Book 3: Chapter 13 (1/2)

I knocked lightly on Kira’s door. If it was Akiko or Maria, I might have just pushed my way in, but with Kira, we didn’t really have that kind of relationship.

“Yes, Come in?”

A voice said. I pushed opened the door and stepped into Kira’s room. Once inside, I made sure to close it behind me. I didn’t want Mr. Fukumi thinking he could peak. No sooner had I entered than I realized that her room that was usually immaculate had seemed to fall apart. Just in the last week, it looked like a tornado had rammed through it. I mean, it was probably as clean as my room ever was, but compared to what I came to expect from Kira, this was extremely worrying.

She looked up from her phone, her eyes expressionless even when she saw me. “Oh… Hakaru. You’re here.”

That was all she had to say. She immediately glanced back down at her phone again, as if my presence didn’t change anything.

“What is going on, Kira?” I asked.

“What does Hakaru mean?” Kira raised an eyebrow.

I reached out and grabbed her phone, pulling it from her. It was a cellphone, and on it was a message line. There was definitely some guy’s penis, and then there was a picture of Kira naked being returned.

“Don’t bullshit me!’ I snapped, tossing her phone to the floor. “What is going on with this crap?”

A flash of rage appeared on her face. “What do you want? You don’t own me? I can do whatever I want?”

“And this is what you want?” I demanded.

She turned her head away, unable to meet my eyes. “Who cares what I want? Not my parents. Not you!”

“I don’t even know what you want.” I shot back.

“I want to run…” She said, her body shaking. “I want to run away.”

“What?” I blinked.

“I want to run away. I want to get away from my family. My home. This place.” She said bitterly. “I want… I want you to come with me!”

I took a step back, completely surprised at her words. “Come with you? Where?”

“Does it matter? We can just… get away from them all. My whore mother. My dickless father. That bastard. All of the pigs at school who’ve used me. All of them.”

I shook my head slightly. Of all the things I thought she’d say, I hadn’t prepared for her to so boldly ask me to come with her. Then again, I had no clue what to expect when it came to her either.

“Why do you want me to come with you?”

“Because…” She shook her head. “Because… Because… it doesn’t matter. It’s just what I want, okay?”

“That’s not good enough.”

“It never is!” She snapped angrily. “I never am. That’s why you’re with Akiko and your sister, and I heard about Tori at my school. You even have my mom wrapped around your finger. There is no room for me.”

“There is room,” I said.

She rolled her eyes, turning away. “How could I ever be happy with that? You’re going to date multiple women, and me? I’m too jealous for that.”

“Jealous? Aren’t you the one that wanted me to fuck you with your mother?”

“That doesn’t matter. I’ve changed my mind.”

“Changed your mind? What are you even…”

I was really struggling to understand her. I’d have thought perhaps she was on drugs just like Eiko. Her mind seemed to be all over the place and her face seemed to be twitching as if she was unstable. I had a feeling there was nothing I could say. This feeling of helplessness was shooting through me.

“Just… leave. go… have my mom. Close your eyes, pretend she’s me. Honestly… she’s probably more innocent than I am. I’ll keep him… I’ll keep him away from mom, even though he’s recently shown interest.”

“Him? Who is it?” I demanded, “Who is pulling all the strings? I need to know. Who is blackmailing you?”

She shook her head. “It’s too late. Just forget about it. The more you get involved, the more dangerous it becomes.”

The helpless feeling overcoming me was echoed on her face. I didn’t know what else to say. I attacked her with Dirt Scribe. Like with my mother, it didn’t work. I blinked. God was protecting her mind? Wh-why? What was the point of this ability if everyone I needed to hear I couldn’t get through to? I only had one other ability, True Feelings.

“Then, let’s go,” I said, sighing.

“Excuse me?” She blinked.

“Let’s go. You wanted to run away together. So, let’s go.”

It was her turn to look surprised. “H-hakaru… you can’t mean it.”

I reached forward and grabbed Kira. “Pack your things, we’re leaving.”

I let her go and then went to her bedroom door, locking it.

“What are you doing?” She asked, her expression extremely complex.

“Your dad is some cucked pervert. Your mom is some delusional slut. Your right, there is no point in staying here any longer.”

“I-I… won’t… share…” She said stubbornly.

I smiled sadly. “My sister will always be my sister. Akiko… well, I never cared about hurting her. I talk a big game, but what have I really gained since this all started?”

“What started?” Kira asked, her eyes narrowing.

“Look, we go. We go as far as we can. We just run from this all. Okay? Just you and me. We outrun your blackmailer. We outrun the gods themselves, okay?”