We got to Kouta's house and it's pretty neat. Now that I think about it, I wonder who takes care of the house? "Why were you crying anyway?" Kouta asked me.
"Well..." I explained to him about what happened even if he's still too young for that.
"Well don't worry about that! Listen, why don't you stay here 'til tomorrow? Please!" He pleaded and showed puppy eyes.
"Okay, okay."
"Hooray! Len's gonna stay!" He jumped around again.
"But there's just one problem." I told him then he looked at me. "I haven't got clothes and my home's still further away."
"Well, we'll see what we can do about that!"
'Man, Kouta's hyper!' I thought as I watched him go to his mother who's in the kitchen.
"Momma!"
"What is it darling?" His mother replied. Her voice was like the voice of an angel. Calm and soothing, she might even be a real angel!
"Len doesn't have any clothes, do we have any that fits him?"
"Hmm... well there are some here but it's in the closet," she told us. "Follow me."
We went upstairs, there are 3 rooms. One for the parents, one for Kouta, and one for?
'Who owns the other room? Does he have a brother?' This set me off wondering. So I asked the mother.
"Umm... Ma'am, who owns the other room?"
Her face soon darkened then she smiled again but it's a very sad smile. "Well, that's his brother's room..."
"What happened to him?" I asked.
"He and his father... well..."
Kouta's face was filled with sadness now, then he told the story.
"Not so long ago, we went to a family trip. Mom, Dad,
onii-san, and me. We went to the beach house that grandma used to own and we stayed there for 5 days..."

*FLASHBACK, Kouta's P.O.V.*

"Papa! Onii-san! Where are you going?" I asked the two men who were standing by the sea.
"Oh, don't mind us son! We'll just go swimming for a while!" Papa shouts back.
"Can I come?"
"Unfortunately, you can't." Onii-san replied.
"But why?" I asked again.
"Just don't okay!" Onii-san growls at me so I got scared so I have no other choice than to go the villa.

*END OF FLASHBACK, LEN'S P.O.V.*

"Wait a minute, that doesn't answer my question!" I complained.
"Ugh, fine!" Kouta pouted then he continued to tell the story.
"Okay, so I didn't know what happened then but when I woke up late at night. No dad and onii-san.
I went searching for them inside their rooms, still no one. Mom's not even there!
I started feeling anxious then, I went downstairs looking for them.
'Just go away!' I remembered onii-san shouting me that, I wonder why.
Then I went to the kitchen, I heard mom, dad, and onii-san chatting, and I don't understand why they left me out.
I listened to them talk.
"Darling, are you sure you should have left Kouta, in this conversation?" Mom said,
"Of course, he's too young to understand..." A man with a deep voice answered.
"But dad, how are we supposed to pay the debt? It's like ¥5,000,000.00 right?" Onii-san reminded dad, "and don't forget that it's the yakuza group you owe."
'My family owes ¥5,000,000.00 from a yakuza group.' I can't quite believe my ears.
Suddenly, someone called so I quickly hid in the shadows.

"Ah, hello?" Dad started speaking and set it on loud speaker.
"Hello, Mr. Oshiro right?" A gruff voice said, "How's the debt going? Don't forget that I'm near your home now."
Dad gulped loudly, "Umm sir, we don't have enough money but w-we could give you the whole house if you'd like."
"I want money not a mini house!" The man snapped, "Remember the deal, if you don't have enough money then you'd pay with your lives..." Then he hung up. A shiver went down my spine after hearing the conversation between dad and the boss.

I think I heard his name, Mr. Kagamine is what I heard.
Suddenly, I heard a 'vroom' near the home, nice. I saw some people getting out of the car and noticed a yellow-haired man come in with a few members probably so Mr. Kagamine's here now, I have to act fast. Should I pretend to be asleep or not?

.

.

Too late,
"Hey look, come here little kid, don't worry," they said holding some rusty iron pipes, "we won't hurt ya."
I backed away.
"Kouta!" I heard mum shout, "Kouta, are you there?"
"Ohh, little Kouta, huh?" They said, "of course he's here! Don't worry it's not like we'd hurt him anyway."
My mum then appeared, "Don't you dare lay a finger on him!"
"Ahh whatever, shall we start with you then?"
"Wait guys!" Mr. Kagamine appeared in the scene, "save her for the last." A smirk appeared on his face.
"Sure, boss."
"Why don't we just start with the man who owes us anyway?" Mr. Kagamine said.
"You go to him and we'll make the brother pay too." They soon laughed out loud.
I can't believe it. I can hear everything yet I feel so small. I could hear my mom shouting, hear the iron pipes hitting my brother, then, i heard something unexpected and scary, it was a gunshot.
I can't move, I heard my mom shrieking in horror. Why can't I be brave? If only I was taller and stronger.
"No," I told myself, "I have to be stronger. I have to be brave for momma."
I boldly walked to the gang,
"Stop!" I yelled at them.
"Oh, little Kouta, what can you do?" They said,
I looked at the ground and saw my mom, lying on the ground. I also saw a shard of glass which I saw came from a beer bottle.
"S-stop!" I yelled at them feeling scared.
"Heh, you're next!"
They were just about to hit me but I quickly picked up the shard of glass and used it as my weapon, "don't come near me! Or else i will hit you with this!" I said bravely.
"Try me." The gang went near me...

*STOP*

"Wait, so the yakuza boss is Mr. Kagamine right?" I repeated stopping him from his stories.
"Yeah, why?" Kouta asked.
"Nothing." I replied.
'Mr. Kagamine... Could it be my father then? But why? I guess when I was little too I rarely see him and when he comes home, it's very late.' I thought. 'Whenever I ask my sister where he is, she answers me that she doesn't know herself and dad tells her not to follow him. Those years were probably when I was Akiko's age. And one day, the day of Rin's birthday, we waited for him, we waited and waited until it struck 12:00 AM, still no dad. That's when it hit us, he never came back... It was a very awful day, Rin's crying, me comforting her but still, I can't. I -we- didn't know why dad didn't go home those days, but now I know the answer...'

"Len-san." Mrs. Oshiro said stopping my track of thoughts.
"I think Kouta's sleepy now and I think that you shouldn't know the story anymore since he's still traumatized by the whole event..."
I then looked at Kouta, "I guess your right."
Mrs. Oshiro grinned at me, "You could sleep in his brother's room if you'd like. Kouta's gonna stay with me if you don't mind."
"Okay," I said, "so umm... If Kouta woke up, please tell him that I left already."
"Why aren't you gonna stay?" She questioned me.
"Oh no, I'm gonna stay but I have to wake up early too."
"Oh well okay. Be safe tomorrow then." She managed to smile weakly.
"Okay."
I went to the room and liedd on the bed turning off the lights,
'If I did tell Rin then maybe she'll get angry...' I thought, 'Should I tell her this?'