Kanae:

I watched as Kohta found the note I had left all those years ago, and was silent as a single tear fell down my face. Every year… the same thing happened, and each time, I found myself unable to approach him. He believed me to be dead, and for a time, so did I.

But the truth is, he had killed "Lucy". The part of me that NEEDED to kill… Now all that was left was the part of me that desperately longed to be in his arms. To live in that house once more. With the only family I had ever known.

But, Kohta seemed happy. Most of the time… More than he had ever been when I was around. His cousin, as much as I disliked her, made him happy. Was that so terrible? I could feel old emotions swirling, the answer to kill her. I shook my head, watching as he receded from the trees. Back to the house I had grown to love, before my own idiocy had ruined everything.

The truth was, as much as I fought it, the instinct to kill was still there… but it was like before…

Only waiting in the wings, to become apart of me once more. I refused to let that happen.