the word mother

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I remember my mother.

Sukina doesn't and feels guilty.
But I'm glad she doesn't associate

Slamming doors,

shattering glass,

screeching fights,

with the word 'mother'.

Aoi

I was seven when I met
the tall, bubbly lady
who'd become our father's new bride.

Sukina stubbornly refused to accept her.

But father said he loved her.

Aoi gave birth to Zeira seven months later,

'Ah, so that's what it was...'

I'm afraid
  of reaching
     out to anybody.
      
   To her.

There's an untrustworthy glint in her grey eyes.

I wasn't sure what I was afraid of
But the feeling stayed with me.

And then Orsai arrived.

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