out of, so we called the Ambulance” he says as I felt something twitch in me, Him and Kuro, I don’t know what makes me hate those words. I give a huff. “Is something wrong?” he asks as he grabs my hand, to stop me from fidgeting.
“No, nothing is wrong” I simply lie, unsure of why I felt so angry. “You can go” I simply say as Isshi gives me a funny look.
“Why?” he asks as I suddenly glare at him.
“Just go away” I snap as he silently stands up and opens the door.
“I’m sorry, if I caused you any pain” he says as he leaves the room, shutting the door behind him. Was it me or did he sound really hurt?
I sat there in silence. I reach up and up and rub my eyes, as I notice tears had escaped, guilt enveloped me as I pull my legs to my chest. Why did he lie to me?
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[Kuro]
I hear the door close as I see Isshi standing there, he look like he was about to cry.
“Isshi-san, what happened?” I ask as he sits next to me.
“I lied to her and I hate it. I don’t want her to remember what he did to her” Isshi sadly says until he mentioned him. I pat him on the back.
“Isshi-san, she can take it, I’m sure she can but it’s best if you tell her, when you’re ready” I say as the man simply nods. “Anyway we all have to get home and rest” I say as manage to convince him to go home, same with everyone else.