-the last finale-

one month later

The morning comes. I wake up and wash myself in the shower, get dressed, have breakfast, and get ready for the day.

One month after, we visited the Dirtline, and they have been a hermit from that day. One month after Charon's funeral, only his children and a few good old friends were the guests. The mystery of his death still will be unknown, by the poison, by me, or by a mysterious person or whoever will be, only the first son knows. And one month after we put Veronica in prison, the one and only prison for people who outlaw the obligation that under authority, they have to put them in one place, which is located in the center of the authority's workplace. 

"Muahh."

Kaiza kisses me on the head. Then, he sits on the chair next to me.

"Yummy?"

He asks.

"Um, um,"

My mouth is full of food, so I can only make a sound and nod.

"!"

And he kisses me on the lips while I'm chewing.

"You're adorable."

He tells me.

"You're looking more beautiful than usual. Where are you planning to go?"

"I have a date."

"Hm? With who?"

"A guy."

"Hmpt...who is it?"

"You don't know."

"...Zephyra..."

"Hehe."

"Who is it?"

He asks me again and pulls my chair closer to him.

I don't answer. Then, I put a strawberry inside my mouth.

"Umm!"

Then, he bites the strawberry halfway, kisses it all the way inside my mouth, and steals my strawberry.

"Hmpt."

And glares at me.

I move my body and the position to sit on his lap, hold him around his neck, and kiss him back but gently and slowly. I move my lips, and my tongue softer and slower. He suddenly holds me against his body and kisses me deeper.

"Zephyra...let' go to bed."

"Hehe."

"I'm serious."

He tells me and kisses me again.

"I'll go to the authority...Come with me?"

I pull out my kiss and tell him. He looks me in the eyes.

"Yes."

He touches my hair and my cheek. Then, smiles at me.

"But can we do it one more time before we go?"

He leans his body and kisses me.

"Hahaha, no...perhaps after."

He pouts his lips. Then, I kiss softly on the bottom lip, and he's pouting.

"Zephyra..."

She holds me up.

"How about now and after."

He carries away.

"Hahaha No..I just got dressed."

The authority.

"Number 1876"

The guard of authority calls the number of the prisoner out to get inside the room where they can see and talk with the visitors on another side of the room, which is the window glass in between them.

Her golden hair is pulled up behind her head, with a little messy loose hair in the front and the back. She probably has to wear her dark gray uniform every day and night.

She sits across from me with a little smirk on her face before she puts down her ass on the chair. Her blue eyes are faded a little. She has bruises on her mouth.

"Took you long enough to come to see me."

Veronica.

"It's about time...to check on you."

"To see how am I doing? To see how much I was beaten?"

"How's life in prison?... I thought they would treat you well... I guess not then."

"Hmpt. I know why you couldn't do it."

She changes the subject to that horror night.

"..."

"You don't have the fucking guts to kill me, do you?"

"..."

"Your mother would be ashamed that you have the opportunity to get revenge for her, the one who killed her and took her life...away from you."

What a fucking face...

"..."

I try not to punch her through the glass.

"Yes, I didn't have the gut to cut your throat in front of your daughter...I could imagine how Medora would feel to see her mother die in front of her...devastated, desperate, depressed. She might not be able to handle her life without you..."

I explain the feelings that she might receive from my experience.

"!!"

Her eyes are drooping like her wrinkles are falling out.

"I'm not that cruel... So how's the food in prison... good? You must scream to not eat them for sure."

I change the subject.

"You know already if I don't eat, they have to force me to."

"Heh."

"You fucking little devil, Zephyra, you like it, huh? Seeing me beating up wearing this fucking uniform, seeing me tortured..."

"Imagine yourself when you were six years old, Veronica. I was beaten, kicked, knives and guns...not by the same people but worse. The gangsters...because I was just a Stygian...You knew...but you ignored...I came back home full of blood. Who cares? I was not your concern... So the answer is yes, I like it."

"!!!"

"..."

"Hmpt, you should die along with your mother, Zephyra..."

Veronica.

I clench my fists.

"Thank you...for taking away my doubt. Thank you that you're still a bitch that you were before. So...I suggest that you should eat all of your food if you don't want to ruin your face... especially your drink..."

I give her the mischievous eyes.

"!"

"They give you tea...right?"

"!!"

"You should drink it. It's hard to find... the exact same one..."

"What!!...Zephyra!!...You!!"

She gets up and hits the glass, and her steel handcuff hits the glass loudly.

"Yes, I'm not that cruel, but I am more than that...Choose to beat up to death or drink fabulous tea and die." 

"Ha!! You fucking evil!! you fuck!!! You should die!!!"

She screams out and hits the glass like crazy, and the guards come in.

"I hope you choose the second one..."

I move my face closer to the glass.

"So you will know how it would feel when my mother was out of breath inside the lungs and gasped some air from the mouth... No blood rushing to her heart...."

"...."

"And then every organ inside her body and her brain in her skull stopped..."

"Ha..."

"You will feel all of it... everything...before...death." 

"Ha...Ha, Arg!!!!! you!!!"

Then I leave her with her tea time.

This is the last finale. I will forever remember this day more than the past months in total. And I will not run away from the fact that I am the one who took her life. If she throws that tea away and hides it from them. How long will she be able to do that? She will forget the reality and be paranoid that I am giving her the poison, or am I just lying? And I will always remember the fact that she killed my mother. And all of these blood baths all around the continent, the city. 

Was I the cause of everything or not? I don't know, but I was one of the reasons, and I started it all and ended it all. Perhaps it was just a part of the massive change for everything. 

I could not get through all of these painful chapters without him, Kaiza, the man I love, and everyone who stands by me.

I see him smile, waiting for me at the entrance. His red hair is so bright in the middle of the sunlight. I run to him downstairs. He looks so shocked that I might fall down, but I don't care because he's the one who opens his arms, waiting to catch me, always.

"Ah!!"

I jump in his arms, my tears flying around the air.

"Zephyra."

He calls me and embraces all of me.

"I love you, Kaiza."

"Ha... I love you, Zephyra... with all my heart."

"I love you."

-end-