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"Just couldn't wait until tomorrow could you, Eiri?"
Tohma looked up at Yuki, the shadows of the room playing on the pale skin of his face. He leaned forward, and the moon caught his amber eyes, giving them a ghostly glow.
"Tell me Tohma... what happened after I... I killed that man..."
Tohma swallowed.
"Well... that's where things... get kind of compl-- did you sneak in here?"
"Yes."
"You know the guard will probably..."
"Be unconscious for a few hours." Yuki murmered "Now, talk."
"What'd you do to him?"
"That's beside the point Tohma." Yuki said, firmer "Talk."
"Fine." Tohma paused as if thinking before continuing "Like I said, that's where things get kinda complicated."
"How so?"
"Well... remember... when Eve once said... that she'd do anything for you?"
Yuki nodded.
"Let's just say... that came in handy."
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"He can't!" Eve shouted, grabbing Tohma's arm "He can't... go... there..."
"To prison?" Tohma said evenly "He has to."
Eve ran her fingers through her raven hair, pacing back and forth in the police station. She then neared Tohma, whispering harshly:
"He can't! He can't take it there! It'll break him completely!"
"I thought that was what you wanted." Tohma replied
Eve paused, and then shook her head.
"No... that's not what I want."
"Well then Eve, what do you want?"
Eve stepped back, crossing her arms.
"How can you be so calm at a time like this?" She asked
He shrugged.
"You didn't answer my question. What do you want, Eve?"
Eve sighed, calming down.
"I don't... I don't want him in that place..."
"He killed a man, Eve. A husband and father..."
"He didn't mean to... It was me... I pushed him and toyed with him."
"I thought that was what you enjoyed Eve." Tohma replied
"I didn't want this!"
Tohma paused, and then blinked for a few moments.
"Then... what did you want... because I'm confused."
Eve was silent for a moment, her finger tapping against her lip.
"I just... I just wanted to make him mine." She replied
Tohma leaned back in his chair.
"So you pushed him to the brink of his sanity and completely shattered his psyche?"
"That's not... I didn't want it to end up like this."
Tohma sighed.
"Eve..."
"Stop." She said "Stop saying my name like that--."
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"Wait." Yuki interrupted "I thought 'Eve' wasn't her real name."
"It's not."
"So then why..."
"Because... I think "Eve" still wants you to remember on your own. So just fill in the blanks."
---------------------Flashback!-----------------------
"Why?" Tohma asked
"It irritates me."
"Why?"
Eve rolled her eyes, not answering.
"I wonder how he is..." She murmered
"Probably still catatonic I imagine." Tohma replied "I doubt he's said a word since they brought him in."
Eve sighed.
"That's good then." She replied
"How so?"
"Then... he hasn't said anything to incriminate himself..."
"Eve... there's no way they don't know..."
"Maybe... but if they did, they wouldn't be questioning him, now would they?"
Tohma cocked her head at her.
"What are you saying?"
Eve sighed.
"Use your influence, Tohma. Get him out of this."
"Eve, the man murdered someone in cold blood for no reason." Tohma replied "There's no getting out of this. Someone has to take the fall."
Eve swallowed, and resumed pacing.
"Tohma." She spoke at last
"What?"
"I love Eiri, you know that... right?"
Tohma nodded.
"Yes."
"He can't go away." She said firmly "He... just can't."
"So Eve, what do you propose we do about it?"
Eve sighed and ran her fingers through her raven hair, the blood red fingernails peaking out through the dark black.
"I'll do it." She said at last
"What!" Tohma asked
"I'll do it. You said someone has to take the fall for this... I will."
Tohma stood and neared her, his blue eyes meeting her green.
"Do you know what you're saying, Eve? You're saying that you'll willingly go down for murder."
"I know."
"Are you sure?"
Eve paused for a moment.
"Tohma, I once said... that I was willing to do anything for Tohma." She said "He doesn't love me, and he never will. But that doesn't matter. Right now, I just want... I just want him to be happy."
"So you're willing to do this... for him?"
Eve nodded.
"Yes."
"With my influence... maybe I can get you a lighter sentence... but..."
Eve nodded again.
"I know Tohma."
"Do you understand what you're giving up?"
"Yes." Eve replied
"But I still wonder..." Tohma replied "What will be gained... and what... what will be lost?"
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"So... Eve took the blame for it... then?" Yuki said softly
Tohma nodded, looking out the window. The sky was begining to lighten. The sun would be up soon.
"Yes... quite willingly too..." Tohma replied
"And?" Yuki asked
"And what?"
"What happened to her?"
"Oh..." Tohma said softly "St. Joan's."
"What?"
"St. Joan's. She was sent to St. Joan's. I managed to get her temporary insanity... and she was sentenced to St. Joan's Mental Hospital for five years."
Yuki swallowed.
"Spent sometime there Eve?"
For a moment, Eve looked away, her starteling green eyes looking lost for an instant, before bring them back up to Yuki.
"Yeah. They have a nice rec room." She replied
"Five years?" He murmered
"Now I know... Tohma spoke softly "What was lost. But... what was gained?"
"Pain." Yuki murmered softly
Tohma chuckled.
"She gave up five years of her life... for me..." Yuki said "For the person who could never love her... why?"
"Love does funny things to people." Tohma replied "As do insane asylums. Although, I think she would've prefered prison better."
"Why?"
"Eve..." Tohma began "Well, doesn't like to exactly 'corroporate..."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, mostly, she refused to take her drugs. Said they did stuff to her... or something like that. Had trouble remembering things... focusing on what was real and..."
"What was pure imagination." Yuki fininshed "I had to take them while I was there, those things... they make you crazier than you already are."
Tohma shrugged.
"And Eve refused to take them... so... she spent most of her time... in a little padded white cell."
"I'm picky."
"About what?"
"The walls."
"Had a lo of time to think... and a lot of time to slowly go insane... well... more so than she already was. Eve was always insane... but there used to be logic to her insanity, but then... it just became babbling nonsense. And then... everything just kinda snapped."
Yuki narrowed his eyes and leaned over him in curiousity.
"About a year or so in... she completly lost her mind. I was there... we were talking one moment... and then the next she was screaming about you. 'He loves me, I swear he does!'"
"So... she spent most of her time... in there..."
"Insane... thinking about you. Whichi is why I thought she would've prefered prison. I mean, before she went in, she was perfectly content with you not loving her. But after a while... it just drove her insane."
Yuki blinked a few times, trying to force his mind to register everything.
"So that's why she wanted... solace..." He murmered
Tohma nodded.
"Yes."
Yuki looked up at him.
"Tohma... did I ever... ever visit her?"
Tohma shook his head.
"No."
"Why?"
"You can't visit something that you don't know exists."
Yuki cocked his head.
"Huh?"
"After everything... you... repressed it all. Rather quickly to. You just simply forgot about everything, Eve and everything associated with it. Which is why I imagine that your memory of New York is pretty choppy too... right?"
Yuki closed his eyes. His memory of that time had always been choppy. He'd remember bits and pieces, but Eve was never in any of them. He'd always figured his memory was just bad because of his experience.
Yuki nodded.
"So..." Tohma continued "Eve got out, after her sentence was done... granted they should have held her longer... with the insanity and everything..."
"And she came here... to get revenge on me."
Tohma nodded.
"She wanted to make me feel... what she felt... all those years. God, she was so alone... and she did so much for me... And I just forgot about her..."
Tohma shrugged.
"I suppose... Life's funny that way, Eiri."
"That it is."
Yuki stood, and stretched, heading for the door.
"Eiri." Tohma called. Yuki stopped, waiting "What will you do now?" He asked
Yuki paused for a moment, before answering:
"I'm going to end it."
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A.N. Nice long chapter, I hope you enjoyed it. Sorry it took me so long to update, I've been so sick and so busy lately. (I hate highschool!) bows thanks!
