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Forever Yours
By miyamoto yui
Part 11 – Probability and fact overturned by intensity.
"I didn't expect anything less," I smiled to myself as I said my thoughts aloud to the maid.
I nodded my head understandingly and thanked the maid. I closed the doors behind me and turned around to my grandmother.
Grandmother, who was sitting behind her desk, nodded her head with an all-knowing smile on her lips and hands folded. "Have a seat, Minoru-kun."
"No thank you, Grandmother." With a polite shake of my head, I walked up to her desk and planted my hands on the cold wood. "I will be leaving shortly."
"Minoru-kun, I know what you've come for," she calmly told me as she patted my left hand with a sorrowful face.
"So, please grant her to me," I answered in exasperation. "I don't want anything else if she taken away from me."
With tears in my eyes, I squeezed my grandmother's cold hand. "I don't want to lose another person. It hurts so much…"
At that moment, I let go as I went on my knees and bowed my head toward her. "Please give her back to me, Grandmother."
"Minoru-kun…" The tough exterior that my grandmother gave even in emotional matters all these years was crumbling as her voice became even more grave. "I didn't want to hurt you in any way. You are my favorite grandchild. And you understand me the most, both as an adversary in business and as a person."
She got up as I found her kneeling to me and hugging me. "Please don't remind me of your late father's broken hearted face…
"Your sister had begged in this same manner before us…" she started off.
I held back my breath as my eyes opened. "Onee-san?"
My eyebrows twitched as my eyes wandered from side to side in confusion. Grandmother held my shoulders as we both got up. Looking into my eyes, Grandmother told me, "Before her last Angelic Layer tournament, your sister bowed like you did. She asked your father and me for permission to live with Sai."
"She had?"
I didn't know…
That's how close they were…
"Sai didn't know about any of this until your sister's heart failed. She was going to tell Sai after the tournament, but it was never to be." Grandmother's hands cupped shakily onto my cheeks. "I didn't want your heart to break too…with mine also…"
"Then please let me know where Yuzuki is. I know she was here." I closed my eyes in great pain as I gulped and looked deeply into my grandmother's eyes. "I know she had to come here…"
My grandmother shook her head as she smiled wistfully. "You must be connected by the red thread of fate…"
She let go of my face as she said, "She was here."
"Where is she?" The restlessness inside of me was taking over as I placed my hands on my grandmother's shoulders. "I have to find her before it is too late."
"She came her saying, 'If there is a way to make Minoru happy without me causing him pain, please tell me.' Yuzuki knew that one day I would come to get her if she got in the way of the family."
I sighed with nothing to say.
That's why I had wanted to disown myself first…
"Yuzuki came here freely to save your future, don't you see?" my grandmother tried to explain as I shook my head with a response of, "No…"
"The poor child bowed her head and told me, 'He is better off without me.'" But at that moment, my grandmother's eyes became soft as she said, "But that's not true, isn't it?"
She began to cry. "When a persocom thinks that the logical reason is to 'disappear' when you cause the one you love and serve pain."
"Grandmother…" I sighed in bewilderment.
"Tell me this is not true, Minoru-kun…" Her eyes blinked at me with tears. "Prove to me this isn't the way of the world…"
She continued while placing her hands firmly onto my elbows. "You can defy it. I couldn't do it, but you can, Minoru."
"I…I don't understand what's going on…" I blinked at my grandmother.
For the first time, I had seen her vulnerable and weak…
"I couldn't die off without seeing you happy," she told me. "I'm holding on while my batteries are letting me…"
Batteries…?
Wha…what is going on?
My eyes opened wide. "What did you say?"
Almost ashamed, my grandmother pushed her hair over her ear like a young girl with a disease of the skin. Just like Yuzuki, there was a port…
"Grandmother???"
"I'll tell you later when it's time."
At that moment, she pushed me away. "You don't have much time, Minoru-kun. While Sai is dissuading your Yuzuki, you've got to get to her.
"Before she goes berserk because she doesn't know who she wants to be."
Grandmother stood tall again as she let her long, meshed black and white hair fall on the sides of her face once more.
I nodded my head as she encouraged, "Tell her that disappearing makes the problem worse than better. And prove to me that the world is wrong when it comes to our kind. Probability isn't always the best solution."
She then kissed me on the forehead and I turned around with my head up high.
But even grandmother didn't know where Yuzuki was…
What else could I rely on?
I blinked my eyes as if concentrating in seconds while walking outside of the house. "Where would you be with Sai Nee-chan?"
They could be anywhere…
As I walked out of the front entrance, there was someone waiting for me.
"Chii?" I asked as she nodded her head and motioned for me to get into Hideki's car. "I'm the only one who can help you now."
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Author's note: Things are getting very interesting, aren't they? ^_^
Forever Yours
By miyamoto yui
Part 11 – Probability and fact overturned by intensity.
"I didn't expect anything less," I smiled to myself as I said my thoughts aloud to the maid.
I nodded my head understandingly and thanked the maid. I closed the doors behind me and turned around to my grandmother.
Grandmother, who was sitting behind her desk, nodded her head with an all-knowing smile on her lips and hands folded. "Have a seat, Minoru-kun."
"No thank you, Grandmother." With a polite shake of my head, I walked up to her desk and planted my hands on the cold wood. "I will be leaving shortly."
"Minoru-kun, I know what you've come for," she calmly told me as she patted my left hand with a sorrowful face.
"So, please grant her to me," I answered in exasperation. "I don't want anything else if she taken away from me."
With tears in my eyes, I squeezed my grandmother's cold hand. "I don't want to lose another person. It hurts so much…"
At that moment, I let go as I went on my knees and bowed my head toward her. "Please give her back to me, Grandmother."
"Minoru-kun…" The tough exterior that my grandmother gave even in emotional matters all these years was crumbling as her voice became even more grave. "I didn't want to hurt you in any way. You are my favorite grandchild. And you understand me the most, both as an adversary in business and as a person."
She got up as I found her kneeling to me and hugging me. "Please don't remind me of your late father's broken hearted face…
"Your sister had begged in this same manner before us…" she started off.
I held back my breath as my eyes opened. "Onee-san?"
My eyebrows twitched as my eyes wandered from side to side in confusion. Grandmother held my shoulders as we both got up. Looking into my eyes, Grandmother told me, "Before her last Angelic Layer tournament, your sister bowed like you did. She asked your father and me for permission to live with Sai."
"She had?"
I didn't know…
That's how close they were…
"Sai didn't know about any of this until your sister's heart failed. She was going to tell Sai after the tournament, but it was never to be." Grandmother's hands cupped shakily onto my cheeks. "I didn't want your heart to break too…with mine also…"
"Then please let me know where Yuzuki is. I know she was here." I closed my eyes in great pain as I gulped and looked deeply into my grandmother's eyes. "I know she had to come here…"
My grandmother shook her head as she smiled wistfully. "You must be connected by the red thread of fate…"
She let go of my face as she said, "She was here."
"Where is she?" The restlessness inside of me was taking over as I placed my hands on my grandmother's shoulders. "I have to find her before it is too late."
"She came her saying, 'If there is a way to make Minoru happy without me causing him pain, please tell me.' Yuzuki knew that one day I would come to get her if she got in the way of the family."
I sighed with nothing to say.
That's why I had wanted to disown myself first…
"Yuzuki came here freely to save your future, don't you see?" my grandmother tried to explain as I shook my head with a response of, "No…"
"The poor child bowed her head and told me, 'He is better off without me.'" But at that moment, my grandmother's eyes became soft as she said, "But that's not true, isn't it?"
She began to cry. "When a persocom thinks that the logical reason is to 'disappear' when you cause the one you love and serve pain."
"Grandmother…" I sighed in bewilderment.
"Tell me this is not true, Minoru-kun…" Her eyes blinked at me with tears. "Prove to me this isn't the way of the world…"
She continued while placing her hands firmly onto my elbows. "You can defy it. I couldn't do it, but you can, Minoru."
"I…I don't understand what's going on…" I blinked at my grandmother.
For the first time, I had seen her vulnerable and weak…
"I couldn't die off without seeing you happy," she told me. "I'm holding on while my batteries are letting me…"
Batteries…?
Wha…what is going on?
My eyes opened wide. "What did you say?"
Almost ashamed, my grandmother pushed her hair over her ear like a young girl with a disease of the skin. Just like Yuzuki, there was a port…
"Grandmother???"
"I'll tell you later when it's time."
At that moment, she pushed me away. "You don't have much time, Minoru-kun. While Sai is dissuading your Yuzuki, you've got to get to her.
"Before she goes berserk because she doesn't know who she wants to be."
Grandmother stood tall again as she let her long, meshed black and white hair fall on the sides of her face once more.
I nodded my head as she encouraged, "Tell her that disappearing makes the problem worse than better. And prove to me that the world is wrong when it comes to our kind. Probability isn't always the best solution."
She then kissed me on the forehead and I turned around with my head up high.
But even grandmother didn't know where Yuzuki was…
What else could I rely on?
I blinked my eyes as if concentrating in seconds while walking outside of the house. "Where would you be with Sai Nee-chan?"
They could be anywhere…
As I walked out of the front entrance, there was someone waiting for me.
"Chii?" I asked as she nodded her head and motioned for me to get into Hideki's car. "I'm the only one who can help you now."
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Author's note: Things are getting very interesting, aren't they? ^_^