In that moment Akira didn't feel like he was in control of his own body, it seemed as if he was someone else controlling a character in a video game. He stood there and watched blankly as his persona circled around him. A hand belonging to an unknown persona pulled Akira back into his senses. Akira was pulled back seeing his mother's face, which caused him lose what balance he had and he fall onto the floor. "Mom! What are you doing here?!" Akira's voice cracked a little bit.

His mother flashed an awkward smile before waving, the mascot stopped trying to get closer to Akira and stared openmouthed at Akira's mother. The mascot's mouth twitched, it seemed like the mascot was trying to say something but words escaped him. Finally, Akira's mother spoke, "Hello, Teddie." Her voice had a bittersweet tone to it.

The zipper of the mascot's costume slowly began to open up, the person who was inside of the costume lifted the head of his costume off showing a young looking man inside. His pale face was covered in sweat that somehow shine like stars, and as this person couldn't get more again he shook his hair about sending sweat-droplets off in every direction. Akira, now completely speechless didn't know how to react, but the man in the costume smiled widely and walked over to Akira's mother's and gave her a tight hug. "I've miss you so much, Yukiko-chan!" He exclaimed.

Is that's mom's name? Akira asked himself while watching the reunion. After the man who was in the mascot outfit finally let go of Akira's mother, she had a sad smile painted on her face. She went to Akira with tears forming in her eyes. "Please don't hate me…" She began as her eyes became waterfalls, she was unable to finish her train of thought.

Picking himself off from the floor, he stood there in silence unable to get words out. He begged for the feeling of not being in his body in that moment. The more he begged the further that feeling got. It felt unnatural, no it felt disgusting to just stand there and watch his mother cry. Akira blinked hard trying to clear his vision that was starting to blur, but as he blinked a hot tear escaped from his eye. His legs gave out from under him, sending him back to the floor. His mother finally said what she wanted to but only in a mutter. "You're not actually... mine…" She went back to understandable jibberish.

That feeling Akira asked for finally came to him, his heart that had once been heavy in his chest had now felt empty, the tears that had threatened to start a waterfall had then dried. His persona seemed to fade into dull gray colors. First my father and now my mom. Akira thought even though he doesn't remember even having these thoughts before. "Am I going to be alone again?" Akira heard a child ask.

Akira feeling hollow, he started blankly at the crying woman who for so many year pretended to be his mother. Suddenly everything went black, and he was alone in the void again. He was in front of a child, with black hair that covered more than half of his face. He was wearing a white dress shirt that was three times the size of him, his skin was pale and he was a horribly thin. The child looked up, his hair pairing slightly relieving his dull, lifeless dark gray eyes. Akira kneel down to the child.

Now face to face with the child he could see that the under the lifeless eyes had been dark, seeming from many night of not getting much rest. At first the child simply looked through Akira as if he was just empty space. Akira stood still until he caught the child's attention. The child spoke in a dry tone "It's heavy, isn't it?" The child asked.

"What?"

The child rolled his eyes "It's not fair that I have to do it."

"Do what!" Akira yelled.

"Hiding our past from ever being seen." The child said, looking down at the bottom of the void, hiding his expression.

Akira ran his fingers through his hair, what did this kid mean about their past? Who was this kid and did he know him? Akira shook his head and he wasn't in the void anymore and the man who was in the mascot costume and the woman who had called herself Akira's mother stood over him. The man in the mascot costume sat Akira up and he spoke up. "Akira, this might be hard for you too, take all at once…" The man started, unsure of where he was going. "But we will only tell you if you are ready."

Akira swallowed hard "Okay…" He finally agreed.