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"So how did I ruin your life?"

Kiyoteru looked at Rin sadly. "You really don't know, do you?" Rin shook her head.

Kiyoteru blew out a breath. "Then I'll tell you. It's a bit of a long story."

Kiyoteru's POV (Memory)

Rin came again today. I'm really worried about her. Don't her parents worry about her wandering the streets by herself?

Rin's such a cute little kid. If Luka and I get married, I would love it if we had a child like a Rin. Speaking of Luka, she's coming to visit me today.

I stand in front of the mirror, examining my outfit. I tug on my shirt. I hope Luka will like what I'm wearing.

I hear a knock on the door. It's probably Luka! I run to the door excitedly, then compose myself. I open the door. "Hello, Luk— Oh hello, Rin. What are you doing back here?"

"I left my jacket," she said, and walked in. She picked up the jacket and put it on.

"Hello, Kiyoteru," a smooth, gentle voice says behind me. I almost jump.

"Luka! You scared me!"

Luka laughed. I melted in her smile. "I was wondering if you'd like to come to the circus with me. It's in town."

I smiled back. "Of course, I'd love to." I looked outside and frowned. "It's already really dark out. You should come with us, Rin. Why don't you call your parents and tell them you'll be staying here for the night."

Rin stared at her feet. "I don't have to. They won't notice."

I was puzzled by Rin's words, but instantly forgot about it when Luka touched my arm. "Shall we go?"

*a little later*

"This is it. The Dark Woods Circus. Pretty spectacular, isn't it?" Luka asked.

I agreed. Tons of people were milling around.

"Did you see that two headed person?" a passing person said.

"Yeah, I did! Did you see the half horse, half girl?"

"No, not yet. Sounds interesting."

Two-headed person? Half horse, half girl? What kind of circus was this?

I shivered, trying to imagine a two headed person. Luka led me into a tent. Inside were cages full of the strangest, most gruesome creatures in the world. Sure enough, there was a two headed person and a half-horse-half-girl plus many other freaks.

I looked over at Rin. She stared at the creatures, her fists clenched. Was she mad? It looked like she was…envious.

"Rin, do you like music?" Luka asked.

Rin nodded.

"Did you know that Kiyoteru here is a great singer? Sing for her, Kiyo."

I blushed and shook my head. "I'm not that good. And it's so crowded-" I felt someone tug my sleeve. It was Rin.

"Mr. Hiyama, I think you'd sound great. Please sing."

"What? Well, I uh…okay, fine I'll sing." I opened my mouth and sang a simple melody. Smiling, Luka joined in.

"Hey, you two, you have a pretty good voices." I turned and saw the circus master. "Why don't you join the circus? We don't have many singers."

I shook my head. "Sorry, sir, I have a shop-"

"Nonsense!" The circus master grabbed my arm and started dragging me away.

"Wait! Where are you taking him?" Luka yelled, running after the man.

The circus master examined Luka. "Hmm. This might actually work. Anyways, the more the merrier." Then he grabbed Luka and took her too."

The circus master brought Luka and I to another tent. It reeked of blood. "We'll have to do something so that you can be a freak in the Dark Woods Circus. Let's see, we already have a two headed person. How about horns? Oh, I think you would look great with little curly pink horns, young lady." His eyes gleamed.

"What are you doing? You don't actually mean it do you?" My voice came out scared.

"Oh, you'll be fine. We'll just do a bit of surgery on your heads to add horns." The circus master chuckled.

"Sur-surgery? What are you going to do?"Luka asked.

"Don't worry your pretty little head. It'll all be over soon." Then I felt a dart pierce my arm and I blacked out.

*later*

I woke up with a terrible headache. I reached up to feel my head and my hand ran into something. Slowly, I traced my hands along the thing.

It was a horn.

I looked to my right and saw Luka. She had pink and purple striped horns on her head. What's going on? I'm just hallucinating, right?

"Your awake, now." The circus master's gruff voice came from above me. I looked up, but there was only a speaker.

"You're going to be in the circus within a month, don't you worry. Until then, wait. Oh, right, you are now the Horned Singer Couple. Think of all the money we'll earn off of you two!" He roared with laughter, then was silent.

I leaned against the wall of wherever we were.

*A few weeks later*

"Okay, you two finally have a location. You'll be performing today, so sing something nice."

In a few hours, we and Luka were shoved into outrageous clothes and pushed onto a stage. They just told us to sing, so sing we did. After wards, a lady walked over and talked to Luka.

Apparently the lady was Rin's mother and Luka and she had been friends.

"You know, I know the one who's to blame for you being here," she whispered.

"Who?"

"My daughter, Rin. She told the circus master about you two and just needed to prove it. I found out a week ago."

I was shocked. Sweet, innocent Rin. Why would she? But as I thought about it, it made sense. Soon the questionin my head wasn't "Why would she?"

It was, "How could she?"

Back to Present

"That's how you ruined everything. We were planning to get married in a month. But you, you little imbecile, you changed our lives forever." Luka said, practically spitting. "What do you have to say for youself."

"Mother lied." Rin looked Luka straight in the eye. "Why would you trust a lying witch like her?"

Luka glared back at Rin. "I trust her more than I trust you."

Kiyoteru touched Luka's arm. "You know, she has a point. If her mother was lying, then it could have been pure coincidence."

Luka's glared wavered. "You're right," she said grudgingly.

Kiyoteru smiled at Rin. "We forgive you, Rin. You aren't to blame for this. I'm sorry for any misunderstanding that may have hurt you."

The interrogation ended and everyone went home. Haku told Neru to visit her later.

Rin lay in her bed, staring at the ceiling. If I close my eyes again, will I have another memory?

After a while, she relented and closed her eyes.

In her dream, she found herself in a room with no doors. A younger version of herself stood in front of her.

"You have learned forgiveness. Next is deceit." Then she faded away.

"What? I learned forgiveness?" Rin thought about it.

"We forgive you, Rin. You aren't to blame for this. I'm sorry for any misunderstanding that may have hurt you."

"I guess that was what she meant by forgiveness. But, what does she mean by next is deceit?"

A/N: I'm going to slow down updates because I have to take so much time out of my life to update. Sorry. I hope you'll understand.

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