Minna! Sorry it took me so long but I was finally able to update! Exams are almost over so once it's done I'll be free! Anyways enjoy the update and sorry it took me so long ><'
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Chapter 15
Sae? Who is this Sae person and more importantly where did she come from? I watched Yuki get up and walk over to Sae and hugged her. She later explained how Sae and Yuki were classmates in the past and they were really close. Sae came into town for a couple weeks to visit and introduce her girlfriend. Akimoto Sayaka was the girl who looked like a greek god was Sae's girlfriend and when I talked to her I had to admit she was a very nice person. I also got time to get to know Sae as well and she wasn't as bad either so maybe I was being a little paranoid. Yuki brought out some more drinks and since Rena and Jurina were knocked out on the ground drunk, the three of us sat together and drank.
"It's been a while nee?" Yuki said.
"Yeah how have you been Yuki?" Sae asked.
"I've been good. Taking the kids is a struggle something times but I manage."
"Why don't you get yourself a girl Yuki? I think if you had someone else things would be a lot easier."
"Well I have been looking but my job and the kids make it hard for me to go out."
"Ah well just keep looking Yuki I'm sure you'll find someone~"
We talked and joked about silly things and Sae told me stories of Yuki and Rena back in high school. Like she said Yuki was really a yankee and she was a very silent type as Rena was wild and loud causing trouble wherever she went. Sae told me a story about how Rena almost beat Sae to death at one point in her life and it was the scariest thing she had seen. When she saw Rena on the floor when she first walked in she was frightened at first but then I told her that she's calmed since then. Sae was a little relieved but every once in a while she would look over at Rena to make sure the beast truly was asleep. Rena was sleeping soundly and Sae seemed to have a hard time believing that Rena had mellowed out since back then. Sayaka on the other hand had met Sae in college where they were assigned as lab partners. They hooked up and have been together ever since so I was happy for her. The two really did look like a cute couple. I could see Sayaka really did adore Sae and Sae had the same for Sayaka. The bond between them certainly was something I'd never seen before. As we were drinking, I got up and walked into the other room to go to the bathroom. When I came back out I was surprised to see Sae standing there as well. When I tried to get past her she pushed me into the bathroom and shut the door behind her. She turned to me with a strange grin on her face and said,
"I know you like Yuki~"
"Yeah so what? What about it?" I questioned suspiciously.
"Well I just wanted to give you a heads up that Yuki can be one scary woman when she wants to be. I didn't know her too well in high school because she was one of the scariest people there. However Yuki is someone you don't want to play with and someone you don't want to upset for when she's hurt she'll take it out on anything that moves. Men, women, and sometimes even children."
I stared at Sae for the longest time thinking that there was no way that she would hurt a child but the other two started to get me to wonder.
"Sae do you know what happened to Yuki's parents?"
Sae gave me a grave look as if I had just asked her something forbidden. Her stare looked off as if she was in another world and then her facial expression changed to a sight of disgust. She shook her head to get rid of whatever horrible image she was seeing and then said,
"I can't say much but I will tell you this.. They got into a fight with Yuki..."
That was all Sae said before going back into the main room with the others. I followed shortly after and saw that Rena was now awake and clearly still drunk. When she saw Sae though I was expecting Sae to freak out and try to run. However instead Rena simply giggled and said that Sae looked like someone she knew. Rena must not recognize her but then she went on how she wanted to apologize to the person she had hurt so badly at the time. After that she had passed out again and Sae laughed admitting that Rena really had changed since then. For Sayaka, she didn't see Rena as a threat no matter how scary she was. Sayaka said that she would protect Sae no matter what even if it meant death and I admired that love Sayaka had. It was obvious that Sayaka was a very loyal person and someone you would never catch in an affair. Sae and Sayaka were meant to be and I was happy about that because I didn't need any competition from people coming for Yuki. I knew that Yuki was going to be mine no matter what and so I knew I was going to have to try a lot harder to get Yuki's attention. I don't care how scary Sae made her out to be because to me Yuki is a lovely person who I am attracted to and I want her as my own. After a long fun night it was time for everyone to go home so Sae and Sayaka got ready to leave. Yuki offered them a place to stay but they said they had a room in a hotel rented out. I took Jurina home for her to sleep. Once that was done I took Rena back to my place and had another peaceful sleep.
The next day I was out and about shopping for some new clothes when I felt a tap on my shoulder. There standing behind me was Sae who had a really bright smile on her face as if she had just done something extraordinary. When I asked her what she was doing she told me that was out looking for an engagement ring. Apparently she was getting ready to propose to Sayaka and she wanted to marry her. I was really happy for the two and I told her I would even buy the ring for her if she was short on cash. Sae declined my offer and told me she had a enough to get a decent sized one so I told her I would help her pick one out. I took her to a jewelry place that I knew of but when we walked in she said everything was way too expensive. I took her to another one that sold rings for a good price and the quality was good. We started to look around and so far we were able to find nothing. In terms of rings everything didn't look very good and because there were a ton to choose from I knew we were going to be here for a while. While Sae was looking at the rings I decided to look around for some other things that poked my interest. I saw beautiful places but the one that really stuck out to me was a snowflake that had crystals in certain sections of the silver peace. I picked it up and looked at it and also saw there was something inscribed on the back
"Yuki.."
I thought this would be perfect for Yuki and I pondered if I should buy it or not. However my attention was diverted when Sae called me over saying she found the one. I walked over to her and she pointed to one that was in the very back corner of the display case that I had to admit looked very nice. The ring was silver and the crystal on it was a decent size. It looked like a very nice ring and I thought Sayaka would love it. We had it pulled out and when asked how much it would cost it was just a little bit over the amount that Sae had on her. Not to mention she also wanted it engraved with her name and so Sae knew there was no way that she could afford it. I told her that I would pay for it or at least some of it but she was stubborn and still wouldn't let me. Sae said we could just go somewhere else and look but I knew she really wanted that ring. Therefore I told her we were going to get that ring no matter what and so I started to bargain with the dealer. We bargained different prices and even the lowest that they went wasn't even good enough. The dealer was stingy and wouldn't budge so I decided to try a different approach and mention how all the other jewelry companies were reducing their prices and so they were getting more business. There were a lack of customers here so I could see the remark hit the dealer. I grinned and then also stated,
"I happen to be a very good gambler as well. Perhaps we could settle this with a small game?"
The dealer was intrigued with my proposal and so he reached into my pocket and pulled out a coin. He told me that if I could guess correctly five times in a row then he would give a reduced price for the ring and engraving together. I agreed and so he asked me to make the first call.
"Heads."
He flipped the coin and heads it was. For the next one I said,
"Tails."
Another flip and when it landed it was tails.
"Heads."
He flipped and once again I was correct.
"Tails."
He flipped again and I was accurate as ever. It was down to the last turn and this time when he flipped it I noticed he didn't catch it this time and instead let it fall onto the counter. The coin started to spin around and around and I didn't know which one it would land on. The coin started to slow down and I could see it spin between heads and tails. It was close and for a second I thought it was going to be heads. Then in the very end the coin span the other way and it landed on tails. The dealer was surprised but then smiled and said he would offer Sae a certain price which was perfect and when he asked what she would like engraved in the ring she said,
"To my eternal partner Sayaka."
Once we had finished purchasing the ring I sent Sae home where she was going to prepare for the big night. I truly was happy to meet Sae and Sayaka because I felt like I had learned a lot from the two. Now all that was left to do was go home and see how Rena was doing since she hadn't been up since last night after drinking. I didn't know Rena was such a light weight but I knew she was going to be hurting when she got up so I went to the store and bought some headache medicine along with some pop. When I got home I walked in I found Rena up and about cleaning which surprised me because I thought she would be hurting right now. I walked over to her and asked if she was alright and saw that she was a wobbling a little. She told me she was feeling a little dizzy and that was probably because of the hangover. I had her sit down and take the medicine while resting on the couch. I then walked over to the kitchen and made Rena some tea to help her relax and try to ease the pain. Apparently Rena had been suffering for a while but she didn't want to disappointment so she started to clean which only made it worse. Honestly Rena can be quite a worry sometimes but she's a good worker. We sat there and chatted for a while and then I asked,
"Nee Rena what happened that night between you and Jurina?"
Rena's face got redder than usual and I knew something must have happened.
"E-Eto.. Nothing really we just um.. we talked about a sensitive subject." Rena said.
"I see. Well seeing how hard you slapped Jurina perhaps you don't want to see her again for a while?"
"No!! I mean.. well it was an accident and I didn't mean to but I'd still like to see her again sometime.."
I gave Rena a "I'm onto you" look and she could tell I was getting ready to pop the question but then her phone went off. She picked it up and then walked into the other room to take the call. I sat there thinking that her and Jurina did do something and she's not telling me about it. The question is what though and I guess I'll have to wait to find that out. Though I'm pretty sure it has something to do with Jurina more than Rena. A couple minutes later Rena said she was going to head out and meet up with a friend of hers so I said she could go as long as she took care of herself and didn't stay out too late. She got ready and then headed out leaving me alone in the house for while. Bored out of my mind I decided to go to the main room and see if there was anything good on the TV. There was nothing on so I just sat there and searched the channels. As I was searching I heard a beep on my phone and pulled it out.
"Sae?"
I opened the text and it read,
"She said yes!"
Followed by the text was a picture of her and Sayaka kissing and Sayaka was wearing the ring. I was happy to the two so I wrote back,
"Congrats! \^o^/"
Once that was done I went back to searching a good TV show. There was nothing good on except reruns and I was getting sick of the same thing. I didn't find anything interesting but then I saw a news report about a couple of bodies that were just recently found in a park not too far from a high school. They were the bodies of a man and a woman and they were just discovered though they were killed at least four years ago. The reports said they were going to investigate the deaths of the two people but for now the murder remains unknown. At that moment I got a knock at the door and I saw Yuki and her little sisters there. They were holding suit cases and many layers of clothing as if they had just moved out of the house or something.
"Hey Mayu do you mind if we stay here for a couple days? They're doing construction and our house is being fumigated." she said.
"Um sure."
Yuki and the kids came in quickly and then Yuki shut the door. I took the kids to a room where they could stay and then I went back into the kitchen where it looked like Yuki was searching for something. I looked at her with a confused stare and then asked her,
"What are you doing?"
"Where do you keep the alcohol? I could use a drink."
I brought Yuki a drink and watched her chug it all in a matter of seconds. I filled her glass again and once again it was gone within seconds. Something seemed wrong with Yuki and didn't seem right. Her face was pale and her eyes were constantly darting around the room as if she thought someone was watching her. She seemed jittery and almost as if she was hiding something. When she asked for the third drink I didn't pour it and instead asked,
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing.." she said.
"No there is and I know it so tell me what it is."
"I said it's nothing Mayu now give me another drink."
"Not before you tell me what happened."
Yuki gave me a dark stare as if she was going to kill me but I wasn't scared. I stood my ground and gave her a glare that was just as scary. We stared at each other for a long time before Yuki suddenly lashed out and threw her glass at me but luckily I dodged and the glass went flying across the room smashing it against the wall.
"What the hell Yuki?!"
Yuki didn't say anything and instead tried to run away. I wouldn't let her though so I grabbed her by the wrist and she looked back at me with tears forming in her eyes.
"Let go!" she screamed.
Yuki started to struggle but I wouldn't let her win. I held onto her tightly not letting go and when she tried to punch me I stopped her while still holding onto her. I yelled at her,
"Not until you tell me what happened!"
"It's nothing Mayu now let go!"
"I mean it Yuki tell me!"
"You really want to know?!"
"You tell me right now or else I'll send you and your sisters out of my home!"
Yuki stopped struggling and then looked down. More tears could be seen falling from her face and she was silently sobbing. She raised her arm and then pointed to the TV that was reporting about the two bodies that had been found. I didn't know what she was trying to say but then Yuki said,
"Those bodies that they found by the school.. those were my parents.. and I... I killed them.."
"What?!"
"I killed my parents four years ago. I was in high school and our family was struggling. They were hurting me and my sisters so I had no choice! I buried the bodies by the school so no one would find them and then I reinvented myself and became who I am today. I did it only because I loved my sisters and I couldn't stand seeing them in so much pain as such a young age. If things kept going then they would've ended up like me! I didn't want them to be yankees so I killed my parents and then took them away somewhere safe.."
"Yuki.. Have you been on the run this entire time?"
"Yes... When they first died no one even noticed because we were so poor that no one even knew we existed.. No one even noticed that mother and father were gone.. No one noticed that we weren't in that hell hole of a house anymore.. No one cared!"
Yuki started sobbing more and she wasn't able to talk. Now I finally knew what happened to Yuki's parents and I know what happens when one gets caught for murder. They go to jail and in jail bad things happen. I didn't want Yuki or her kids to suffer anymore than they already have and so I rushed to Yuki and pulled her in for a tight hug. I held her in a comforting embrace and stroked her hair trying to sooth her pain.
"Yuki no matter what happens I will always protect you.. You're safe here.."
"B-But why?"
"Because I love you."
Without even thinking I leaned in close to Yuki and sealed her lips with a kiss. A kiss that promised safety and protection, comfort and love, something no one else could give to her and I was the only one that could. I loved Yuki and I wasn't going to let anyone take her away from me even if it meant death.
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Topic: Monster Within - Chapter 22 (KojiYuu) 16/11/2014 (Read 77316 times)