Hiya!
Sorry for a very very late update... My final exam schedule had announced. Which is on the last week of May...
So, I don't think I'll available until June.
Enjoy~
"Haku… You absolutely know this thing will happen right?" Neru asked.
Haku didn't respond. She kept drank her tea.
"Why you didn't tell me anything about 'the demon'?"
"I only told you what you need to know and he was in…"
She kept calm while the blonde girl was on her limit. She stood up and was ready to turn the table.
"Since it already showed up, I'll tell you everything that I know…" Haku said. Her face became serious. Neru gulped.
Neru sat immediately, ready to hear what she's going to say. Haku thought about how she will explain it simply to her.
"…. You love mobile phones, right?" Haku asked.
"Yeah, and why you changed the topic?" Neru grumbled.
"I'm not. Do you ever try to stop texting or even touch your phone?"
Neru thought a bit. "…Umm… maybe once? Or twice?"
"And it ended with a failure right?"
"How did you know…"
"If you succeeded it, then what your hand is clinging now?" Haku said as she pointed a yellow phone that Neru typed for important info. Neru flushed and look away. "What effort you took to stop your habits?"
"First, I tried to reduce my time with it. But it failed because whenever I saw it, I picked it up and began texting without knowing time… W—Wait, why I need to told you?"
"Because I don't feel like to… explaining things?" Haku raised both shoulder. "And it will be easier to explain when you've ever experienced it"
"Experienced… it?"
"Just continue your story-telling"
Neru took a deep sigh. "Okay… After I know about it, I decided to keep away from my phone. I told my friend to keep it. It succeeded… at first. After that, whenever I heard my friends talked about phone, I followed their chat. Whenever I saw phone, I used to took asked the shopkeeper to allow me touch it. That was very… very embarrassing…" Neru hid her blush on face with both her hands
Haku laughed loudly. "You sounded like an anime character now—" Neru grabbed her collar and shook her.
"DON'T LAUGH! And you're the one who told me to!"
"Okay… okay… calm down… Now please release me. I'll begin an explanation now!" Neru let her go. Haku took a deep breathe.
"Your effort is good enough. But you miss something… If you changed your habits drastically with a short time, your brain would not follow you. So, please try it again nex—"
"That's not the explanation I want!" Neru shook her shoulder.
"I've only explain the beginning of it!" Neru pouted.
"Split personality is similar with it. But a bit different. They usually caused by a trauma which was kept for quite long time. And as fas as I know, one of diseases that would turned into this is PTSD"
"PTSD?"
"(P)ost-(T)raumatic (S)tress (D)isorder is a disorder when someone felt a great fear due to some trauma from past. If you've luck enough, PTSD will disappear but Split Personality will occur. If your mind cannot take it anymore… probably… yeah… just another suicide" Haku explained, and smiled as if she told a joke.
"oh… It's only a just to you…" Neru scared, not to Haku's explaining but to how she explained.
"He is another case…" Haku said.
"And I never heard someone cured from it… since the case is rare enough to search for"
Neru felt sad. Would it means her little brother will suffer from it for his entire life?
"There's advantage and disadvantage in everything in the world. He won't flip out again once he see blood" Haku tried to lift up her spirit.
"R-Really?" Neru surprised. "And what is the disadvantage?" Haku drank her tea and put it on the table.
"Once he lowers his guard, his 'other self' will take over the body if he wants"
Mikuo examined the cell phone magazines carefully. Would Miku feel happy if he bought her a new phone… At least he didn't want that guy buy one for her.
Rin and Len kept silent in the wardrobe, wondering when Mikuo will leave the room. Then, Len noticed something… that shouldn't be seen by anyone. Rin's shirt-tail was stuck between the wardrobe's doors.
Len grabbed and removed it. Mikuo noticed something strange near the wardrobe. Was it a mouse? He never expected there was a brave enough mouse in his sister's room. He decided to ignore it and continued reading.
Len's hand, which pulled Rin's clothes, accidentally touched Rin's waist. Rin squealed a bit and flushed. Len tried to calm himself down, but it was… hard.
"Time for some fun~" Len's iris changed color to crimson, but Rin couldn't see him.
Akuma Len wrapped both his hand around her waist, which made Rin astonished and panicked. Rin took a glance and noticed his crimson eyes. She tried to get away from his hand, but it became worse. He smirked as he tightened his hug and planted a kiss on her neck.
Her limit was reached an 'overload' stage.
She swung her head back, and hit the blonde's on the back. BLAM! …and it was pretty hard too. Her hairclips loosened a bit, which made her bang covered her eyes.
"W-Wh-What are you doing, Marin!" Rin yelled panicly.
It was his fault, make you lowered your guard. And my hands are very itchy from a week. Don't you know how hard to hold back? Marin said.
Akuma Len stroked his head, felt a bit dizzy but… great. No one had resisted so far from him.
She's great! As expected from my prey! Akuma Len exclaimed happily.
"It's not something you should enjoy, you Masochist! Hurry up flip me back" Len yelled.
Nah, I still want to play with her a bit~
Mikuo noticed something very weird coming from wardrobe.
Was it a monster? Or don't tell me it's Miku… Mikuo thought. He approached and was about open the wardrobe when…
"Mikuo! What the hell are you doing in my room! Get your butt here or you won't have leeks for a month!" Miku yelled from outside.
Mikuo gulped. A month? Only in 3 days not having leeks, already made he went to hospital for a treatment.
"O-Okay!" Mikuo left the room hurriedly.
Marin grabbed Akuma Len on his collar and slammed him against the floor, an 'oouch' was heard. Marin sat on him, didn't let his collar go. He was facing the lamp, which is very bright. He hardly could see her face.
"Don't try making stupid moves… or I promise you will leave only your name in this world, Akita" Marin warned.
Akuma Len, who didn't notice her changes, felt challenged.
"Well… We'll see it, princess~" Akuma Len teased.
Marin angered when she heard his 'stupid nickname'. She strangled his neck.
"Geez… that stupid Mikuo… I hope my room doesn't get messy or I'll—" Miku said as she opened the door.
And they, petrified… for about a minute.
Miku sighed.
"Did I work too much? Why I'm seeing my cute friend and my enemy in their 'ready' position? And why the hell they do it in someone's room!" Miku winked, make sure she didn't see wrong things.
She pulled out Mikuo's phone, which she borrowed from Mikuo until she gets another phone, and took a picture.
Len's eye turned cerulean back. Rin and Len's face was as red as strawberry.
"Y-You've got it wrong, Miku-san!" Rin stood up and tried to make her understand the real situation.
"T-That's only a… a… coincidence!" Len thought hard for a word to explain it.
"Hmm…? coincidence or 'coincidence'?" Miku smirked a bit. It sure was fun for her to teased Len.
"Miku? Why did you yell—" Mikuo flustered when he saw Rin and Len, and then noticed wardrobe's door was opened.
"It's not a monster? I'm glad…" Mikuo sighed in relief. "And why you're so red?" He asked.
Miku seemed notice something in his phone, and kept pressing it with an annoyed face.
"Something wrong?" Mikuo asked.
"'Something wrong?' my ass… " She pulled out her leeks that she planted on her room and began to hit him with it.
"Well, enjoy your time, Rin~ Ah! There's a snack on those basket. If you feel like to eat them, don't be shy." She said, dragged Mikuo outside and left Rin and Len who sat dumbly.
"It's all your fault, Mikuo…!" Miku glared at him. Dark aura was shown around her.
"E-Eh? And w-why….?" Mikuo stepped back.
"Your memory's is full!" Miku yelled and hit him with her leeks again. "I can't save the photo! And now it has lost! Thank to me you haven't lost your head!" After yelling, she walked away with pouted face.
"Ughh… Does she ever know something called 'held back'?" Mikuo stood up, rubbed his pity cheek.
Rin eavesdropped them while Len was tidying up their mess
"So… what are we going to do now? Go home and try to forget everything?"
"That's a good idea… and never try to take back our photo or Miku gets another one" Rin said.
"Let's go then… My head began hurts…" Len stroked his head. Rin felt a bit guilty.
"Umm… Sorry… for earlier. It's my... umm. Reflex…"
"Ah… okay. It's not a big problem"
They climbed down from the room and placed everything as before.
"I don't understand you, Rin! Why you apologize to him? He's the one at fault here!"
If you don't hit him… I won't need to apologize! Rin mumbled and walked out from Miku's home.
"Need to walk you home?" He asked.
"No, thank you" Rin didn't want to burden him anymore, at least at that day.
Len made a disappointed face, and because of his shota face he looked like an innocent puppy. Guilty overwhelmed her. Once or twice only, won't hurt, right?
"…I take back my word. I think I need someone to protect me if I encounter some bad guys" Rin said as she walked away.
"Wait! Does that means—" Rin walked faster, leaving Len behind.
"At last, you can die without regret~" Voice in his mind teased. Indeed his 'other' personality felt a bit jealous… but since he had hugged her, it won't be bad right?
W-What…? I'm not that pity! The body host complained.
"Ri-Rin? What with that change of heart? And why you have to walk with him?" Marin didn't agree with her.
I don't think it's a bad idea though. Without her consciousness, she had left him far at back.
"Hey, wait up!"
Even thought their home was near, still it had parting point.
"Until here is enough, Len. Thank you very much~!" Her smile was enough to delight his heart.
Rin waved her hands, and Len did the same thing. They walked to their own home.
"Rin is acting nice… I wonder will the storm come tonight"
Hey… I'm always nice as long as they aren't my enemy... Rin mentioned.
"So, when will you confess your love, little shota?" Akuma Len asked.
Don't call me shota or I'll kill you…
"I'll look forward how you will kill me~" Akuma Len grinned. It was quite impossible to kill his other personality since they lived in the same body. Probably suicide would do, but… who wants?
You Goddamn Demon… Love isn't something that easy, you know. Len scratched his head. Tried to looks normal as he walked.
He looked on the orange sunsets as he walked home.
"And that's all I know about it… If I got a new info, I'll call you. So don't worry about it" Haku said.
The sky was darker and darker. Without noticing, the clock has shown 5:00 p.m.
"I think I've got to go now or Len will starve to death… and thanks Haku-san" Neru bowed. Haku smiled and gave her a friendly hug. Neru hugged back at her.
The hug last for a minute… supposedly.
"Hmm… blond… how nice~" Haku tightened her hug
"Wait, Haku-san… Let me go and please hug another blond" Neru tried to slip out from her hug.
"...I've tried before. But ended up—…" She didn't dare to finish it. Of course Haku ever tried to hug Rin. And it ended up with broken two arms. "By the way, what do you think about Rin?" Haku asked curiously.
"Hmm… She's nice girl and very very cute~ Her hair was brighter than mine nor Len, her eyes are clearer than pure water. I want to adopt her become my little sister~" Neru looked sparkled, as she commented. It was too extravagant, still it was good.
"I see… That's good. If there's something occurred on future, please don't hate her. She's a warm-hearted yet clumsy girl" Haku smiled a bit. Neru didn't get what she tried to say, but she knew the main point.
"I will, Haku. You really like her mother now~ Well, I'm going now. Bye~" Neru walked to the door.
Haku looked outside the window. "Her mother huh…" Suddenly someone opened the door.
"I'm home, Mom" Her son had got home.
"Ah, Piko-tan~ Welcome home~" Haku really loved his nickname which she thinks it is really cute. But the person himself irritated by it.
"Moooom… Don't use that silly nickname anymore. I'm already 16 years old you know!" Piko complained angrily.
"But still… It's cute right~?" Haku put on her puppy eyes, which even her husband couldn't resisted from it. Speaking of her husband, he noticed his only son had come back.
"Oh, Piko. You've got home already? Mind to help me a bit in kitchen?" Dell asked.
"No problem" Piko put his bag on the couch and followed his dad to the kitchen.
"I'll help too!" Haku said cheerfully as she clenched her fist and swung it in air.
"NO, THANK YOU" Her husband and son said unison. Haku pouted.
"I won't destroy anything! I promise!"
"Okay, I'll give you only a chance. If something blows up again, I definitely won't let you in the kitchen forever" Dell said.
"It's a deal! I'll show you my skill as a wife~!" Haku swung her knife.
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And not too long after that…
A blast was heard around that residence.