Ooh Child -The Five Stairsteps
It was only a game of tag. That day was one of the rare days Yuki had been allowed to play with the other children.
But it was his fault. He wasn't fast enough. The girl had tripped and fell too quickly. There was no time to get away.
And in that touch, in a clumsy embrace, in that single moment, he transformed, and everything shattered.
"You're a monster."
Akito said those words, so it must be true. Yuki felt it in his bones, in his soul and whatever else was left of him from each lashing from each word that Akito spoke that ripped through his very essence.
Yuki was told that Hatori had been ordered to erase the memories of all those children. Akito had ordered it.
It was Akito saying, there, there. They're gone now, don't worry.
Yuki never saw those children again.
It was Akito saying, they won't ever have to remember seeing something so disgusting.
"You're not like them."
You'll never belong. They'll never accept you.
Yuki was told this, and he bowed his head.
He made no noise, but the back of his hands found his eyes.
And he was crying.
There was no noise, but Hatori knelt and gently placed his hand on Yuki's head.