Ever since that day, Kyou always had an uneased expression and kept on glancing nervously every now and then. His mind was clouded with the things they could have done to him or would do to him when he got caught by them.
He thought that he might be kidnapped and burnt down to the bones at any moment now.
He stayed at his friend's house after giving an explanation for his sudden visit. Since his friend was very rich, he didn't mind Kyou living in his house. Kyou knew it was in his best interest to live in his friend's house rather than his own since the security system in that house was well - maintained with guards patrolling the house every night.
Several weeks past, he still lived in his friend's house. He didn't even want to look back at his house anymore.
But he knew that there was no way of escaping those 'kidnappers' in when he will be going to the hospital or while returning back home.
Because of his obvious change in behaviour, Ae Rin became suspicious.
*At the hospital*
"Go to the patient in the room no. 45 and do a small checkup on his condition and report it to me. I will be there in my cabin after the surgery." Ae Rin said to Kyou as they both were hurrying to the operation theatre.
"Uh...Kyou? Are you paying attention?" Ae Rin stopped in her tracks when she noticed that Kyou was distracted.
"Ah, sorry! I spaced out for a moment." He returned back from his clouded mind and apologized.
Ae Rin sighed, "Your mind is distracted. I think you should take a break. I will ask someone else to assist me."
"W-Wa? No nee-" Ae Rin checked the time in her wrist watch and walked away hurriedly before he could say finish his line.
His shoulders dropped and he sighed.
"What should I do..I can't even focus on my work because of those men!"
"Ae Rin is ....." A deep and eerie voice echoed in the hallway and the last words came out as a whisper.
Kyou staggered backwards with his eyes wide open and his jaw dropped.
"W-What the...." He said as his eyes darted everywhere to find the source of the voice but found nothing.
"T-This can't be real...Does this mean Ae Rin is actually....." He fell to the ground in utter shock before completing the sentence.
"W-Who was that voice?!" He thought to himself.
Suddenly, a short flashback appeared in his mind. "Run!! Kyou, run!" A woman's voice rang in his mind as he saw a faint image of a woman covered in blood.
He suddenly felt his body heating up rapidly and his head was throbbing.
"AAAHHHHH!!!" He clutched his hair from the pain and screamed loudly as he buckled over and his vision started fading to black.