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Chapter 11

A few days had passed, and Baiken still couldn't decide whether to give Anji the antidote. Sometimes she wanted to just pour it into his drink just like what Chipp had done, but whenever she saw him smiling innocently at her, she just couldn't bear to do it. News spread quickly and now everyone knew what would happen if little Anji drank the antidote, so they too was in a dilemma.

"Little Anji is so cute, he can't change back…"

"But he's an adult in the first place…"

"Baiken-san will be so sad if he forgets about everything he has done with her…"

"Like she will."

Sunday came and Millia spent her birthday on her bed, feeling as miserable as possible, for there were no birthday wishes or presents at all for her. Even Sol didn't come to see her. Her room was so lifeless that it made her sick.

"Maybe they have forgotten about it. That's it, I mean nothing to them after all…" thought Millia as she lay on her bed.

"Let's go to the convenience store!" sang Axl loudly outside her door and Millia could hear Johnny saying: "I want to browse those porn magazines…"

"Like a dirty old man~" said Axl.

"Oi, you are the one who is making faces in front of the surveillance camera! You have no right to tease me!"

Millia sighed and closed her eyes.

At night, Millia was lying on her bed when someone knocked on her door.

"Come in." she said, feeling slightly happy that at last someone had came to see her.

The door opened and Sol came in.

"Oi, you feeling all right?" he asked.

"… Yeah." said Millia shyly as Sol came over to feel her temperature on her forehead.

"Can you walk?" he asked, as he studied the injuries on her arms.

"I guess so."

"Good," said Sol simply. "Now get up and change your clothes."

"W-what?" said Millia in surprise, her shyness evaporated straightaway. "Why?"

"Just change." said Sol and opened her closet. Immediately, he tossed out a long flowing blue dress. "Wear this."

"I'm not going to do anything unless you tell me why!" said Millia firmly, slightly annoyed that Sol was ordering her around.

Sol looked at her for a long while before he said, "If I tell you, you will regret it."

Millia frowned at his answer.

"Now are you moving or not? Or do you want me to help you to change your clothes?" asked Sol, folding his arms.

"… Fine. Fine! I don't know what you are up to, but whatever…now go out, please. I need to change."

Sol remained in his place.

"Sol!"

"All right, all right…"

"Sol, can you just tell me where we are going?" asked Millia as they walked on the 1st floor.

Sol remained silent, which annoyed Millia.

"That's it, I'm going back…" started Millia, turning around.

Quickly, Sol grabbed her shoulders and turned her back. He then pushed her forward. His hands remained on her shoulders until they reached the Function Room.

"Close your eyes." said Sol as he walked to open the door.

"Why should I?"

Sol rolled his eyes and said, "Just do it."

Millia did and Sol opened the door.

"Now open them."

Millia opened her eyes and found…

"SURPRISE! Happy birthday, Millia!" shouted everyone in the room. Johnny and Axl threw the paper flowers all over Millia as they jumped out from nowhere. May and Bridget were pulling the crackers. The sign "Happy Birthday Millia" was hanging from the ceiling.

All Millia could do was staring at the people in front of her.

"W-When did you…" she started.

"Decorate? We started this morning." said Ky, smiling. "But sometimes we ran out of items, so we had to ask Axl and Johnny to go to the convenience store."

"Ni kan (Look in Chinese)!" sang Jam, presenting a tall vanilla cake with blue icing to Millia. There were 27 candles on the cake. "I baked this! But I don't know how old you are, so I just put 27…"

"Do you like it?" asked Anji hopefully. "I helped too!"

"And made a mess most of the time." muttered Baiken.

Millia was stunned for a moment before she smiled and nodded. "Actually I'm 26 this year…"

Ky took away one candle from the cake. "Done, 26 candles."

"Great, now let's cut the…" started Johnny when Zappa said, "Make a wish first, Millia!"

"Um…" Millia glanced at Sol before she closed her eyes and made a wish.

Then she blew out the candles.

"Yeah!" cheered Axl as everyone clapped. "I have been waiting to eat the cake for a long time!"

"Pig." muttered Sol as everyone laughed.

"Now let's party!" announced Johnny.

Silence.

"Oi, I-No!"

I-No, who was standing beside the hi-fi system, rolled her eyes and turned the system on. Straightaway, music blasted from the speakers and everyone started to dance. Jam helped Millia to serve the cake to everyone.

"And I thought…" said Millia quietly as Jam ran off with a big slice of cake towards Ky.

"What? That we have forgotten about your birthday?" asked Sol.

Millia blushed. "Well…"

"Even if these idiots have forgotten…" said Sol as he watched Johnny and Axl dancing madly before May dragged Johnny off for a waltz, even though the music was rock music. "… I won't forget."

"Sol…"

"By the way…" said Sol before he shoved a long box into Millia's hands. "Happy birthday."

He coughed before he walked off, saying, "Oi, Axl! Stop dancing like a lunatic!"

Millia looked at the velvet box in her hands and slowly opened it.

"Oh my god…" she whispered.

"It's beautiful!" squealed Jam suddenly from behind.

"Johnny, why didn't you give me something like this?" demanded May, her hand firmly held onto to Johnny's.

"How romantic…" said Dizzy dreamily.

"Um, I will give you something like that if you want…" said Ky quickly.

"Can it, human." snapped Testament.

In the box was a sliver charm bracelet with shapes of stars and hearts dangling from the chain. A small card was on it as well:

"To a princess."

"Mummy, I want some more cake." said Anji, holding up an empty plate.

Now the music had changed to a slow song. Ky was dancing with Dizzy, trying to avoid Testament's 'Dare-to-do-anything-to-her-and-you-are-dead' glare. Millia was dancing slowly with Sol, her new bracelet reflecting the light from her wrist. Her head was on Sol's shoulder, looking as if she was enjoying the whole moment. Axl was dancing with I-No, trying to pull her away from Sol and Millia at the same time. May was dancing with Johnny.

"How many slices have you eaten?" asked Baiken.

"… 4."

"Are you trying to get fat?" asked Baiken. "I think you have enough. Have you given your present to Millia?"

Anji searched his pockets and pulled out a drawing that he had drawn for Millia.

"… No."

"Leave it on the table with the rest of the presents, it's already 9pm, time for you to go to bed."

"Okay."

Baiken took Anji's hand and pulled him towards the door.

"Mummy, when is my birthday?" asked Anji when they were in Baiken's room. He was lying on the mattress, ready to sleep. "I want to celebrate my birthday like Millia-san."

"Um… I think it's 1st of January…"

"When is that? Tomorrow?" asked Anji innocently.

"No, far from tomorrow."

"Next month?"

"No."

"Next year?"

"Yeah."

"I want an aeroplane for my birthday, a big one." said Anji, spreading out his arms. "Can you buy it for me?"

Baiken looked at Anji's hopeful face and smiled. She ruffled Anji's hair.

"I will think about it."

"Please?"

"… Wait until your birthday approaches."

"… Okay."

"Now go to sleep."

Anji lay down and let Baiken covered him with the blanket.

"Oyasumi, Mummy."

"Oyasumi."

Anji closed his eyes, still smiling. Baiken looked at him and hesitated for a while before she leaned down and kissed him gently on the forehead.

No, she had decided not to give him the antidote. She had grown to love him in this way. She wanted him to be her little boy forever.

Baiken got up and went to the cupboard. She opened it and took out the blue potion. She's going to give it back to Yaone the first thing tomorrow…

"We will, we will rock you!" yelled the voices outside. They sounded as if they were drunk.

"Johnny and Axl! Shut up!" shouted Baiken, putting down the potion on the table before running out.

"Anji is sleeping, idiots!"

"Make us shut up!"

Anji opened his eyes at Axl's voice and got up. "Mummy?"

"You want to fight? Bring it on!" said Baiken from outside.

"I'm thirsty…" said Anji and looked around.

Then he saw the potion on the table.

Curiously, he went to pick up the potion. Slowly, he opened it and smelled the scent that came out.

"Ehh…" said Anji, smiling at the lovely scent.

With caution, he brought the potion to his lips and drank a drop. He then waited.

"Stop it you two, sil'vous plait!" said Ky outside.

"Go away, Boy Scout!" said Johnny.

"You called me a boy scout?" asked Ky.

"Oi, oi! Ky, don't cry, please!"

"Great, here's an idiot who cries when he drinks too much."

"You… you call me an idiot? Sol, how could you?"

Seeing that nothing had happened to him, Anji smiled in delight and drank the whole potion.

"Oh I had it with you guys! I'm going to bed!" said Baiken, opening her door. "I… Anji!"

Anji looked at Baiken with his eyes widened. His hand clutched on the test-tube tightly.

"You… you drank it?" asked Baiken with horror.

"S-sorry!" said Anji and placed the test-tube back.

He was about to go back to the mattress when he stopped and clutched his head with pain. "M-Mummy, I… I don't feel so good…"

Baiken rushed to the mattress and took the blanket. She then covered Anji with the blanket and carried him up. Suddenly Anji was heavier than before, she had a hard time carrying him. She then put him down on the mattress.

"It's okay, Anji, everything will be fine…"

But Anji didn't hear her. He was sweating profusely and coughing, as if he wanted to throw up the potion.

"Anji, Anji, look at me, Anji!" demanded Baiken.

Anji looked at Baiken before he squeezed his eyes shut and turned over, his hand clutching his chest. He then let out a scream in pain.

"Anji!" cried Baiken and hugged the little boy. "It's my fault, I shouldn't leave the potion there, I'm such an idiot…"

"…" Baiken could only hear sniffling.

"Anji?"

"…"

Baiken looked up and found that Anji had passed out. Baiken ran her fingers through his brown hair before she placed her head on his back.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean it…"

Fear gripped Baiken's heart tightly as she closed her eyes. What happened now?

"… Sis?"

"…"

"Sis?"

Baiken opened her eyes at the deep voice. Straightaway, she felt that her arm was wrapping around something wide and she was lying on something that was definitely not a mattress or a blanket. Quickly, she let go.

"Um, sis? What am I doing here?"

Baiken got up and found the adult Anji Mito smiling nervously at her as he sat up. "We, we didn't do anything last night, right? I mean, I can't find my clothes, but…"

Baiken stared. Anji didn't have his headband, but his glasses remained. The childish face was gone, leaving his adult features. The shirt that Bridget had lent him the day before was now too tight for him.

"Um…"

"What's this?" asked Anji as he took off Bridget's shirt. As he was already an adult, he used too much strength and …

RIP

"… Oops. Looks like I have to buy one for the owner later. Whose is this anyway?" asked Anji.

"…"

"And look at the size of this blanket!" said Anji as he laughed and held up a blanket that had the pattern of blue butterflies. "Don't tell me you use this, it's so cute! Like a baby… I just know that Sis has a child-like spot in her heart somewhere…but it's really nice, blue butterflies… hmm…"

"…"

"Are you okay, sis?" asked Anji, waving his hand across Baiken's face.

"I'm… okay."

"Um, I didn't mean to tease you, honest!" said Anji, putting down the blanket. "I won't mention about the blanket to anyone, I promise!"

"…Whatever."

"I think I better don't ask how did I get here last night… we didn't do anything, correct?" Anji asked again as he got up.

"… Correct."

"Good." said Anji in relief as he walked towards the door. "I will see you later then, sis!"

He opened the door and went out.

Then, Baiken could hear Axl yelling outside, "A-Anji! You're back to normal!"

"Huh?" (Anji)

"I, I mean, you are back to your room!"

"Why was I in Sis's room in the first place?"

"I don't know…" sang Axl.

"Oi, tell me!"

"Anji!" (Ky)

"Ohaiyo, Ky! I, um, don't know whose shirt is this, do you know?"

"It's Bridget's."

"Oh… then I will buy a new shirt for him, one with an aeroplane or something, kids like those…"

Kids.

Baiken looked at the door that Anji had just gone through. Straightaway, she realized that Anji was not going to come back to her room to stay anymore. He had gone back to normal and was now out of her life.

The little Anji was gone.

Looking at the small blanket that little Anji had used and loved so much, Baiken just didn't stop the tears from flowing out from her eyes. She sniffled before she lay down weakly on the mattress and wept was she clutched onto little Anji's blanket.