Miho was currently surrounded by white walls. She was seated in the Hospital, her clothes stained with blood, but not too much. As soon as the boy was brought in by her, he was rushed to the Emergency Room. Even though she was scared for his life she couldn't help but feel that he would be fine. That wasn't it. The biggest discovery of the day was that there wasn't just the boy but two boys with the same face. She didn't even give it a thought when she saw the picture in the boy's wallet, what was his name again? But her eyes went wide when the boy who looked exactly like the other walked by her. When she tried to explain with great difficulty that she was the one who brought his brother in, the damned guy gave her the cold shoulder. Maybe he understood that she was the one who landed his brother here.
Miho sighed and sat down again. If there was anything she could do at the moment, it was apologizing. It might seem pathetic, but she felt it was the right thing to do. When the twin finally came out, she walked towards him.
"I'm sorry," she apologized, her head down. She expected him to walk away like he did earlier but she was surprised when he was still there standing in front of her.
"Don't be, it wasn't entirely your fault. That moron wasn't watching where he was going," he said. She knew he couldn't entirely forgive her, but his eyes held a kind of understanding. She knew he was still angry by the hardness in his voice and the way he stood, but she still hoped he would forgive her someday.
"He's asking for you," the twin of the boy informed her and left her standing in front of the door. How was she to confront him?
Despite her predicament, she pushed open the door and entered. She was bombarded by the color white everywhere.
"Are you just going to stand there, admiring the hospital room?" the boy teased. This snapped her out of it and she walked towards his bed. He was bandaged here and there but there wasn't any major injury. Miho didn't know what to say, so she just stood there, staring.
"Shall we continue where we left off?" he said stretching his arms wide open, grinning mischievously.
"Sorry!" she said incredulously. The boy chuckled. She stood up looking confused, wondering whether he hit his head. This guy...
"I almost killed you," she reminded him, "Deliberately," she added.
"You saved me," he countered. She searched for a hint of humor in his eyes but found that he was being serious. She folded her hands across her chest and looked away.
"It doesn't matter," she said, almost inaudible.
"You were fighting your own demons," he said.
"I could have killed you or left you there to die!" she raised her voice, clutching his collar.
"But you didn't," he replied calmly. She let go of his collar in surprise because of his calm but positive attitude.
"You are an idiot..." she said smiling to herself and shaking her head in disbelief.
"Can I ask you a question?" he started.
"What is it?" she asked.
"Why didn't you run me over?" he questioned. And the reality came crashing down on her. The gun, her mother...After a minute of silence she replied.
"I didn't want to carry the burden of taking another life," she said looking out of the window at the city lights. As she said this, she started to walk towards the door.
"Will I ever see you again?" he asked hopefully. Miho stopped in her tracks and turned her head half way.
"Maybe," she replied and left the room. When she closed the door, she smiled. Maybe she had something to live for after all.
Gene just sighed as he aimlessly twirled a silver ring which had the words embedded 'To My Dear Daughter.'
Six years later
"She's late," Naru said, irritated and getting out of the car.
"You just called her; give her some more time," Gene chided, getting out from the other side. As he said this, a girl with brown hair and cinnamon eyes came running to them.
"You are late Mai," Noll greeted her. She went red in the face with anger causing her to pant even more.
"You have absolutely no right to talk mister. You and that moron behind you didn't show up to the office today, didn't even leave me a message, Lin mysteriously disappears in the afternoon and I get a call at 4 pm from you asking me to lock up the office and come here quickly like the world was coming to an end and when I'm finally here all you can say is 'Mai you are late'?!" she was practically in his face. Gene looked ashamed.
"Are you quite done being childish?" Naru questioned, bored.
"I'm being what?!" Mai asked, hands on her hips.
"Enough with your flirting, I'm starving here," Gene said. With this all three entered the diner, Naru and Mai still bickering. They seated themselves and a waitress came along.
"What would you like to have?" she asked politely, ready to take down their orders.
"We wo-" Gene stopped. He just kept staring in shock at the lady with jet black hair and brown eyes. Miho at this point was lost. Gene soon snapped out of his shock. He just rested his cheek on his palm and smirked while Mai and Naru still bickered.
"I finally found you," he said.
"So have I," she said smiling
