While Haruka discovered the blood stain in the living room, Michiru stood underneath the running hot water, tears streaming down her face. After the two men had finished raping her, they had left her on the couch, unable to move, crying and bleeding. The two burglars had taken all the money they had been able to find, as well as Michirus jewelry and Harukas expensive cuff links. Then they had left, without wasting a single look or word on Michiru. After a seemingly endless time, Michiru had managed to get to her feet, although the pain was nearly causing her to lose consciousness, and slowly had made her way into the bathroom, where she had climbed into the shower. All this had happened one hour ago; by now, the warm water slowly ran out, and the aqua haired woman knew that she had to stop cleaning herself soon. Michiru turned the water off and got out of the shower, still feeling dirty. She walked out of the bathroom, hoping that she wouldn't run into Haruka. Unfortunately, the blonde had heard how the water had stopped running and now waited at the stair way. "Michiru…" she started, only to be rewarded with an unfriendly "Leave me alone." Haruka, however, didn't think about giving up that fast. She stepped closer to Michiru, putting a gently hand on her shoulder. The aqua haired woman flinched and took a step back. "Michiru, what happened?" Haruka asked softly. Michiru looked away from her, down on the floor. "Nothing." She finally said. "Michiru, love, I see that something isn't right. Why don't you just tell me?" Haruka asked once more, slowly getting angry. Her anger turned into surprise when Michiru slapped her hand away. "I said it's nothing! Are you deaf, or what? Leave me alone!" the aqua haired woman yelled at the taller blonde, who now took a step back in pure surprise. "Michiru…Michiru, what…" Michiru roughly shoved Haruka aside, nearly causing her to fall down the stairs, and made her way into the bedroom. She quickly crawled under her covers, then remembered that Haruka would come, too. Michiru stood up again, walked over to the door and locked it. One minute later, Haruka tried to get in, only to find out that she couldn't open the door. "Michiru?" she spoke, her voice now shaking. "Michiru, please let me in." "Go away." Michiru whispered, leaning against the door. "Please, Haruka…just go away." "What did I do wrong?" Haruka now asked, hot tears stinging in her eyes. "At least tell me what I did wrong…" All of a sudden, the door flew open, and Michiru shouted at Haruka: "What you did wrong? You really want to know what you did wrong?" Haruka was taken aback, but still nodded. "You weren't there to protect me!" Michiru now yelled at her, tears streaming down her face. "You left me at home, alone, and when they raped me, you weren't here to protect me!" "Raped you?" Haruka repeated, her eyes widening with shock. "Who…when…." Not caring about what Haruka said, Michiru shouted at her: "It's all your fault! Get out of my eyes, now!" Before Haruka was able to say anything, Michiru slammed the door close, locking it again. Slowly, hesitating, Haruka knocked once more. "Michiru…I don't know what happened, but…" The next words Michiru said cut into the blonde's heart like a glowing knife. "Go away. I don't want to have you near me anymore." "I'm sorry." Haruka now whispered, the tears finally running down her face. She waited for another ten minutes, and when the room behind the door stayed silent, the blonde turned and walked into the living room, preparing the couch for sleep.
The next morning, Haruka awoke with a sore back. She had barely slept last night; every time she had dozed off, Michirus words came up in her mind again, keeping her awake. When the blonde now walked into the kitchen to get some breakfast – although she wasn't really hungry – dark rings were underneath her eyes, and her hands were shaking. Michiru was already up, standing at the stove and cooking breakfast. "Morning." Haruka softly greeted, but she received no answer. Without saying any more, the blonde sat down at the table and poured herself a cup of coffee. Not really caring about the taste, the racer gulped it down and stood up to carry the now empty cup over to the sink. When she turned to move over, Michiru bumped into her, dropping her plate with ham and eggs in the process. "Can't you watch out?" the aqua haired woman snapped, causing Haruka to flinch. "I'm sorry." She softly spoke. Michiru just glared at her before she spoke: "Seems like it's not enough for you to have me raped, you also have to ruin everything I fix." Haruka looked at her, a hurt expression in her eyes. "Michiru…" "Just shut up!" Michiru barked before she pushed the blonde aside and walked out of the kitchen. Haruka stayed where she was for a moment, then she knelt down and started to clean the mess she had created, the food mixing with the tears that fell from her face.