A/N: Hello. This fanfic was been in my mind for a while so I figured I should post it here. Since I haven't tried writing first person yet, I guess this should be the good time to try using it. The POVs would be either Mio or Mayu from time to time so yeah. I guess...enjoy the story now?

--Mayu--

It was five in the evening, 30 minutes past, or so my phone says. It has been almost an hour and my dear sister is still arguing with the manager. I was hoping it wouldn't get too violent or noisy so I stayed outside, hoping to avoid it; however my sister's voice and that man's voice still bled through the door. Luckily, the cafe was almost closing time so there was barely any customers inside, saving my sister and I the embarrassment of this town. It broke my heart, however, to hear Mio screaming. Both my stomach and heart began to ache at the thought of what would happened to Mio. Would she lose her job at the cafe all because of me? She has already sacrificed much for me now and if she loses this job...

Suddenly, I hear the doors fling open and comes my sister, falling to the ground with a Thud!

"Mio!" I screamed as I ran to her. As I helped her up, I noticed her eyes; they were just like an oni's.

The manager, with his already-grumpy face's fille with red, stomped out of the cafe. "Hey you!" He shouted to me, spit flying everywhere. His beady eyes were glaring at both Mio and I. "Keep that girl under a leash! I don't want any bitch helping me out here, especially a bitch with that kind of mark!!" He then slammed the door shut, locking it. I thought the glass from the door was going to shatter from the force of being slammed instead.

I made an unsure look and looked over at Mio. I could see that her eyes were bleeding tears as her fist tightened and tightened into a ball. I could see she was clearly very pissed; even more so when she tried to run and break down the door she was just kicked out of. I held on to her, my arms still wrapped around her stomach as she struggled to get free.

"Dammit Mayu!!!" Mio screamed with fury. "Let me go!! I need to give that guy a lesson!!"

As I struggled to stop Mio from getting back into that cafe, I noticed people were standing around, looking at our situation. I could feel their glares going both through me and my angry sister. "Mio, stop!!" I cried out as she elbowed me in the stomach. I flinched at the impact a little but I still held onto her, holding onto tight. "Hurting that man won't do any good!! It will only lead to more trouble!!"

She didn't listen to me and just continued to kick and scream. I felt tears stinging my eyes.

"Mio!! Calm down!!" I could feel my voice breaking down. Mio also started to slowly stop struggling; she must've heard my voice. "Please....." I lowered my head into the back of her head, sobbing into her short, brown hair. "....I don't want you to get hurt...please.."

I could feel Mio just completely stop moving, just standing there in front of the cafe with no sound. As soon as I know it, Mio broke from my grip and gave me a small hug. I was slightly shocked but I just wrapped my arms around her waist and kept crying into Mio's chest, making her thin, black shirt a little wet. Her hand was rubbing my head like what she used to do when we were younger whenever I got upset. As she did that, I could hear her muttering "I'm sorry" in my ear over and over again.

I could still feel those people glare at the both of us but I choose to ignore it anyway.

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It was roughly eight at night, about only a few minutes had past. I was sitting in front of a lake as the moon appeared in it with its reflection. Next to me was my dear sister, gazing at the lake with no thought in her mind. She didn't have her green jacket that she was wearing earlier, probably because I was wearing it myself since it was cold out. I glanced at her for a minute; she wasn't shivering at all but I guess she was just hiding it as usual.

"Mio.." I muttered quietly. She looked at me with concern in her eyes. "..what will happen now?"

"Hm? What do you mean?" I felt her hand laying on top of my, showing me she was both concerned and confused. I think she should know by now what I was talking about..

"What will happen to us now? You don't have a job now and you can't really qualify for one since..." I gulped. "..you dropped out."

Mio closed her eyes and let out a sigh. I felt a little guilty of reminding her that she didn't even finish her second year of high school. "Mayu...I don't know now.." Her voice was a little shaking, although I didn't see tears coming from her eyes. "Ever since Uncle Kei passed on, we're forced to be on our own...no one offers to help us at our time of need."

"I could find a part time job." I suggested quickly. Mio quickly denied it.

"No...I don't want work interfering with your studies." Her breathing was getting heavy, showing she is starting to become upset.

"If you do not want me to work, at least finish high school first. Maybe you could find a job better if you did."

Mio slowly shook her head. "No...I can't...not after what I did."

I grew confused. What was she talking about? She didn't do anything wrong...did she?"

"Mayu listen.." I heard the bench we were sitting on creak a bit. I saw that Mio was standing, her back to me. "Go back home. I have to go somewhere."

What?! Why would she want me to go on home without her? She knows the dangers of women walking alone at night, why would she want me to walk home by myself? "Mio, why-"

"Mayu please." She wrapped her arms around me. I could hear her breathing was getting heavier and heavier, indicating something was very wrong. "Just go home. I promise I'll be home soon."

"But-"

"-I promise. Be careful on your way home. If you need something, just call me. I'll be there right away." She broke away from me and started walking away from the bench, slowly disappearing from my sight at every second as she keeps walking.

When she finally left, I dug into my pocket and took out a magatama bead that was made of jasper. It was my charm that was given by my late uncle when I was a child; I used to got hurt alot when I was child so my dear uncle gave me one, hoping it would protect me from harm with the help from the spirits. Although I still kept getting hurt, I held close to it after all these years. I noticed the string tied onto it and chuckled; I remembered I used to wear this bed around my neck at all times when I was younger...

I then thought of Mio. She had been under alot of stress lately. She's been in and out of the house lately and had just gotten recently fired from working at the cafe because of me. I grew worried at what would happen in the future if this stress continues...

Maybe if I gave her this charm.....