It's Reborn Day over on tumblr (well it's mostly over but hey it's not midnight here!)
Calm.
Yun took in a deep breath and calmed herself. There would be no anger, no rage, no grief, no peace. Calm.
Across from her, her parents, old and elderly, sat awkwardly. Their eyes wide with disbelief. Yun didn't want them to be here, did not want to deliver such bad news, but they had to know, for it was their help she would need. Much like the Hibari Clan, Yun's family was large and wide and they always answered the call for help whenever a family member was in need of aid.
"Kyoya is gone?" her father repeated her words. There was a slight tremble, an underlying tone of emotion that Yun cannot place.
Mentally, Yun scowled. It better not be disappointment that her father was trying to hide.
Her relationship with her parents was rocky at best. It was not to say that she did not love them or that they did not love her. However, she grew up in the shadow of a brother she never even met. It was hard to say if when her parents looked at her, if they saw her or him.
They found it hard to be around her. Yun remembered all too well the distance between them, a wide gulf that she could never reach across. They tired, of course, never denying her anything as a child, they were fair. It wasn't like they didn't miss any of her birthdays or celebrations. They were present. But the grief reflected in her parents' eyes, the pain when they looked at her and saw her dead brother instead, that left invisible wounds on Yun's psyche as a child.
"Yes," Yun said curtly explaining the situation again. "His room was empty when I went to wake him, only traces of a purple cloud lingered. The police are searching, but Kyoya is not the first child to disappear and first one, one Sawada Tsunayoshi, has yet to be found."
She laughed at the bitter irony. Years later, she understood what her parents went through when their first child died. No one would be able to replace Kyoya and Yun would never have another child to grow up the same way she did. It would not matter, because Kyoya would be found.
Thud!
Her mother fainted, collapsing to the ground without warning. Her father merely gaped; hands shaking. He looked utterly crushed, deep lines of despair written on his face.
Yun startled, surprised at their reaction. That all too familiar feeling of grief was reflected on her father's face. Her parents were giving up far too easily. Kyoya was not dead. She would never assume so until she saw the body. There was still hope. One way or another, her son would come home.
"Father?" She questioned. Yun feared his heart would give out given how pale he had become.
Her father swallowed and bowed his head in grief. His body continued to tremble. The words he uttered next redefined Yun's relationship with her parents.
"Yun dear, your brother Fon was taken away by a purple cloud."
That takes care of the Hibaris. Onward to Tsuyoshi.