"I'm so sorry..."
"It's not you're fault, Umi"
"But it is, you seemed to have gotten better, your hair even started to grow your natural hair color rather than white ... and ... that pink streak"
"Don't sweat it Umi. i will wake up and this time i wont go crazy, are brother isn't even in this territory anymore"
"no, he's close... i'm scared"
"I'll protect you Umi, i won't let them touch you ever again!!"
"... hey..."
"What's wrong?"
"Why did you change are name to Cho Hime?"
"Because...
Umi Terada died a decade ago"
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Heavy panting echoed through my ears. My eyes shot open and saw ken moving and sweating. He was sleeping but not peacefully like he used to
i didn't know how to react so i just hugged him and whispered anything that came to mind (hey little mama let me whisper in your ear~)
he soon woke up with a jump, he panted, trying to calm down
"Are you okay Ken? you ddn't seem peacefully at all" i told him but he turned his face to the wall and mumbled "I'm fine"
" O-okay ..." he wasn't fine at all, he seemed on the verge of crying
"I'll be downstairs, take your time to wake up, i'll have your coffee ready by then."
i left the room and sighed, is he really going to play the tough guy now?
what Shimo and everyone else told me... is it going to happen to me too? will i think he's changed too?
i put the boiler on and felt a cramp sumerge in my stomach, i ignored it thought and continued waiting for the hot water to boil
"Onee-chan? could you read this to me? Onii-chan isn't awake yet to tell me..." she showed me the book with curous eyes
"Sorry Hinami but, Onee-chan doesn't even know how to write phrases" i embarrassingly scratched the back of my head
"What?! onee-chan, you should ask Onii-chan to learn you, he's a great teacher!"
i heard footsteps down the hall, i peeked my head out of the kitchen and saw Ken but he seemed sad and on the verge of crying too
"Are you okay ken?" does he know i'm here for him? does he not trust me? he could of cryed while i was in the room, no?
"I'm fine." he insisted, looking at the coffee cup's steam
"Of course, because you're always fine. Those tears that are welling in your eyes also signify how perfectly fine you are too." i started to get pissed but really pissed, something that never happened to me
Ken's eyes narrowed. "What are you getting at?" His voice went dangerously low.
"I'm saying that we're here for you. I'M here for you. Stop bottling everything up on the inside. Stop trying to be emotionless with me, Ken! That isn't you!" i got closer to him, drowned by anger
"Well I'll tell you what I'm thinking right now since my' emotionless face' can't show it to you, 'when the hell did you know me so well?' " Ken's voice began going higher, "Everyone has different intentions for being around me, so it's best for me to keep to myself okay?!"
