The visit to Sou

Unique part

I had mixed feelings, on one hand I felt good that at least Sou woke up, but on the other hand I was more than furious that he was still alive, and unfortunately the second part was winning, my body attitude was clear, even Emi had noticed it, she touched my shoulder making me come out of my reverie.

-Relax, you are very tense... I don't want to see it either, but at least we have to act as if nothing has happened, and you are as if you wanted to... you know, finish what you started...

-If you wanted to help me sister, you're not doing it, in fact quite the opposite.

She reached behind my back and hugged me with her good arm and gave me a kiss on the cheek.

-Better?

-Yes better... but you mustn't bend down, remember that you are not well.

-Calm down, remember that I'm the one taking care of the other, not you....

-That's over, now we both take care of each other... I'm sorry Aki for leaving you out, you're right, the three of us take care of each other.

Aki also gave me a kiss on my cheek which was sweet to feel, but something caught my attention that didn't let me enjoy that for a long time.

-Who are those people with Camila?

Emi and Aki looked at a man in a white suit and a red-haired woman wearing a dress that matched her hair.

-I recognise them Hikaru, they're the owners of Modoruvita Enterprises... I guess they heard about what happened, but I didn't think they would come to see a mere butler...

-Because what they should be interested in is not Sou, it's really Hide? - I said.

It interested me that the woman in red began to cry inconsolably over Camilla, while the man was rubbing the red-haired woman's men.

Our father approached us and told us that we could go to visit Sou.

I asked Aki to please not come in with us, because I didn't want him to have to witness his murderer again, so I asked him to stay with my father, and that if something happened he should go straight to us, which he agreed and thanked me for, as I could tell he didn't want to come in to see my stepbrother.

When we went I felt the penetrating gaze of that man in white when we passed by him, Emi also felt it, it was as if he had examined us from head to toe, but we decided to ignore this, it was neither the time nor the place to confront them, at least that's what Emi said, because I didn't really know what to do.

Sou's room was even bigger than the one Aerosol had gotten for Emi, it even had a TV, he was sitting on the bed with the help of the hospital stretcher.

-Well, I didn't expect this, to what do I owe your visit, brothers Nishimura.

I was going to answer, but Emi beat me to it.

-It's just a pantomime piece of shit, it's just so Camila doesn't suspect, and I hope you knew how to shut your fucking mouth.

-What a classless woman you are, first of all what happened is only for those of us who were in that place?

-Then you should shut up, as far as I know, you weren't even there.

-I guess you're right Hikaru.... but for your peace of mind, I said I was assaulted, my bosses will take care of my screen so you can rest easy.

-Don't tell me how I can be or feel like a fucking bastard, I didn't like you very much, but I still considered you a brother, an annoying one, despite that... and you were always allied to those sons of bitches, worst of all, you killed my Aki, I don't care anything about you, on one hand I'd rather you were dead, but at least now I can ask you where's Aki's body?

Sou remained silent watching me very calmly as if nothing had happened between us.

-Answer Sou, we want to recover Akari's body, and since you were her murderer, you must know where it is.

He took a long sigh.

-For your bad luck I have no idea where she is, not even my bosses should know, that's what Venus is in charge of, and stop calling me a murderer, she's not dead, she was just separated from her body with the 'Separator.'

-So you can reverse what happened to Aki?

-Yes, you can, but you need the dagger to do it, and the body, now you must know that the more time passes the more it will cost her to return to her body.

What Sou was telling me gave me hope, but the last thing was like a bucket of cold water.

-How do we know you're not lying?

-Well, I have no reason to, besides, I'm returning one favour with another.

-A favour? -I asked annoyed.

-Yes Hikaru, you know how long I've waited for this quiet in my mind, he hasn't peeked out since I've been awake, maybe you left me unable to walk, but you gave me a lot more freedom than you think, I don't know what you did Hikaru, besides filling my spine with lead, but Hide is terrified, I can feel it, without him getting into my mind, it's wonderful.

For some reason I felt even more violent with what he just said.

-Believe me I didn't do it to make you feel better, I wanted you to suffer and leave Hide stuck without being able to use his legs.

-As friendly as ever kid, though, I don't think it will stop Hide forever, he's still a danger even if he can't use his legs.

-I want to know why Modoruvita companies wanted that building or land?

-I'm not going to answer that, Emilia.

-Answer this, 'Where did we find the dagger that Hikaru mentioned?

Sou scratched his head.

-I don't know, actually, the objects that come from the ancient eras are only passed to us for our missions, then we must return them.

I had lost my patience, not because he had said something that annoyed me, but because I couldn't hold my own anger and frustration, so I went to him in annoyance, Emi had to hurry up a bit and grabbed my hand.

-No, Hikaru, don't get lost in your anger, you did what you had to do, it's time to let it go.

-I guess your sister is right...I will say this last, beware of Venus, she has a strange obsession with you, she is the only person who could keep Hide at bay, well until Hikaru stopped him, but be careful, this incident is going to move the hive and you are the ones who have the stick in your hand...now let me rest.

-Come on Hikaru, let it go, you are better than this, I know it. - Emi said caressing my hair.

We went out of Sou's room, to find ourselves face to face with the man dressed in white and the woman dressed in red.

-I guess you must be Sou's brothers, the Nishimuras. - said the man in white.

-Excuse me, I am Emilia, we know who you are because of your reputation and Sou has told us about you too.

Emi shook hands with Mr. Kudo and he shook her hand.

-I'm glad that your little sisters came to see Sou in this difficult moment because of what is happening. - Said the red-haired woman.

-Yes, I suppose you're right.

-Oh dear, we'll do our best for your brother, I assure you of that, don't cry, I'm Agatha by the way dear.

Agatha came up to my face and brushed away the tears that wanted to come out, not because I was sad, but out of frustration for many things I was feeling.

I looked at Emi, and she understood that I wanted to be taken out of here, which she did immediately, trying to be nice.

She called for a taxi to take us home, Aki saw me and as soon as she saw me she noticed I was in bad shape, we got in the taxi, and I couldn't take it anymore, I hugged Aki and started crying, everything was so frustrating because of the shit, knowing that I was responsible for a person being in that condition, plus we still had no idea of the whereabouts of Aki's body, and that the more time that passed, the more she was going to tell me that she was still alive, and that the more time that passed it would cost her to return to her body was destroying me inside, Emi was making love to me in my head because she could imagine what I was thinking or at least part of it, the worst of all, is that at this moment I should be the one taking care of her, and not her of me, she is the one that almost.... ... to think about that possibility was horrible, it felt so distressing that I couldn't even breathe.

-Calm down my love, you are already with me, everything is over, let it go, you will see how everything will get better, as long as we can be together it means that what is happening is for the better.