I rushed to the dining room, where the whole family was waiting, I sat next to Yumeko, the family began to pray and then began to eat silently and politely.
Hayuri also stood there and looked at me with an embarrassed look, then my aunt named Laura told Hayuri
"Hayuri please get some tissues for us"
she said in a low tone
Hayuri immediately nodded then took some tissues for us, after a while dinner was over and the family members started to return to their rooms except Yumeko, Julia, Maria, Claude, I, Hayuri and several other maids.
Hayuri cleaned the dining table while looking at me then she immediately looked away when I looked back.
Yumeko also noticed this and immediately broke the silence
"Hayuri why are you always staring at my brother? Is there something wrong?"
asked Yumeko
Hayuri immediately lowered her head and answered
"Nothing, Miss Yumeko"
Hayuri looked at me for the last time then went out of the room after cleaning the dining table
then Yumeko looked at me
"Hayuri is very strange, huh brother? could it be that she likes you? hehe"
Yumeko chuckle and smirk
I looked at Yumeko then replied
"stop saying things that are not true, silly Yumeko"
Yumeko laughed and the others laughed hearing my reply, then they felt tired and decided to go back to their respective rooms as did I, but before going to bed I decided to walk around the flower garden—
—while walking I heard singing from the direction of the sea, I walked there and saw Hayuri singing while sobbing, I peeked at her from afar, I started to feel sorry then walked towards her and patted her shoulder
"Are you okay, Hayuri?"
Hayuri flinched when she heard my voice then wiped her tears in panic
"Oh Mr. Naimuro, what are you doing here at night?"
she asked in an embarrassed tone, then I answered
"I was just walking around then I heard your singing, your voice is so beautiful, then I was surprised to see you crying, did something happen? Tell me"
I said in a caring tone
Hayuri immediately broke down and couldn't hold back her tears anymore, she immediately hugged me and poured out all her emotions
"something has happened, Mr. Naimuro, but I can't tell you, it's something strange, even unrelated to reality, I don't want to die with it, Mr. Naimuro"
Hayuri said stuttering while hugging me
I felt Dejavu as if that moment had happened before but when? I just stood there while rubbing Hayuri's head to make her comfortable and calm
"what really happened, Hayuri? Tell me"
I asked in a low tone
"something bad will happen, Mr. Naimuro, but I can't tell you now, it's a secret of the highest, but please don't leave me, Mr. Naimuro, I'm very scared"
Hayuri said desperately and wanted to be understood
I respect her choice and decide not to ask and I just want to make her comfortable, but this feels so real and has happened before, who am I really? what is my connection to this island? why do I feel Hayuri is very close to me and I feel very familiar, as if she is someone I have had a relationship with? is she ready? why is she so close to me? a million questions pop up in my head because of this moment.
After a while, Hayuri stopped crying and I realized and looked at her, it turned out that Hayuri had fallen asleep in my arms, she fell asleep like an angel, she was very innocent and beautiful when she slept, I carried her and decided to take her to my room to rest, for some reason every time I touched her, I felt familiar with her, then I walked to my room with Hayuri in my arms, I opened the door to the room then laid Hayuri on my bed, I took off her shoes and stockings then covered her with my blanket, I smiled seeing her face which was so bright and beautiful, she was like a light emanating from the full moon, I slept on the sofa so that Hayuri would feel comfortable on the bed, I turned off the lights and we went to sleep
suddenly i was in another realm, in a place in the middle of nowhere, there was only black and white, evil and good, love and hate, all of them clashed in a physical form that surpassed human thought, they were strangely shaped, some were angels but had devil horns, some were animal-shaped and had heads like humans, who were they? what did they want from me? suddenly the realm shook and destroyed the structure of duality in those creatures, the black became white, the evil became good, the hate became love and so on all the concepts that existed in that realm were shattered into pieces after my presence, something big came towards me then devoured me and i was immediately shocked and woke up from my sleep, it turned out it was all just a dream, i woke up on the sofa then sat down to calm myself, i looked at Hayuri who was still fast asleep, and i looked at the clock on the wall and realized it was still midnight then i lay down on the sofa and continued my sleep
I woke up again in the morning and immediately looked towards the bed where Hayuri was also awake and was surprised to see herself on my bed, she looked at me with a red face because of embarrassment
"Mr. Naimuro, why am I sleeping in your room?"
Hayuri asked stiffly
"ah, last night you fell asleep in my arms, then I brought you here to sleep"
I replied
"you didn't do anything right, Mr. Naimuro?"
Hayuri asked again
"don't worry, I didn't do anything strange, I swear!"
I replied
"oh is that so? Okay I believe you, Mr. Naimuro"
Hayuri started to smile and was a little touched to see my concern for her