After Death

Chapter 7

Uncle lived in a Japanese style mansion at the edge of Namimori. Dad guided me inside while I was still busy gaping at the exterior. It was very different from our humble two storey house. I stared at the obviously very expensive vase that we just passed. What did uncle do exactly? I asked Dad the question and he smiled.

"Kyousuke is the Chief of the Police."

At the answer, I stared at him in disbelief. The Chief of Police was going to be teaching me self-defense himself? Wasn't he supposed to be really busy? And holy shit, my uncle is the Chief of the Police. As I tried to wrap my mind around the fact, we arrived in front of a sliding door. Dad knocked the door.

"Come in." A smooth voice answered.

I fidgeted nervously beside Dad as he opened the door. Now that I knew the person I was about to meet was so important, I didn't want to embarrass us. Especially on our first meeting. So I set aside my nerves and straightened my back. We walked in the Japanese styled living room as my eyes locked on the only person in the room.

I stared.

I wordlessly turned my head to Dad. He was looking at me, appearing to be amused at my reaction. But I didn't react like I usually would've done, instead my eyes widened more and my head went back and forth between the two men in the room. My hand trembled as I lifted it and pointed at the other figure in the room.

"Dad?"

"Not quite." Dad clapped his hand on my shoulder and gestured the man sitting in front of us. "Hotaru, meet Kyousuke, my twin."

Oh.

Kyousuke calmly observed me before he folded his arm and titled his head slightly to the side. He gave me a slight smile. I gave him a hesitant smile in return. It was so weird to see Dad's face on other people's faces. Although, now I realized that Kyousuke has a slightly longer hair than Dad and that he has a mole under his left eye.

"Nice to meet you, Hotaru. I'm looking forward to our time together."

"Y-yes. Me too." Was it just me or did his smile turned sharper there?

It must had been my imagination.

AN: Oops. Did I say he's appearing this chapter? I meant next chapter :D