Chapter 52

You furrow your eyebrows and cross your arms as you stare at the two guys. The three of you are outside by the side of the school. Your chest hurts and your breathing is heavy. Do they really know I'm not Yuki...? How do they know...? Are they being serious...? You keep repeating in your head.

"What was it that you wanted to talk about?" You question with confusion in your voice. Koda pulls out a cigarette and lights it. You furrow your eyebrows feeling very off. He flicks the cigarette and looks at you which makes your chest hurt. 

"You don't remember what happened last time we met?" He calmly asks. You shake your head slowly. "Really?" he scoffs.

"What do you mean by what you said earlier?" You question. Both Koda and Ryo look at you. You shiver a bit feeling extremely tense. Koda takes a deep breath and flicks the cigarette a few times. You watch as the ash falls off the cigarette. 

"Are you really Yuki?" Koda asks. You scrunch your face a bit.

"What do you mean by that?" You ask again. Your eyes slowly drift towards Ryo who's glaring at you.

"I could have sworn I killed Yuki." Koda chuckles. Your eyes widen, feeling even more confused.

"What? Killed? What are you talking about?" You ask in a panicked tone. Koda relaxes his eyes and drops the cigarette on the ground and smashes it with his foot as he towers over you.

"I killed you. Suffocated you with your own pillow and made it look like you committed suicide... But look at you... still alive... walking around. You had no heartbeat before I left... I made sure you were dead. So, tell me- Are you really Yuki or are you some fucking... fraud...?" He asks in an irritated tone. 

What the fuck? You suddenly feel a strange feeling. Yuki was killed... What? But why?  You stare Koda in the eyes. His face looks familiar now that you're looking at him. Your eyes widen when you recognize who he was.

"Remember me now?" He softly says with a smile on his face. You furrow your eyebrows and move your face to the side. 

"If I were Yuki... then what will you do?" You ask. Koda tilts his head to the side, raising his eyebrows and then smiling.

"Finish the job." He sooths.

"Finish the job? Why are you confidently telling me that you murdered someone?" You ask in a quiet and panicked tone.

"Cause I'm not scared of you." He chuckles. Koda grabs you by the shoulder and leans closer to you. "I'm not scared of your little friends either." He sooths.

"My little friends? What are you talking about?" You ask. Your eyes dart towards the shiny blade in Ryo's hand. Your breathing quickens and you quickly look at Koda. 

"What I'm saying is I'm not afraid of Toman." He responds.

"Why did you try to kill me? I don't understand..." 

"It was a request." He replies.

"A request by who?" You ask in a panicked tone. Koda grips onto your shoulder tighter and pulls out a piece of cloth from his pocket preparing to suffocate you with it. "Was it Ayame?" You quickly ask. Koda stops and stares you in the eyes. "Whatever Ayame paid you... I'll pay you more... just don't kill me..." You rasp. 

"Yeah?" Koda chuckles. You stare him in the eyes then at Ryo who's standing beside him.

"No-" You rasp.

"Eh?" 

You jab your knee into the guy's balls causing the guy to clench and back away. Ryo swings at you with the knife, cutting your cheek. You grab his hand and jab your foot into his neck. You drop your body down to the ground and flip Ryo over your body, slamming him down on his back and twisting his arm. You grab the knife off the ground after he dropped it and ran back into the school. You throw the knife into the nearest trash and then quickly ran down the hall. You trip and fall into someone, smashing your head into theirs. You grab onto your head and quickly moved away.

"Ow... ow..." You quietly whine. 

"Ouch-" A voice groans from beside you. You quickly look towards the direction of the voice to see Mikey. He looks at you and stands up, rubbing his head. He has a red mark on the middle of his forehead. He reaches his hand out towards you, and you smack it away. You quickly stand up and try to walk away. Mikey follows behind you. You try to make your way towards the bathroom, but Mikey grabs your hand before you made it to the end of the hall. You yank away from him and wiped your hand off on your skirt. 

"Why are you being like that?" He rasps.

"Being like what?" You huff as tears fill up your eyes.

"You're being weird... like you're trying to avoid me. Why are you being like that?" He asks again.

"Just leave me alone Mikey..." You sigh, turning away from him.

"What did I do to you...?" He asks in an irritated tone as he grabs your hand. You look back towards him to see Draken and Mitsuya staring at the two of you from a distance. You yank your hand away and glare at Mikey with a frown on your face.

"I don't want anything to do with you... that's what." You huff.

"What do you mean? You don't want anything to do with me? The hell are you talking about?" Mikey laughs in an irritated and panicked way.

"Literally what I said... I. Don't. Want. Anything. To. Do. With. You." You say pointing at him each time you pause. He grabs you tightly which hurts. You stiffen from the feeling.

"The fuck do you mean? You are mine... You can't leave me." He has an irritated smile on his face and his eyes are dull. You try to pull away, but his grip gets tighter instead. "You are mine. You don't have the right to leave." He says in soft and stern tone.

"Fuck off Mikey!" You shout. Mikey's eyes widen when he sees tears falling down your cheek. "I'm not yours... You don't own me." You whine. He stares at you with a blank expression on his face.

"Why're you crying? You agreed to be mine... don't you remember? Do you want me to kill your friends? Is that it?" He says, leaning closer towards your face. You stare him in the eyes as he stares into yours. 

"I agreed to that before you became a fucking murderer." You rasp. Mikey pulls away with shock on his face.

"What?" He says shakily.

"I know you murdered Kazutora... " You quietly say. Mikey stares at you, not replying to your accusation. "Right? You murdered him... didn't you?" You shout. Mikey squeezes you tightly. Draken and Mitsuya quickly walk down the hall when they hear what you said.

"Who the hell told you that?" Mikey rasps.

"WHY DOES IT MATTER! LET GO OF ME!" You scream. "I don't want anything to do with you. You're nothing but a fucking criminal."

"The hell? Now I'm in the wrong? He killed my brother!" He fumes.

"I don't care! You're a murderer... What's next... you'll murder me too? Your friends? Your family?" You say.

"Stop." He shakes you causing you to stop talking. You droop your head down. 

"Let go of me Mikey... Let go." 

"Yuki..." He shakily says. You look him in the eyes, his eyes glossy and pink. "You hate me too?" He softly asks.

"I don't hate you. I despise you." You softly reply. Mikey's eyes slowly widen and his grip on you loosens. You walk past him. Draken grabs you, causing you to stop.

"The fuck is your problem?" Draken seethes.

"Draken... let her go." Mikey says in a soft tone with his back towards Draken. Draken looks towards Mikey and lets you go. You quickly walk down the hall and towards the staircase. Tears stream down your face as your try to hold in your cries. You try to exit the school but end up colliding into someone again. 

"sorry..." You sniffle as you try to walk off.

"Yuki...?" The person says grabbing your arm. The familiar voice makes you look up at them to see Eli. "Are you okay? What happe-" You hug him really hard and cry into his chest causing him to stop talking. He stands still feeling confused as you cry harder. He gently wraps his arms around you. 

You sit down on a bench beside a convenience store waiting for Eli to come back out. He walks out holding a water bottle in his armpit, a rag in his left hand and popsicle in his right hand. He hands you the popsicle to eat and then opens the water bottle, pouring water on the rag. You sit still on the bench as he wipes the cut on your face. It stings a bit but after he cleans it begins to feel better. He bandages the cut and then throws the stuff away in the convenience store. You sit on the bench eating the popsicle. He walks back out and sits down beside you, snacking on some gummies.

The two of you sit quietly as you both eat your sweets. Eli takes a deep breath as he crumples up the wrapper and puts it into his pocket.

"So, what happened?" Eli calmly asks.

"With what?" You quietly question.

"Why were you crying?" He softly asks. You furrow your eyebrows, continuing to eat the popsicle. Eli moves your hand with the popsicle away from your face, causing you to look at him. "Come on Yuki... Aren't we friends? You should tell me what's bothering you..." He sighs.

"Are we friends?" You question.

"Are we?" He repeats. You frown and look down. Eli softly sighs and puts his hands in his face.

"What's going on...? Everything has been falling apart... and no one will talk to me... I can't be a friend if you won't talk to me." He softly says.

"What do you mean? You've been avoiding me..." You rasp. Eli's eyes widen and then soften.

"Have I? If so then I'm sorry..." He quietly says. Your eyes widen when you notice the sadness in his eyes. "There's been a lot going on... I'm sorry. I didn't mean to seem like a horrible friend." he sniffles. He looks up at you with teary eyes. "I've been really stressed... and tired. My mother came back home recently so it's been very stressful lately."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Remember when I told you my mother left a long time ago... so it was just me and my sister. My father has been trying to get me and her to live with him and his family... but we always denied him. He's a shitty person and so is his shitty ass family." He sighs. You look at him confused. He looks back at you and rubs the tears forming in his eyes away. "I'm sorry... I didn't mean to make this about me... Why were you crying earlier?" He softly asks. You furrow your eyebrows.

"Your mom came back home? Isn't that a good thing?" You ask. Eli stares at you a bit and then back down.

"Well... she didn't technically come back home... more like she came back and dropped something off..." He soflty chuckles in an irritated way.

"What do you mean?" You softly ask. Eli looks back at you, and you stare at him waiting for an answer.

You stand beside Eli as he opens his front door to his apartment. He pushes the door open and walks in behind him. He closes the door, and you stop to see his older sister sleeping on the ground beside a basket. Something shuffles in the basket making your eyes widen. You slowly walk up to the basket and crouch down moving the blankets to reveal what was in it. Eli stands behind you staring down at the basket.

"mmph..." The baby softly groans. Its eyes are closed and its very small. You slowly touch the baby's small hand and frown a bit.

"Her name is Ena. My mother left a note with her... The note is what stresses me most about this situation..." Eli sighs.

"What do you mean by that?" You ask. Eli's older sister sighs and sits up stretching a bit.

"You both are loud..." She sighs as she sits up.

"Oh... I'm sorry." You softly say.

"Emi... how old long did it take to get the baby to finally fall asleep?" Eli asks his older sister.

"Forever... the baby is sick you know... Why the hell did she leave the damn baby outside like that..." She sighs.

"What did the letter say?" You ask, looking back at Eli. Eli frowns and then sighs.

"My mother got pregnant and had a baby... Naming her Ena... similar to my father's name, Eno." He softly says.

"Why would she name her that?" You ask in a confused tone.

"Cause the baby is our fathers..." Emi sighs. You look at Emi confused. 

"Is that a bad thing?" You ask.

"Yeah... our father is married." Eli implies.

"Married... and a gangster in Osaka." Emi sighs.

"What?"