Chapter 20: The First Death
"To be honest, I don't mind if both of you are into some special relationship… I knew Raku, he's a good person and he sacrificed his youth just for us, to keep this family alive. He worked so hard until he forgot that a man at his age should have been into romance or dating someone. I know, you loved him Aya. Not as a brother, but as someone important in your heart." Aya was speechless and blushed in hot red hearing Tina said the word.
"Y-you knew! Mom!" Aya was panicked that she had blown her secret.
"I'm your mother, you can't lie to me. Promise me, be with Raku… That was the only way we can pay back his sacrifice for us. I won't force you into something you wouldn't do, but seeing you had so much affection for him, I think it was the best way to return his favor. Haha, now this is a real girl to girl talk." Tina has been secretly watching both of them and she knew of Aya's affection for Raku from the start.
"Hahaha, yeah. Thanks mom, it's true I've been in love with him all this time… But I'm just fourteen, I did really confess to him, but he wasn't aware of that because of a certain situation. So I planned to confess to him when I reached my eighteen." Aya was relieved that Tina blessed their relationship, she was afraid all this time that her mother won't let brother-sister love.
"I'm happy that we could talk like this, straight from our heart. I've been waiting for this moment for so long…" Tina wiped her tears.
"My friend… Her mother was bedridden because of a heart problem, watching her struggle made me think about you, a lot. To think that I've been watching you in a healthy shape everyday, but someday you will be lying on a bed. It makes my heart break just thinking about it and I'm scared of losing you… Tsk… I'm scared mom…" Aya continues to cry.
"So that was the reason… Listen honey, yeah I'm in a healthy shape right now and I promised I'll keep it that way. But not just people of my age can be bedridden, you can too! So let both of us promise to be in a healthy shape everyday. Promised?"
"P-promised!"
Both of them pinky promised and hugged each other while Raku was sleeping in his room and didn't have the time to watch the moment.
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"Aya! Aya!" "Let's go!" "Help me…" "Aahhhh!!!" "Mom.. Mom!" "Luna…" "Huff… Huff…" "Krasshhhhh!"
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"Haahhhh!" Raku wakes up in a shocking state.
"T-that dream again… Who is Luna?" Raku was soaked in sweat.
He rubbed his head and walked to the bathroom to wash his face.
"3am? It's still early in the morning… I'm so thirsty." Raku decided to go to the kitchen for a drink.
"Wee-Woo-Wee-Woo" The sound of an ambulance siren passed their house the moment he opened the fridge.
"At this time of late? What could it be… Gulp… Gulp… Gulp… Ahhh…" Raku quickly drinks the water and heads back to his room.
In his room Raku opened his phone and scrolled through social media to see any update around his neighborhood about the ambulance.
"Middle school girl found dead near the viral bridge? W-what?!" Raku quickly put on his jacket and ran straight to the bridge.
In the freezing night, red strobe light glows in the sky as a location point which Raku is running toward and he gradually disappears in the darkest night.
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"Knock Knock" A sound of door knocking.
"Morning Raku, today I'm wearing a yellow bra. Quite tight… Look here,my upperboob squeezed out a little." Aya flashed her bra to Raku and winked.
"Umhhh… Morning… I didn't get enough sleep last night… I want to continue sleeping…" Raku mutters in his sleep with eyes closed.
"Where are you going last night? Aren't you in your room?"
"Zzzz…" Raku continues to sleep.
"Muach, I'm going to school now." Aya Kissed Raku's cheeks and went out.
"Oh!" Aya remembered something and went back inside the Raku room and whispered to his ear.
"I have become a dress model now at my school, I'll give you the photo once they give it to me. Hee hee, bye." Aya went out and Raku yawned while scratching his crotch.
Aya was walking past the bridge and noticed there's a police line blocking the entrance and surrounding area. People are not fishing there like before and the place was empty, but the fish were still swimming freely in the river.
"W-what happened here?"
"Miss, do you know what happened here?" Aya asks a passing woman who just walked there with groceries.
"Oh, for god sake. Someone died there last night, so young, a middle schooler I guess." Upon hearing the woman explain the situation, Aya's heart beat faster all of sudden. She quickly opened up her phone and scrolled through social media news.
"Middle school girl found dead near the viral bridge, the cause of death is still unknown. They covered her face so I couldn't recognize the person." Aya ran to her school immediately after reading the headline.
"Huff, huff… Please let it be someone else…" Aya thought of Misha since she didn't came to school yesterday and she was losing in hope after the bridge was swarmed by people.
Lots of people were staring at her running while jiggling her breast, but she ignored all the piercing gaze. She just wants to reach the school as fast as she can.
When she arrived at school she looked around in a rush and continued running to third year classes. This time male student was just enjoying the view of her jiggling breasts and her underwear was exposed. While everyone gazes at her, she only focuses on finding Misha. Sea of eyes looking at her as a shadow with eyes gazing on her sweaty body up, down, left, right with a smile portrayed. She's in the spotlight and kept running between those shadows until she saw a bright light from a small hole in between those shadows.