Chapter 57

You flop onto your bed, sighing loudly. You feel extremely tired after helping Eli and Emi carry things from their house to yours. You roll over onto your back and rub your eyes. Eli softly knocks on your door before walking in. 

"Hey, thank you for letting us stay here." Eli softly says. You slowly nod and slightly smile. 

"You're welcome." You reply. He looks back towards the door and slowly closes it. He walks towards you and sits down beside you on the bed. 

"I have a question." He says slowly looking at you. You look at him, waiting for him to say. "Since you aren't Yuki... doesn't that mean you have a completely different life... Like- don't you have your own body... own family- friends- life in general." You slowly look away and then down towards the ground. 

"I'm sure I do... but I can't remember- It's almost like everything from my life is starting to fade away. I remember some things but- not much." You sigh.

"Are you from an alternative universe or something?" He asks. You slowly nod.

"Something like that." You softly say. He slightly smiles and scratches his arm.

"It's so weird thinking about it that way... It sounds like something out of a comic." He chuckles. You slowly nod.

"Have you found anything on your mother?" You ask. Eli slowly looks back at you and then at the wall.

"No... I haven't but- you heard about what happened yesterday. I assume my father sent them." he laughs in a stressed way. You slowly nod and look at him.

"What do you plan on doing now? I mean you can stay here... but it can't be forever." You imply. 

"Yeah I know." Eli replies. "I want to talk to my father again..."

"Then let's do that." 

"Huh? What do you mean by that?" He asks, looking at you.

"Let me come with you." You imply.

"No... it's okay- I don't want you to get involved." He sighs.

"I'm already involved by letting you guys stay here." You state. Eli takes a deep breath and stares at you a bit.

"Fine... "

You and Eli stand across the street from a club in Roppongi. Eli stretches and then sighs.

"Do you think my mom is being held captive by my father?" He asks. You look at him and furrow your eyebrows.

"Didn't you say your father was married?" You ask. Eli nods and looks at you.

"He has two other kids. A boy a year younger than me and another boy who's like- five... six." He replies. 

"Oh. Have you met them?" You ask. He shakes his head.

"I heard about them from my father. He told me about them the last time I saw him." Eli sighs.

"For some reason I feel kind of nervous about walking into this place..." You shakily say.

"Same." Eli sighs. "But still... let's go." He motions. The two of you cross the street and walk into the building. The place looks very pretty to be a club. It was very decorated and clean. Eli walks up to the front desk to talk to the man behind it. You look around the room, looking at all the art pieces on the wall. Eli backs away from the counter and sighs. You look at him confused, noticing the man behind the desk walk into the back. 

"What happened?" You ask.

"My father is here..." Eli sighs. Your eyes widen and then your eyebrows furrow. The man walks back out and motions for the two of you to follow another guy. The guy leads you both into an private room. Eli sits down at the booth and you sit down beside him.

"I thought this place was a club." You say looking at Eli. Eli slowly looks at you and then nods.

"It is a club... but more like a private club. Kinda like a place you can host events and stuff... more for people who are rich or criminal." He replies. You slowly nod and look around the room. The door opens causing you to look towards it. A man walks through the door, smiling at the two of you. Eli relaxes his eyes and clenches his pants at the thigh area.

"Eli! My boy!" His father bubbles. Eli furrows his eyebrows and sighs. "Oh... and who is this?" He says looking at you. You furrow your eyebrows too. The man's eyes widen when he realizes who you are. The door behind him closes and he sits down across from the two of you. "You came to finally agree to be with your dad?" He sooths. Eli chuckles in an irritated way.

"Really? That's why you think I'm here?" Eli rasps. His father looks at you and smiles.

"You must be Yuki. How are you?" He softly says. 

"I'm fine..." You reply.

"Fine? That's good then..." He pulls out a flask from out of his inner jacket and opens it, drinking from it. "I had thought you passed away." He states.

"No?" You look at him confused.

"Eh? What made you believe that?" Eli huffs.

"Mmm... I heard things." He chuckles. "I also heard you got yourself involved in some... amateur gangs in Shibuya."

"You mean Toman?" You question. The man nods and smiles.

"Yeah... You know- for such a fragile girl like you- getting yourself involved with some troublesome delinquents like that won't do you any good." He says taking another sip. "Say you start dating one of the boys... you both have sex... you get pregnant... and then you give birth to a child. Do you think he will take care of the baby?" He asks. You stare at the man feeling confused.

"Why the fuck are you asking that?" Eli fumes.

"Relax son... It was just a question." He chuckles.

"A weird fucking question." Eli huffs. His father places the flask down and leans back in the chair.

"What did you want to talk about?" He asks looking at Eli.

"Why did you send your men to come and harass me and my sister last night?" Eli seethes. His father smiles and sighs.

"What are you talking about?" He questions.

"You know exactly what I'm talking about..." Eli huffs.

"I didn't send anyone to your house." His dad replies, taking a sip from the flask.

"Tch... yeah okay." Eli sighs.

"That sounds dangerous... You should move somewhere else..." He says putting the flask back into his jacket.

"Mmm..." Eli looks away and leans back a bit.

"You know. If you need a place to stay-"

"I'm not going to stay with you." Eli rasps.

"So, you would rather stay in that crappy apartment... waiting on someone to come back and attack you again?" He scoffs.

 "I already got somewhere to stay at the mean time." Eli huffs. You look at Eli and then back at the man. His facial expression changed. He furrows his eyebrows and darts his eyes at you. He looks angry in the face. You slowly look away feeling nervous.

"Is that so? Where are you staying now?" He asks, still staring at you.

"None of your business..." Eli listlessly replies.

"Don't you have a baby with you? Being in a house of someone who's involved in baby gangs won't do you any good. You're just putting yourself in danger." He sighs. Eli furrows his eyebrows and looks at his father.

"So... you know my mother had a baby and you know the baby is with me?" Eli rasps. His father relaxes his eyes and then sighs, tilting his head a bit and sitting back again.

"Yeah... I know your mother had a baby..." He replies.

"Your baby!" Eli shouts.

"Mmm-"

"Where's my mother?" Eli asks in an angry tone. The father stares at him for a bit and then looks down at the table.

"I don't know." He sighs.

"What? What do you mean you don't know? HOW THE FUCK DON'T YOU KNOW?!?" Eli shouts.

"Cause your mother ran away. Last time I saw her she had locked herself in the bathroom saying she had a bad stomachache. She was in there for a long time... I had thought she killed herself and the baby but instead she had given birth to the baby in the bathroom and escaped out the window." He sighs.

"What?" Eli's eye twitches. He stands up and leans towards his father. "Then how did you know I had the baby?"

"I had a feeling the baby was with you... You know- the baby isn't registered and... Hasn't been checked by a doctor. If the baby gets sick it could die."

"She's fine. Thanks for the worry." Eli sighs. 

"Eli... You're still a kid. Just cause the baby looks okay doesn't mean it's okay." His father huffs.

"YEAH? WHY DOES IT MATTER TO YOU, ENO?" Eli shouts.

"Because the baby is my kid. Of course I care about it." He huffs, standing up and leaning towards Eli.

"IT'S A GIRL! SO STOP SAYING IT. IT'S A BEING NOT A FUCKING OBJECT!" He loudly huffs. His father's face scrunches up and smiles in an irritated way.

"Lower your tone boy. I'm your elder... you should treat me with respect." His father seethes.

"Treat you with respect? Pft... How about you leave me and my family the hell alone. You've got your own shitty family right? So leave us alone!" Eli fumes.

"You're my child. What makes you think I'm going to just abandon you like that? You can't properly take care of yourself... Look at you, your hairs a mess... your clothes are dirty... You're skinny... all beat up and shit. You think you know shit cause you sooo grown right." His father motions at him. "You think your little bitch gonna let you stay with her? No bitch is loyal enough for that shit. We both know you need me... your stupid ass mother can't help you."

"Shut the hell up." Eli seethes.

"WHERE IS SHE ELI! NOT HERE! NOT WITH YOU?! SHE LEFT THE BABY WITH YOU AND RAN AWAY!" His father shouts in Eli's face. Spit flying out his mouth. Eli stands straight and wipes his face.

"My mother would still be here if your horny... fuck ass self-had just left her alone. But no- you just can't keep your hands to yourself." Eli chuckles. "I would rather be alone... dirty and hungry then to be with your sick ass." Eli huffs. Eli grabs your hand and pulls you with him.

"Where you going? That's it? You just going to leave like a little bitch?" His father scoffs. Eli ignores him and pulls you out the room and out the building. His father chuckles and shoves everything off the table causing the vase in the corner to break. "FUUUUCK!" He shouts. Someone opens the room door and looks at him bowing a bit.

"Sir Mori... is everything alright?" The man says. The father looks at him, glaring at him. 

"Call Koda... tell him to meet me in Shinjuku." He says to the man. The man stands up straight and nods.

"Yes sir." The man replies.

"And have someone clean this vase." The father says motioning to the mess.

"Yes sir." The man bows and walks out the room. The father sighs and rubs his head, pulling out the flask and drinking from it.

"I thought he said he killed that bitch..." He seethes.